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 North MacedoniaEurope GermanyEurope 147,204 108,175 83,304 +39,029 (+36.1%) +63,900 (+76.7%)
#2 North MacedoniaEurope SwitzerlandEurope 85,065 73,595 60,283 +11,470 (+15.6%) +24,782 (+41.1%)
#3 North MacedoniaEurope ItalyEurope 67,492 72,197 69,018 -4,705 (-6.5%) -1,526 (-2.2%)
#4 North MacedoniaEurope AustraliaOceania 48,723 51,159 49,963 -2,436 (-4.8%) -1,240 (-2.5%)
#5 North MacedoniaEurope TürkiyeAsia 35,535 38,728 43,868 -3,193 (-8.2%) -8,333 (-19.0%)
#6 North MacedoniaEurope SerbiaEurope 34,921 37,902 41,857 -2,981 (-7.9%) -6,936 (-16.6%)
#7 North MacedoniaEurope AustriaEurope 31,837 28,104 23,741 +3,733 (+13.3%) +8,096 (+34.1%)
#8 North MacedoniaEurope SloveniaEurope 21,691 19,133 15,637 +2,558 (+13.4%) +6,054 (+38.7%)
#9 North MacedoniaEurope SwedenEurope 11,796 9,177 6,302 +2,619 (+28.5%) +5,494 (+87.2%)
#10 North MacedoniaEurope CanadaAmericas 10,214 10,233 10,368 -19 (-0.2%) -154 (-1.5%)
#11 North MacedoniaEurope CroatiaEurope 9,014 9,462 10,055 -448 (-4.7%) -1,041 (-10.4%)
#12 North MacedoniaEurope BulgariaEurope 6,345 4,614 2,402 +1,731 (+37.5%) +3,943 (+164.2%)
#13 North MacedoniaEurope DenmarkEurope 4,426 3,881 3,153 +545 (+14.0%) +1,273 (+40.4%)
#14 North MacedoniaEurope MontenegroEurope 3,302 3,329 3,317 -27 (-0.8%) -15 (-0.5%)
#15 North MacedoniaEurope NorwayEurope 3,260 2,932 2,467 +328 (+11.2%) +793 (+32.1%)
#16 North MacedoniaEurope Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope 2,722 2,875 3,079 -153 (-5.3%) -357 (-11.6%)
#17 North MacedoniaEurope BelgiumEurope 2,492 1,819 1,323 +673 (+37.0%) +1,169 (+88.4%)
#18 North MacedoniaEurope GreeceEurope 2,348 2,210 2,164 +138 (+6.2%) +184 (+8.5%)
#19 North MacedoniaEurope Czech RepublicEurope 2,311 2,220 2,106 +91 (+4.1%) +205 (+9.7%)
#20 North MacedoniaEurope SlovakiaEurope 960 883 760 +77 (+8.7%) +200 (+26.3%)
#21 North MacedoniaEurope LuxembourgEurope 699 605 346 +94 (+15.5%) +353 (+102.0%)
#22 North MacedoniaEurope AlbaniaEurope 474 499 534 -25 (-5.0%) -60 (-11.2%)
#23 North MacedoniaEurope HungaryEurope 355 301 149 +54 (+17.9%) +206 (+138.3%)
#24 North MacedoniaEurope PortugalEurope 349 310 272 +39 (+12.6%) +77 (+28.3%)
#25 North MacedoniaEurope PolandEurope 308 309 318 -1 (-0.3%) -10 (-3.1%)
#26 North MacedoniaEurope FinlandEurope 250 212 157 +38 (+17.9%) +93 (+59.2%)
#27 North MacedoniaEurope MaltaEurope 151 87 41 +64 (+73.6%) +110 (+268.3%)
#28 North MacedoniaEurope IcelandEurope 127 84 40 +43 (+51.2%) +87 (+217.5%)
#29 North MacedoniaEurope LiechtensteinEurope 102 95 88 +7 (+7.4%) +14 (+15.9%)
#30 North MacedoniaEurope Costa RicaAmericas 37 31 26 +6 (+19.4%) +11 (+42.3%)
#31 North MacedoniaEurope Dominican RepublicAmericas 28 26 26 +2 (+7.7%) +2 (+7.7%)
#32 North MacedoniaEurope CyprusEurope 19 18 18 +1 (+5.6%) +1 (+5.6%)
#33 North MacedoniaEurope EstoniaEurope 19 19 9 0 (0.0%) +10 (+111.1%)
#34 North MacedoniaEurope LatviaEurope 16 17 12 -1 (-5.9%) +4 (+33.3%)
#35 North MacedoniaEurope BoliviaAmericas 15 13 13 +2 (+15.4%) +2 (+15.4%)
#36 North MacedoniaEurope LithuaniaEurope 7 7 4 0 (0.0%) +3 (+75.0%)
#37 North MacedoniaEurope MongoliaAsia 2 2 3 0 (0.0%) -1 (-33.3%)
#38 North MacedoniaEurope RomaniaEurope 0 0 0 N/A N/A