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Map of the Irish Diaspora in the World Map of the Italian diaspora in the world Istrian Italians leave Pola in 1947 during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus. Italian diaspora – occurred mainly between the 1890s and 1930s due to the economic crises and poverty in Italy, with emigrant numbers reaching into the tens of million.
These are lists of countries by foreign-born population and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).. According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia and France had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest.
Pictured at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada, on April 15, 2015 The Mexican diaspora is the world's second-largest diaspora; [2] pictured is Mexican day celebrations in Germany. A diaspora (/ d aɪ ˈ æ s p ər ə / dy-ASP-ər-ə) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin.
As of 2023, about 8.5 million Jews live outside Israel, which hosts the largest Jewish population in the world with 7.2 million. Israel is followed by the United States with approximately 6.3 million.
People of the African immigrant diaspora are the most educated population group in the United States—50 percent have bachelor's or advanced degrees, compared to 23 percent of native-born Americans. [125] [126] The largest African immigrant communities in the United States are in New York, followed by California, Texas, and Maryland. [124]
[25] [26] The second-largest community, around 1.6 million, lives in the United Kingdom, followed by the United States (especially New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey) in third place. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Pakistan has the 6th largest diaspora in the world. [27]
The Iranian diaspora (collectively known as Iranian expats or expatriates) is the global population of Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran. [ 3 ]
The Iraqi diaspora refers to native Iraqis who have left for other countries as emigrants or refugees, and is now [when?] one of the largest in modern times, being described by the UN as a "humanitarian crisis" caused by the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq and by the ensuing war. [1]