The World’s Most Loved Countries: Nations People Don’t Want to Leave

For those who love to travel, there are countries around the globe you may have visited that you've fallen in love with; places that seem so magical you dream of leaving your home country and moving to these new nations that seem like perfection. You wouldn't be the only one. Some people born there, native to the area, love it just as much and could never dream of leaving.

It isn't only people who discover another country through a love of travel who want to relocate. There are those plagued by poverty, famine, or other serious plights their countries are dealing with, from war to gang activity, that causes them to flee to the safety of another nation. Others flee nations prevalent with severe natural disasters, a disastrous result of global warming.

According to a report by the International Organization for Migration, an agency of the United Nations, there were some 281 million international migrants in the world in 2020, the latest year for which data is available. More than a million migrants arrive in the U.S. every year, and the Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimates that as of 2022, about 13.9% of our country's population was foreign-born. We receive more people from other places than any other nation. (Check the number of new green card holders in every state.)

To assemble a list of the world's most loved countries: nations people don't want to leave, 24/7 Tempo consulted a study conducted by Top Move, a Canadian moving services company. The company drew data concerning population and number of emigrants from each country's census bureau and other relevant governmental sources, then calculated the percentage of emigrants by population. The data used was the most recent available officially and covered the year 2023.

Here are the world's most loved countries: nations people don't want to leave:

• Population: 17,618,299
• Number of emigrants: 2,000,000
• Emigrants by population: 11.35%

• Population: 8,958,960
• Number of emigrants: 587,620
• Emigrants by population: 6.56%

• Population: 10,612,086
• Number of emigrants: 685,000
• Emigrants by population: 6.45%

• Population: 5,545,475
• Number of emigrants: 300,000
• Emigrants by population: 5.41%

• Population: 5,910,913
• Number of emigrants: 250,000
• Emigrants by population: 4.23%

• Population: 26,439,111
• Number of emigrants: 1,000,000
• Emigrants by population: 3.78%

• Population: 339,996,563
• Number of emigrants: 5,100,000
• Emigrants by population: 1.50%

• Population: 83,294,633
• Number of emigrants: 1,200,000
• Emigrants by population: 1.44%

• Population: 123,294,513
• Number of emigrants: 1,300,000
• Emigrants by population: 1.05%

• Population: 9,516,871
• Number of emigrants: 60,000
• Emigrants by population: 0.63%