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 UAEMiddle East CanadaAmericas 36,578 28,236 21,677 +8,342 (+29.5%) +14,901 (+68.7%)
#2 UAEMiddle East KuwaitMiddle East 28,593 26,077 22,465 +2,516 (+9.6%) +6,128 (+27.3%)
#3 UAEMiddle East IndiaAsia 19,941 20,869 22,376 -928 (-4.4%) -2,435 (-10.9%)
#4 UAEMiddle East AustraliaOceania 17,673 13,588 8,122 +4,085 (+30.1%) +9,551 (+117.6%)
#5 UAEMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 12,928 7,489 2,384 +5,439 (+72.6%) +10,544 (+442.3%)
#6 UAEMiddle East BahrainMiddle East 7,139 6,679 6,131 +460 (+6.9%) +1,008 (+16.4%)
#7 UAEMiddle East MaliAfrica 3,990 3,555 3,030 +435 (+12.2%) +960 (+31.7%)
#8 UAEMiddle East LibyaAfrica 3,130 2,961 2,766 +169 (+5.7%) +364 (+13.2%)
#9 UAEMiddle East New ZealandOceania 2,976 2,122 1,258 +854 (+40.2%) +1,718 (+136.6%)
#10 UAEMiddle East Sri LankaAsia 1,707 1,688 1,665 +19 (+1.1%) +42 (+2.5%)
#11 UAEMiddle East ItalyEurope 1,118 804 369 +314 (+39.1%) +749 (+203.0%)
#12 UAEMiddle East DenmarkEurope 915 711 423 +204 (+28.7%) +492 (+116.3%)
#13 UAEMiddle East South AfricaAfrica 762 592 359 +170 (+28.7%) +403 (+112.3%)
#14 UAEMiddle East HungaryEurope 729 618 263 +111 (+18.0%) +466 (+177.2%)
#15 UAEMiddle East KazakhstanAsia 724 704 679 +20 (+2.8%) +45 (+6.6%)
#16 UAEMiddle East NorwayEurope 685 616 433 +69 (+11.2%) +252 (+58.2%)
#17 UAEMiddle East BulgariaEurope 477 347 133 +130 (+37.5%) +344 (+258.6%)
#18 UAEMiddle East EgyptAfrica 432 555 0 -123 (-22.2%) N/A
#19 UAEMiddle East FinlandEurope 303 257 137 +46 (+17.9%) +166 (+121.2%)
#20 UAEMiddle East IraqMiddle East 293 289 288 +4 (+1.4%) +5 (+1.7%)
#21 UAEMiddle East CyprusEurope 158 149 145 +9 (+6.0%) +13 (+9.0%)
#22 UAEMiddle East SlovakiaEurope 138 127 75 +11 (+8.7%) +63 (+84.0%)
#23 UAEMiddle East MaltaEurope 130 75 35 +55 (+73.3%) +95 (+271.4%)
#24 UAEMiddle East GreeceEurope 92 87 85 +5 (+5.7%) +7 (+8.2%)
#25 UAEMiddle East LuxembourgEurope 89 77 0 +12 (+15.6%) N/A
#26 UAEMiddle East MauritaniaAfrica 78 73 68 +5 (+6.8%) +10 (+14.7%)
#27 UAEMiddle East LithuaniaEurope 64 61 35 +3 (+4.9%) +29 (+82.9%)
#28 UAEMiddle East EstoniaEurope 33 32 7 +1 (+3.1%) +26 (+371.4%)
#29 UAEMiddle East LatviaEurope 30 33 12 -3 (-9.1%) +18 (+150.0%)
#30 UAEMiddle East SloveniaEurope 24 21 12 +3 (+14.3%) +12 (+100.0%)
#31 UAEMiddle East BelarusEurope 21 21 23 0 (0.0%) -2 (-8.7%)
#32 UAEMiddle East IcelandEurope 17 11 6 +6 (+54.5%) +11 (+183.3%)
#33 UAEMiddle East LiechtensteinEurope 2 2 3 0 (0.0%) -1 (-33.3%)
#34 UAEMiddle East BoliviaAmericas 0 0 0 N/A N/A