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 BangladeshAsia Saudi ArabiaMiddle East 2,362,680 2,120,004 2,080,864 +242,676 (+11.4%) +281,816 (+13.5%)
#2 BangladeshAsia IndiaAsia 2,293,959 2,429,312 2,604,674 -135,353 (-5.6%) -310,715 (-11.9%)
#3 BangladeshAsia UAEMiddle East 1,024,949 902,689 861,853 +122,260 (+13.5%) +163,096 (+18.9%)
#4 BangladeshAsia OmanMiddle East 737,087 570,123 590,082 +166,964 (+29.3%) +147,005 (+24.9%)
#5 BangladeshAsia KuwaitMiddle East 406,077 370,340 319,026 +35,737 (+9.6%) +87,051 (+27.3%)
#6 BangladeshAsia USAAmericas 357,581 279,242 232,689 +78,339 (+28.1%) +124,892 (+53.7%)
#7 BangladeshAsia MalaysiaAsia 282,437 282,437 282,437 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#8 BangladeshAsia ItalyEurope 179,289 138,205 96,050 +41,084 (+29.7%) +83,239 (+86.7%)
#9 BangladeshAsia BahrainMiddle East 103,283 96,618 88,697 +6,665 (+6.9%) +14,586 (+16.4%)
#10 BangladeshAsia CanadaAmericas 79,033 68,533 59,011 +10,500 (+15.3%) +20,022 (+33.9%)
#11 BangladeshAsia AustraliaOceania 64,969 55,031 43,074 +9,938 (+18.1%) +21,895 (+50.8%)
#12 BangladeshAsia MaldivesAsia 43,282 40,390 37,034 +2,892 (+7.2%) +6,248 (+16.9%)
#13 BangladeshAsia South AfricaAfrica 30,637 47,821 27,930 -17,184 (-35.9%) +2,707 (+9.7%)
#14 BangladeshAsia LebanonMiddle East 30,406 38,884 35,429 -8,478 (-21.8%) -5,023 (-14.2%)
#15 BangladeshAsia JapanAsia 28,989 17,890 10,542 +11,099 (+62.0%) +18,447 (+175.0%)
#16 BangladeshAsia JordanMiddle East 26,252 23,051 18,937 +3,201 (+13.9%) +7,315 (+38.6%)
#17 BangladeshAsia SpainEurope 21,104 18,360 10,546 +2,744 (+14.9%) +10,558 (+100.1%)
#18 BangladeshAsia SwedenEurope 15,502 11,938 7,250 +3,564 (+29.9%) +8,252 (+113.8%)
#19 BangladeshAsia MauritiusAfrica 8,488 8,415 8,327 +73 (+0.9%) +161 (+1.9%)
#20 BangladeshAsia DenmarkEurope 4,525 1,992 1,409 +2,533 (+127.2%) +3,116 (+221.1%)
#21 BangladeshAsia ChinaAsia 3,569 3,081 1,480 +488 (+15.8%) +2,089 (+141.1%)
#22 BangladeshAsia FinlandEurope 3,511 2,983 1,885 +528 (+17.7%) +1,626 (+86.3%)
#23 BangladeshAsia New ZealandOceania 3,499 2,905 1,998 +594 (+20.4%) +1,501 (+75.1%)
#24 BangladeshAsia BelgiumEurope 3,070 2,719 2,673 +351 (+12.9%) +397 (+14.9%)
#25 BangladeshAsia GreeceEurope 3,029 2,851 9,791 +178 (+6.2%) -6,762 (-69.1%)
#26 BangladeshAsia PortugalEurope 1,894 1,684 1,470 +210 (+12.5%) +424 (+28.8%)
#27 BangladeshAsia CyprusEurope 1,620 1,526 626 +94 (+6.2%) +994 (+158.8%)
#28 BangladeshAsia NorwayEurope 1,480 1,331 997 +149 (+11.2%) +483 (+48.4%)
#29 BangladeshAsia BruneiAsia 1,439 1,343 1,234 +96 (+7.1%) +205 (+16.6%)
#30 BangladeshAsia FijiOceania 1,425 1,398 1,366 +27 (+1.9%) +59 (+4.3%)
#31 BangladeshAsia LibyaAfrica 1,410 1,334 1,246 +76 (+5.7%) +164 (+13.2%)
#32 BangladeshAsia BrazilAmericas 811 5,559 1,414 -4,748 (-85.4%) -603 (-42.6%)
#33 BangladeshAsia EgyptAfrica 762 1,173 15 -411 (-35.0%) +747 (+4,980.0%)
#34 BangladeshAsia BulgariaEurope 741 539 478 +202 (+37.5%) +263 (+55.0%)
#35 BangladeshAsia Sri LankaAsia 680 673 665 +7 (+1.0%) +15 (+2.3%)
#36 BangladeshAsia MexicoAmericas 400 140 94 +260 (+185.7%) +306 (+325.5%)
#37 BangladeshAsia HungaryEurope 288 244 67 +44 (+18.0%) +221 (+329.9%)
#38 BangladeshAsia EstoniaEurope 268 263 35 +5 (+1.9%) +233 (+665.7%)
#39 BangladeshAsia SeychellesAfrica 227 223 220 +4 (+1.8%) +7 (+3.2%)
#40 BangladeshAsia NepalAsia 214 222 233 -8 (-3.6%) -19 (-8.2%)
#41 BangladeshAsia LuxembourgEurope 164 142 30 +22 (+15.5%) +134 (+446.7%)
#42 BangladeshAsia PanamaAmericas 78 51 42 +27 (+52.9%) +36 (+85.7%)
#43 BangladeshAsia Timor-LesteAsia 66 67 69 -1 (-1.5%) -3 (-4.3%)
#44 BangladeshAsia BhutanAsia 55 53 52 +2 (+3.8%) +3 (+5.8%)
#45 BangladeshAsia LithuaniaEurope 46 44 5 +2 (+4.5%) +41 (+820.0%)
#46 BangladeshAsia MaltaEurope 38 22 11 +16 (+72.7%) +27 (+245.5%)
#47 BangladeshAsia NamibiaAfrica 34 32 31 +2 (+6.3%) +3 (+9.7%)
#48 BangladeshAsia BoliviaAmericas 33 30 29 +3 (+10.0%) +4 (+13.8%)
#49 BangladeshAsia SlovakiaEurope 23 21 18 +2 (+9.5%) +5 (+27.8%)
#50 BangladeshAsia SloveniaEurope 23 20 3 +3 (+15.0%) +20 (+666.7%)