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 IraqMiddle East TürkiyeAsia 403,670 470,584 170,324 -66,914 (-14.2%) +233,346 (+137.0%)
#2 IraqMiddle East USAAmericas 272,370 244,938 210,782 +27,432 (+11.2%) +61,588 (+29.2%)
#3 IraqMiddle East GermanyEurope 263,918 248,322 114,598 +15,596 (+6.3%) +149,320 (+130.3%)
#4 IraqMiddle East JordanMiddle East 219,163 215,392 176,104 +3,771 (+1.8%) +43,059 (+24.5%)
#5 IraqMiddle East SyriaMiddle East 209,390 203,003 195,204 +6,387 (+3.1%) +14,186 (+7.3%)
#6 IraqMiddle East SwedenEurope 150,470 146,282 130,939 +4,188 (+2.9%) +19,531 (+14.9%)
#7 IraqMiddle East AustraliaOceania 112,467 99,643 70,625 +12,824 (+12.9%) +41,842 (+59.2%)
#8 IraqMiddle East CanadaAmericas 98,416 81,599 66,819 +16,817 (+20.6%) +31,597 (+47.3%)
#9 IraqMiddle East IsraelMiddle East 77,676 73,361 68,059 +4,315 (+5.9%) +9,617 (+14.1%)
#10 IraqMiddle East LibyaAfrica 77,265 73,093 68,240 +4,172 (+5.7%) +9,025 (+13.2%)
#11 IraqMiddle East IranMiddle East 55,516 54,445 68,735 +1,071 (+2.0%) -13,219 (-19.2%)
#12 IraqMiddle East NetherlandsEurope 48,412 45,677 40,762 +2,735 (+6.0%) +7,650 (+18.8%)
#13 IraqMiddle East NorwayEurope 26,194 23,557 22,006 +2,637 (+11.2%) +4,188 (+19.0%)
#14 IraqMiddle East BelgiumEurope 24,557 21,276 15,603 +3,281 (+15.4%) +8,954 (+57.4%)
#15 IraqMiddle East DenmarkEurope 21,857 21,731 21,076 +126 (+0.6%) +781 (+3.7%)
#16 IraqMiddle East FinlandEurope 21,546 18,304 21,027 +3,242 (+17.7%) +519 (+2.5%)
#17 IraqMiddle East EgyptAfrica 20,517 26,671 7,032 -6,154 (-23.1%) +13,485 (+191.8%)
#18 IraqMiddle East GreeceEurope 17,950 16,897 4,745 +1,053 (+6.2%) +13,205 (+278.3%)
#19 IraqMiddle East AustriaEurope 17,372 15,024 10,617 +2,348 (+15.6%) +6,755 (+63.6%)
#20 IraqMiddle East SwitzerlandEurope 12,464 10,967 7,908 +1,497 (+13.7%) +4,556 (+57.6%)
#21 IraqMiddle East YemenMiddle East 10,139 9,987 9,801 +152 (+1.5%) +338 (+3.4%)
#22 IraqMiddle East ItalyEurope 8,547 6,674 3,555 +1,873 (+28.1%) +4,992 (+140.4%)
#23 IraqMiddle East AlgeriaAfrica 7,711 7,441 7,156 +270 (+3.6%) +555 (+7.8%)
#24 IraqMiddle East Saudi ArabiaMiddle East 6,510 6,566 6,514 -56 (-0.9%) -4 (-0.1%)
#25 IraqMiddle East New ZealandOceania 5,423 5,634 5,614 -211 (-3.7%) -191 (-3.4%)
#26 IraqMiddle East LebanonMiddle East 5,101 25,349 26,055 -20,248 (-79.9%) -20,954 (-80.4%)
#27 IraqMiddle East MoroccoAfrica 2,006 1,849 1,683 +157 (+8.5%) +323 (+19.2%)
#28 IraqMiddle East BulgariaEurope 1,910 1,389 4,850 +521 (+37.5%) -2,940 (-60.6%)
#29 IraqMiddle East HungaryEurope 1,728 1,465 2,661 +263 (+18.0%) -933 (-35.1%)
#30 IraqMiddle East CyprusEurope 1,352 1,274 1,234 +78 (+6.1%) +118 (+9.6%)
#31 IraqMiddle East ArmeniaAsia 1,346 1,086 1,004 +260 (+23.9%) +342 (+34.1%)
#32 IraqMiddle East LuxembourgEurope 1,188 1,028 0 +160 (+15.6%) N/A
#33 IraqMiddle East RussiaEurope 1,169 1,105 1,026 +64 (+5.8%) +143 (+13.9%)
#34 IraqMiddle East RomaniaEurope 1,077 1,068 1,057 +9 (+0.8%) +20 (+1.9%)
#35 IraqMiddle East BrazilAmericas 967 1,285 868 -318 (-24.7%) +99 (+11.4%)
#36 IraqMiddle East TunisiaAfrica 709 675 636 +34 (+5.0%) +73 (+11.5%)
#37 IraqMiddle East PolandEurope 675 657 587 +18 (+2.7%) +88 (+15.0%)
#38 IraqMiddle East MalaysiaAsia 674 1,262 1,051 -588 (-46.6%) -377 (-35.9%)
#39 IraqMiddle East IndiaAsia 656 746 942 -90 (-12.1%) -286 (-30.4%)
#40 IraqMiddle East IndonesiaAsia 536 754 759 -218 (-28.9%) -223 (-29.4%)
#41 IraqMiddle East ChinaAsia 482 459 811 +23 (+5.0%) -329 (-40.6%)
#42 IraqMiddle East MaltaEurope 428 246 114 +182 (+74.0%) +314 (+275.4%)
#43 IraqMiddle East IcelandEurope 356 236 57 +120 (+50.8%) +299 (+524.6%)
#44 IraqMiddle East ChileAmericas 325 295 127 +30 (+10.2%) +198 (+155.9%)
#45 IraqMiddle East PortugalEurope 289 257 42 +32 (+12.5%) +247 (+588.1%)
#46 IraqMiddle East SlovakiaEurope 234 215 79 +19 (+8.8%) +155 (+196.2%)
#47 IraqMiddle East PakistanAsia 233 233 251 0 (0.0%) -18 (-7.2%)
#48 IraqMiddle East MauritaniaAfrica 131 122 112 +9 (+7.4%) +19 (+17.0%)
#49 IraqMiddle East SloveniaEurope 128 113 58 +15 (+13.3%) +70 (+120.7%)
#50 IraqMiddle East SerbiaEurope 122 138 128 -16 (-11.6%) -6 (-4.7%)