{{Short description|People born outside their country of residence}} {{For|the band|Foreign Born}} {{Broader|Nationality law}}

'''Foreign-born''' (also '''non-native''') people are those born outside of their country of residence. Foreign born are often non-citizens, but many are naturalized citizens of the country in which they live, and others are citizens by descent, typically through a parent.

The term ''foreign born'' encompasses both immigrants and expatriates but is not synonymous with either. Foreign born may, like immigrants, have committed to living in a country permanently or, like expatriates, live abroad for a significant period with the plan to return to their birth-country eventually.

The status of foreign born — particularly their access to citizenship — differs globally. The large groups of foreign-born guest workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, for example, have no right to citizenship no matter the length of their residence. In Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, by contrast, foreign born are often citizens or in the process of becoming citizens. Certain countries have intermediary rules: in Germany and Japan it is often difficult but not impossible for the foreign born to become citizens.

== Definition == The adjective ''foreign-born'' has two potential meanings:

* "born in a country other than that in which one resides."<ref>[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/foreign-born foreign-born], Dictionary.com</ref> * "foreign by birth."<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign-born Foreign-born], Merriam-Webster</ref>

The United Nations uses the first definition to estimate the international migrant stock, whenever this information is available. In countries lacking data on place of birth, the UN uses the country of citizenship instead.<ref name="UNdef">{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/docs/MigrationStockDocumentation_2019.pdf|title=INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT STOCK 2019 DOCUMENTATION}}</ref>

On the other hand, the United States Census Bureau defines foreign-born as "anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth", which includes persons who have become U.S. citizens through naturalization but excludes persons born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents.

According to the UN: "Equating international migrants with foreign citizens when estimating the migrant stock has important shortcomings. In countries where citizenship is conferred on the basis of jus sanguinis, people who were born in the country of residence may be included in the number of international migrants even though they may have never lived abroad. Conversely, persons who were born abroad and who naturalized in their country of residence are excluded from the stock of international migrants when using citizenship as the criterion to define international migrants."<ref name="UNdef"/>

== Trends by country == {{See also| List of sovereign states and dependent territories by immigrant population}} {{See also| Effects of immigration to the United States#Science and engineering}} The percentage of foreign born in a country is the product mostly of immigration rates, but is also affected by emigration rates and birth and death rates in the destination country. For example, the United Kingdom and Ireland are destination countries for migrants from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia, but are themselves source countries for immigration to other English-speaking countries.

The Holy See is unique in having 100% of its population foreign-born. The region with the highest rate of foreign-born residents is Oceania, with 21%, while Asia has less than 1%.

Countries with immigration rates above 25% tend to be wealthy countries with relatively open migration or labour laws, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and the Persian Gulf states.

The largest foreign-born population in the world is in the United States, which was home to 39 million foreign-born residents in 2012, or 12.6% of the population.<ref>United States Census Bureau. [https://www.census.gov/population/foreign/files/cps2012/2012T1.pdf Current Population Survey - March 2012 Detailed Tables, Table 1.1]. Accessed September 6, 2014.</ref>

