Published On: September 29th, 2023Categories: Digital Nomads

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 of Expatsi in Barcelona
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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?