Somalia 's global diaspora Total number of Somali migrants living outside of Somalia in 2015, in thousands Finland 10
Almost two-thirds of the global Somali diaspora live in neighboring countries. At nearly half a million, Kenya hosts the largest number of Somali migrants (both refugees and nonrefugees) of any other country, according to UN estimates. Not far behind is Ethiopia with 440,000 Somali migrants. Combining Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen (across the Gulf of Aden), nearly two-thirds of the world’s Somali migrants lived in neighboring countries in 2015. At the same time, Somalis have become increasingly dispersed across the world. In 1990, an estimated 90% of Somali migrants lived in the four nations near Somalia, a share that dropped to 64% by 2015.
The U.S. Somali immigrant community continues to grow. Estimates from the United Nations indicate that the total number living in the U.S. was around 2,500 in 1990, but had grown to between 140,000 and 150,000 by 2015. In all, the U.S. is home to about 7% of the world’s Somali migrant population. Between fiscal years 2001 and 2015, the U.S. admitted more than 90,000 refugees from Somalia, according to the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. This refugee flow continues today, with nearly 9,000 refugees from Somalia entering the U.S. in fiscal 2015. The U.S. also approved 1,645 green cards in 2014 for Somalis sponsored by U.S. citizen immediate family members, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Somalia 's global diaspora  | Total number of Somali migrants living outside  | of Somalia in 2015, in thousands  | Kenya  | 490 thousand  | Ethiopia  | 440  | Yemen  | 250  | U.S.  | 150  | 110  | UK  | Libya  | 100  | Djibouti  | 90  | South Africa  | 70  | Sweden 60  | Uganda  | 30  | EUROPE  | Netherlands  | 30  | Norway 30  | AFRICA  | Canada 20  | Somalia  | Egypt 20  | Algeria 20  | Finland 10  | Italy 10  | Denmark 10  | Note: Estimates rounded to nearest 10, .000  | Source: United Nations Population Division, 2015  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 