Main countries of origin immigrants in Brazil 2020

At mid-year 2020, Venezuela was the main country of origin of immigrants in Brazil, as there were about 248,000 Venezuelans in the South American country. Immigrants from Portugal were the second largest foreign community in Brazil.

Leading countries of origin of immigrants in Brazil in 2020

Characteristic	Number of migrants
Venezuela	248,105
Portugal	175,251
Japan	62,296
Paraguay	49,842
Bolivia	49,289
Italy	47,193
Spain	39,028
Argentina	36,910
Argentina	36,910
Haiti	32,796
Uruguay	30,537
China*	24,632
United States	22,410
Germany	20,625
Chile	19,596
Peru	19,074
Lebanon	15,664
Cuba	14,798
France	12,138
Republic of Korea	10,891

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

July 1, 2020

Special properties

international migrant stock at mid-year

Supplementary notes

International migrant stock is an estimation of the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained from population censuses. Additionally, population registers and nationally representative surveys provided information on the number and composition of international migrants. More methodological information can be found here.

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