Canada is among the top-10 countries with the largest foreign-born population

• Among the countries of the world with the largest foreign-born populations, Canada is currently ranked eighth, with about 7.5 million people. The size of the foreign-born population in Canada closely follows that of the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and France.
• The United States is in the first position, with a foreign-born population estimated at 45.8 million people, however, the population of the United States is approximately 330 million compared to a population in Canada of about 35 million.
• The Russian Federation and Germany were ranked in the second and third position, in terms of the size of their foreign-born populations.

Table 3
Foreign-born population by selected countries, recent period
Table summary
This table displays the results of Foreign-born population by selected countries. The information is grouped by Rank (appearing as row headers), Country and Foreign-born population, calculated using in millions units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Rank	Country	Foreign-born population
		in millions
1	United States	45.8
2	Russian Federation	11.1
3	Germany	9.9
4	Saudi Arabia	9.1
5	United Arab Emirates	7.8
6	United Kingdom	7.8
7	France	7.6
8	Canada	7.5
9	Australia	6.5
10	Spain	6.5
Note(s): Data include the foreign-born population regardless of citizenship. Thus, in some cases, the data relate to foreign citizens, and not to the foreign-born population. In some cases, refugees are also included. Source(s): United Nations. 2013. Trends in International Migrant Stock, The 2013 Revision and National Household Survey, 2011.