Which country has the highest Total Expats?

Mexico has the highest Total Expats in 2024, at 823,502, followed by Canada (256,571) and United Kingdom (243,570).

Which country has the lowest Total Expats?

Tuvalu has the lowest Total Expats in 2024, at 3.

What is the median Total Expats across countries?

The median is 1,917 across the 159 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this american expats by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: International Migrant Stock - United Nations; The Countries With the Most American Expats - The Street.

Country rankings

American Expats by Country

Name: American Expats by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Mexico has the highest Total Expats in 2024 (823,502), followed by Canada (256,571) and United Kingdom (243,570). Tuvalu has the lowest (3).

Population159 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jul 26, 2025Original page

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Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 159 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

1,917

Middle half 403 – 13.8K

Average

19,974

159 countries

Highest

823,502

Mexico

Lowest

Tuvalu

Over time · 2010–2024

The top 5 in 2024, against the median.

Median of all countries
Mexico
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Puerto Rico

Data

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159 countries · # = rank by Total Expats

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1	Mexico	823,502	406,036	417,466
2	Canada	256,571	137,657	118,914
3	United Kingdom	243,570	114,438	129,132
4	Germany	152,501	70,789	81,712
5	Puerto Rico	144,149	77,187	66,962
6	Australia	114,202	59,745	54,457
7	Israel	97,258	50,548	46,710
8	Spain	68,613	36,680	31,933
9	Japan	62,509	20,234	42,275
10	Bangladesh	61,983	42,838	19,145
11	China	60,434	32,102	28,332
12	France	59,171	32,372	26,799
13	South Korea	53,226	34,015	19,211
14	Thailand	52,400	12,932	39,468
15	Italy	50,957	28,652	22,305
16	Netherlands	43,208	22,936	20,272
17	Switzerland	42,809	22,138	20,671
18	Ireland	36,363	20,545	15,818
19	Turkey	33,577	16,689	16,888
20	New Zealand	32,863	17,611	15,252
21	Poland	29,646	14,660	14,986
22	Brazil	27,764	12,140	15,624
23	Singapore	26,705	12,486	14,219
24	Sweden	26,172	12,614	13,558
25	Panama	25,732	10,031	15,701
26	Greece	24,748	13,702	11,046
27	Colombia	22,519	9,909	12,610
28	Norway	20,746	10,610	10,136
29	Guam	20,469	9,910	10,559
30	Costa Rica	18,354	7,512	10,842
31	United States Virgin Islands	16,895	8,695	8,200
32	India	16,671	8,349	8,322
33	Belgium	16,645	8,285	8,360
34	Denmark	16,584	8,363	8,221
35	Dominican Republic	15,776	7,488	8,288
36	Argentina	14,917	8,496	6,421
37	United Arab Emirates	14,618	5,422	9,196
38	Hong Kong	14,298	6,793	7,505
39	Chile	14,042	7,284	6,758
40	Austria	14,035	7,074	6,961
41	Ecuador	13,588	6,602	6,986
42	Peru	11,392	5,327	6,065
43	Libya	11,152	3,536	7,616
44	Hungary	11,044	5,158	5,886
45	Bahamas	10,962	5,637	5,325
46	Guatemala	10,228	4,552	5,676
47	Venezuela	10,111	5,129	4,982
48	Taiwan	10,072	3,121	6,951
49	Romania	9,431	4,194	5,237
50	Trinidad and Tobago	9,267	3,763	5,504
51	Portugal	8,977	4,674	4,303
52	Palestine	8,170	4,126	4,044
53	Honduras	7,079	3,173	3,906
54	South Africa	6,729	3,721	3,008
55	Philippines	6,469	746	5,723
56	Jamaica	6,452	3,143	3,309
57	Finland	6,410	2,699	3,711
58	Malta	6,313	2,628	3,685
59	Bolivia	6,088	2,921	3,167
60	El Salvador	5,562	2,804	2,758
61	Kuwait	5,521	2,203	3,318
62	Russia	5,408	2,442	2,966
63	Belize	5,146	2,455	2,691
64	Bulgaria	4,750	2,163	2,587
65	Qatar	4,532	1,138	3,394
66	Iceland	3,932	1,845	2,087
67	Nicaragua	3,918	1,823	2,095
68	Cayman Islands	3,507	1,733	1,774
69	Luxembourg	3,433	1,661	1,772
70	Cyprus	3,355	1,760	1,595
71	Slovakia	2,876	1,307	1,569
72	Antigua and Barbuda	2,850	1,424	1,426
73	Ukraine	2,819	1,287	1,532
74	American Samoa	2,565	1,289	1,276
75	Egypt	2,512	1,081	1,431
76	British Virgin Islands	2,206	1,206	1,000
77	Morocco	2,139	1,036	1,103
78	Albania	2,114	785	1,329
79	Serbia	2,032	968	1,064
80	Indonesia	1,917	894	1,023
81	Mali	1,870	693	1,177
82	Paraguay	1,819	844	975
83	Haiti	1,644	766	878
84	Zambia	1,550	709	841
85	Bahrain	1,473	457	1,016
86	Croatia	1,447	774	673
