Immigration to Mexico
Foreign-born population by country of birth
Table:
Place
Country
2017
2010
2000
1990

1
United States
899,311
738,103
343,591
194,619

2
Guatemala
54,508
35,322
23,597
46,005

3
Spain
27,608
18,873
21,024
24,783

4
Colombia
20,658
13,922
6,465
4,635

5
Argentina
19,214
13,696
6,215
4,964

6
Cuba
18,111
12,108
5,537
5,217

7
Venezuela
16,373
10,063
2,823
1,533

8
Honduras
15,417
10,991
3,722
1,997

9
Canada
14,488
7,943
5,768
3,011

10
France
12,212
7,163
5,723
4,195

11
El Salvador
10,315
8,088
6,647
2,979

12
China
10,203
6,655
2,100
1,161

13
Germany
9,975
6,214
5,595
4,499

14
Peru
9,083
5,886
3,749
1,633

15
South Korea
8,593
3,960
2,079
1,161

16
Chile
7,389
5,267
3,848
2,501

17
Brazil
6,359
4,532
2,320
1,293

18
Nicaragua
5,508
3,572
2,522
1,521

19
Italy
5,064
4,964
3,904
2,397

Other countries
46,030
43,799
37,126
32,487

TOTAL
1,224,169
961,121
492,617
340,246

Source: INEGI (2000),[40] CONAPO (1990)[41][42] and INEGI (2010)[43]

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