EU countries by foreign-born share of the population, 2025
Luxembourg had the highest foreign-born share of the population of 26 EU countries in 2025, at 51.5%. Poland had the lowest, at 2.6%. The median was 14.2%. Source: Eurostat.
All EU countries, 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2025 (%) | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 51.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 2 | Malta | 32 | +1.2 pts |
| 3 | Cyprus | 27.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 4 | Ireland | 23.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 5 | Austria | 22.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 6 | Sweden | 20.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 7 | Germany Estimated | 20.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 8 | Belgium | 20.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 9 | Spain | 19.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 10 | Estonia | 17.8 | -0 pts |
| 11 | Netherlands | 16.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 12 | Slovenia | 15.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 13 | Denmark | 14.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 14 | Croatia | 14.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 15 | France Estimated | 14 | +0.4 pts |
| 16 | Italy | 11.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 17 | Latvia | 11.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 18 | Greece | 11 | -0 pts |
| 19 | Finland | 10 | +0.8 pts |
| 20 | Czechia | 10 | +0.2 pts |
| 21 | Lithuania | 9.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 22 | Hungary | 7.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 23 | Romania Estimated | 6.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 24 | Slovakia | 4 | 0 pts |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 3.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 26 | Poland Estimated | 2.6 | 0 pts |
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About this ranking
People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat).
Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born. In the United States people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native; in the EU everyone born outside the reporting country counts as foreign born, including people born in another EU country or abroad to national parents. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2025 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Invokely calculation from Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#foreign_born_share. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which EU country has the highest foreign-born share of the population?
Luxembourg, with 51.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
Which EU country has the lowest foreign-born share of the population?
Poland, with 2.6% in 2025.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Invokely, Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2025 and are not ranked.
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