Evidence on the demographic components of city growth in the global South is scarce, and the role played by international migration is neglected. We analyze the importance of recent international migration in cities, compare it with that of internal movements, and evaluate the growth contribution across national contexts and the urban hierarchy. Combining individual‐level census data and geographic master files of metropolitan areas with indirect demographic estimation techniques, we cover 377 cities in seven countries. It is found that, in almost one third of cities, population change and replacement has been mainly determined by migration. The international component was larger than the internal one in more than half of cities. Whereas internal migration tends to decrease with rising city size, international movements tend to increase. Positive net international migration substitutes for the net losses from domestic movements in large cities, but complements the gains in intermediate‐sized cities.

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全球南方的国际移民与城市增长：1992-2013年七个国家的IPUMS数据分析

缺乏关于全球南方城市增长的人口统计组成部分的证据，而国际移民所扮演的角色也被忽略了。我们分析了近期国际移民在城市中的重要性，并将其与内部流动的重要性进行了比较，并评估了各国背景和城市等级对经济增长的贡献。将大都市区的个人级普查数据和地理主文件与间接人口统计技术相结合，我们覆盖了七个国家的377个城市。结果发现，在几乎三分之一的城市中，人口的变化和替代主要是由移民决定的。在一半以上的城市中，国际部分大于内部部分。随着城市规模的扩大，内部移民趋于减少，而国际迁徙则趋于增加。