# Top 5 Countries in descending order of American expatriate population?

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**Created:** [December 11, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-countries-in-descending-order-of-american-expatriate-population/706915 "2014-12-11T03:40:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-countries-in-descending-order-of-american-expatriate-population/706915/13 "2014-12-11T13:11:37Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Good point. For instance, I’d say the majority of U.S. citizens in Israel aren’t so much expatriates as they are immigrants, or as in my case, children of immigrants. I consider myself an Israeli with an American citizenship, not an American living abroad. I’m not \*ex \*my _patria_.

Or Accidental Americans like my old workmate. He was born in DC to a world bank worker and went back to Israel when he was 1. Next time he went to the US was on a work meeting and we found out that he had been turned back because his passport said born in the US.

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