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
1,082 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
100. Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Lithuania
1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Slovakia
1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Algeria
1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. (tie) Madagascar
1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
95. Tunisia
1,236 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Myanmar
1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Belize
1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Finland
1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. (tie) Lesotho
1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
90. Nigeria
1,391 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
87. (tie) Brunei
1,546 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
87. (tie) Jamaica
1,546 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
87. Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,546 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
86. Ukraine
1,700 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
83. (tie) Bangladesh
1,855 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
83. (tie) Cuba
1,855 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
83. Uganda
1,855 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
81. (tie) Qatar
2,009 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
81. Denmark
2,009 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
79. (tie) Uruguay
2,164 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
79. Ghana
2,164 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
78. Russia
2,318 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
75. (tie) Czech Republic
2,628 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
75. (tie) Slovenia
2,628 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
75. Senegal
2,628 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
74. Bahamas
2,782 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
72. (tie) Jordan
2,937 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
72. Serbia
2,937 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
71. Namibia
3,091 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
69. (tie) Bolivia
3,246 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
69. China
3,246 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
68. Pakistan
3,400 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
67. Taiwan
3,864 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
66. Honduras
3,864 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
65. Montenegro
4,019 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
64. Estonia
4,173 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
62. (tie) Iceland
4,328 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
62. Kenya
4,328 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
59. (tie) Dominican Republic
4,482 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
59. (tie) Israel
4,482 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
59. Tanzania
4,482 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
58. Laos
4,637 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
56. (tie) New Zealand
4,791 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
56. Nicaragua
4,791 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
55. Bulgaria
4,791 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
54. Nepal
5,100 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
53. Norway
5,255 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
52. Maldives
5,410 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
51. Poland
5,564 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
50. Cyprus
5,873 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
48. (tie) Hungary
6,646 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
48. Romania
6,646 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
46. (tie) Georgia
6,801 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
46. Mauritius
6,801 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
45. Cambodia
6,955 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
44. Chile
7,264 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
43. Austria
7,264 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
42. Ireland
7,728 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
41. Sweden
8,192 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
38. (tie) Guatemala
8,810 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
38. (tie) Belgium
8,810 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
38. Malta
8,810 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
37. Albania
8,964 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
36. South Korea
10,046 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
35. Peru
10,201 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
34. Panama
10,665 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
33. Singapore
10,974 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
32. Croatia
11,437 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
30. (tie) Ecuador
11,592 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
30. Switzerland
11,592 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
29. Egypt
12,674 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
28. United Arab Emirates
14,219 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
27. Japan
17,002 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
26. Sri Lanka
17,465 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
25. Malaysia
17,774 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
24. Costa Rica
18,856 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
22. (tie) Turkey
20,402 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
22. South Africa
20,402 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
21. Netherlands
21,329 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
20. Morocco
22,411 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
19. Philippines
25,657 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
18. Argentina
25,966 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
17. Vietnam
28,130 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
16. Canada
31,066 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
15. Germany
32,303 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
14. Colombia
34,467 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
13. Greece
38,485 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
12. Australia
40,185 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
11. Brazil
40,649 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
10. India
45,286 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
9. United Kingdom
48,068 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
8. Italy
49,304 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
7. Portugal
82,998 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
6. Indonesia
91,963 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
5. France
94,590 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
4. Mexico
102,627 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
3. Thailand
124,729 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
2. Spain
125,038 estimated #digitalnomad Instagram posts
1. United States of America
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.
