WTMG Intelligence

Global Migration Corridors

Explore where international migrant populations are concentrated across origin and destination countries using UN DESA International Migrant Stock data.

Latest observation: 2024

Corridor values represent migrant stock, not annual migration flows.

58,775Corridors Tracked
2024Latest Observation
172Destination Countries
UN DESASource

How to read corridor data

Mexico -> USA = 11.28 million means approximately 11.28 million international migrants whose origin is Mexico were living in the United States in the 2024 UN stock estimate. It does not mean 11.28 million people moved from Mexico to the USA during 2024.

The dataset estimates the number of international migrants living in each destination by origin.

Top 15 Corridors by 2024 Migrant Stock

Mexico -> USA 11,279,561
Afghanistan -> Iran 3,752,317
Syria -> Türkiye 3,563,983
Russia -> Ukraine 3,375,095
India -> UAE 3,248,545
India -> USA 3,165,238
Venezuela -> Colombia 2,904,873
Ukraine -> Russia 2,872,612
China -> USA 2,488,775
Bangladesh -> Saudi Arabia 2,362,680
Bangladesh -> India 2,293,959
Philippines -> USA 2,263,697
Yemen -> Saudi Arabia 1,999,619
India -> Saudi Arabia 1,953,496
Pakistan -> Saudi Arabia 1,937,044
Largest Corridors Fastest Growing Since 2020 Fastest Growing Since 2015
Rank Origin Destination 2024 Migrant Stock 2020 Migrant Stock 2015 Migrant Stock 2020-2024 Change 2015-2024 Change
#1 UkraineEurope RussiaEurope 2,872,612 1,800,051 2,318,723 +1,072,561 (+59.6%) +553,889 (+23.9%)
#2 KazakhstanAsia RussiaEurope 1,321,004 1,635,008 2,027,417 -314,004 (-19.2%) -706,413 (-34.8%)
#3 UzbekistanAsia RussiaEurope 778,041 871,154 987,806 -93,113 (-10.7%) -209,765 (-21.2%)
#4 TajikistanAsia RussiaEurope 415,676 426,230 439,437 -10,554 (-2.5%) -23,761 (-5.4%)
#5 ArmeniaAsia RussiaEurope 340,512 387,853 447,149 -47,341 (-12.2%) -106,637 (-23.8%)
#6 KyrgyzstanAsia RussiaEurope 333,664 399,110 480,993 -65,446 (-16.4%) -147,329 (-30.6%)
#7 AzerbaijanAsia RussiaEurope 308,165 423,015 565,841 -114,850 (-27.2%) -257,676 (-45.5%)
#8 BelarusEurope RussiaEurope 255,159 381,017 536,776 -125,858 (-33.0%) -281,617 (-52.5%)
#9 GeorgiaAsia RussiaEurope 139,333 215,810 310,246 -76,477 (-35.4%) -170,913 (-55.1%)
#10 TurkmenistanAsia RussiaEurope 87,585 112,339 143,230 -24,754 (-22.0%) -55,645 (-38.9%)
#11 GermanyEurope RussiaEurope 60,040 80,639 106,392 -20,599 (-25.5%) -46,352 (-43.6%)
#12 LatviaEurope RussiaEurope 38,075 50,955 66,994 -12,880 (-25.3%) -28,919 (-43.2%)
#13 LithuaniaEurope RussiaEurope 25,430 36,765 50,820 -11,335 (-30.8%) -25,390 (-50.0%)
#14 EstoniaEurope RussiaEurope 24,906 33,399 43,974 -8,493 (-25.4%) -19,068 (-43.4%)
#15 ChinaAsia RussiaEurope 13,724 24,009 36,698 -10,285 (-42.8%) -22,974 (-62.6%)
#16 PolandEurope RussiaEurope 9,615 14,463 20,491 -4,848 (-33.5%) -10,876 (-53.1%)
#17 TürkiyeAsia RussiaEurope 9,091 9,332 9,633 -241 (-2.6%) -542 (-5.6%)
#18 IndiaAsia RussiaEurope 7,456 6,870 6,144 +586 (+8.5%) +1,312 (+21.4%)
#19 HungaryEurope RussiaEurope 6,932 9,417 12,524 -2,485 (-26.4%) -5,592 (-44.7%)
#20 EgyptAfrica RussiaEurope 5,856 4,049 2,038 +1,807 (+44.6%) +3,818 (+187.3%)
#21 MongoliaAsia RussiaEurope 5,750 9,512 14,168 -3,762 (-39.6%) -8,418 (-59.4%)
#22 USAAmericas RussiaEurope 5,408 5,120 4,763 +288 (+5.6%) +645 (+13.5%)
#23 Czech RepublicEurope RussiaEurope 4,978 6,559 8,539 -1,581 (-24.1%) -3,561 (-41.7%)
#24 SyriaMiddle East RussiaEurope 4,697 4,225 3,642 +472 (+11.2%) +1,055 (+29.0%)
#25 VietnamAsia RussiaEurope 3,881 6,280 9,253 -2,399 (-38.2%) -5,372 (-58.1%)
#26 AfghanistanAsia RussiaEurope 2,880 3,443 4,150 -563 (-16.4%) -1,270 (-30.6%)
#27 BulgariaEurope RussiaEurope 2,615 3,428 4,445 -813 (-23.7%) -1,830 (-41.2%)
#28 IsraelMiddle East RussiaEurope 2,601 2,864 3,194 -263 (-9.2%) -593 (-18.6%)
#29 GreeceEurope RussiaEurope 2,381 2,234 2,052 +147 (+6.6%) +329 (+16.0%)
#30 ItalyEurope RussiaEurope 2,099 2,022 1,925 +77 (+3.8%) +174 (+9.0%)
#31 FranceEurope RussiaEurope 2,013 2,148 2,318 -135 (-6.3%) -305 (-13.2%)
#32 South KoreaAsia RussiaEurope 1,762 2,258 2,877 -496 (-22.0%) -1,115 (-38.8%)
#33 SpainEurope RussiaEurope 1,672 1,576 1,455 +96 (+6.1%) +217 (+14.9%)
#34 CubaAmericas RussiaEurope 1,513 1,694 1,920 -181 (-10.7%) -407 (-21.2%)
#35 RomaniaEurope RussiaEurope 1,359 1,993 2,782 -634 (-31.8%) -1,423 (-51.2%)
#36 AustriaEurope RussiaEurope 1,235 1,667 2,206 -432 (-25.9%) -971 (-44.0%)
#37 FinlandEurope RussiaEurope 1,227 1,477 1,791 -250 (-16.9%) -564 (-31.5%)
#38 IraqMiddle East RussiaEurope 1,169 1,105 1,026 +64 (+5.8%) +143 (+13.9%)
#39 IranMiddle East RussiaEurope 922 1,197 1,542 -275 (-23.0%) -620 (-40.2%)