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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere are about 8,000,000 Americans living abroad
In case you start hearing "No one leaves the USA!" in reply to Trumpskull's racist and disrespectful "shithole" comment.
Lots of reasons - career, education, adventure, familial, etc.
Wikipedia yes but it gives a good round (reasonable)number
Total population
8,000,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Mexico 738,1001,000,000[2][3]
Canada 316,3501,000,000[4][5]
Germany 324,000[6]
Philippines 220,000600,000[7][8]
Israel 200,000[9][10]
United Kingdom 139,000197,143[11][12]
Puerto Rico 189,000[13]
Costa Rica 130,000[14]
South Korea 120,000158,000[15]
France 100,000[16]
China 71,493[17]
Brazil 70,000[18]
Colombia 60,000[19]
Hong Kong 60,000[20]
India 60,000[21]
Australia 56,276[22]
Pakistan 52,486[23]
Japan 51,321[24]
Italy 50,000[25]
United Arab Emirates 50,000[26]
Haiti 45,000[27]
Saudi Arabia 40,000[28]
Argentina 37,000[29]
Norway 33,509[30]
Bahamas 30,000[31]
Russia 30,000[32]
Lebanon 25,000[33]
Panama 25,000[34]
El Salvador 19,000[35]
New Zealand 17,751[36]
Honduras 15,000[37]
Chile 12,000[38]
Taiwan 10,645[39]
Austria 10,175[40]
Bermuda 8,000[41]
Kuwait 8,000[42]
Guatemala 6,345[43]
Nicaragua 4,000[44]
Cuba 2,0003,000[45]
Monaco 430[46]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_diaspora
Aristus
(66,096 posts)Puerto Rico IS the United States.
underpants
(182,279 posts)Still it gives you an idea
There are no reliable figures on how many Americans live abroad, but a 1999 State Department estimate suggests that the number may be between 3 million and 6 million.[47] In 2016, the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 9 million U.S. citizens living abroad,[48] an increase from an estimate of 4 million in 1999.[49] However, these numbers are highly open to dispute as they often are unverified and can change rapidly.[50] The United States Census Bureau does not count Americans abroad and individual American embassies offer only rough estimates, which makes the U. S. the only developed country that does not even attempt a formal enumeration of expatriate citizens. The State Department does not release what statistics it may have, citing "security reasons."[47]
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)And from the perspective of living in a country that has universal healthcare free at the point of access, worker protections including right to contest unfair or constructive dismissal, paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), functional public transit outside of major urban areas, and nearly nonexistent gun violence? The USA looks like the shithole, comparatively speaking.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)She has a good job, nice house and Universal Health Care. I'm happy for her but sad she will never be back here to live.