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 ItalyEurope GermanyEurope 436,759 439,709 390,678 -2,950 (-0.7%) +46,081 (+11.8%)
#2 ItalyEurope USAAmericas 360,987 389,417 424,505 -28,430 (-7.3%) -63,518 (-15.0%)
#3 ItalyEurope FranceEurope 303,685 318,801 323,277 -15,116 (-4.7%) -19,592 (-6.1%)
#4 ItalyEurope SwitzerlandEurope 273,822 269,298 260,982 +4,524 (+1.7%) +12,840 (+4.9%)
#5 ItalyEurope CanadaAmericas 183,368 210,139 245,361 -26,771 (-12.7%) -61,993 (-25.3%)
#6 ItalyEurope SpainEurope 167,387 142,805 102,373 +24,582 (+17.2%) +65,014 (+63.5%)
#7 ItalyEurope AustraliaOceania 151,684 174,147 198,440 -22,463 (-12.9%) -46,756 (-23.6%)
#8 ItalyEurope BelgiumEurope 116,143 118,495 120,063 -2,352 (-2.0%) -3,920 (-3.3%)
#9 ItalyEurope RomaniaEurope 87,680 62,122 33,692 +25,558 (+41.1%) +53,988 (+160.2%)
#10 ItalyEurope ArgentinaAmericas 53,584 78,074 108,443 -24,490 (-31.4%) -54,859 (-50.6%)
#11 ItalyEurope NetherlandsEurope 48,307 38,472 26,654 +9,835 (+25.6%) +21,653 (+81.2%)
#12 ItalyEurope VenezuelaAmericas 45,934 48,148 51,068 -2,214 (-4.6%) -5,134 (-10.1%)
#13 ItalyEurope BrazilAmericas 39,836 20,618 28,261 +19,218 (+93.2%) +11,575 (+41.0%)
#14 ItalyEurope AustriaEurope 38,913 35,547 30,284 +3,366 (+9.5%) +8,629 (+28.5%)
#15 ItalyEurope PolandEurope 24,380 18,946 11,962 +5,434 (+28.7%) +12,418 (+103.8%)
#16 ItalyEurope LuxembourgEurope 21,807 18,878 20,621 +2,929 (+15.5%) +1,186 (+5.8%)
#17 ItalyEurope IrelandEurope 17,508 14,112 10,176 +3,396 (+24.1%) +7,332 (+72.1%)
#18 ItalyEurope SwedenEurope 16,955 13,946 10,387 +3,009 (+21.6%) +6,568 (+63.2%)
#19 ItalyEurope DenmarkEurope 13,051 10,101 7,704 +2,950 (+29.2%) +5,347 (+69.4%)
#20 ItalyEurope UruguayAmericas 11,274 8,744 7,327 +2,530 (+28.9%) +3,947 (+53.9%)
#21 ItalyEurope MaltaEurope 8,204 4,720 2,166 +3,484 (+73.8%) +6,038 (+278.8%)
#22 ItalyEurope AlbaniaEurope 7,928 8,344 8,896 -416 (-5.0%) -968 (-10.9%)
#23 ItalyEurope LibyaAfrica 7,548 7,141 6,667 +407 (+5.7%) +881 (+13.2%)
#24 ItalyEurope MexicoAmericas 7,359 6,676 5,764 +683 (+10.2%) +1,595 (+27.7%)
#25 ItalyEurope HungaryEurope 7,298 6,187 4,428 +1,111 (+18.0%) +2,870 (+64.8%)
#26 ItalyEurope GreeceEurope 6,826 6,426 6,289 +400 (+6.2%) +537 (+8.5%)
#27 ItalyEurope PeruAmericas 6,538 5,697 4,545 +841 (+14.8%) +1,993 (+43.9%)
#28 ItalyEurope IsraelMiddle East 6,174 5,822 5,401 +352 (+6.0%) +773 (+14.3%)
#29 ItalyEurope MonacoEurope 6,091 5,978 5,841 +113 (+1.9%) +250 (+4.3%)
#30 ItalyEurope Czech RepublicEurope 5,867 4,848 3,461 +1,019 (+21.0%) +2,406 (+69.5%)
#31 ItalyEurope NorwayEurope 5,604 5,040 3,976 +564 (+11.2%) +1,628 (+40.9%)
#32 ItalyEurope BulgariaEurope 5,492 3,994 2,479 +1,498 (+37.5%) +3,013 (+121.5%)
#33 ItalyEurope JapanAsia 5,245 8,118 8,154 -2,873 (-35.4%) -2,909 (-35.7%)
#34 ItalyEurope Sri LankaAsia 5,226 5,168 5,096 +58 (+1.1%) +130 (+2.6%)
#35 ItalyEurope SloveniaEurope 5,114 4,511 3,646 +603 (+13.4%) +1,468 (+40.3%)
#36 ItalyEurope EcuadorAmericas 4,800 4,467 3,932 +333 (+7.5%) +868 (+22.1%)
#37 ItalyEurope Dominican RepublicAmericas 4,719 4,375 4,192 +344 (+7.9%) +527 (+12.6%)
#38 ItalyEurope ChinaAsia 4,682 4,299 5,097 +383 (+8.9%) -415 (-8.1%)
#39 ItalyEurope EgyptAfrica 4,458 5,578 0 -1,120 (-20.1%) N/A
#40 ItalyEurope ChileAmericas 4,352 5,375 4,076 -1,023 (-19.0%) +276 (+6.8%)
#41 ItalyEurope SlovakiaEurope 4,259 3,918 2,841 +341 (+8.7%) +1,418 (+49.9%)
#42 ItalyEurope South AfricaAfrica 4,255 4,370 6,139 -115 (-2.6%) -1,884 (-30.7%)
#43 ItalyEurope FinlandEurope 3,558 3,023 2,316 +535 (+17.7%) +1,242 (+53.6%)
#44 ItalyEurope PortugalEurope 3,516 3,125 2,726 +391 (+12.5%) +790 (+29.0%)
#45 ItalyEurope ColombiaAmericas 3,511 3,243 2,887 +268 (+8.3%) +624 (+21.6%)
#46 ItalyEurope New ZealandOceania 3,256 3,233 2,572 +23 (+0.7%) +684 (+26.6%)
#47 ItalyEurope Costa RicaAmericas 3,087 2,558 2,132 +529 (+20.7%) +955 (+44.8%)
#48 ItalyEurope SerbiaEurope 2,983 2,399 1,565 +584 (+24.3%) +1,418 (+90.6%)
#49 ItalyEurope CroatiaEurope 2,813 2,953 3,140 -140 (-4.7%) -327 (-10.4%)
#50 ItalyEurope TunisiaAfrica 2,464 2,345 2,208 +119 (+5.1%) +256 (+11.6%)