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Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 15, 2022
South Africa had the highest number of immigrants among all African countries as of July 2020, hosting 2.9 million people. Côte d'Ivoire followed with 2.6 million international migrants. Among the macro-regions, Eastern Africa hosted the highest number of international migrants in Africa, with 7.68 million. Western Africa followed with some 7.55 million migrants.
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2021
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Africa
Survey time period
July 1, 2020
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Estimated data. Figures were rounded.
Only countries with over 500,000 international migrants are displayed.
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