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 GreeceEurope GermanyEurope 242,582 248,036 222,947 -5,454 (-2.2%) +19,635 (+8.8%)
#2 GreeceEurope USAAmericas 130,822 134,752 152,851 -3,930 (-2.9%) -22,029 (-14.4%)
#3 GreeceEurope AustraliaOceania 89,351 103,086 115,825 -13,735 (-13.3%) -26,474 (-22.9%)
#4 GreeceEurope CanadaAmericas 50,296 56,342 65,590 -6,046 (-10.7%) -15,294 (-23.3%)
#5 GreeceEurope TürkiyeAsia 31,548 30,225 27,005 +1,323 (+4.4%) +4,543 (+16.8%)
#6 GreeceEurope NetherlandsEurope 30,769 21,670 14,489 +9,099 (+42.0%) +16,280 (+112.4%)
#7 GreeceEurope AlbaniaEurope 28,166 29,643 31,596 -1,477 (-5.0%) -3,430 (-10.9%)
#8 GreeceEurope CyprusEurope 25,031 23,581 22,844 +1,450 (+6.1%) +2,187 (+9.6%)
#9 GreeceEurope SwedenEurope 21,838 19,655 15,593 +2,183 (+11.1%) +6,245 (+40.1%)
#10 GreeceEurope BelgiumEurope 19,720 18,219 16,409 +1,501 (+8.2%) +3,311 (+20.2%)
#11 GreeceEurope SwitzerlandEurope 19,484 15,864 11,763 +3,620 (+22.8%) +7,721 (+65.6%)
#12 GreeceEurope ItalyEurope 15,677 16,361 15,536 -684 (-4.2%) +141 (+0.9%)
#13 GreeceEurope BulgariaEurope 11,085 8,061 6,276 +3,024 (+37.5%) +4,809 (+76.6%)
#14 GreeceEurope AustriaEurope 8,581 7,238 5,505 +1,343 (+18.6%) +3,076 (+55.9%)
#15 GreeceEurope RomaniaEurope 7,786 6,429 4,806 +1,357 (+21.1%) +2,980 (+62.0%)
#16 GreeceEurope PolandEurope 6,389 5,816 3,989 +573 (+9.9%) +2,400 (+60.2%)
#17 GreeceEurope SerbiaEurope 6,269 1,058 961 +5,211 (+492.5%) +5,308 (+552.3%)
#18 GreeceEurope DenmarkEurope 5,226 3,859 2,693 +1,367 (+35.4%) +2,533 (+94.1%)
#19 GreeceEurope NorwayEurope 3,727 3,352 2,279 +375 (+11.2%) +1,448 (+63.5%)
#20 GreeceEurope LuxembourgEurope 3,654 3,163 1,823 +491 (+15.5%) +1,831 (+100.4%)
#21 GreeceEurope LibyaAfrica 2,951 2,792 2,608 +159 (+5.7%) +343 (+13.2%)
#22 GreeceEurope Czech RepublicEurope 2,415 2,176 1,866 +239 (+11.0%) +549 (+29.4%)
#23 GreeceEurope RussiaEurope 2,381 2,234 2,052 +147 (+6.6%) +329 (+16.0%)
#24 GreeceEurope FinlandEurope 1,971 1,674 1,110 +297 (+17.7%) +861 (+77.6%)
#25 GreeceEurope HungaryEurope 1,605 1,361 1,140 +244 (+17.9%) +465 (+40.8%)
#26 GreeceEurope BrazilAmericas 1,593 410 933 +1,183 (+288.5%) +660 (+70.7%)
#27 GreeceEurope South AfricaAfrica 1,558 1,604 2,296 -46 (-2.9%) -738 (-32.1%)
#28 GreeceEurope IsraelMiddle East 1,239 1,187 1,102 +52 (+4.4%) +137 (+12.4%)
#29 GreeceEurope ArgentinaAmericas 799 810 1,126 -11 (-1.4%) -327 (-29.0%)
#30 GreeceEurope SlovakiaEurope 706 649 431 +57 (+8.8%) +275 (+63.8%)
#31 GreeceEurope VenezuelaAmericas 659 691 735 -32 (-4.6%) -76 (-10.3%)
#32 GreeceEurope PanamaAmericas 593 389 325 +204 (+52.4%) +268 (+82.5%)
#33 GreeceEurope MaltaEurope 398 229 106 +169 (+73.8%) +292 (+275.5%)
#34 GreeceEurope IcelandEurope 273 181 45 +92 (+50.8%) +228 (+506.7%)
#35 GreeceEurope MexicoAmericas 256 236 242 +20 (+8.5%) +14 (+5.8%)
#36 GreeceEurope CameroonAfrica 244 220 191 +24 (+10.9%) +53 (+27.7%)
#37 GreeceEurope PortugalEurope 238 212 186 +26 (+12.3%) +52 (+28.0%)
#38 GreeceEurope North MacedoniaEurope 233 232 233 +1 (+0.4%) 0 (0.0%)
#39 GreeceEurope ChileAmericas 224 218 216 +6 (+2.8%) +8 (+3.7%)
#40 GreeceEurope EstoniaEurope 174 171 77 +3 (+1.8%) +97 (+126.0%)
#41 GreeceEurope GeorgiaAsia 168 163 159 +5 (+3.1%) +9 (+5.7%)
#42 GreeceEurope SloveniaEurope 144 127 91 +17 (+13.4%) +53 (+58.2%)
#43 GreeceEurope CroatiaEurope 130 136 147 -6 (-4.4%) -17 (-11.6%)
#44 GreeceEurope LithuaniaEurope 109 103 55 +6 (+5.8%) +54 (+98.2%)
#45 GreeceEurope BelarusEurope 104 105 108 -1 (-1.0%) -4 (-3.7%)
#46 GreeceEurope BahamasAmericas 102 96 91 +6 (+6.3%) +11 (+12.1%)
#47 GreeceEurope EgyptAfrica 91 167 0 -76 (-45.5%) N/A
#48 GreeceEurope Sri LankaAsia 90 89 90 +1 (+1.1%) 0 (0.0%)
#49 GreeceEurope Dominican RepublicAmericas 70 65 63 +5 (+7.7%) +7 (+11.1%)
#50 GreeceEurope MontenegroEurope 55 55 56 0 (0.0%) -1 (-1.8%)