During the depths of the recent recession, it was common to hear from Establishment mouthpieces that the “undocumented worker” problem was a thing of the past because there was net zero migration from and to Mexico. So problem solved! Time for amnesty immigration reform. After all, nobody would ever come here from any country other than Mexico, right?
But back in 2005 I had calculated for VDARE.com that 4,976,000,000 people live in countries with lower average per capita GDPs than Mexico (using CIA World Factbook data).
Nine years later, it’s worth updating that statistic: the number of people in countries poorer than Mexico has risen to 5,762,000,000.
In the Western Hemisphere alone, 417,000,000 people live in countries poorer on average than Mexico.
Below are all countries ranked by GDP per capita with populations:
| GPD/capita | Population | Sum | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $400 | 77,433,744 | 77,433,744 |
| Burundi | $600 | 10,395,931 | 87,829,675 |
| Somalia | $600 | 10,428,043 | 98,257,718 |
| Zimbabwe | $600 | 13,771,721 | 112,029,439 |
| Central African Republic | $700 | 5,277,959 | 117,307,398 |
| Liberia | $700 | 4,092,310 | 121,399,708 |
| Niger | $800 | 17,466,172 | 138,865,880 |
| Malawi | $900 | 17,377,468 | 156,243,348 |
| Madagascar | $1,000 | 23,201,926 | 179,445,274 |
| Tokelau | $1,000 | 1,337 | 179,446,611 |
| Afghanistan | $1,100 | 31,822,848 | 211,269,459 |
| Guinea | $1,100 | 11,474,383 | 222,743,842 |
| Mali | $1,100 | 16,455,903 | 239,199,745 |
| Togo | $1,100 | 7,351,374 | 246,551,119 |
| Eritrea | $1,200 | 6,380,803 | 252,931,922 |
| Guinea-Bissau | $1,200 | 1,693,398 | 254,625,320 |
| Mozambique | $1,200 | 24,692,144 | 279,317,464 |
| Comoros | $1,300 | 766,865 | 280,084,329 |
| Ethiopia | $1,300 | 96,633,458 | 376,717,787 |
| Haiti | $1,300 | 9,996,731 | 386,714,518 |
| Sierra Leone | $1,400 | 5,743,725 | 392,458,243 |
| South Sudan | $1,400 | 11,562,695 | 404,020,938 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,500 | 18,365,123 | 422,386,061 |
| Nepal | $1,500 | 30,986,975 | 453,373,036 |
| Rwanda | $1,500 | 12,337,138 | 465,710,174 |
| Uganda | $1,500 | 35,918,915 | 501,629,089 |
| Benin | $1,600 | 10,160,556 | 511,789,645 |
| Burma | $1,700 | 55,746,253 | 567,535,898 |
| Tanzania | $1,700 | 49,639,138 | 617,175,036 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | $1,800 | 22,848,945 | 640,023,981 |
| Kenya | $1,800 | 45,010,056 | 685,034,037 |
| Korea, North | $1,800 | 24,851,627 | 709,885,664 |
| Zambia | $1,800 | 14,638,505 | 724,524,169 |
| Gambia, The | $2,000 | 1,925,527 | 726,449,696 |
| Bangladesh | $2,100 | 166,280,712 | 892,730,408 |
| Senegal | $2,100 | 13,635,927 | 906,366,335 |
| Lesotho | $2,200 | 1,942,008 | 908,308,343 |
| Mauritania | $2,200 | 3,516,806 | 911,825,149 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $2,200 | 190,428 | 912,015,577 |
| Tajikistan | $2,300 | 8,051,512 | 920,067,089 |
| Cameroon | $2,400 | 23,130,708 | 943,197,797 |
| Chad | $2,500 | 11,412,107 | 954,609,904 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $2,500 | 5,604,212 | 960,214,116 |
| Western Sahara | $2,500 | 554,795 | 960,768,911 |
| Yemen | $2,500 | 26,052,966 | 986,821,877 |
