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 ThailandAsia USAAmericas 307,741 283,039 271,800 +24,702 (+8.7%) +35,941 (+13.2%)
#2 ThailandAsia South KoreaAsia 199,861 171,058 73,878 +28,803 (+16.8%) +125,983 (+170.5%)
#3 ThailandAsia AustraliaOceania 109,845 88,230 66,376 +21,615 (+24.5%) +43,469 (+65.5%)
#4 ThailandAsia MalaysiaAsia 70,718 69,539 68,074 +1,179 (+1.7%) +2,644 (+3.9%)
#5 ThailandAsia JapanAsia 61,263 83,234 76,083 -21,971 (-26.4%) -14,820 (-19.5%)
#6 ThailandAsia SwedenEurope 47,636 43,969 38,465 +3,667 (+8.3%) +9,171 (+23.8%)
#7 ThailandAsia CambodiaAsia 34,957 33,048 30,806 +1,909 (+5.8%) +4,151 (+13.5%)
#8 ThailandAsia NorwayEurope 24,801 22,304 18,017 +2,497 (+11.2%) +6,784 (+37.7%)
#9 ThailandAsia SwitzerlandEurope 22,654 21,339 19,538 +1,315 (+6.2%) +3,116 (+15.9%)
#10 ThailandAsia CanadaAmericas 19,110 17,471 17,353 +1,639 (+9.4%) +1,757 (+10.1%)
#11 ThailandAsia NetherlandsEurope 17,831 16,051 14,061 +1,780 (+11.1%) +3,770 (+26.8%)
#12 ThailandAsia BruneiAsia 16,790 15,674 14,384 +1,116 (+7.1%) +2,406 (+16.7%)
#13 ThailandAsia DenmarkEurope 15,432 14,266 12,622 +1,166 (+8.2%) +2,810 (+22.3%)
#14 ThailandAsia BangladeshAsia 14,210 10,343 10,548 +3,867 (+37.4%) +3,662 (+34.7%)
#15 ThailandAsia FinlandEurope 13,078 11,110 8,884 +1,968 (+17.7%) +4,194 (+47.2%)
#16 ThailandAsia New ZealandOceania 12,405 11,043 8,944 +1,362 (+12.3%) +3,461 (+38.7%)
#17 ThailandAsia UAEMiddle East 11,996 10,565 10,089 +1,431 (+13.5%) +1,907 (+18.9%)
#18 ThailandAsia ItalyEurope 11,785 11,293 9,318 +492 (+4.4%) +2,467 (+26.5%)
#19 ThailandAsia BelgiumEurope 10,952 10,100 8,829 +852 (+8.4%) +2,123 (+24.0%)
#20 ThailandAsia IndonesiaAsia 10,481 9,238 5,806 +1,243 (+13.5%) +4,675 (+80.5%)
#21 ThailandAsia AustriaEurope 7,083 6,472 5,732 +611 (+9.4%) +1,351 (+23.6%)
#22 ThailandAsia ChinaAsia 5,498 3,787 4,966 +1,711 (+45.2%) +532 (+10.7%)
#23 ThailandAsia KuwaitMiddle East 4,352 3,969 3,420 +383 (+9.6%) +932 (+27.3%)
#24 ThailandAsia LibyaAfrica 3,215 3,041 2,841 +174 (+5.7%) +374 (+13.2%)
#25 ThailandAsia IcelandEurope 2,265 1,500 1,196 +765 (+51.0%) +1,069 (+89.4%)
#26 ThailandAsia PortugalEurope 1,885 1,676 272 +209 (+12.5%) +1,613 (+593.0%)
#27 ThailandAsia HungaryEurope 1,661 1,408 762 +253 (+18.0%) +899 (+118.0%)
#28 ThailandAsia Czech RepublicEurope 1,363 1,170 911 +193 (+16.5%) +452 (+49.6%)
#29 ThailandAsia BahrainMiddle East 1,209 1,131 1,039 +78 (+6.9%) +170 (+16.4%)
#30 ThailandAsia EgyptAfrica 945 1,051 0 -106 (-10.1%) N/A
#31 ThailandAsia LuxembourgEurope 744 644 173 +100 (+15.5%) +571 (+330.1%)
#32 ThailandAsia South AfricaAfrica 737 786 1,037 -49 (-6.2%) -300 (-28.9%)
#33 ThailandAsia MaliAfrica 587 523 447 +64 (+12.2%) +140 (+31.3%)
#34 ThailandAsia BrazilAmericas 566 552 508 +14 (+2.5%) +58 (+11.4%)
#35 ThailandAsia MaltaEurope 556 320 148 +236 (+73.8%) +408 (+275.7%)
#36 ThailandAsia GreeceEurope 407 383 376 +24 (+6.3%) +31 (+8.2%)
#37 ThailandAsia SloveniaEurope 356 314 220 +42 (+13.4%) +136 (+61.8%)
#38 ThailandAsia MaldivesAsia 348 325 299 +23 (+7.1%) +49 (+16.4%)
#39 ThailandAsia Sri LankaAsia 279 276 274 +3 (+1.1%) +5 (+1.8%)
#40 ThailandAsia CyprusEurope 272 256 250 +16 (+6.3%) +22 (+8.8%)
#41 ThailandAsia PanamaAmericas 261 171 144 +90 (+52.6%) +117 (+81.3%)
#42 ThailandAsia SeychellesAfrica 246 242 239 +4 (+1.7%) +7 (+2.9%)
#43 ThailandAsia SlovakiaEurope 116 107 71 +9 (+8.4%) +45 (+63.4%)
#44 ThailandAsia EstoniaEurope 111 109 44 +2 (+1.8%) +67 (+152.3%)
#45 ThailandAsia LiechtensteinEurope 92 86 88 +6 (+7.0%) +4 (+4.5%)
#46 ThailandAsia NamibiaAfrica 81 76 72 +5 (+6.6%) +9 (+12.5%)
#47 ThailandAsia BulgariaEurope 78 57 30 +21 (+36.8%) +48 (+160.0%)
#48 ThailandAsia BhutanAsia 64 62 61 +2 (+3.2%) +3 (+4.9%)
#49 ThailandAsia VenezuelaAmericas 62 65 70 -3 (-4.6%) -8 (-11.4%)
#50 ThailandAsia Timor-LesteAsia 59 60 62 -1 (-1.7%) -3 (-4.8%)