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 TürkiyeAsia GermanyEurope 1,504,743 1,326,045 1,303,078 +178,698 (+13.5%) +201,665 (+15.5%)
#2 TürkiyeAsia FranceEurope 260,167 259,787 259,457 +380 (+0.1%) +710 (+0.3%)
#3 TürkiyeAsia NetherlandsEurope 217,388 199,017 191,653 +18,371 (+9.2%) +25,735 (+13.4%)
#4 TürkiyeAsia USAAmericas 176,490 144,779 136,192 +31,711 (+21.9%) +40,298 (+29.6%)
#5 TürkiyeAsia AustriaEurope 161,487 159,347 160,104 +2,140 (+1.3%) +1,383 (+0.9%)
#6 TürkiyeAsia BelgiumEurope 110,089 101,992 98,267 +8,097 (+7.9%) +11,822 (+12.0%)
#7 TürkiyeAsia SwitzerlandEurope 86,906 82,295 78,454 +4,611 (+5.6%) +8,452 (+10.8%)
#8 TürkiyeAsia SwedenEurope 58,113 52,174 46,256 +5,939 (+11.4%) +11,857 (+25.6%)
#9 TürkiyeAsia AustraliaOceania 42,544 42,286 39,817 +258 (+0.6%) +2,727 (+6.8%)
#10 TürkiyeAsia CanadaAmericas 37,802 34,204 28,928 +3,598 (+10.5%) +8,874 (+30.7%)
#11 TürkiyeAsia GreeceEurope 36,204 34,081 33,420 +2,123 (+6.2%) +2,784 (+8.3%)
#12 TürkiyeAsia UAEMiddle East 35,736 31,473 30,050 +4,263 (+13.5%) +5,686 (+18.9%)
#13 TürkiyeAsia DenmarkEurope 35,075 33,006 32,210 +2,069 (+6.3%) +2,865 (+8.9%)
#14 TürkiyeAsia IsraelMiddle East 32,098 30,532 27,954 +1,566 (+5.1%) +4,144 (+14.8%)
#15 TürkiyeAsia ItalyEurope 21,689 20,964 18,435 +725 (+3.5%) +3,254 (+17.7%)
#16 TürkiyeAsia IraqMiddle East 20,972 20,677 17,514 +295 (+1.4%) +3,458 (+19.7%)
#17 TürkiyeAsia North MacedoniaEurope 20,082 20,011 19,922 +71 (+0.4%) +160 (+0.8%)
#18 TürkiyeAsia BulgariaEurope 19,877 14,454 8,130 +5,423 (+37.5%) +11,747 (+144.5%)
#19 TürkiyeAsia KuwaitMiddle East 14,256 13,001 11,201 +1,255 (+9.7%) +3,055 (+27.3%)
#20 TürkiyeAsia NorwayEurope 13,608 12,238 11,106 +1,370 (+11.2%) +2,502 (+22.5%)
#21 TürkiyeAsia RussiaEurope 9,091 9,332 9,633 -241 (-2.6%) -542 (-5.6%)
#22 TürkiyeAsia FinlandEurope 8,998 7,644 6,082 +1,354 (+17.7%) +2,916 (+47.9%)
#23 TürkiyeAsia KazakhstanAsia 6,713 6,643 6,572 +70 (+1.1%) +141 (+2.1%)
#24 TürkiyeAsia JapanAsia 6,403 7,147 4,425 -744 (-10.4%) +1,978 (+44.7%)
#25 TürkiyeAsia RomaniaEurope 5,484 5,130 4,692 +354 (+6.9%) +792 (+16.9%)
#26 TürkiyeAsia HungaryEurope 4,000 3,391 2,075 +609 (+18.0%) +1,925 (+92.8%)
#27 TürkiyeAsia BahrainMiddle East 3,597 3,364 3,089 +233 (+6.9%) +508 (+16.4%)
#28 TürkiyeAsia LibyaAfrica 2,858 2,704 2,527 +154 (+5.7%) +331 (+13.1%)
#29 TürkiyeAsia Czech RepublicEurope 2,604 2,268 1,825 +336 (+14.8%) +779 (+42.7%)
#30 TürkiyeAsia AlbaniaEurope 1,746 1,838 1,961 -92 (-5.0%) -215 (-11.0%)
#31 TürkiyeAsia PolandEurope 1,726 1,748 1,599 -22 (-1.3%) +127 (+7.9%)
#32 TürkiyeAsia LuxembourgEurope 1,658 1,435 201 +223 (+15.5%) +1,457 (+724.9%)
#33 TürkiyeAsia AzerbaijanAsia 1,602 1,769 1,892 -167 (-9.4%) -290 (-15.3%)
#34 TürkiyeAsia SerbiaEurope 1,442 1,106 579 +336 (+30.4%) +863 (+149.1%)
#35 TürkiyeAsia UkraineEurope 1,394 1,376 1,355 +18 (+1.3%) +39 (+2.9%)
#36 TürkiyeAsia MaltaEurope 1,203 692 318 +511 (+73.8%) +885 (+278.3%)
#37 TürkiyeAsia ChinaAsia 1,152 1,065 1,370 +87 (+8.2%) -218 (-15.9%)
#38 TürkiyeAsia KyrgyzstanAsia 999 1,021 1,051 -22 (-2.2%) -52 (-4.9%)
#39 TürkiyeAsia PortugalEurope 888 789 296 +99 (+12.5%) +592 (+200.0%)
#40 TürkiyeAsia TajikistanAsia 779 777 776 +2 (+0.3%) +3 (+0.4%)
#41 TürkiyeAsia South AfricaAfrica 675 680 874 -5 (-0.7%) -199 (-22.8%)
#42 TürkiyeAsia ArgentinaAmericas 650 650 762 0 (0.0%) -112 (-14.7%)
#43 TürkiyeAsia MexicoAmericas 645 520 378 +125 (+24.0%) +267 (+70.6%)
#44 TürkiyeAsia CyprusEurope 642 605 587 +37 (+6.1%) +55 (+9.4%)
#45 TürkiyeAsia LiechtensteinEurope 621 581 608 +40 (+6.9%) +13 (+2.1%)
#46 TürkiyeAsia EgyptAfrica 595 759 0 -164 (-21.6%) N/A
#47 TürkiyeAsia BrazilAmericas 524 316 213 +208 (+65.8%) +311 (+146.0%)
#48 TürkiyeAsia GeorgiaAsia 485 472 457 +13 (+2.8%) +28 (+6.1%)
#49 TürkiyeAsia ChileAmericas 479 438 391 +41 (+9.4%) +88 (+22.5%)
#50 TürkiyeAsia EstoniaEurope 477 468 205 +9 (+1.9%) +272 (+132.7%)