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Cities with the largest foreign populations

Published city records ranked by the official number of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific.

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Sydney, Australia is first in the current Foreign Population Total ranking at 1,958,674 people.

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30
Scope
multi-country cities
Last checked
2026-07-15

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Question or countryVerified answerChecked
Sydney, Australia1,958,674 people2026-07-15
Melbourne, Australia1,742,428 people2026-07-15
Berlin, Germany994,590 people2026-05-28
Perth, Australia757,036 people2026-07-15
Wien, Austria751,778 people2026-07-15
Brisbane, Australia676,222 people2026-07-15
Madrid, Spain619,086 people2026-07-15
Amsterdam, Netherlands562,270 people2026-07-15
Toronto, Canada477,230 people2026-07-15
Barcelona, Spain414,063 people2026-07-15
Hamburg, Germany387,845 people2026-05-28
Rotterdam, Netherlands385,206 people2026-07-15
Adelaide, Australia379,952 people2026-07-15
Roma, Italy355,837 people2026-07-15
's-Gravenhage, Netherlands344,814 people2026-07-15
Montreal, Canada288,660 people2026-07-15
Milano, Italy267,986 people2026-07-15
Oslo, Norway254,830 people2026-07-15
Gold Coast - Tweed Heads, Australia192,619 people2026-07-15
大阪市, Japan189,281 people2026-07-15
Lisbon, Portugal162,306 people2026-07-15
Calgary, Canada160,225 people2026-07-15
Utrecht, Netherlands154,010 people2026-07-15
Valencia, Spain146,972 people2026-07-15
Torino, Italy139,250 people2026-07-15
Canberra - Queanbeyan, Australia138,385 people2026-07-15
Brampton, Canada137,040 people2026-07-15
Copenhagen, Denmark136,901 people2026-07-15
Edmonton, Canada132,985 people2026-07-15
Anvers, Belgium131,149 people2026-07-15

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Sources

Official 2021 Census GCP G01 Birthplace_Elsewhere_P: persons born outside Australia, at exact associated 2021 SUA grain. This is foreign-born, not foreign nationality.Australian Bureau of Statistics · Checked 2026-07-15Destatis — foreign population by Land and yearsGermany · Checked 2026-05-28Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen GebietseinheitenStatistik Austria · Checked 2026-07-15Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.INE · Checked 2026-07-15CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.CBS · Checked 2026-07-15Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign_population_total; it is not immigrant status.Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-07-15Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.ISTAT · Checked 2026-07-15Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign_population_total; it is not immigrant status.Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-07-15SSB 09817 B-C / country background Total / PersonsStatistics Norway (SSB) · Checked 2026-07-15Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.Statistics Bureau of Japan via e-Stat · Checked 2026-07-15Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.PORDATA | INE | AIMA/MP · Checked 2026-07-15Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign_population_total; it is not immigrant status.Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-07-15

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