== Countries with the largest foreign-born populations == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Rank<ref name=":0" /> !Country !Region !Percentage of foreign-born population !Largest foreign-born group |- |1 |United Arab Emirates |Greater Middle East |88.52%<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=GMI Research |date=2024-12-02 |title=United Arab Emirates (UAE) Population Statistics 2024 {{!}} GMI |url=https://www.globalmediainsight.com/blog/uae-population-statistics/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Official GMI Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> |Indian |- |2 |Qatar |Greater Middle East |81.3%<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Population of Qatar by nationality in 2019 |url=http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130070654/http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/ |archive-date=30 November 2022 }}</ref> |Indian |- |3 |Kuwait |Greater Middle East |69.1%<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-16 |title=Kuwait's population - by nationality |url=http://www.bq-magazine.com/economy/socioeconomics/2015/08/kuwaits-population-by-nationality |access-date=2025-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216230256/http://www.bq-magazine.com/economy/socioeconomics/2015/08/kuwaits-population-by-nationality |archive-date=16 February 2017 }}</ref> |Indian |- |4 |Bahrain |Greater Middle East |54.6%<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-07 |title=Bahrain's population by nationality |url=http://www.bq-magazine.com/economy/socioeconomics/2015/08/bahrains-population-by-nationality |access-date=2025-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207171749/http://www.bq-magazine.com/economy/socioeconomics/2015/08/bahrains-population-by-nationality |archive-date=7 February 2018 }}</ref> |Indian |- |5 |Saudi Arabia |Greater Middle East |37.37%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Arabia |url=https://migrants-refugees.va/country-profile/saudi-arabia/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Migrants & Refugees Section |language=en-US}}</ref> |Indian |- |6 |Lebanon |Greater Middle East |23%<ref>{{Citation |title=Lebanon |date=2025-01-02 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102223611/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-14 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> |Syrian |- |7 |Canada |North America |23%<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-09-06 |title=Immigration and ethnocultural diversity statistics |url=https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/immigration_and_ethnocultural_diversity |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> |Indian |- |8 |Sweden |Northern Europe |19.6%<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Population Statistics 1960–2019 |url=https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/population/population-composition/population-statistics/pong/tables-and-graphs/yearly-statistics--the-whole-country/summary-of-population-statistics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925044409/https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/population/population-composition/population-statistics/pong/tables-and-graphs/yearly-statistics--the-whole-country/summary-of-population-statistics/ |archive-date=25 September 2020 |access-date=25 September 2020 |work=Statistics Sweden}}</ref> |Syrian |- |9 |Germany |Western Europe |18%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany: Immigrants made up over 18% of 2022 population – DW – 04/20/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-immigrants-made-up-over-18-of-2022-population/a-65383249 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> |Turk |- |10 |France |Western Europe |17.2%<ref name="r147">{{cite web | title=International Migrant Stock | website=Population Division | url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock | access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref> |Algerian |- |11 |Spain |Western Europe |17.1%<ref name="r147">{{cite web | title=International Migrant Stock | website=Population Division | url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock | access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref> |Moroccan |- |12 |United Kingdom |Northern Europe |17%<ref name="r147">{{cite web | title=International Migrant Stock | website=Population Division | url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock | access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref> |Indian |- |13 |United States |North America |13.9%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Take a look: How immigrants drive the economy in United States of America |url=https://map.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/locations/national/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=American Immigration Council |language=en-US}}</ref> |Mexican |- |14||Pakistan||Greater Middle East||13.2%||Indian |- |15 |Turkey |Greater Middle East |7.18%{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} |Syrian |- |16 |Colombia |South America |5.6%<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosquera,AFP |first=Eddy |date=2026-01-03 |title=Migración venezolana a Colombia: causas del éxodo tras Maduro y cómo avanza la situación HOY |url=https://caracol.com.co/2026/01/03/migracion-venezolana-a-colombia-causas-del-exodo-tras-maduro-y-como-avanza-la-situacion-hoy/ |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Caracol Radio |language=es}}</ref> |Venezuelan |- |17 |Brazil |South America |1.00%{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} |Venezuelan |- |18 |India |South Asia |0.4%<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Ruchi |date=2022-03-07 |title=Origin of World's Largest Migrant Population, India Seeks to Leverage Immigration |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/india-migration-country-profile#:~:text=India%20has%20for%20centuries%20been,of%20its%201.4%20billion%20people. |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=migrationpolicy.org |language=en}}</ref> |Bangladeshi |} Direct figures on Pakistan's total foreign-born population are unavailable. However, estimates for specific immigrant communities can be found, which are as follows: 8.4% - 10% Indians (i.e., Muhajirs from India and their descendants),<ref>{{Citation |title=Pakistan |date=2025-01-02 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103112232/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-14 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> 1.6% - 2% Afghans,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan to start second phase of Afghan deportations |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/30/pakistan-to-start-second-phase-of-afghan-deportations |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> 1% Bengalis,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maryam |first=Hajira |title=Stateless and helpless: The plight of ethnic Bengalis in Pakistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/9/29/stateless-ethnic-bengalis-pakistan |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> 0.1 - 0.2% Burmese<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-26 |title=Box 5925 Annapolis, MD 21403 info@srintl |url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs/SRI-rohingya.htm |access-date=2025-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326024321/http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs/SRI-rohingya.htm |archive-date=26 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-14 |title=Bengali and Rohingya leaders gearing up for LG polls - thenews.com.pk |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-333213-Bengali-and-Rohingya-leaders-gearing-up-for-LG-polls |access-date=2025-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814203153/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-333213-Bengali-and-Rohingya-leaders-gearing-up-for-LG-polls |archive-date=14 August 2015 }}</ref>

