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Born abroad in Bangladesh

1990 – 2024 · 8 data points 29 of 42 · Countries Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Born abroad, 1990 – 2024 percent · Bangladesh · World
+0.8 pp since 2010
Bangladesh World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Born abroad · percent
Bangladesh
1.7%
World
3.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 1.7% · 2024
First value 0.8% · 1990
Highest 1.7% · 2024
Lowest 0.7% · 2000
Data points 8

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearBangladeshChange World
2024 1.7% +0.4 pp 3.7%
2020 1.3% +0.4 pp 3.5%
2015 0.9% ±0.0 pp 3.3%
2010 0.9% +0.2 pp 3.2%
2005 0.7% ±0.0 pp 2.9%
2000 0.7% −0.1 pp 2.8%
1995 0.8% ±0.0 pp 2.8%
1990 0.8% 2.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBorn abroad
1 Saudi Arabia 44.2%
2 Hong Kong SAR China 38.6%
3 Lebanon 27.2%
4 Canada 22.4%
5 Gabon 18.6%
6 Germany 15.4%
7 United States 14.7%
8 Norway 14.4%
9 United Kingdom 13.9%
10 Spain 12.6%
11 France 12.3%
12 Netherlands 11.8%
13 Greece 11.5%
14 Italy 9.1%
15 Congo - Brazzaville 7.7%
16 Czechia 6.5%
17 Russia 6.3%
18 Finland 5.7%
19 Lithuania 4.7%
20 Türkiye 4.7%
21 Argentina 4.3%
22 Chile 3.3%
23 South Korea 2.6%
24 Liberia 2.4%
25 Ecuador 2.0%
26 Poland 1.8%
27 Bulgaria 1.7%
28 Yemen 1.2%
29 Romania 1.1%
30 Congo - Kinshasa 1.0%
31 Bangladesh 0.9%
32 Mexico 0.9%
33 Sierra Leone 0.8%
34 Algeria 0.6%
35 Egypt 0.5%
36 India 0.4%
37 Honduras 0.4%
38 Colombia 0.3%
39 Brazil 0.3%
40 China 0.1%
41 Indonesia 0.1%
42 Philippines 0.1%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

What it means

The share of residents who were born in another country.

How it is calculated

Residents born outside the country divided by the total population (some countries count foreign citizens instead).