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 RwandaAfrica UgandaAfrica 79,149 76,677 80,434 +2,472 (+3.2%) -1,285 (-1.6%)
#2 RwandaAfrica BelgiumEurope 15,445 14,698 14,033 +747 (+5.1%) +1,412 (+10.1%)
#3 RwandaAfrica ZambiaAfrica 12,201 9,202 6,573 +2,999 (+32.6%) +5,628 (+85.6%)
#4 RwandaAfrica CanadaAmericas 9,317 7,677 6,283 +1,640 (+21.4%) +3,034 (+48.3%)
#5 RwandaAfrica MalawiAfrica 6,128 6,280 5,582 -152 (-2.4%) +546 (+9.8%)
#6 RwandaAfrica KenyaAfrica 5,208 5,510 6,330 -302 (-5.5%) -1,122 (-17.7%)
#7 RwandaAfrica South AfricaAfrica 3,172 3,569 3,845 -397 (-11.1%) -673 (-17.5%)
#8 RwandaAfrica ChinaAsia 1,400 1,184 431 +216 (+18.2%) +969 (+224.8%)
#9 RwandaAfrica AustraliaOceania 1,338 1,183 981 +155 (+13.1%) +357 (+36.4%)
#10 RwandaAfrica AngolaAfrica 1,299 1,260 1,186 +39 (+3.1%) +113 (+9.5%)
#11 RwandaAfrica ItalyEurope 954 866 732 +88 (+10.2%) +222 (+30.3%)
#12 RwandaAfrica NorwayEurope 736 662 612 +74 (+11.2%) +124 (+20.3%)
#13 RwandaAfrica DenmarkEurope 674 417 380 +257 (+61.6%) +294 (+77.4%)
#14 RwandaAfrica TogoAfrica 674 669 665 +5 (+0.7%) +9 (+1.4%)
#15 RwandaAfrica MaliAfrica 621 553 473 +68 (+12.3%) +148 (+31.3%)
#16 RwandaAfrica FinlandEurope 617 524 436 +93 (+17.7%) +181 (+41.5%)
#17 RwandaAfrica GhanaAfrica 488 437 382 +51 (+11.7%) +106 (+27.7%)
#18 RwandaAfrica NamibiaAfrica 397 374 350 +23 (+6.1%) +47 (+13.4%)
#19 RwandaAfrica EswatiniAfrica 392 387 342 +5 (+1.3%) +50 (+14.6%)
#20 RwandaAfrica SenegalAfrica 289 282 283 +7 (+2.5%) +6 (+2.1%)
#21 RwandaAfrica GabonAfrica 226 209 191 +17 (+8.1%) +35 (+18.3%)
#22 RwandaAfrica LuxembourgEurope 217 188 25 +29 (+15.4%) +192 (+768.0%)
#23 RwandaAfrica GreeceEurope 103 97 96 +6 (+6.2%) +7 (+7.3%)
#24 RwandaAfrica GuineaAfrica 35 36 39 -1 (-2.8%) -4 (-10.3%)
#25 RwandaAfrica HungaryEurope 27 23 18 +4 (+17.4%) +9 (+50.0%)
#26 RwandaAfrica EstoniaEurope 4 4 1 0 (0.0%) +3 (+300.0%)
#27 RwandaAfrica BoliviaAmericas 1 1 2 0 (0.0%) -1 (-50.0%)
#28 RwandaAfrica BulgariaEurope 1 1 2 0 (0.0%) -1 (-50.0%)
#29 RwandaAfrica Costa RicaAmericas 1 1 1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#30 RwandaAfrica LatviaEurope 1 1 1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#31 RwandaAfrica LithuaniaEurope 1 1 2 0 (0.0%) -1 (-50.0%)
#32 RwandaAfrica SlovakiaEurope 1 1 2 0 (0.0%) -1 (-50.0%)
#33 RwandaAfrica SloveniaEurope 1 1 11 0 (0.0%) -10 (-90.9%)
#34 RwandaAfrica IcelandEurope 0 0 2 N/A -2 (-100.0%)
#35 RwandaAfrica Sierra LeoneAfrica 0 0 0 N/A N/A