== Countries with largest refugee populations == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Rank<ref name=":0" /> !Country !Region !Refugees hosted |- |1 |Iran |Greater Middle East |3.8 million<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=UNHCR's Refugee Population Statistics Database |url=https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=UNHCR |language=en}}</ref> |- |2 |United States |North America |3.6 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=How many refugees are entering the US? |url=https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-refugees-are-entering-the-us/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=USAFacts |language=en}}</ref> |- |3 |Turkey |Greater Middle East |3.1 million<ref name=":1" /> |- |4 |Pakistan |Greater Middle East |3.1 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan - Afghanistan Situation Refugee Response Dashboard, as of December 2023 |url=https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/107878 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=UNHCR Operational Data Portal (ODP) |language=en}}</ref> |- |5 |Colombia |South America |2.8 million<ref name=":1" /> |- |6 |Germany |Western Europe |2.7 million<ref name=":1" /> |- |7 |Uganda |East Africa |1.7 million<ref name=":1" /> |- |8 |Lebanon |Greater Middle East |1.5 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon |url=https://reporting.unhcr.org/operational/operations/lebanon#:~:text=The%20Government%20of%20Lebanon%20estimates,by%20the%20end%20of%202022. |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Global Focus |language=en}}</ref> |}

==Metropolitan and urban regions with the largest foreign-born populations{{anchor|Metropolitan regions with largest foreign born populations}}== # Data for the cities listed below is from numerous sources.

