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 IranMiddle East USAAmericas 431,405 408,216 400,316 +23,189 (+5.7%) +31,089 (+7.8%)
#2 IranMiddle East GermanyEurope 283,454 185,393 96,409 +98,061 (+52.9%) +187,045 (+194.0%)
#3 IranMiddle East CanadaAmericas 205,304 178,830 154,303 +26,474 (+14.8%) +51,001 (+33.1%)
#4 IranMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 199,735 125,721 52,639 +74,014 (+58.9%) +147,096 (+279.4%)
#5 IranMiddle East SwedenEurope 89,047 80,749 68,746 +8,298 (+10.3%) +20,301 (+29.5%)
#6 IranMiddle East AustraliaOceania 88,697 76,276 61,710 +12,421 (+16.3%) +26,987 (+43.7%)
#7 IranMiddle East IsraelMiddle East 61,572 58,077 53,878 +3,495 (+6.0%) +7,694 (+14.3%)
#8 IranMiddle East NetherlandsEurope 44,869 37,422 29,385 +7,447 (+19.9%) +15,484 (+52.7%)
#9 IranMiddle East AustriaEurope 29,559 24,919 17,756 +4,640 (+18.6%) +11,803 (+66.5%)
#10 IranMiddle East ItalyEurope 23,973 19,481 14,197 +4,492 (+23.1%) +9,776 (+68.9%)
#11 IranMiddle East DenmarkEurope 21,174 17,152 15,098 +4,022 (+23.4%) +6,076 (+40.2%)
#12 IranMiddle East NorwayEurope 20,436 18,379 16,043 +2,057 (+11.2%) +4,393 (+27.4%)
#13 IranMiddle East SwitzerlandEurope 17,038 13,950 9,969 +3,088 (+22.1%) +7,069 (+70.9%)
#14 IranMiddle East BelgiumEurope 15,212 12,789 10,604 +2,423 (+18.9%) +4,608 (+43.5%)
#15 IranMiddle East IraqMiddle East 14,747 14,540 14,405 +207 (+1.4%) +342 (+2.4%)
#16 IranMiddle East FinlandEurope 8,959 7,611 5,589 +1,348 (+17.7%) +3,370 (+60.3%)
#17 IranMiddle East ArmeniaAsia 6,793 6,065 8,510 +728 (+12.0%) -1,717 (-20.2%)
#18 IranMiddle East New ZealandOceania 5,632 4,956 3,798 +676 (+13.6%) +1,834 (+48.3%)
#19 IranMiddle East GreeceEurope 4,976 4,684 1,900 +292 (+6.2%) +3,076 (+161.9%)
#20 IranMiddle East HungaryEurope 4,866 4,125 1,997 +741 (+18.0%) +2,869 (+143.7%)
#21 IranMiddle East JapanAsia 4,201 4,367 4,260 -166 (-3.8%) -59 (-1.4%)
#22 IranMiddle East KazakhstanAsia 3,012 3,019 3,033 -7 (-0.2%) -21 (-0.7%)
#23 IranMiddle East UkraineEurope 2,199 2,170 2,136 +29 (+1.3%) +63 (+2.9%)
#24 IranMiddle East PakistanAsia 2,148 2,148 2,301 0 (0.0%) -153 (-6.6%)
#25 IranMiddle East TurkmenistanAsia 1,876 1,887 1,904 -11 (-0.6%) -28 (-1.5%)
#26 IranMiddle East IndiaAsia 1,810 1,812 1,924 -2 (-0.1%) -114 (-5.9%)
#27 IranMiddle East ChinaAsia 1,331 1,201 1,181 +130 (+10.8%) +150 (+12.7%)
#28 IranMiddle East CyprusEurope 1,267 1,194 1,158 +73 (+6.1%) +109 (+9.4%)
#29 IranMiddle East LuxembourgEurope 1,241 1,074 231 +167 (+15.5%) +1,010 (+437.2%)
#30 IranMiddle East TajikistanAsia 1,203 1,200 1,197 +3 (+0.3%) +6 (+0.5%)
#31 IranMiddle East RomaniaEurope 1,194 1,146 1,086 +48 (+4.2%) +108 (+9.9%)
#32 IranMiddle East Czech RepublicEurope 1,132 953 710 +179 (+18.8%) +422 (+59.4%)
#33 IranMiddle East RussiaEurope 922 1,197 1,542 -275 (-23.0%) -620 (-40.2%)
#34 IranMiddle East PortugalEurope 832 740 203 +92 (+12.4%) +629 (+309.9%)
#35 IranMiddle East BrazilAmericas 815 846 665 -31 (-3.7%) +150 (+22.6%)
#36 IranMiddle East AzerbaijanAsia 710 790 1,105 -80 (-10.1%) -395 (-35.7%)
#37 IranMiddle East BulgariaEurope 653 475 303 +178 (+37.5%) +350 (+115.5%)
#38 IranMiddle East South AfricaAfrica 499 498 600 +1 (+0.2%) -101 (-16.8%)
#39 IranMiddle East LibyaAfrica 464 439 410 +25 (+5.7%) +54 (+13.2%)
#40 IranMiddle East MexicoAmericas 401 344 313 +57 (+16.6%) +88 (+28.1%)
#41 IranMiddle East PolandEurope 371 338 337 +33 (+9.8%) +34 (+10.1%)
#42 IranMiddle East MalaysiaAsia 358 442 528 -84 (-19.0%) -170 (-32.2%)
#43 IranMiddle East EcuadorAmericas 327 287 167 +40 (+13.9%) +160 (+95.8%)
#44 IranMiddle East IcelandEurope 251 166 63 +85 (+51.2%) +188 (+298.4%)
#45 IranMiddle East ArgentinaAmericas 227 221 215 +6 (+2.7%) +12 (+5.6%)
#46 IranMiddle East EstoniaEurope 220 216 75 +4 (+1.9%) +145 (+193.3%)
#47 IranMiddle East IndonesiaAsia 220 338 761 -118 (-34.9%) -541 (-71.1%)
#48 IranMiddle East SlovakiaEurope 183 168 130 +15 (+8.9%) +53 (+40.8%)
#49 IranMiddle East SloveniaEurope 183 161 89 +22 (+13.7%) +94 (+105.6%)
#50 IranMiddle East MaltaEurope 151 87 41 +64 (+73.6%) +110 (+268.3%)