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 LatviaEurope RussiaEurope 38,075 50,955 66,994 -12,880 (-25.3%) -28,919 (-43.2%)
#2 LatviaEurope IrelandEurope 20,840 19,924 19,130 +916 (+4.6%) +1,710 (+8.9%)
#3 LatviaEurope UkraineEurope 20,086 19,821 19,497 +265 (+1.3%) +589 (+3.0%)
#4 LatviaEurope NorwayEurope 11,774 10,589 9,541 +1,185 (+11.2%) +2,233 (+23.4%)
#5 LatviaEurope SwedenEurope 11,474 8,708 6,771 +2,766 (+31.8%) +4,703 (+69.5%)
#6 LatviaEurope BelarusEurope 10,211 10,332 10,486 -121 (-1.2%) -275 (-2.6%)
#7 LatviaEurope EstoniaEurope 6,143 6,029 4,703 +114 (+1.9%) +1,440 (+30.6%)
#8 LatviaEurope LithuaniaEurope 6,029 5,722 5,630 +307 (+5.4%) +399 (+7.1%)
#9 LatviaEurope DenmarkEurope 5,985 5,214 4,649 +771 (+14.8%) +1,336 (+28.7%)
#10 LatviaEurope CanadaAmericas 4,608 5,244 6,262 -636 (-12.1%) -1,654 (-26.4%)
#11 LatviaEurope ItalyEurope 3,700 3,529 3,123 +171 (+4.8%) +577 (+18.5%)
#12 LatviaEurope IsraelMiddle East 3,668 3,488 3,231 +180 (+5.2%) +437 (+13.5%)
#13 LatviaEurope AustraliaOceania 3,247 3,990 4,992 -743 (-18.6%) -1,745 (-35.0%)
#14 LatviaEurope IcelandEurope 2,902 1,922 735 +980 (+51.0%) +2,167 (+294.8%)
#15 LatviaEurope FinlandEurope 2,868 2,436 1,582 +432 (+17.7%) +1,286 (+81.3%)
#16 LatviaEurope BelgiumEurope 2,466 1,957 1,440 +509 (+26.0%) +1,026 (+71.3%)
#17 LatviaEurope PolandEurope 1,286 1,516 1,653 -230 (-15.2%) -367 (-22.2%)
#18 LatviaEurope KyrgyzstanAsia 859 877 902 -18 (-2.1%) -43 (-4.8%)
#19 LatviaEurope KazakhstanAsia 777 1,195 1,512 -418 (-35.0%) -735 (-48.6%)
#20 LatviaEurope LuxembourgEurope 759 657 488 +102 (+15.5%) +271 (+55.5%)
#21 LatviaEurope ChileAmericas 695 630 273 +65 (+10.3%) +422 (+154.6%)
#22 LatviaEurope MaltaEurope 398 229 106 +169 (+73.8%) +292 (+275.5%)
#23 LatviaEurope GreeceEurope 379 357 351 +22 (+6.2%) +28 (+8.0%)
#24 LatviaEurope BulgariaEurope 300 218 148 +82 (+37.6%) +152 (+102.7%)
#25 LatviaEurope PortugalEurope 263 234 206 +29 (+12.4%) +57 (+27.7%)
#26 LatviaEurope HungaryEurope 229 194 165 +35 (+18.0%) +64 (+38.8%)
#27 LatviaEurope SlovakiaEurope 216 199 144 +17 (+8.5%) +72 (+50.0%)
#28 LatviaEurope GeorgiaAsia 211 205 199 +6 (+2.9%) +12 (+6.0%)
#29 LatviaEurope CyprusEurope 171 161 157 +10 (+6.2%) +14 (+8.9%)
#30 LatviaEurope VenezuelaAmericas 125 131 140 -6 (-4.6%) -15 (-10.7%)
#31 LatviaEurope SloveniaEurope 73 64 38 +9 (+14.1%) +35 (+92.1%)
#32 LatviaEurope South AfricaAfrica 52 54 74 -2 (-3.7%) -22 (-29.7%)
#33 LatviaEurope CroatiaEurope 22 23 27 -1 (-4.3%) -5 (-18.5%)
#34 LatviaEurope GuineaAfrica 19 20 23 -1 (-5.0%) -4 (-17.4%)
#35 LatviaEurope LiechtensteinEurope 7 7 6 0 (0.0%) +1 (+16.7%)
#36 LatviaEurope Costa RicaAmericas 1 1 1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#37 LatviaEurope BoliviaAmericas 0 0 0 N/A N/A