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Rank<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/gcmm.cfm|title=Data Hub|work=migrationpolicy.org}}</ref> !Metropolitan region /<br />urban area !Country !Foreign-born population !Sources of immigrants |- | align="right" |1||New York metropolitan area||United States||5,892,000<ref name=ForeignBornUSMetro>{{cite web|url=http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-immigrant-population-metropolitan-area?width=1000&height=850&iframe=true|title=U.S. Immigrant Population by Metropolitan Area (2023)|date=20 November 2013 |publisher=Migration Policy Institute|access-date=August 18, 2025}}</ref>||China, India, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Ecuador, Guyana, Philippines, South Korea, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Italy, Colombia, Poland, Russia, Pakistan, Brazil, Cuba, Nigeria, Ghana, Greece |- | align="right" |2||London and the home counties||United Kingdom||5,623,701<ref name="ons.gov.uk"/>||India, Poland, Bangladesh, Romania, Pakistan, Italy, Turkey, Nigeria, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, China, France, Ghana, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, United States, Greece, Kenya, Canada |- | align="right" |3||Los Angeles Metropolitan Area||United States||5,541,000<ref name=ForeignBornUSMetro/>||Mexico, Philippines, El Salvador, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Iran, Armenia, India, Taiwan, Nigeria, Colombia, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada |- | align="right" |4||Greater Toronto Area{{efn|Combined population of Toronto, Peel Region, York Region, Durham Region and Halton Region.|name="GTA"}}||Canada||3,231,295<ref name="Toronto2021census"/><ref name="Peel2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Peel, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Peel&DGUIDlist=2021A00033521&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="York2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population York, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=York&DGUIDlist=2021A00033519&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="Durham2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Durham, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Durham&DGUIDlist=2021A00033518&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="Halton2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Halton, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Halton&DGUIDlist=2021A00033524&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}|| India, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Italy, Iran, United Kingdom, Guyana, Portugal, Vietnam, Poland, South Korea, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Greece, Romania |- | align="right" |5||Paris metropolitan area||France||3,041,148<ref>{{cite web |title=Données harmonisées des recensements de la population 1968-2018 |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6023301?sommaire=2414232 |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>||Algeria, Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Romania, Turkey, China, Italy, Mali, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Cameroon, Martinique, Ivory Coast |- | align="right" |6||Hong Kong (SAR)||Hong Kong|| 2,793,450||China, Indonesia, Philippines, Macau, Thailand, United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, Japan, United States, Canada |- | align="right" |7||San Francisco Bay Area||United States||2,634,270<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=United States Census Bureau|language=en|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-immigrant-population-state-and-county|title=U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County|date=2014-02-04|work=migrationpolicy.org|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en}}</ref>||Mexico, China, Philippines, Vietnam, India, El Salvador, Guatemala, South Korea, Taiwan, Iran, Russia, Japan, Nicaragua |- | align="right" |8||Sydney Greater Capital City Statistical Area||Australia||2,071,872<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/1GSYD?opendocument|title=2016 Census QuickStats - Greater Sydney|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2017-06-09|archive-date=2018-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320091948/http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/1GSYD?opendocument|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| China, United Kingdom, India, New Zealand, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Lebanon, Sri Lanka |- | align="right" |9||Miami metropolitan area||United States||1,949,629{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Canada, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Brazil, Panama, Peru, Argentina |- | align="right" |10||Melbourne Greater Capital City Statistical Area||Australia||1,801,139<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/2GMEL?opendocument|title=2016 Census QuickStats - Greater Melbourne|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2017-06-09}}</ref>|||India, China, Vietnam, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Italy, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Greece, Philippines, South Africa, Hong Kong, Afghanistan |- | align="right" |11||Chicago metropolitan area||United States||1,625,649{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Mexico, India, Poland, Philippines, China, Palestine, Ukraine, Italy, Guatemala, Lithuania, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Cuba, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago |- | align="right" |12||Brussels Urban Area||Belgium||1,441,600{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}|| France, Romania, Morocco, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany, DR Congo, Guinea |- | align="right" |13||Singapore (city only)||Singapore||1,305,011{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Malaysia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Myanmar, South Korea |- | align="right" |14||Berlin Urban Area||Germany||1,231,500{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Turkey, Russia, Poland, Syria, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, France, Vietnam, United Kingdom |- | align="right" |15||Metro Vancouver||Canada||1,222,460<ref name="MetroVancouver2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Vancouver British Columbia [Census metropolitan area] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021S0503933&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||Hong Kong, China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, Iran, Pakistan, Poland, United Kingdom, Italy, United States |- | align="right" |16||Greater Montreal||Canada||1,184,620<ref name="GreaterMontreal2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Montréal Quebec [Census metropolitan area] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=montreal&DGUIDlist=2021S0503462&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||Algeria, Morocco, Romania, France, Haiti, Lebanon, Philippines, Vietnam, Italy, China, India |- | align="right" |17||Moscow (city only)||Russia||1,128,035{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus |- | align="right" |18||Houston metropolitan area||United States||1,113,875{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Mexico, El Salvador, Vietnam, India, Nigeria, China, Honduras, Philippines, Myanmar, Guatemala, Colombia |- | align="right" |19||Metropolitan Dubai||United Arab Emirates||1,056,000{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}|||India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Iran, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom |- | align="right" |20||Riyadh (city only)||Saudi Arabia||1,054,000{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Arab League, Pakistan, India, African Union, Bangladesh, Iran |- | align="right" |21||Washington metropolitan area||United States||1,017,432{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||El