Nearly all Mexicans living abroad are in the United States

Key points

• More than 11 million Mexicans live abroad
• About 96% are in the United States
• Canada and Spain are the distant second and third

Mexicans live across the world, but their population abroad is overwhelmingly concentrated in one country: the United States.

Mexico's official 2024 figures identify about 11.23 million Mexicans living outside the country, with 10.82 million in the United States. That means roughly 96% of the total live north of the border.

No other destination comes close. Canada ranks second with 107,735 Mexican residents, followed by Spain with 79,581. Germany has 23,205, the United Kingdom 18,000 and France 17,200.

The Netherlands, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile complete the top 10 shown on the map, each with fewer than 12,000 Mexican residents.

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The figures highlight how unusual Mexico's migration pattern is. Of the roughly 405,000 Mexicans living abroad outside the United States, about 187,600 were in Europe and 184,400 elsewhere in the Americas, according to the 2024 figures.

Canada's position reflects its role as the second-largest destination for Mexican international migration. Mexico and Canada also operate established temporary labour programmes, including one that places Mexican agricultural workers in Canadian provinces.

Europe has a much smaller Mexican population, but Spain stands out. About four in every 10 Mexicans living in Europe were in Spain in the 2024 dataset, making it the largest European destination by a wide margin.