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- 46 of 54 have data · 8 without data
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- Latest figures range from 2015 to 2020: 21 countries report 2020; 25 report earlier years.
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- World Bank · annual
Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.
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| Rank | Country | Value (arrivals) | Year | Change from previous figure | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare | 13M ↑ 1.7M from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 1.7M | + compare |
| 2 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare | 5.3M ↓ 752,000 from previous figure | 2016 | ↓ 752,000 | + compare |
| 3 | 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare | 3.9M ↓ 10.9M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 10.9M | + compare |
| 4 | 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare | 2.8M ↓ 10.3M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 10.3M | + compare |
| 5 | 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare | 2M ↑ 24,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 24,000 | + compare |
| 6 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare | 2M ↓ 837,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 837,000 | + compare |
| 7 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare | 2M ↓ 7.4M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 7.4M | + compare |
| 8 | 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare | 1.8M ↑ 55,000 from previous figure | 2018 | ↑ 55,000 | + compare |
| 9 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare | 1.6M ↓ 77,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 77,000 | + compare |
| 10 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare | 1.5M ↑ 21,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 21,000 | + compare |
| 11 | 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare | 1.4M ↑ 157,000 from previous figure | 2017 | ↑ 157,000 | + compare |
| 12 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare | 1.1M ↓ 31,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 31,000 | + compare |
| 13 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare | 1M ↑ 24,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 24,000 | + compare |
| 14 | 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare | 897,000 ↑ 72,000 from previous figure | 2015 | ↑ 72,000 | + compare |
| 15 | 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare | 871,000 ↑ 34,000 from previous figure | 2018 | ↑ 34,000 | + compare |
| 16 | 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare | 836,000 ↑ 23,000 from previous figure | 2018 | ↑ 23,000 | + compare |
| 17 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare | 668,000 ↓ 1.4M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 1.4M | + compare |
| 18 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare | 639,000 ↓ 1.7M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 1.7M | + compare |
| 19 | 🇩🇿 Algeria+ compare | 591,000 ↓ 1.8M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 1.8M | + compare |
| 20 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare | 518,000 ↓ 294,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 294,000 | + compare |
| 21 | 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare | 502,000 ↓ 764,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 764,000 | + compare |
| 22 | 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare | 482,000 ↓ 394,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 394,000 | + compare |
| 23 | 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare | 473,000 ↓ 1.1M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 1.1M | + compare |
| 24 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare | 351,000 ↓ 3,000 from previous figure | 2016 | ↓ 3,000 | + compare |
| 25 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare | 345,300 ↓ 880,700 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 880,700 | + compare |
| 26 | 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare | 337,000 ↑ 15,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 15,000 | + compare |
| 27 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare | 316,000 ↓ 1.1M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 1.1M | + compare |
| 28 | 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare | 299,000 ↑ 112,000 from previous figure | 2017 | ↑ 112,000 | + compare |
| 29 | 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare | 246,000 ↓ 374,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 374,000 | + compare |
| 30 | 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare | 218,000 → 0 from previous figure | 2019 | → 0 | + compare |
| 31 | 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare | 217,000 ↑ 14,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 14,000 | + compare |
| 32 | 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare | 187,100 ↓ 1.5M from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 1.5M | + compare |
| 33 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare | 180,000 ↓ 578,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 578,000 | + compare |
| 34 | 🇨🇬 Congo+ compare | 158,000 ↑ 7,000 from previous figure | 2018 | ↑ 7,000 | + compare |
| 35 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea+ compare | 142,000 ↑ 28,000 from previous figure | 2016 | ↑ 28,000 | + compare |
| 36 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles+ compare | 124,500 ↓ 303,500 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 303,500 | + compare |
| 37 | 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare | 99,000 ↑ 36,000 from previous figure | 2017 | ↑ 36,000 | + compare |
| 38 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare | 87,100 ↓ 398,900 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 398,900 | + compare |
| 39 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare | 87,000 ↓ 22,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 22,000 | + compare |
| 40 | 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare | 85,000 ↓ 107,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 107,000 | + compare |
| 41 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare | 71,000 ↑ 5,000 from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 5,000 | + compare |
| 42 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare | 67,000 ↓ 76,000 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 76,000 | + compare |
| 43 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare | 52,400 ↓ 2,600 from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 2,600 | + compare |
| 44 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare | 33,400 ↑ 4,500 from previous figure | 2018 | ↑ 4,500 | + compare |
| 45 | 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare | 10,400 ↓ 70,600 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 70,600 | + compare |
| 46 | 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare | 7,000 ↓ 38,100 from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 38,100 | + compare |
| Median | 412,000 | median of shown |
“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.
8 countries have no figure and are not ranked
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, South Sudan
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