Salvador, China, Ethiopia, Mexico, South Korea, Nigeria, Philippines, Vietnam, Ghana, Bolivia |- | align="right" |22||Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex||United States||1,016,221{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Mexico, India, Vietnam, El Salvador, China, South Korea, Honduras, Philippines |- | align="right" |23||Frankfurt Urban Area||Germany||998,400{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}|||Turkey, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Russia, North Macedonia |- | align="right" |24||Tokyo Urban Area||Japan||978,172{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||China, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, United States, Brazil, Nepal, Taiwan, Peru, Thailand |- | align="right" |25||Santiago Metropolitan Region||Chile||938,904{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Haiti, Argentina |- | align="right" |26||Birmingham Urban Area||United Kingdom||902,438{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}|||India, Pakistan, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Poland, Bangladesh, Romania, China, Italy, Albania, Nigeria, Somalia |- | align="right" |27||Barcelona Urban Area||Spain||862,200{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}|| Italy, Pakistan, China, Ecuador, Bolivia, Morocco, France, Honduras, Argentina |- | align="right" |28||Atlanta metropolitan area||United States||861,208{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Mexico, India, Jamaica, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Nigeria, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia |- | align="right" |29 |Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area |Australia |731,198{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} |New Zealand, England, China, India, South Africa, Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, Scotland, Malaysia |- | align="right" |30 |Stockholm County |Sweden |681,538<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101E/FolkmRegFlandK/ |title=Statistikmyndigheten SCB - Meddelande om underhåll, Statistics Sweden - Notice of maintenance |access-date=2025-11-24 |archive-date=2020-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031044208/https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning/befolkningens-sammansattning/befolkningsstatistik/pong/tabell-och-diagram/helarsstatistik--kommun-lan-och-riket/utrikes-fodda-efter-lan-kommun-och-fodelseland-31-december/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| Iraq, Finland, Poland, Iran, Syria, Turkey, India, Ukraine, China, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Chile, Somalia, Pakistan, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Thailand, Ethiopia, Greece, United States, Romania |- | align="right" |31||Auckland Urban Area||New Zealand||662,298{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||United Kingdom, China, India, Fiji, Samoa, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka |- | align="right" |32||Muscat||Oman||571,000{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh |- | align="right" |33 |Amsterdam metropolitan area |Netherlands |554,530{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} |Morocco, Turkey, Suriname, Poland, Ghana, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Germany, India, Curacao |- | align="right" |34 |Madrid |Spain |512,218 |Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay, Morocco, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru |- | align="right" |35||Calgary Metropolitan Region||Canada||488,740<ref name="MetroCalgary2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Calgary Alberta [Census metropolitan area] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=calgary&DGUIDlist=2021S0503825&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||India, Pakistan, Philippines, United States, Nigeria, China, Lebanon, Vietnam, United Kingdom, South Korea, Iran, Hong Kong, Ethiopia, Germany, European Union |- | align="right" |36||Milan Urban Area||Italy||475,000{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Egypt, Philippines, China, Romania, Sri Lanka |- | align="right" |37||Edmonton Metropolitan Region||Canada||389,490<ref name="MetroEdmonton2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Edmonton Alberta [Census metropolitan area] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=edmonton&DGUIDlist=2021S0503835&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||China, Pakistan, India, Somalia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Lebanon |- | align="right" |38||National Capital Region (Canada)||Canada||349,005<ref name="NCR2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Ottawa - Gatineau Ontario/Quebec [Census metropolitan area] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=ottawa&DGUIDlist=2021S0503505&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||Italy, Pakistan, India |- | align="right" |39 |Phoenix |United States |346,430 |Mexico, Guatemala, Philippines, Germany, Romania, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herz., Ethiopia |- | align="right" |40||Hamburg Metropolitan Region||Germany||332,473<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau_local.asp?ref_id=IMG1B&millesime=2012&niveau=2&nivgeo=DEP&codgeo=75|title=Les immigrés par sexe, âge et pays de naissance – Département de Paris (75)|author=INSEE|access-date=19 November 2015|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101095821/http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau_local.asp?ref_id=IMG1B&millesime=2012&niveau=2&nivgeo=DEP&codgeo=75|archive-date=1 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>|| Turkey, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Italy, Spain, Ghana |- | align="right" |41 |San Diego |United States |325,819 |Philippines, China, Mexico |- | align="right" |42||Greater Manchester||United Kingdom||302,000{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Pakistan, China, Ireland, Bangladesh, Poland, Nigeria, India, Somalia, Jamaica, Iraq |- | align="right" |43||Winnipeg Metropolitan Region||Canada||238,170<ref name="MetroWinnipeg2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Winnipeg Manitoba [Census metropolitan area] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=winnipeg&DGUIDlist=2021S0503602&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||China, United Kingdom, Lebanon, United States, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, Syria, Haiti, Iran, Somalia, Egypt, Italy, Iraq, DR Congo, Germany, Jamaica, Russia, Hong Kong |- | align="right" |44||Helsinki||Finland||213,290<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4 |title=PX-Web - Valitse muuttuja ja arvot |access-date=2018-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212214837/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4 |archive-date=2019-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||Russia, Estonia, Somalia, Iraq, Sweden, China, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, India, Turkey |- | align="right" |45 |Philadelphia |United States |179,444 |Ukraine, China, Dominican Republic, Liberia, Vietnam, Jamaica, Mexico |- | align="right" |46 |Boston |United States |161,740 |China, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Cape Verde, Russia, India |- | align="right" |47||Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region||Germany||132,684{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||Turkey, Serbia, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Italy, Spain |- | align="right" |48 |Seattle |United States |105,154 |China, Mexico, Somalia, South Korea, Philippines, Russia, Colombia, Ukraine |- | align="right" |49 |Charlotte |United States |96,734 |China, Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico, India, Honduras |- | align="right" |50 |Denver |United States |95,985 |Mexico, India, Vietnam, Russia, Germany, Ethiopia, Guatemala |- | align="right" |51||Geneva||Switzerland||77,602{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||France, Spain, Germany |}

