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 SyriaMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 3,563,983 3,830,526 2,102,261 -266,543 (-7.0%) +1,461,722 (+69.5%)
#2 IraqMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 403,670 470,584 170,324 -66,914 (-14.2%) +233,346 (+137.0%)
#3 GermanyEurope TürkiyeAsia 363,563 304,600 261,210 +58,963 (+19.4%) +102,353 (+39.2%)
#4 BulgariaEurope TürkiyeAsia 348,052 363,507 380,354 -15,455 (-4.3%) -32,302 (-8.5%)
#5 AfghanistanAsia TürkiyeAsia 332,053 271,641 101,893 +60,412 (+22.2%) +230,160 (+225.9%)
#6 IranMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 199,735 125,721 52,639 +74,014 (+58.9%) +147,096 (+279.4%)
#7 RussiaEurope TürkiyeAsia 193,302 60,671 32,381 +132,631 (+218.6%) +160,921 (+497.0%)
#8 UzbekistanAsia TürkiyeAsia 128,061 75,318 32,875 +52,743 (+70.0%) +95,186 (+289.5%)
#9 TurkmenistanAsia TürkiyeAsia 119,955 116,963 22,420 +2,992 (+2.6%) +97,535 (+435.0%)
#10 AzerbaijanAsia TürkiyeAsia 117,860 91,368 49,490 +26,492 (+29.0%) +68,370 (+138.1%)
#11 KazakhstanAsia TürkiyeAsia 84,823 38,677 20,446 +46,146 (+119.3%) +64,377 (+314.9%)
#12 UkraineEurope TürkiyeAsia 72,339 29,379 18,377 +42,960 (+146.2%) +53,962 (+293.6%)
#13 Saudi ArabiaMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 61,221 51,517 13,612 +9,704 (+18.8%) +47,609 (+349.8%)
#14 FranceEurope TürkiyeAsia 52,315 38,539 28,300 +13,776 (+35.7%) +24,015 (+84.9%)
#15 NetherlandsEurope TürkiyeAsia 46,268 37,150 32,195 +9,118 (+24.5%) +14,073 (+43.7%)
#16 KyrgyzstanAsia TürkiyeAsia 44,361 30,942 15,450 +13,419 (+43.4%) +28,911 (+187.1%)
#17 EgyptAfrica TürkiyeAsia 42,894 29,478 4,282 +13,416 (+45.5%) +38,612 (+901.7%)
#18 BelgiumEurope TürkiyeAsia 40,904 30,565 27,187 +10,339 (+33.8%) +13,717 (+50.5%)
#19 North MacedoniaEurope TürkiyeAsia 35,535 38,728 43,868 -3,193 (-8.2%) -8,333 (-19.0%)
#20 USAAmericas TürkiyeAsia 33,577 27,054 23,570 +6,523 (+24.1%) +10,007 (+42.5%)
#21 GreeceEurope TürkiyeAsia 31,548 30,225 27,005 +1,323 (+4.4%) +4,543 (+16.8%)
#22 CyprusEurope TürkiyeAsia 30,993 26,185 20,247 +4,808 (+18.4%) +10,746 (+53.1%)
#23 AustriaEurope TürkiyeAsia 30,987 25,174 17,910 +5,813 (+23.1%) +13,077 (+73.0%)
#24 LibyaAfrica TürkiyeAsia 29,478 25,904 12,602 +3,574 (+13.8%) +16,876 (+133.9%)
#25 ChinaAsia TürkiyeAsia 29,249 21,804 11,377 +7,445 (+34.1%) +17,872 (+157.1%)
#26 MoroccoAfrica TürkiyeAsia 27,080 15,343 3,629 +11,737 (+76.5%) +23,451 (+646.2%)
#27 PakistanAsia TürkiyeAsia 26,088 9,410 2,945 +16,678 (+177.2%) +23,143 (+785.8%)
#28 JordanMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 24,978 15,655 2,361 +9,323 (+59.6%) +22,617 (+957.9%)
#29 LebanonMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 24,965 9,296 3,150 +15,669 (+168.6%) +21,815 (+692.5%)
#30 GeorgiaAsia TürkiyeAsia 22,770 26,629 24,553 -3,859 (-14.5%) -1,783 (-7.3%)
#31 YemenMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 21,256 14,003 2,555 +7,253 (+51.8%) +18,701 (+731.9%)
#32 SwitzerlandEurope TürkiyeAsia 17,204 15,139 13,462 +2,065 (+13.6%) +3,742 (+27.8%)
#33 AlgeriaAfrica TürkiyeAsia 16,719 9,030 1,373 +7,689 (+85.1%) +15,346 (+1,117.7%)
#34 NigeriaAfrica TürkiyeAsia 16,375 7,802 3,224 +8,573 (+109.9%) +13,151 (+407.9%)
#35 KuwaitMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 15,838 9,361 1,450 +6,477 (+69.2%) +14,388 (+992.3%)
#36 IndonesiaAsia TürkiyeAsia 15,386 6,222 2,983 +9,164 (+147.3%) +12,403 (+415.8%)
#37 UAEMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 12,928 7,489 2,384 +5,439 (+72.6%) +10,544 (+442.3%)
#38 RomaniaEurope TürkiyeAsia 11,400 9,612 9,448 +1,788 (+18.6%) +1,952 (+20.7%)
#39 TajikistanAsia TürkiyeAsia 11,341 5,017 2,417 +6,324 (+126.1%) +8,924 (+369.2%)