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Which countries in Africa have the most migrants living in Europe and the US?

North Africans make up the majority of African immigrants to Europe. The top three—Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia—comprise over 5 million of the 11 million African migrants in Europe

The USA was home to approximately 2.1 million sub-Saharan African immigrants in 2019, representing 5% of the total foreign-born population of 44.9 million. 53% of sub-Saharan African immigrants came from one of five countries: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or Somalia. Western Africa is the largest subregional origin, while relatively few immigrants hail from Southern Africa.

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