| Cambodia | $2,600 | 15,458,332 | 1,002,280,209 |
| Sudan | $2,600 | 35,482,233 | 1,037,762,442 |
| Djibouti | $2,700 | 810,179 | 1,038,572,621 |
| Nigeria | $2,800 | 177,155,754 | 1,215,728,375 |
| Papua New Guinea | $2,900 | 6,552,730 | 1,222,281,105 |
| West Bank | $2,900 | 2,731,052 | 1,225,012,157 |
| Laos | $3,100 | 6,803,699 | 1,231,815,856 |
| Pakistan | $3,100 | 196,174,380 | 1,427,990,236 |
| Solomon Islands | $3,400 | 609,883 | 1,428,600,119 |
| Ghana | $3,500 | 25,758,108 | 1,454,358,227 |
| Tuvalu | $3,500 | 10,782 | 1,454,369,009 |
| Moldova | $3,800 | 3,583,288 | 1,457,952,297 |
| Uzbekistan | $3,800 | 28,929,716 | 1,486,882,013 |
| Wallis and Futuna | $3,800 | 15,561 | 1,486,897,574 |
| India | $4,000 | 1,236,344,631 | 2,723,242,205 |
| Vietnam | $4,000 | 93,421,835 | 2,816,664,040 |
| Cabo Verde | $4,400 | 538,535 | 2,817,202,575 |
| Nicaragua | $4,500 | 5,848,641 | 2,823,051,216 |
| Philippines | $4,700 | 107,668,231 | 2,930,719,447 |
| Congo, Republic of the | $4,800 | 4,662,446 | 2,935,381,893 |
| Honduras | $4,800 | 8,598,561 | 2,943,980,454 |
| Vanuatu | $4,800 | 266,937 | 2,944,247,391 |
| Fiji | $4,900 | 903,207 | 2,945,150,598 |
| Nauru | $5,000 | 9,488 | 2,945,160,086 |
| Syria | $5,100 | 17,951,639 | 2,963,111,725 |
| Indonesia | $5,200 | 253,609,643 | 3,216,721,368 |
| Guatemala | $5,300 | 14,647,083 | 3,231,368,451 |
| Bolivia | $5,500 | 10,631,486 | 3,241,999,937 |
| Morocco | $5,500 | 32,987,206 | 3,274,987,143 |
| Swaziland | $5,700 | 1,419,623 | 3,276,406,766 |
| Niue | $5,800 | 1,190 | 3,276,407,956 |
| Mongolia | $5,900 | 2,953,190 | 3,279,361,146 |
| Georgia | $6,100 | 4,935,880 | 3,284,297,026 |
| Jordan | $6,100 | 7,930,491 | 3,292,227,517 |
| Samoa | $6,200 | 196,628 | 3,292,424,145 |
| Angola | $6,300 | 19,088,106 | 3,311,512,251 |
| Armenia | $6,300 | 3,060,631 | 3,314,572,882 |
| Kiribati | $6,400 | 104,488 | 3,314,677,370 |
| Sri Lanka | $6,500 | 21,866,445 | 3,336,543,815 |
| Egypt | $6,600 | 86,895,099 | 3,423,438,914 |
| Paraguay | $6,800 | 6,703,860 | 3,430,142,774 |
| Bhutan | $7,000 | 733,643 | 3,430,876,417 |
| Iraq | $7,100 | 32,585,692 | 3,463,462,109 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | $7,300 | 105,681 | 3,463,567,790 |
| Ukraine | $7,400 | 44,291,413 | 3,507,859,203 |
| Algeria | $7,500 | 38,813,722 | 3,546,672,925 |
| El Salvador | $7,500 | 6,125,512 | 3,552,798,437 |
| Kosovo | $7,600 | 1,859,203 | 3,554,657,640 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | $7,800 | 7,776 | 3,554,665,416 |
| American Samoa | $8,000 | 54,517 | 3,554,719,933 |
| Namibia | $8,200 | 2,198,406 | 3,556,918,339 |
| Tonga | $8,200 | 106,440 | 3,557,024,779 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $8,300 | 3,871,643 | 3,560,896,422 |
| Guyana | $8,500 | 735,554 | 3,561,631,976 |
| Montserrat | $8,500 | 5,215 | 3,561,637,191 |
| Marshall Islands | $8,700 | 70,983 | 3,561,708,174 |
| Belize | $8,800 | 340,844 | 3,562,049,018 |
| Jamaica | $9,000 | 2,930,050 | 3,564,979,068 |
| Cook Islands | $9,100 | 10,134 | 3,564,989,202 |
| Maldives | $9,100 | 393,595 | 3,565,382,797 |
| Dominican Republic | $9,700 | 10,349,741 | 3,575,732,538 |
| Turkmenistan | $9,700 | 5,171,943 | 3,580,904,481 |
