Countries With the Most Digital Nomads
Countries With the Most Digital Nomads
Digital nomad is another name for a remote worker who takes their laptop to greener pastures.
We hear a lot about digital nomads swarming other countries, drinking all their iced lattes and using all their free wifi. But how many nomads are there really?
Resume.io used Instagram posts to map where digital nomads are living and working, which makes sense because are you even a digital nomad if you don’t post about it on Instagram?
From a sprinkling of nomads to nomad central, here’s how many Instagram posts they estimate for the most popular countries.
101. Botswana

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1,082 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
100. Bosnia and Herzegovina

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1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Lithuania

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1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Slovakia

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1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Algeria

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1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Madagascar

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1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. Tunisia

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1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Myanmar

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1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Belize

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1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Finland

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1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Lesotho

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1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. Nigeria

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1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
87. (tie) Brunei

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1,546 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
87. (tie) Jamaica

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1,546 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
87. Democratic Republic of the Congo

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1,546 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
86. Ukraine

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1,700 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
83. (tie) Bangladesh

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1,855 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
83. (tie) Cuba

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1,855 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
83. Uganda

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1,855 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
81. (tie) Qatar

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2,009 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
81. Denmark

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2,009 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
79. (tie) Uruguay

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2,164 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
79. Ghana

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2,164 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
78. Russia

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2,318 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
75. (tie) Czech Republic

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2,628 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
75. (tie) Slovenia

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2,628 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
75. Senegal

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2,628 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
74. Bahamas

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2,782 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
72. (tie) Jordan

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2,937 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
72. Serbia

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2,937 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
71. Namibia

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3,091 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
69. (tie) Bolivia

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3,246 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
69. China

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3,246 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
68. Pakistan

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3,400 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
67. Taiwan

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3,864 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
66. Honduras

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3,864 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
65. Montenegro

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4,019 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
64. Estonia

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4,173 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
62. (tie) Iceland

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4,328 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
62. Kenya

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4,328 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
59. (tie) Dominican Republic

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4,482 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
59. (tie) Israel

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4,482 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
59. Tanzania

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4,482 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
58. Laos

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4,637 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
56. (tie) New Zealand

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4,791 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
56. Nicaragua

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4,791 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
55. Bulgaria

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4,791 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
54. Nepal

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5,100 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
53. Norway

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5,255 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
52. Maldives

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5,410 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
51. Poland

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5,564 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
50. Cyprus

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5,873 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
48. (tie) Hungary

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6,646 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
48. Romania

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6,646 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
46. (tie) Georgia

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6,801 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
46. Mauritius

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6,801 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
45. Cambodia

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6,955 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
44. Chile

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7,264 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
43. Austria

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7,264 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
42. Ireland

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7,728 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
41. Sweden

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8,192 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
38. (tie) Guatemala

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8,810 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
38. (tie) Belgium

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8,810 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
38. Malta

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8,810 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
37. Albania

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8,964 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
36. South Korea

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10,046 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
35. Peru

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10,201 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
34. Panama

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10,665 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
33. Singapore

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10,974 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
32. Croatia

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11,437 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
30. (tie) Ecuador

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11,592 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
30. Switzerland

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11,592 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
29. Egypt

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12,674 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
28. United Arab Emirates

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14,219 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
27. Japan

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17,002 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
26. Sri Lanka

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17,465 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
25. Malaysia

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17,774 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
24. Costa Rica

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18,856 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
22. (tie) Turkey

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20,402 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
22. South Africa

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20,402 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
21. Netherlands

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21,329 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
20. Morocco

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22,411 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
19. Philippines

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25,657 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
18. Argentina

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25,966 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
17. Vietnam

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28,130 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
16. Canada

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31,066 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
15. Germany

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32,303 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
14. Colombia

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34,467 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
13. Greece

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38,485 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
12. Australia

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40,185 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
11. Brazil

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40,649 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
10. India

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45,286 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
9. United Kingdom

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48,068 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
8. Italy

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49,304 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
7. Portugal

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82,998 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
6. Indonesia

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91,963 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
5. France

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94,590 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
4. Mexico

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102,627 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
3. Thailand

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124,729 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
2. Spain

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125,038 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
1. United States of America

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210,664 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts! It makes sense that the U.S. comes out on top. Many nomads are American, and the country is plenty big enough to head somewhere cheaper, warmer, more exciting, or any other criteria you can imagine.
See all the data, the methodology, and some cool graphics on Resume.io.

Jen Barnett is the co-founder of Expatsi, a company that's helped thousands of Americans on their moving abroad journeys. She created the Expatsi Test, an assessment that recommends countries for aspiring emigrants based on lifestyle data. Jen has an MBA from Emory University with concentrations in marketing and innovation. Prior to Expatsi, she created Freshfully and Bottle & Bone—two businesses in the local food space—and spoke at TEDx on being brave. She lives in Mérida, Yucatán, along with her husband and co-founder Brett, pitbull mix Squiggy, and two rotten cats. How can she help you move abroad?