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
#151 IranMiddle East GermanyEurope 283,454 185,393 96,409 +98,061 (+52.9%) +187,045 (+194.0%)
#152 BangladeshAsia MalaysiaAsia 282,437 282,437 282,437 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
#153 PakistanAsia OmanMiddle East 280,339 216,837 224,428 +63,502 (+29.3%) +55,911 (+24.9%)
#154 Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope SerbiaEurope 277,641 300,294 324,368 -22,653 (-7.5%) -46,727 (-14.4%)
#155 UgandaAfrica KenyaAfrica 274,655 290,597 333,789 -15,942 (-5.5%) -59,134 (-17.7%)
#156 MalaysiaAsia BangladeshAsia 274,253 199,618 203,561 +74,635 (+37.4%) +70,692 (+34.7%)
#157 ItalyEurope SwitzerlandEurope 273,822 269,298 260,982 +4,524 (+1.7%) +12,840 (+4.9%)
#158 IraqMiddle East USAAmericas 272,370 244,938 210,782 +27,432 (+11.2%) +61,588 (+29.2%)
#159 CroatiaEurope GermanyEurope 271,197 266,440 198,532 +4,757 (+1.8%) +72,665 (+36.6%)
#160 GermanyEurope AustriaEurope 268,460 241,266 217,489 +27,194 (+11.3%) +50,971 (+23.4%)
#161 IndiaAsia GermanyEurope 267,343 152,372 86,572 +114,971 (+75.5%) +180,771 (+208.8%)
#162 PakistanAsia CanadaAmericas 266,682 229,623 201,180 +37,059 (+16.1%) +65,502 (+32.6%)
#163 NepalAsia USAAmericas 264,317 175,669 121,642 +88,648 (+50.5%) +142,675 (+117.3%)
#164 IraqMiddle East GermanyEurope 263,918 248,322 114,598 +15,596 (+6.3%) +149,320 (+130.3%)
#165 EgyptAfrica USAAmericas 262,714 229,880 192,005 +32,834 (+14.3%) +70,709 (+36.8%)
#166 PeruAmericas ChileAmericas 261,522 232,904 172,661 +28,618 (+12.3%) +88,861 (+51.5%)
#167 VietnamAsia South KoreaAsia 260,609 199,080 122,422 +61,529 (+30.9%) +138,187 (+112.9%)
#168 TürkiyeAsia FranceEurope 260,167 259,787 259,457 +380 (+0.1%) +710 (+0.3%)
#169 GhanaAfrica USAAmericas 258,358 210,738 162,903 +47,620 (+22.6%) +95,455 (+58.6%)
#170 SyriaMiddle East IraqMiddle East 258,068 254,441 252,036 +3,627 (+1.4%) +6,032 (+2.4%)
#171 USAAmericas CanadaAmericas 256,571 267,441 334,930 -10,870 (-4.1%) -78,359 (-23.4%)
#172 GhanaAfrica NigeriaAfrica 255,531 238,284 222,377 +17,247 (+7.2%) +33,154 (+14.9%)
#173 PhilippinesAsia MalaysiaAsia 255,520 249,159 241,224 +6,361 (+2.6%) +14,296 (+5.9%)
#174 BelarusEurope RussiaEurope 255,159 381,017 536,776 -125,858 (-33.0%) -281,617 (-52.5%)
#175 SpainEurope FranceEurope 254,830 276,834 285,827 -22,004 (-7.9%) -30,997 (-10.8%)
#176 Sri LankaAsia IndiaAsia 253,869 248,065 248,749 +5,804 (+2.3%) +5,120 (+2.1%)
#177 FranceEurope USAAmericas 253,094 232,437 229,140 +20,657 (+8.9%) +23,954 (+10.5%)
#178 RomaniaEurope HungaryEurope 253,045 214,514 190,203 +38,531 (+18.0%) +62,842 (+33.0%)
#179 BelarusEurope UkraineEurope 252,977 249,641 245,534 +3,336 (+1.3%) +7,443 (+3.0%)
#180 MoroccoAfrica BelgiumEurope 246,575 227,813 209,668 +18,762 (+8.2%) +36,907 (+17.6%)
#181 SyriaMiddle East SwedenEurope 243,388 192,662 81,758 +50,726 (+26.3%) +161,630 (+197.7%)
#182 GreeceEurope GermanyEurope 242,582 248,036 222,947 -5,454 (-2.2%) +19,635 (+8.8%)
#183 Trinidad and TobagoAmericas USAAmericas 241,541 226,400 238,007 +15,141 (+6.7%) +3,534 (+1.5%)
#184 ChinaAsia ItalyEurope 240,895 241,671 192,597 -776 (-0.3%) +48,298 (+25.1%)
#185 LesothoAfrica South AfricaAfrica 237,718 215,957 183,120 +21,761 (+10.1%) +54,598 (+29.8%)
#186 RussiaEurope TajikistanAsia 235,636 234,998 234,154 +638 (+0.3%) +1,482 (+0.6%)
#187 ComorosAfrica FranceEurope 231,788 151,438 106,284 +80,350 (+53.1%) +125,504 (+118.1%)
#188 SlovakiaEurope Czech RepublicEurope 231,387 248,783 269,996 -17,396 (-7.0%) -38,609 (-14.3%)
#189 KazakhstanAsia UkraineEurope 228,982 225,962 222,245 +3,020 (+1.3%) +6,737 (+3.0%)
#190 UzbekistanAsia UkraineEurope 226,478 223,491 219,814 +2,987 (+1.3%) +6,664 (+3.0%)
#191 CroatiaEurope SerbiaEurope 223,325 242,098 282,253 -18,773 (-7.8%) -58,928 (-20.9%)
#192 MalawiAfrica South AfricaAfrica 220,437 177,019 121,300 +43,418 (+24.5%) +99,137 (+81.7%)
#193 UkraineEurope BelarusEurope 219,832 222,436 225,734 -2,604 (-1.2%) -5,902 (-2.6%)
#194 ChinaAsia BangladeshAsia 219,299 159,619 162,772 +59,680 (+37.4%) +56,527 (+34.7%)
#195 Côte d’IvoireAfrica MaliAfrica 219,185 195,271 166,367 +23,914 (+12.2%) +52,818 (+31.7%)
#196 IraqMiddle East JordanMiddle East 219,163 215,392 176,104 +3,771 (+1.8%) +43,059 (+24.5%)
#197 HondurasAmericas SpainEurope 218,548 133,075 45,288 +85,473 (+64.2%) +173,260 (+382.6%)
#198 FranceEurope SpainEurope 217,960 208,191 199,180 +9,769 (+4.7%) +18,780 (+9.4%)
#199 UkraineEurope SpainEurope 217,765 110,708 85,802 +107,057 (+96.7%) +131,963 (+153.8%)
#200 TürkiyeAsia NetherlandsEurope 217,388 199,017 191,653 +18,371 (+9.2%) +25,735 (+13.4%)