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 KazakhstanAsia RussiaEurope 1,321,004 1,635,008 2,027,417 -314,004 (-19.2%) -706,413 (-34.8%)
#2 KazakhstanAsia GermanyEurope 896,268 872,932 849,840 +23,336 (+2.7%) +46,428 (+5.5%)
#3 KazakhstanAsia UkraineEurope 228,982 225,962 222,245 +3,020 (+1.3%) +6,737 (+3.0%)
#4 KazakhstanAsia TürkiyeAsia 84,823 38,677 20,446 +46,146 (+119.3%) +64,377 (+314.9%)
#5 KazakhstanAsia BelarusEurope 68,126 68,934 69,957 -808 (-1.2%) -1,831 (-2.6%)
#6 KazakhstanAsia South KoreaAsia 30,061 27,693 4,109 +2,368 (+8.6%) +25,952 (+631.6%)
#7 KazakhstanAsia GreeceEurope 29,238 27,523 26,926 +1,715 (+6.2%) +2,312 (+8.6%)
#8 KazakhstanAsia TurkmenistanAsia 19,875 19,994 20,145 -119 (-0.6%) -270 (-1.3%)
#9 KazakhstanAsia IsraelMiddle East 17,166 16,266 14,905 +900 (+5.5%) +2,261 (+15.2%)
#10 KazakhstanAsia CanadaAmericas 15,397 13,839 12,638 +1,558 (+11.3%) +2,759 (+21.8%)
#11 KazakhstanAsia UzbekistanAsia 13,013 13,092 13,194 -79 (-0.6%) -181 (-1.4%)
#12 KazakhstanAsia KyrgyzstanAsia 12,333 12,599 12,940 -266 (-2.1%) -607 (-4.7%)
#13 KazakhstanAsia Czech RepublicEurope 8,719 8,093 7,284 +626 (+7.7%) +1,435 (+19.7%)
#14 KazakhstanAsia PolandEurope 8,163 7,548 6,168 +615 (+8.1%) +1,995 (+32.3%)
#15 KazakhstanAsia ItalyEurope 5,280 4,869 3,731 +411 (+8.4%) +1,549 (+41.5%)
#16 KazakhstanAsia LatviaEurope 5,204 5,651 5,931 -447 (-7.9%) -727 (-12.3%)
#17 KazakhstanAsia LithuaniaEurope 4,475 4,248 4,477 +227 (+5.3%) -2 (0.0%)
#18 KazakhstanAsia EstoniaEurope 3,825 3,754 3,752 +71 (+1.9%) +73 (+1.9%)
#19 KazakhstanAsia BulgariaEurope 3,174 2,308 1,327 +866 (+37.5%) +1,847 (+139.2%)
#20 KazakhstanAsia AustraliaOceania 2,892 2,438 1,911 +454 (+18.6%) +981 (+51.3%)
#21 KazakhstanAsia MaliAfrica 2,409 2,146 1,830 +263 (+12.3%) +579 (+31.6%)
#22 KazakhstanAsia AzerbaijanAsia 1,994 2,310 2,787 -316 (-13.7%) -793 (-28.5%)
#23 KazakhstanAsia ChinaAsia 1,862 1,744 2,881 +118 (+6.8%) -1,019 (-35.4%)
#24 KazakhstanAsia GeorgiaAsia 1,766 1,718 1,662 +48 (+2.8%) +104 (+6.3%)
#25 KazakhstanAsia PortugalEurope 1,123 998 872 +125 (+12.5%) +251 (+28.8%)
#26 KazakhstanAsia NorwayEurope 1,082 973 931 +109 (+11.2%) +151 (+16.2%)
#27 KazakhstanAsia HungaryEurope 987 837 483 +150 (+17.9%) +504 (+104.3%)
#28 KazakhstanAsia LibyaAfrica 904 855 800 +49 (+5.7%) +104 (+13.0%)
#29 KazakhstanAsia TajikistanAsia 842 840 839 +2 (+0.2%) +3 (+0.4%)
#30 KazakhstanAsia ArmeniaAsia 710 781 919 -71 (-9.1%) -209 (-22.7%)
#31 KazakhstanAsia DenmarkEurope 493 288 221 +205 (+71.2%) +272 (+123.1%)
#32 KazakhstanAsia FinlandEurope 405 344 246 +61 (+17.7%) +159 (+64.6%)
#33 KazakhstanAsia SlovakiaEurope 315 290 246 +25 (+8.6%) +69 (+28.0%)
#34 KazakhstanAsia CyprusEurope 246 232 227 +14 (+6.0%) +19 (+8.4%)
#35 KazakhstanAsia LuxembourgEurope 239 207 0 +32 (+15.5%) N/A
#36 KazakhstanAsia MongoliaAsia 238 225 210 +13 (+5.8%) +28 (+13.3%)
#37 KazakhstanAsia SloveniaEurope 235 207 100 +28 (+13.5%) +135 (+135.0%)
#38 KazakhstanAsia IndiaAsia 78 85 91 -7 (-8.2%) -13 (-14.3%)
#39 KazakhstanAsia CroatiaEurope 58 61 67 -3 (-4.9%) -9 (-13.4%)
#40 KazakhstanAsia IcelandEurope 53 35 21 +18 (+51.4%) +32 (+152.4%)
#41 KazakhstanAsia BoliviaAmericas 28 25 24 +3 (+12.0%) +4 (+16.7%)
#42 KazakhstanAsia Dominican RepublicAmericas 11 10 10 +1 (+10.0%) +1 (+10.0%)
#43 KazakhstanAsia LiechtensteinEurope 10 9 5 +1 (+11.1%) +5 (+100.0%)
#44 KazakhstanAsia Costa RicaAmericas 7 6 5 +1 (+16.7%) +2 (+40.0%)