North Africa: migrants share by country 2020

In 2019, international migrants constituted 1.3 percent of the total population of North Africa. However, the share varied significantly according to the country. Libya had the largest percentage of international migrants, corresponding to 12 percent of the total inhabitants, which were around 6.78 million. The majority of these originated from Sub-Saharan Africa as of October 2020. Indeed, Libya has become a place of transit from where migrants reach Europe.

International migrants in North Africa as a percentage of the total population in 2020, by country

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2020

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Africa

Survey time period

July 1, 2020

Supplementary notes

The source defines the number of international migrants as "the midyear (1 July) estimate of the number of people living in a country or area other than that in which they were born. Where the number of foreign-born was not available, the estimate refers to the number of people living in a country other than that of their citizenship".

It also specifies the following:
- Estimates of the migrant stock for Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco were based on the population of foreign citizens.
- Estimates of the migrant stock for Sudan, Algeria, and Egypt were based on the foreign-born population. Refugees and asylum-seekers were added to the estimates of international migrants.

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