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Countries With the Most Americans by Birth
People born in the United States living in each country, latest UN estimate, the 20 largest
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UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024, destination and origin (CC BY 3.0 IGO). People born in the United States, whatever their citizenship, including children born there who moved with their parents; in countries that record only citizenship, U.S. citizens. Mid-year estimates. Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are not counted as abroad. Countries without a U.S.-origin figure from the UN show as no data. The 20 countries with the most U.S.-born residents in the 2024 edition.
The countries where the most people born in the United States live. Mexico’s count includes many U.S.-born children of Mexican parents.
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- U.S.-Born People Living in Mexico (UN)as “Mexico”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Canada (UN)as “Canada”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in the United Kingdom (UN)as “United Kingdom”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Germany (UN)as “Germany”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Australia (UN)as “Australia”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Israel (UN)as “Israel”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Spain (UN)as “Spain”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Japan (UN)as “Japan”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Bangladesh (UN)as “Bangladesh”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in China (UN)as “China”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in France (UN)as “France”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in South Korea (UN)as “South Korea”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Thailand (UN)as “Thailand”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Italy (UN)as “Italy”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in the Netherlands (UN)as “Netherlands”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Switzerland (UN)as “Switzerland”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Ireland (UN)as “Ireland”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Türkiye (UN)as “Türkiye”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in New Zealand (UN)as “New Zealand”latest 2024-07-01
- U.S.-Born People Living in Poland (UN)as “Poland”latest 2024-07-01
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U.S.-Born People Living in Mexico (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Canada (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in the United Kingdom (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Germany (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Australia (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Israel (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Spain (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Japan (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Bangladesh (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in China (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in France (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in South Korea (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Thailand (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Italy (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in the Netherlands (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Switzerland (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Ireland (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Türkiye (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in New Zealand (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
U.S.-Born People Living in Poland (UN). Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). International Migrant Stock 2024. Table 1 (international migrant stock at mid-year by sex and by region, country or area of destination and origin), both sexes, origin "United States of America", from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2024_ims_stock_by_sex_destination_and_origin.xlsx (linked from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock). Licence: Copyright © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). The UN revises the whole series with each edition; the next one replaces these figures back to 1990.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.