What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
As of June 2025, the country’s foreign-born population had shrunk by more than a million people, marking its first decline since the 1960s.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
As of June 2025, the country’s foreign-born population had shrunk by more than a million people, marking its first decline since the 1960s.
Religiously unaffiliated people are underrepresented among migrants, making up 13% of migrants but 23% of the global population.
Buddhist migrants – who make up 4% of all migrants – are heavily concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.
Majorities in 20 of 25 countries surveyed say their political system needs major changes or complete reform, but many lack confidence this can happen effectively.
Though confidence in U.S. President Joe Biden has declined in recent years, even fewer people have confidence in former U.S. President Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs. Across 34 countries surveyed, a median of 28% are confident in Trump; 69% are not. (The survey was conducted before Trump’s conviction in a […]
International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more negative than positive.
People in many of 25 surveyed nations increasingly see China as the world’s top economic power.
Trust tends to be higher in the high-income countries surveyed than in the middle-income ones.
Christians are the largest religious group among migrants. Most Christian migrants live in Europe or North America.
Large shares of adults in most of the 36 countries we surveyed say religion helps society rather than harms it.[2. numoffset=”2″ In the U.S., we previously asked very similar questions about the impact of religion on society using a slightly different scale. For more, read the 2023 report “Spirituality Among Americans.”] Most also say religion […]
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