==Cities with largest foreign born populations== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Rank !City !Country !Region !Estimate date and source (where available) !Foreign-born population !Percentage !Country of origin of the largest foreign-born group |- |1||London||United Kingdom |Northern Europe||ONS 2021||3,576,000<ref name="ons.gov.uk">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/download/table?format=xlsx&uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/thechangingpictureoflongterminternationalmigrationenglandandwales/census2021/4dcb8270.json |title=Population of the United Kingdom by Country of Birth and Nationality}}</ref>||40.6% |India |- |2 |Dubai |United Arab Emirates |Greater Middle East |Government of Dubai 2021 |3,200,000<ref name="popvitstat">{{cite web |date=2021 |title=Population and Vital Statistics |url=https://www.dsc.gov.ae/en-us/Themes/Pages/Population-and-Vital-Statistics.aspx?Theme=42 |website=Government of Dubai}}</ref> |91.4% |India |- |3||New York||United States |North America||2022 ACS||3,133,149<ref name="NYCForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=160XX00US3651000_040XX00US36 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||36.3% |Dominican Republic |- |4||Sydney||Australia |Oceania||2021 Australian Census||2,260,410<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Greater Sydney, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/1GSYD |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>||43.2% |China |- |5 |Abu Dhabi |United Arab Emirates |Greater Middle East |2014 |2,173,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Updated version of "Explore Abu Dhabi through Statistics, 2015" released |url=http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Updated_version_of_Explore_Abu_Dhabi_through_Statistics,_2015_released/70020.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029084750/http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Updated_version_of_Explore_Abu_Dhabi_through_Statistics%2C_2015_released/70020.htm |archive-date=29 October 2015 |access-date=12 November 2015 |publisher=UAE interact}}</ref> |80% |India |- |6 |Kuwait City |Kuwait |Greater Middle East |2018 |2,088,000<ref>{{Citation |title=Kuwait |date=2025-01-02 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112210344/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 12, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-14 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=The World's Cities in 2018. Data Booklet |page= |year= |url=https://www.un.org/en/events/citiesday/assets/pdf/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdf |access-date=2021-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715024920/https://www.un.org/en/events/citiesday/assets/pdf/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live |publication-place= |publisher=United Nations}}</ref> |69.6% |India |- |7||Melbourne||Australia |Oceania||2021 Australian Census||1,970,614<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Greater Melbourne, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/2GMEL |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>||40.1% |India |- |8 |Doha |Qatar |Greater Middle East |2021 |1,768,000<ref name="tmpq3">{{cite book |url=https://www.mot.gov.qa/sites/default/files/files/VOLUME%201_%20English.pdf |title=Updating Transportation Master Plan For Qatar (TMPQ) |publisher=Ministry of Transport |year=2021 |volume=1 (Updated TMPQ Executive Summary) |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Qatar |date=2025-01-02 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/qatar/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231041152/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/qatar/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 31, 2024 |access-date=2025-01-14 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> |88.4% |India |- |9||Lima||Peru |South America||2023 United Nations Office of Peru||1,586,880<ref>{{cite web |url=https://peru.un.org/es/212763-la-migración-venezolana-y-su-impacto#:~:text=Alrededor%20de%201%2C6%20millones,estimaciones%20de%20la%20plataforma%20R4V. |title=2023 La migración venezolana y su impacto |publisher=United Nations Office of Peru |access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref>||17.5% |Venezuela |- |10||Toronto||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||1,431,380<ref name="Toronto2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Toronto, City (C) Ontario [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00053520005&SearchText=toronto |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|Statistic includes all persons classified as 'Immigrants' and 'Non-permanent residents' on census.<br><br>Statistics Canada defines 'Immigrants' as ''"persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category."''<br><br>Statistics Canada defines 'Non-permanent residents' as ''"persons from another country with a usual place of residence in Canada and who have a work or study permit or who have claimed refugee status (asylum claimants). Family members living with work or study permit holders are also included, unless these family members are already Canadian citizens, landed immigrants or permanent residents."''|name="Canada"}}||51.9% |India |- |11||Los Angeles||United States |North America||2022 ACS||1,395,920<ref name="LAForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=040XX00US06_160XX00US0644000 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||36.0% |Mexico |- |12||Perth||Australia |Oceania||2021 Australian Census||858,141<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Greater Perth, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/5GPER |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>||40.5% |England |- |13||Brisbane||Australia |Oceania||2021 Australian Census||799,645<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Greater Brisbane, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3GBRI |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>||31.7% |New Zealand |- |14||Montréal||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||790,960<ref name="Montreal2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Montréal, Ville (V) Quebec [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/page.cfm?topic=9&lang=E&dguid=2021A00032466 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||40.9% |France |- |15||Berlin||Germany |Western Europe||Berlin-Brandenburg office of statistics, 2021||789,076{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||21% |Turkey |- |16||Vienna||Austria |Western Europe||City of Vienna 2023||778,454<ref name="Vienna’s population 2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/english/social/integration/facts-figures/population-migration.html |title=Vienna's population 2023 - facts and figures on migration and integration |publisher=City of Vienna |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>||31.3% |Serbia |- |17||Madrid||Spain |Southern Europe||2019 Spain Census||726,669{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||22.2% |Morocco |- |18||Auckland||New Zealand |Oceania||Statistics New Zealand 2018||714,480{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||41.6% |India |- |19||Houston||United States |North America||2022 ACS||664,495<ref name="HoustonForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=160XX00US4835000_040XX00US48 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||28.9% |Mexico |- |20 |Peshawar |Pakistan |Greater Middle East |2005 |611,501<ref name="UNHCR">{{cite web |author1=Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit |date=January 2006 |title=AFGHANS IN PESHAWAR Migration, Settlements and Social Networks |url=http://www.unhcr.org/43e754da2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405172225/http://www.unhcr.org/43e754da2.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2017 |access-date=5 April 2017 |website=Collective for Social Science Research |publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alimia |first=Sanaa |title=Refugee cities: how Afghans changed urban Pakistan |date=2022 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-1-5128-2279-3 |edition= |location=Philadelphia |pages=88}}</ref> |19.7 |Afghanistan |- |21||Bogotá||Colombia |South America||2026|||600,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carreño |first=Heidy |date=2026-01-03 |title=Así reaccionaron los venezolanos en Bogotá tras operativo de EE. UU.: “Es lo que esperábamos todos” |url=https://www.noticiascaracol.com/colombia/bogota/asi-reaccionaron-los-venezolanos-en-bogota-tras-operativo-de-ee-uu-es-lo-que-esperabamos-todos-rg10 |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Noticias Caracol |language=es}}</ref>||7.5% |Venezuela |- |22||Chicago||United States |North America||2022 ACS||550,888<ref name="ChicagoForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=160XX00US1714000_040XX00US17 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||20.2% |Mexico |- |23||Calgary||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||457,665<ref name="Calgary2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Calgary, City (CY) Alberta [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00054806016&SearchText=calgary |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||35.4% |Philippines |- |24||Adelaide||Australia |Oceania||2021 Australian Census||434,090<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Greater Adelaide, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/4GADE |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>||31.3% |England |- |25||San Jose||United States |North America||2022 ACS||410,543<ref name="SanJoseForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=040XX00US06_160XX00US0668000 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||41.0% |Mexico |- |26||Mississauga||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||406,455<ref name="Mississauga2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Mississauga, City (CY) Ontario [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Mississauga%20&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521005&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||57% |India |- |27||Brampton||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||383,695<ref name="Brampton2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Brampton, City (CY) Ontario [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||59.1% |India |- |28||São Paulo||Brazil |South America||2019|||362,340{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||3% |Venezuela |- |29||San Diego||United States |North America||2022 ACS||344,419<ref name="SanDiegoForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=040XX00US06_160XX00US0666000 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||24.9% |Mexico |- |30||Edmonton||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||348,295<ref name="Edmonton2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Edmonton, City (CY) Alberta [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00054811061&SearchText=edmonton |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||34.9% |India |- |31||Hamburg||Germany |Western Europe||2021 ACS||341,759{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||24.7% |Turkey |- |32||Milan||Italy |Southern Europe||Istat 2011||324,378<ref name="ItalianPopulation">{{Cite web |url=http://dati-censimentopopolazione.istat.it/Index.aspx |title=Statistiche Istat}}</ref>||10.7% |Egypt |- |33||Vancouver||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||317,190<ref name="Vancouver2021census">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Vancouver, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-12-05 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||48.8% |China |- |34||Birmingham||United Kingdom |Northern Europe||ONS 2021||305,963{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||25.6% |Pakistan |- |35||Ottawa||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||288,835<ref name="Ottawa2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Ottawa, City (CV) Ontario [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00053506008&SearchText=ottawa |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>||28.9% |China |- |36||San Francisco||United States |North America||2022 ACS||288,169<ref