| China | $9,800 | 1,355,692,576 | 4,936,597,057 |
| Thailand | $9,900 | 67,741,401 | 5,004,338,458 |
| Tunisia | $9,900 | 10,937,521 | 5,015,275,979 |
| Cuba | $10,200 | 11,047,251 | 5,026,323,230 |
| Palau | $10,500 | 21,186 | 5,026,344,416 |
| Ecuador | $10,600 | 15,654,411 | 5,041,998,827 |
| Albania | $10,700 | 3,020,209 | 5,045,019,036 |
| Azerbaijan | $10,800 | 9,686,210 | 5,054,705,246 |
| Macedonia | $10,800 | 2,091,719 | 5,056,796,965 |
| Colombia | $11,100 | 46,245,297 | 5,103,042,262 |
| Peru | $11,100 | 30,147,935 | 5,133,190,197 |
| Serbia | $11,100 | 7,209,764 | 5,140,399,961 |
| Libya | $11,300 | 6,244,174 | 5,146,644,135 |
| South Africa | $11,500 | 48,375,645 | 5,195,019,780 |
| Montenegro | $11,900 | 650,036 | 5,195,669,816 |
| Brazil | $12,100 | 202,656,788 | 5,398,326,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $12,100 | 102,918 | 5,398,429,522 |
| Anguilla | $12,200 | 16,086 | 5,398,445,608 |
| Iran | $12,800 | 80,840,713 | 5,479,286,321 |
| Costa Rica | $12,900 | 4,755,234 | 5,484,041,555 |
| Suriname | $12,900 | 573,311 | 5,484,614,866 |
| Saint Lucia | $13,100 | 163,362 | 5,484,778,228 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | $13,600 | 51,483 | 5,484,829,711 |
| Venezuela | $13,600 | 28,868,486 | 5,513,698,197 |
| Grenada | $13,800 | 110,152 | 5,513,808,349 |
| Kazakhstan | $14,100 | 17,948,816 | 5,531,757,165 |
| Dominica | $14,300 | 73,449 | 5,531,830,614 |
| Bulgaria | $14,400 | 6,924,716 | 5,538,755,330 |
| Romania | $14,400 | 21,729,871 | 5,560,485,201 |
| Virgin Islands | $14,500 | 104,170 | 5,560,589,371 |
| Curacao | $15,000 | 146,836 | 5,560,736,207 |
| Turkey | $15,300 | 81,619,392 | 5,642,355,599 |
| Sint Maarten | $15,400 | 39,689 | 5,642,395,288 |
| Mexico | $15,600 | 120,286,655 | 5,762,681,943 |
| Lebanon | $15,800 | 5,882,562 | 5,768,564,505 |
| Belarus | $16,100 | 9,608,058 | 5,778,172,563 |
| Mauritius | $16,100 | 1,331,155 | 5,779,503,718 |
| Puerto Rico | $16,300 | 3,620,897 | 5,783,124,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $16,300 | 51,538 | 5,783,176,153 |
| Botswana | $16,400 | 2,155,784 | 5,785,331,937 |
| Panama | $16,500 | 3,608,431 | 5,788,940,368 |
| Uruguay | $16,600 | 3,332,972 | 5,792,273,340 |
| Malaysia | $17,500 | 30,073,353 | 5,822,346,693 |
| Croatia | $17,800 | 4,470,534 | 5,826,817,227 |
| Russia | $18,100 | 142,470,272 | 5,969,287,499 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $18,400 | 91,295 | 5,969,378,794 |
| Argentina | $18,600 | 43,024,374 | 6,012,403,168 |
| Chile | $19,100 | 17,363,894 | 6,029,767,062 |
| Latvia | $19,100 | 2,165,165 | 6,031,932,227 |
| Gabon | $19,200 | 1,672,597 | 6,033,604,824 |
| Hungary | $19,800 | 9,919,128 | 6,043,523,952 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $20,300 | 1,223,916 | 6,044,747,868 |
| Poland | $21,100 | 38,346,279 | 6,083,094,147 |
| Timor-Leste | $21,400 | 1,201,542 | 6,084,295,689 |
| French Polynesia | $22,000 | 280,026 | 6,084,575,715 |
| Estonia | $22,400 | 1,257,921 | 6,085,833,636 |
| Lithuania | $22,600 | 3,505,738 | 6,089,339,374 |
| Portugal | $22,900 | 10,813,834 | 6,100,153,208 |
| Greece | $23,600 | 10,775,557 | 6,110,928,765 |
