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 SyriaMiddle East JordanMiddle East 1,593,643 1,440,562 1,218,732 +153,081 (+10.6%) +374,911 (+30.8%)
#3 SyriaMiddle East GermanyEurope 860,697 687,147 203,711 +173,550 (+25.3%) +656,986 (+322.5%)
#4 SyriaMiddle East LebanonMiddle East 784,884 887,943 1,105,309 -103,059 (-11.6%) -320,425 (-29.0%)
#5 SyriaMiddle East Saudi ArabiaMiddle East 496,044 456,607 446,037 +39,437 (+8.6%) +50,007 (+11.2%)
#6 SyriaMiddle East IraqMiddle East 258,068 254,441 252,036 +3,627 (+1.4%) +6,032 (+2.4%)
#7 SyriaMiddle East SwedenEurope 243,388 192,662 81,758 +50,726 (+26.3%) +161,630 (+197.7%)
#8 SyriaMiddle East EgyptAfrica 156,146 133,163 128,008 +22,983 (+17.3%) +28,138 (+22.0%)
#9 SyriaMiddle East NetherlandsEurope 153,160 94,377 26,792 +58,783 (+62.3%) +126,368 (+471.7%)
#10 SyriaMiddle East CanadaAmericas 125,767 89,562 48,224 +36,205 (+40.4%) +77,543 (+160.8%)
#11 SyriaMiddle East AustriaEurope 90,968 50,684 22,831 +40,284 (+79.5%) +68,137 (+298.4%)
#12 SyriaMiddle East FranceEurope 60,670 45,399 27,304 +15,271 (+33.6%) +33,366 (+122.2%)
#13 SyriaMiddle East BelgiumEurope 50,068 35,717 15,951 +14,351 (+40.2%) +34,117 (+213.9%)
#14 SyriaMiddle East UAEMiddle East 49,529 43,621 41,648 +5,908 (+13.5%) +7,881 (+18.9%)
#15 SyriaMiddle East LibyaAfrica 46,987 44,450 27,666 +2,537 (+5.7%) +19,321 (+69.8%)
#16 SyriaMiddle East GreeceEurope 45,531 42,861 9,549 +2,670 (+6.2%) +35,982 (+376.8%)
#17 SyriaMiddle East AustraliaOceania 37,008 31,180 13,864 +5,828 (+18.7%) +23,144 (+166.9%)
#18 SyriaMiddle East NorwayEurope 34,690 31,197 13,249 +3,493 (+11.2%) +21,441 (+161.8%)
#19 SyriaMiddle East DenmarkEurope 34,528 35,386 17,492 -858 (-2.4%) +17,036 (+97.4%)
#20 SyriaMiddle East SwitzerlandEurope 29,396 21,652 9,288 +7,744 (+35.8%) +20,108 (+216.5%)
#21 SyriaMiddle East KuwaitMiddle East 24,742 22,565 19,439 +2,177 (+9.6%) +5,303 (+27.3%)
#22 SyriaMiddle East BulgariaEurope 24,543 17,848 15,502 +6,695 (+37.5%) +9,041 (+58.3%)
#23 SyriaMiddle East VenezuelaAmericas 14,059 14,737 15,632 -678 (-4.6%) -1,573 (-10.1%)
#24 SyriaMiddle East CyprusEurope 12,150 11,446 6,949 +704 (+6.2%) +5,201 (+74.8%)
#25 SyriaMiddle East IsraelMiddle East 10,778 10,179 9,443 +599 (+5.9%) +1,335 (+14.1%)
#26 SyriaMiddle East ItalyEurope 8,712 8,206 5,832 +506 (+6.2%) +2,880 (+49.4%)
#27 SyriaMiddle East BrazilAmericas 8,237 8,923 4,068 -686 (-7.7%) +4,169 (+102.5%)
#28 SyriaMiddle East AlgeriaAfrica 8,038 7,757 6,211 +281 (+3.6%) +1,827 (+29.4%)
#29 SyriaMiddle East FinlandEurope 7,325 6,223 1,326 +1,102 (+17.7%) +5,999 (+452.4%)
#30 SyriaMiddle East ArmeniaAsia 6,993 16,528 18,490 -9,535 (-57.7%) -11,497 (-62.2%)
#31 SyriaMiddle East MaltaEurope 5,635 3,242 1,488 +2,393 (+73.8%) +4,147 (+278.7%)
#32 SyriaMiddle East BahrainMiddle East 4,984 4,663 4,280 +321 (+6.9%) +704 (+16.4%)
#33 SyriaMiddle East RussiaEurope 4,697 4,225 3,642 +472 (+11.2%) +1,055 (+29.0%)
#34 SyriaMiddle East RomaniaEurope 4,280 3,535 2,642 +745 (+21.1%) +1,638 (+62.0%)
#35 SyriaMiddle East YemenMiddle East 4,074 4,013 3,943 +61 (+1.5%) +131 (+3.3%)
#36 SyriaMiddle East MoroccoAfrica 3,989 3,676 2,619 +313 (+8.5%) +1,370 (+52.3%)
#37 SyriaMiddle East UkraineEurope 3,832 3,781 3,720 +51 (+1.3%) +112 (+3.0%)
#38 SyriaMiddle East HungaryEurope 3,177 2,693 19,083 +484 (+18.0%) -15,906 (-83.4%)
#39 SyriaMiddle East MalaysiaAsia 2,759 3,272 1,140 -513 (-15.7%) +1,619 (+142.0%)
#40 SyriaMiddle East LuxembourgEurope 2,124 1,839 0 +285 (+15.5%) N/A
#41 SyriaMiddle East Czech RepublicEurope 1,713 1,451 1,098 +262 (+18.1%) +615 (+56.0%)
#42 SyriaMiddle East TunisiaAfrica 1,452 1,382 1,228 +70 (+5.1%) +224 (+18.2%)
#43 SyriaMiddle East JapanAsia 1,451 977 482 +474 (+48.5%) +969 (+201.0%)
#44 SyriaMiddle East ArgentinaAmericas 1,338 1,327 1,333 +11 (+0.8%) +5 (+0.4%)
#45 SyriaMiddle East ChinaAsia 1,147 1,068 896 +79 (+7.4%) +251 (+28.0%)
#46 SyriaMiddle East PolandEurope 1,142 1,070 881 +72 (+6.7%) +261 (+29.6%)
#47 SyriaMiddle East EthiopiaAfrica 679 420 16 +259 (+61.7%) +663 (+4,143.8%)
#48 SyriaMiddle East MauritaniaAfrica 651 606 322 +45 (+7.4%) +329 (+102.2%)
#49 SyriaMiddle East ChileAmericas 644 585 515 +59 (+10.1%) +129 (+25.0%)
#50 SyriaMiddle East PortugalEurope 597 531 26 +66 (+12.4%) +571 (+2,196.2%)