150m adults worldwide would move to USA

As reported by Gallup.com, around 13% of the globe’s adults -- or over 640 million people -- claim they would like to permanently emigrate from their country. Roughly 150 million of those surveyed admit they would like to settle in the US -- giving the nation an undisputed title as the globe’s most desired destination for would-be migrants since Gallup began tracking patterns in 2007.

In addition to the almost 1 in 30 adults globally who would like to permanently settle in the US, vast numbers are attracted to the UK (45 million), to Canada (42 million), to France (32 million), and to Saudi Arabia (31 million).

Gallup.com’s latest figures on adults' aspirations to move to other nations are based on a rolling median of surveys, using the responses of 452,199 adults in 151 nations between 2009 - 2011. The 151 nations represent over 97% of the globe’s adult population.

Would-be migrants who express desires to relocate to the US most likely come from populous nations such as China (22 million), India (10 million), Brazil (7 million), Nigeria (15 million) or Bangladesh (8 million).

But not all of the most populous nations on earth have big groups of people who wish to move to the US. Highly populated nations like Thailand, Pakistan and Turkey are home to much fewer people who wish to move to the US.