Top 15 EU countries with the most non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens

Valerie Charoux
Jul 13
3 min read

Updated: Jul 14

Immigration News EU - Here are the Top 15 EU countries with the most non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens:

A large majority of EU countries have a higher share of non-EU citizens compared to citizens of other EU countries within their populations.

On January 1^st, 2024, there were 43 million foreign citizens living in EU countries, out of which 14 million people were citizens of EU countries other than the country in which they resided (3.1% of the population) and 29 million were citizens of non-EU countries (6.4% of the population), according to the Eurostat 2025 Edition.

Here are the Top 15 EU countries with the most non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens:

1 – Poland

Poland ranks 1st country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Poland registered 32,423 EU citizens and 397,205 non-EU citizens in 2024.

2 – Romania

Romania ranks 2nd country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Romania registered 58,821 EU citizens and 172,291 non-EU citizens in 2024.

3 - Lithuania

Lithuania ranks 3rd country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Lithuania registered 2,654 EU citizens and 131,513 non-EU citizens in 2024.

4 - Latvia

Latvia ranks 4^th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Latvia registered 6,700 EU citizens and 251,201 non-EU citizens in 2024.

5 - Estonia

Estonia ranks 5th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Estonia registered 22,936 EU citizens and 223,542 non-EU citizens in 2024.

6 - Slovenia

Slovenia ranks 6th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Slovenia registered 20,858 EU citizens and 182,415 non-EU citizens in 2024.

7 - Greece

Greece ranks 7th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Greece registered 114,711 EU citizens and 629,136 non-EU citizens in 2024.

8 - Spain

Spain ranks 8th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Spain registered 1,724,292 EU citizens and 4,773,620 non-EU citizens + 4,370 stateless people in 2024.

9 - Portugal

Portugal ranks 9th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Portugal registered 179,276 EU citizens and 866,111 non-EU citizens in 2024.

10 - Czechia

Czechia ranks 10th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Czechia registered 189,495 EU citizens and 755,833 non-EU citizens in 2024.

11 - France

France ranks 11th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

France registered 1,576,915 EU citizens and 4,451,597 non-EU citizens in 2024.

12 - Italy

Italy ranks 12^th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Italy registered 1,389,640 EU citizens and 3,863,529 non-EU citizens in 2024.

13 - Malta

Malta ranks 13^th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Malta registered 43,698 EU citizens and 114,670 non-EU citizens in 2024.

14 - Finland

Finland ranks 14^th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Finland registered 107,881 EU citizens and 262,151 non-EU citizens in 2024.

15 - Germany

Germany ranks 15th country with the highest share of non-EU citizens compared to EU citizens in 2024.

Germany registered 4,409,114 EU citizens and 7,680,991 non-EU citizens + 18,883 stateless people in 2024.