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 EthiopiaAfrica USAAmericas 363,811 285,055 237,172 +78,756 (+27.6%) +126,639 (+53.4%)
#2 EthiopiaAfrica Saudi ArabiaMiddle East 180,746 160,421 155,294 +20,325 (+12.7%) +25,452 (+16.4%)
#3 EthiopiaAfrica South AfricaAfrica 104,402 117,442 72,207 -13,040 (-11.1%) +32,195 (+44.6%)
#4 EthiopiaAfrica IsraelMiddle East 101,417 95,201 87,563 +6,216 (+6.5%) +13,854 (+15.8%)
#5 EthiopiaAfrica LebanonMiddle East 50,432 62,822 57,241 -12,390 (-19.7%) -6,809 (-11.9%)
#6 EthiopiaAfrica CanadaAmericas 46,425 40,363 32,619 +6,062 (+15.0%) +13,806 (+42.3%)
#7 EthiopiaAfrica KenyaAfrica 30,353 32,115 36,889 -1,762 (-5.5%) -6,536 (-17.7%)
#8 EthiopiaAfrica ItalyEurope 25,419 27,383 26,441 -1,964 (-7.2%) -1,022 (-3.9%)
#9 EthiopiaAfrica SwedenEurope 24,644 21,922 16,406 +2,722 (+12.4%) +8,238 (+50.2%)
#10 EthiopiaAfrica NetherlandsEurope 22,584 19,412 11,212 +3,172 (+16.3%) +11,372 (+101.4%)
#11 EthiopiaAfrica EgyptAfrica 17,747 16,476 5,572 +1,271 (+7.7%) +12,175 (+218.5%)
#12 EthiopiaAfrica AustraliaOceania 17,141 15,644 13,123 +1,497 (+9.6%) +4,018 (+30.6%)
#13 EthiopiaAfrica YemenMiddle East 16,283 16,039 15,740 +244 (+1.5%) +543 (+3.4%)
#14 EthiopiaAfrica South SudanAfrica 13,582 13,110 12,786 +472 (+3.6%) +796 (+6.2%)
#15 EthiopiaAfrica NorwayEurope 10,556 9,493 7,900 +1,063 (+11.2%) +2,656 (+33.6%)
#16 EthiopiaAfrica UAEMiddle East 10,340 9,107 8,696 +1,233 (+13.5%) +1,644 (+18.9%)
#17 EthiopiaAfrica UgandaAfrica 10,059 3,098 2,364 +6,961 (+224.7%) +7,695 (+325.5%)
#18 EthiopiaAfrica BelgiumEurope 8,073 5,842 4,203 +2,231 (+38.2%) +3,870 (+92.1%)
#19 EthiopiaAfrica KuwaitMiddle East 4,166 3,799 3,275 +367 (+9.7%) +891 (+27.2%)
#20 EthiopiaAfrica FinlandEurope 2,891 2,456 1,845 +435 (+17.7%) +1,046 (+56.7%)
#21 EthiopiaAfrica GreeceEurope 2,620 2,466 2,414 +154 (+6.2%) +206 (+8.5%)
#22 EthiopiaAfrica DenmarkEurope 2,443 2,256 2,145 +187 (+8.3%) +298 (+13.9%)
#23 EthiopiaAfrica LibyaAfrica 2,063 1,952 1,825 +111 (+5.7%) +238 (+13.0%)
#24 EthiopiaAfrica MaltaEurope 1,797 1,034 475 +763 (+73.8%) +1,322 (+278.3%)
#25 EthiopiaAfrica ChinaAsia 1,704 1,469 797 +235 (+16.0%) +907 (+113.8%)
#26 EthiopiaAfrica BahrainMiddle East 1,040 973 894 +67 (+6.9%) +146 (+16.3%)
#27 EthiopiaAfrica LuxembourgEurope 282 244 0 +38 (+15.6%) N/A
#28 EthiopiaAfrica HungaryEurope 235 199 127 +36 (+18.1%) +108 (+85.0%)
#29 EthiopiaAfrica NamibiaAfrica 233 220 206 +13 (+5.9%) +27 (+13.1%)
#30 EthiopiaAfrica ChileAmericas 222 202 86 +20 (+9.9%) +136 (+158.1%)
#31 EthiopiaAfrica IcelandEurope 133 88 71 +45 (+51.1%) +62 (+87.3%)
#32 EthiopiaAfrica IndonesiaAsia 119 173 206 -54 (-31.2%) -87 (-42.2%)
#33 EthiopiaAfrica Antigua and BarbudaAmericas 95 92 90 +3 (+3.3%) +5 (+5.6%)
#34 EthiopiaAfrica BulgariaEurope 87 63 50 +24 (+38.1%) +37 (+74.0%)
#35 EthiopiaAfrica NicaraguaAmericas 86 83 81 +3 (+3.6%) +5 (+6.2%)
#36 EthiopiaAfrica CyprusEurope 83 78 77 +5 (+6.4%) +6 (+7.8%)
#37 EthiopiaAfrica SlovakiaEurope 42 39 31 +3 (+7.7%) +11 (+35.5%)
#38 EthiopiaAfrica GhanaAfrica 37 33 30 +4 (+12.1%) +7 (+23.3%)
#39 EthiopiaAfrica PortugalEurope 36 32 30 +4 (+12.5%) +6 (+20.0%)
#40 EthiopiaAfrica VenezuelaAmericas 31 32 35 -1 (-3.1%) -4 (-11.4%)
#41 EthiopiaAfrica EswatiniAfrica 28 28 30 0 (0.0%) -2 (-6.7%)
#42 EthiopiaAfrica BelarusEurope 23 23 25 0 (0.0%) -2 (-8.0%)
#43 EthiopiaAfrica SloveniaEurope 17 15 16 +2 (+13.3%) +1 (+6.3%)
#44 EthiopiaAfrica EstoniaEurope 14 14 7 0 (0.0%) +7 (+100.0%)
#45 EthiopiaAfrica GuineaAfrica 10 10 12 0 (0.0%) -2 (-16.7%)
#46 EthiopiaAfrica LiechtensteinEurope 10 9 10 +1 (+11.1%) 0 (0.0%)
#47 EthiopiaAfrica BoliviaAmericas 2 2 3 0 (0.0%) -1 (-33.3%)
#48 EthiopiaAfrica LithuaniaEurope 2 2 1 0 (0.0%) +1 (+100.0%)
#49 EthiopiaAfrica Costa RicaAmericas 1 1 1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#50 EthiopiaAfrica Saint LuciaAmericas 0 0 2 N/A -2 (-100.0%)