name="SanFranciscoForeignBorn">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=040XX00US06_160XX00US0667000 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||33.9% |China |- |37||Surrey||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||285,620<ref name="Surrey2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Surrey, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Surrey&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915004&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||50.8% |India |- |38||Amsterdam||Netherlands |Western Europe||Statistics Netherlands 2019||277,431{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||32.1% |Turkey |- |39||Miami||United States |North America||2022 ACS||256,805<ref name="MiamiForeignBorn">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=040XX00US12_160XX00US1245000|title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>||57.9% |Cuba |- |40||Stockholm||Sweden |Northern Europe||Statistics Sweden 2019||248,708{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||25.5% |Syria |- |41 |Medellín |Colombia |South America |2024 |240,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colombiano |first=El |date=2024-07-30 |title=En Medellín viven más de 200.000 venezolanos y solo 142 votaron este domingo |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/medellin/venezolanos-en-medellin-son-mas-200000-residentes-pero-solo-142-votaron-elecciones-en-venezuela-NH25119105 |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=El Colombiano |language=es-ES}}</ref> |10% |Venezuela |- |42||Lyon||France |Western Europe||France Unité urbaine de Lyon, INSEE 2020||235,969{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||14% |Algeria |- |43||Winnipeg||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||231,135<ref name="Winnipeg2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Winnipeg, City (CY) Manitoba [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00054611040&SearchText=winnipeg |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||31.4% |India |- |44 |Cúcuta |Colombia |South America |2024 |220,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-05 |title=Un cuarto de la población: Alrededor de 220.000 migrantes venezolanos viven en Cúcuta – bancaynegocios.com |url=https://www.bancaynegocios.com/un-cuarto-de-la-poblacion-alrededor-de-220000-migrantes-venezolanos-viven-en-cucuta/ |access-date=2026-02-23 |website=Banca y Negocios |language=es-ES}}</ref> |28% |Venezuela |- |45||Santiago||Chile |South America||2017 Census||212,037{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||10.2% |Venezuela |- |46||Marseille||France |Western Europe||Unité urbaine de Marseille-Aix, INSEE 2020||193,740{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||12% |Algeria |- |47||Rotterdam||Netherlands |Western Europe||Statistics Netherlands 2019||184,218{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||28.6% |Turkey |- |48 |Barranquilla |Colombia |South America |2025 |182,000<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 3, 2025 |title=Barranquilla y su área metropolitana albergan 182 mil venezolanos: Migración |url=https://zonacero.com/generales/barranquilla-y-su-area-metropolitana-albergan-182-mil-venezolanos-migracion?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKj7shleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpzbJFIx9UPQ6llBsn8jc35tw0HmOoPBERfAfnnQp7YNvTxUIMo__zFcn1eyf_aem_fAjvbvsI2PVrkGADZ-Os7Q}}</ref> |14% |Venezuela |- |49 |Cali |Colombia |South America |2023 |180,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soto |first=Catherine Bekerman |date=2023-01-04 |title=En Cali hay cerca de 180 mil migrantes |url=https://caracol.com.co/2023/01/04/en-cali-hay-cerca-de-180-mil-migrantes/ |access-date=2026-02-23 |website=Caracol Radio |language=es}}</ref> |7.83 |Venezuela |- |50||The Hague||Netherlands |Western Europe||Statistics Netherlands 2019||176,183{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||32.8% |Indonesia |- |51||Manchester||United Kingdom |Northern Europe||ONS 2021||173,208{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||31.4% |Pakistan |- |52||Oslo||Norway |Northern Europe||Statistics Norway 2019||171,868{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||25.2% |Pakistan |- |53||Gothenburg||Sweden |Northern Europe||Statistics Sweden 2019||159,342{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||27.5% |Iraq |- |54||Hamilton||Canada |North America||2021 Canadian census||158,190<ref name="Hamilton2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Hamilton, City (C) Ontario [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=hamilton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053525005&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name="Canada"}}||28.2% |Italy |- |55||Canberra||Australia |Oceania||2021 Australian Census||156,895<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Canberra - Queanbeyan, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/8001 |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>||32% |India |- |56||Copenhagen||Denmark |Northern Europe||Statistics Denmark 2022||134,409{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||26.3% |Turkey |- |57||Malmö||Sweden |Northern Europe||Statistics Sweden 2019||118,323{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||34.4% |Iraq |- |58||Helsinki||Finland |Northern Europe||Statistics Finland 2021||102,016{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}||15.5% |Russia |}

== See also == * Alien (law) * Expatriate * Immigration * Naturalization * Finishing school * Foreign-born Japanese * Immigrant generations

== Notes == {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.foreignborn.com/ ForeignBorn] - a resource for entering and living in the US *[https://www.census.gov/topics/population/foreign-born.html US Census Bureau on foreign born population] *[http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/luxembourg.pdf Luxembourg – Country Summary] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312075546/http://migration.ucdavis.edu/MN/data/foreign_pop/AboutFP.html Migration article from U.C. Davis]

Category:Human migration Category:Employment of foreign-born people