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 ArgentinaAmericas SpainEurope 390,798 296,102 249,205 +94,696 (+32.0%) +141,593 (+56.8%)
#2 ArgentinaAmericas USAAmericas 212,091 207,388 193,602 +4,703 (+2.3%) +18,489 (+9.6%)
#3 ArgentinaAmericas ItalyEurope 88,572 71,901 67,014 +16,671 (+23.2%) +21,558 (+32.2%)
#4 ArgentinaAmericas ChileAmericas 76,995 76,640 65,360 +355 (+0.5%) +11,635 (+17.8%)
#5 ArgentinaAmericas ParaguayAmericas 65,943 61,833 57,056 +4,110 (+6.6%) +8,887 (+15.6%)
#6 ArgentinaAmericas BoliviaAmericas 53,146 47,601 42,697 +5,545 (+11.6%) +10,449 (+24.5%)
#7 ArgentinaAmericas IsraelMiddle East 48,082 45,255 41,979 +2,827 (+6.2%) +6,103 (+14.5%)
#8 ArgentinaAmericas UruguayAmericas 42,578 33,022 27,662 +9,556 (+28.9%) +14,916 (+53.9%)
#9 ArgentinaAmericas BrazilAmericas 31,403 30,742 29,835 +661 (+2.2%) +1,568 (+5.3%)
#10 ArgentinaAmericas PeruAmericas 30,704 19,297 15,237 +11,407 (+59.1%) +15,467 (+101.5%)
#11 ArgentinaAmericas AustraliaOceania 24,708 20,027 15,530 +4,681 (+23.4%) +9,178 (+59.1%)
#12 ArgentinaAmericas MexicoAmericas 21,195 18,904 16,099 +2,291 (+12.1%) +5,096 (+31.7%)
#13 ArgentinaAmericas CanadaAmericas 20,267 19,705 20,580 +562 (+2.9%) -313 (-1.5%)
#14 ArgentinaAmericas SwitzerlandEurope 11,810 10,108 8,793 +1,702 (+16.8%) +3,017 (+34.3%)
#15 ArgentinaAmericas VenezuelaAmericas 8,943 9,374 9,944 -431 (-4.6%) -1,001 (-10.1%)
#16 ArgentinaAmericas ChinaAsia 7,565 6,569 3,487 +996 (+15.2%) +4,078 (+116.9%)
#17 ArgentinaAmericas ColombiaAmericas 6,491 5,653 4,460 +838 (+14.8%) +2,031 (+45.5%)
#18 ArgentinaAmericas DenmarkEurope 6,313 3,697 1,352 +2,616 (+70.8%) +4,961 (+366.9%)
#19 ArgentinaAmericas New ZealandOceania 5,878 4,341 2,544 +1,537 (+35.4%) +3,334 (+131.1%)
#20 ArgentinaAmericas PanamaAmericas 4,671 3,062 2,550 +1,609 (+52.5%) +2,121 (+83.2%)
#21 ArgentinaAmericas BelgiumEurope 3,485 2,785 2,319 +700 (+25.1%) +1,166 (+50.3%)
#22 ArgentinaAmericas JapanAsia 3,266 3,352 2,994 -86 (-2.6%) +272 (+9.1%)
#23 ArgentinaAmericas EcuadorAmericas 3,254 3,121 2,861 +133 (+4.3%) +393 (+13.7%)
#24 ArgentinaAmericas Costa RicaAmericas 2,125 1,761 1,468 +364 (+20.7%) +657 (+44.8%)
#25 ArgentinaAmericas PortugalEurope 1,701 1,512 1,320 +189 (+12.5%) +381 (+28.9%)
#26 ArgentinaAmericas NorwayEurope 1,385 1,246 1,086 +139 (+11.2%) +299 (+27.5%)
#27 ArgentinaAmericas Dominican RepublicAmericas 1,204 1,116 1,071 +88 (+7.9%) +133 (+12.4%)
#28 ArgentinaAmericas South AfricaAfrica 807 815 875 -8 (-1.0%) -68 (-7.8%)
#29 ArgentinaAmericas AndorraEurope 780 734 682 +46 (+6.3%) +98 (+14.4%)
#30 ArgentinaAmericas Puerto RicoAmericas 748 828 1,180 -80 (-9.7%) -432 (-36.6%)
#31 ArgentinaAmericas GreeceEurope 693 652 639 +41 (+6.3%) +54 (+8.5%)
#32 ArgentinaAmericas GuatemalaAmericas 654 595 529 +59 (+9.9%) +125 (+23.6%)
#33 ArgentinaAmericas FinlandEurope 541 460 369 +81 (+17.6%) +172 (+46.6%)
#34 ArgentinaAmericas HungaryEurope 510 432 368 +78 (+18.1%) +142 (+38.6%)
#35 ArgentinaAmericas SloveniaEurope 493 435 417 +58 (+13.3%) +76 (+18.2%)
#36 ArgentinaAmericas LuxembourgEurope 470 407 39 +63 (+15.5%) +431 (+1,105.1%)
#37 ArgentinaAmericas PolandEurope 323 313 308 +10 (+3.2%) +15 (+4.9%)
#38 ArgentinaAmericas NicaraguaAmericas 292 281 270 +11 (+3.9%) +22 (+8.1%)
#39 ArgentinaAmericas El SalvadorAmericas 221 218 216 +3 (+1.4%) +5 (+2.3%)
#40 ArgentinaAmericas HondurasAmericas 197 194 191 +3 (+1.5%) +6 (+3.1%)
#41 ArgentinaAmericas CroatiaEurope 177 186 200 -9 (-4.8%) -23 (-11.5%)
#42 ArgentinaAmericas BulgariaEurope 175 127 99 +48 (+37.8%) +76 (+76.8%)
#43 ArgentinaAmericas IcelandEurope 125 83 46 +42 (+50.6%) +79 (+171.7%)
#44 ArgentinaAmericas BahamasAmericas 124 117 111 +7 (+6.0%) +13 (+11.7%)
#45 ArgentinaAmericas GuineaAfrica 102 105 112 -3 (-2.9%) -10 (-8.9%)
#46 ArgentinaAmericas BelarusEurope 98 99 102 -1 (-1.0%) -4 (-3.9%)
#47 ArgentinaAmericas SlovakiaEurope 98 90 83 +8 (+8.9%) +15 (+18.1%)
#48 ArgentinaAmericas CyprusEurope 86 81 80 +5 (+6.2%) +6 (+7.5%)
#49 ArgentinaAmericas MauritaniaAfrica 76 71 66 +5 (+7.0%) +10 (+15.2%)
#50 ArgentinaAmericas LithuaniaEurope 68 65 53 +3 (+4.6%) +15 (+28.3%)