| Cyprus | $24,500 | 1,172,458 | 6,112,101,223 |
| Slovakia | $24,700 | 5,443,583 | 6,117,544,806 |
| Barbados | $25,100 | 289,680 | 6,117,834,486 |
| Aruba | $25,300 | 110,663 | 6,117,945,149 |
| Equatorial Guinea | $25,700 | 722,254 | 6,118,667,403 |
| Seychelles | $25,900 | 91,650 | 6,118,759,053 |
| Czech Republic | $26,300 | 10,627,448 | 6,129,386,501 |
| Slovenia | $27,400 | 1,988,292 | 6,131,374,793 |
| Guam | $28,700 | 161,001 | 6,131,535,794 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | $29,100 | 49,070 | 6,131,584,864 |
| Malta | $29,200 | 412,655 | 6,131,997,519 |
| Italy | $29,600 | 61,680,122 | 6,193,677,641 |
| Bahrain | $29,800 | 1,314,089 | 6,194,991,730 |
| Oman | $29,800 | 3,219,775 | 6,198,211,505 |
| United Arab Emirates | $29,900 | 5,628,805 | 6,203,840,310 |
| Spain | $30,100 | 47,737,941 | 6,251,578,251 |
| New Zealand | $30,400 | 4,401,916 | 6,255,980,167 |
| Faroe Islands | $30,500 | 49,947 | 6,256,030,114 |
| Saudi Arabia | $31,300 | 27,345,986 | 6,283,376,100 |
| Bahamas, The | $32,000 | 321,834 | 6,283,697,934 |
| Korea, South | $33,200 | 49,039,986 | 6,332,737,920 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | $34,900 | 5,716 | 6,332,743,636 |
| France | $35,700 | 66,259,012 | 6,399,002,648 |
| Finland | $35,900 | 5,268,799 | 6,404,271,447 |
| Israel | $36,200 | 7,821,850 | 6,412,093,297 |
| Japan | $37,100 | 127,103,388 | 6,539,196,685 |
| Andorra | $37,200 | 85,458 | 6,539,282,143 |
| United Kingdom | $37,300 | 63,742,977 | 6,603,025,120 |
| New Caledonia | $37,700 | 267,840 | 6,603,292,960 |
| Belgium | $37,800 | 10,449,361 | 6,613,742,321 |
| Denmark | $37,800 | 5,569,077 | 6,619,311,398 |
| Greenland | $38,400 | 57,728 | 6,619,369,126 |
| Germany | $39,500 | 80,996,685 | 6,700,365,811 |
| Taiwan | $39,600 | 23,359,928 | 6,723,725,739 |
| Iceland | $40,700 | 317,351 | 6,724,043,090 |
| Sweden | $40,900 | 9,723,809 | 6,733,766,899 |
| Ireland | $41,300 | 4,832,765 | 6,738,599,664 |
| Kuwait | $42,100 | 2,742,711 | 6,741,342,375 |
| British Virgin Islands | $42,300 | 32,680 | 6,741,375,055 |
| Austria | $42,600 | 8,223,062 | 6,749,598,117 |
| Australia | $43,000 | 22,507,617 | 6,772,105,734 |
| Gibraltar | $43,000 | 29,185 | 6,772,134,919 |
| Canada | $43,100 | 34,834,841 | 6,806,969,760 |
| Netherlands | $43,300 | 16,877,351 | 6,823,847,111 |
| Cayman Islands | $43,800 | 54,914 | 6,823,902,025 |
| Guernsey | $44,600 | 65,849 | 6,823,967,874 |
| Hong Kong | $52,700 | 7,112,688 | 6,831,080,562 |
| United States | $52,800 | 318,892,103 | 7,149,972,665 |
| Isle of Man | $53,800 | 86,866 | 7,150,059,531 |
| Brunei | $54,800 | 422,675 | 7,150,482,206 |
| Switzerland | $54,800 | 8,061,516 | 7,158,543,722 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $55,400 | 2,840 | 7,158,546,562 |
| Norway | $55,400 | 5,147,792 | 7,163,694,354 |
| Jersey | $57,000 | 96,513 | 7,163,790,867 |
| Singapore | $62,400 | 5,567,301 | 7,169,358,168 |
| Luxembourg | $77,900 | 520,672 | 7,169,878,840 |
| Monaco | $85,500 | 30,508 | 7,169,909,348 |
| Bermuda | $86,000 | 69,839 | 7,169,979,187 |
| Macau | $88,700 | 587,914 | 7,170,567,101 |
| Liechtenstein | $89,400 | 37,313 | 7,170,604,414 |
| Qatar | $102,100 | 2,123,160 | 7,172,727,574 |