87	Marshall Islands	1,446	563	883
88	Uganda	1,422	750	672
89	Guyana	1,286	556	730
90	Northern Mariana Islands	1,268	611	657
91	Tanzania	1,247	609	638
92	Estonia	1,203	465	738
93	Namibia	1,165	671	494
94	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,156	530	626
95	Algeria	1,111	591	520
96	North Korea	1,068	498	570
97	Cameroon	1,057	562	495
98	Barbados	1,054	569	485
99	Slovenia	982	438	544
100	Botswana	971	514	457
101	Uruguay	958	442	516
102	Aruba	937	487	450
103	Mongolia	906	486	420
104	Senegal	847	426	421
105	Saint Lucia	824	389	435
106	Ghana	800	427	373
107	Papua New Guinea	735	129	606
108	Tunisia	677	323	354
109	Kazakhstan	672	356	316
110	Dominica	649	249	400
111	Sri Lanka	620	303	317
112	Lithuania	619	307	312
113	Central African Republic	618	82	536
114	Gabon	594	227	367
115	Curacao	537	250	287
116	Latvia	500	195	305
117	Anguilla	490	349	141
118	Guadeloupe	449	257	192
119	French Polynesia	419	184	235
120	Cape Verde	387	195	192
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	352	160	192
122	Sint Maarten	344	189	155
123	Palau	341	175	166
124	Liberia	329	153	176
125	Montenegro	314	244	70
126	Samoa	284	148	136
127	Guinea	278	108	170
128	Tajikistan	274	127	147
129	Eswatini	262	157	105
130	Isle of Man	233	127	106
131	Moldova	230	129	101
132	Cambodia	220	85	135
133	Lesotho	203	95	108
134	Guinea-Bissau	190	108	82
135	Togo	183	94	89
136	Micronesia	179	80	99
137	Brunei	177	50	127
138	Republic of the Congo	163	66	97
139	Liechtenstein	157	81	76
140	Bhutan	147	69	78
141	Sierra Leone	141	53	88
142	Cuba	125	65	60
142	Mauritania	125	47	78
144	Montserrat	123	57	66
145	Andorra	119	50	69
146	Georgia	112	41	71
147	Belarus	83	47	36
148	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	68	34	34
149	Timor-Leste	56	21	35
150	Faroe Islands	54	29	25
151	Maldives	49	3	46
152	Mauritius	48	24	24
153	Kiribati	44	11	33
154	Greenland	37	14	23
155	Cook Islands	35	13	22
156	Solomon Islands	27	11	16
156	Falkland Islands	27	14	13
158	Niue	9	1	8
159	Tuvalu	3	—	3

What correlates with Total Expats (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,334 other country metrics sharing at least 96 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Total Expats tend to score higher on these

Expected DeparturesVisa Overstay by Country
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 132
Plot
US ExportsUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 152
Plot
US Total TradeUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 152
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Golf CoursesGolf Popularity by Country
r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 110
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US ImportsUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 152
Plot
Registered GolfersGolf Popularity by Country
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 111
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Total Expats tend to score lower on these

Travelpass Cost per DayVerizon Travelpass Countries
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 140
Plot
US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.55 · strong · n = 152
Plot
CyberCash 2019Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.32 · moderate · n = 158
Plot
Joining YearInternational Maritime Organization
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 128
Plot
Year First Franchise OpenedBurger King by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 97
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First Referendum Initiative HeldReferendums by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 110
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Total Expats?: Mexico has the highest Total Expats in 2024, at 823,502, followed by Canada (256,571) and United Kingdom (243,570).
Which country has the lowest Total Expats?: Tuvalu has the lowest Total Expats in 2024, at 3.
What is the median Total Expats across countries?: The median is 1,917 across the 159 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this american expats by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: International Migrant Stock - United Nations; The Countries With the Most American Expats - The Street.