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 ZimbabweAfrica South AfricaAfrica 1,072,620 966,487 833,530 +106,133 (+11.0%) +239,090 (+28.7%)
#2 ZimbabweAfrica MozambiqueAfrica 101,486 97,379 92,671 +4,107 (+4.2%) +8,815 (+9.5%)
#3 ZimbabweAfrica BotswanaAfrica 67,878 64,301 60,080 +3,577 (+5.6%) +7,798 (+13.0%)
#4 ZimbabweAfrica AustraliaOceania 47,195 44,036 40,243 +3,159 (+7.2%) +6,952 (+17.3%)
#5 ZimbabweAfrica MalawiAfrica 26,561 27,221 32,030 -660 (-2.4%) -5,469 (-17.1%)
#6 ZimbabweAfrica ZambiaAfrica 22,297 16,816 13,175 +5,481 (+32.6%) +9,122 (+69.2%)
#7 ZimbabweAfrica NamibiaAfrica 16,053 15,135 14,141 +918 (+6.1%) +1,912 (+13.5%)
#8 ZimbabweAfrica CanadaAmericas 14,291 11,982 11,429 +2,309 (+19.3%) +2,862 (+25.0%)
#9 ZimbabweAfrica New ZealandOceania 9,140 8,852 8,383 +288 (+3.3%) +757 (+9.0%)
#10 ZimbabweAfrica ChinaAsia 2,913 2,471 637 +442 (+17.9%) +2,276 (+357.3%)
#11 ZimbabweAfrica PortugalEurope 1,476 1,312 1,145 +164 (+12.5%) +331 (+28.9%)
#12 ZimbabweAfrica ItalyEurope 975 966 808 +9 (+0.9%) +167 (+20.7%)
#13 ZimbabweAfrica DenmarkEurope 486 451 402 +35 (+7.8%) +84 (+20.9%)
#14 ZimbabweAfrica GreeceEurope 451 425 418 +26 (+6.1%) +33 (+7.9%)
#15 ZimbabweAfrica NorwayEurope 355 319 291 +36 (+11.3%) +64 (+22.0%)
#16 ZimbabweAfrica CyprusEurope 317 299 292 +18 (+6.0%) +25 (+8.6%)
#17 ZimbabweAfrica MaltaEurope 184 106 49 +78 (+73.6%) +135 (+275.5%)
#18 ZimbabweAfrica FinlandEurope 168 143 88 +25 (+17.5%) +80 (+90.9%)
#19 ZimbabweAfrica LesothoAfrica 158 127 97 +31 (+24.4%) +61 (+62.9%)
#20 ZimbabweAfrica HungaryEurope 114 97 33 +17 (+17.5%) +81 (+245.5%)
#21 ZimbabweAfrica LuxembourgEurope 82 71 0 +11 (+15.5%) N/A
#22 ZimbabweAfrica BulgariaEurope 56 41 27 +15 (+36.6%) +29 (+107.4%)
#23 ZimbabweAfrica IcelandEurope 20 13 11 +7 (+53.8%) +9 (+81.8%)
#24 ZimbabweAfrica SloveniaEurope 20 18 12 +2 (+11.1%) +8 (+66.7%)
#25 ZimbabweAfrica BahamasAmericas 15 14 15 +1 (+7.1%) 0 (0.0%)
#26 ZimbabweAfrica VenezuelaAmericas 12 13 15 -1 (-7.7%) -3 (-20.0%)
#27 ZimbabweAfrica EstoniaEurope 10 10 4 0 (0.0%) +6 (+150.0%)
#28 ZimbabweAfrica SlovakiaEurope 7 6 6 +1 (+16.7%) +1 (+16.7%)
#29 ZimbabweAfrica LithuaniaEurope 5 5 1 0 (0.0%) +4 (+400.0%)
#30 ZimbabweAfrica LiechtensteinEurope 4 4 3 0 (0.0%) +1 (+33.3%)
#31 ZimbabweAfrica BoliviaAmericas 3 3 4 0 (0.0%) -1 (-25.0%)
#32 ZimbabweAfrica GuineaAfrica 2 2 4 0 (0.0%) -2 (-50.0%)
#33 ZimbabweAfrica LatviaEurope 2 2 3 0 (0.0%) -1 (-33.3%)
#34 ZimbabweAfrica Costa RicaAmericas 1 1 1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#35 ZimbabweAfrica Saint LuciaAmericas 0 0 0 N/A N/A