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
#2001 JordanMiddle East UkraineEurope 3,825 3,775 3,714 +50 (+1.3%) +111 (+3.0%)
#2002 KazakhstanAsia EstoniaEurope 3,825 3,754 3,752 +71 (+1.9%) +73 (+1.9%)
#2003 IrelandEurope BelgiumEurope 3,823 3,439 3,340 +384 (+11.2%) +483 (+14.5%)
#2004 IndonesiaAsia BelgiumEurope 3,816 3,591 3,358 +225 (+6.3%) +458 (+13.6%)
#2005 New ZealandOceania ChinaAsia 3,811 3,452 3,580 +359 (+10.4%) +231 (+6.5%)
#2006 NetherlandsEurope EgyptAfrica 3,809 3,746 0 +63 (+1.7%) N/A
#2007 EgyptAfrica BrazilAmericas 3,808 3,396 3,088 +412 (+12.1%) +720 (+23.3%)
#2008 AustraliaOceania DenmarkEurope 3,795 3,430 3,006 +365 (+10.6%) +789 (+26.2%)
#2009 IndiaAsia HungaryEurope 3,795 3,217 1,110 +578 (+18.0%) +2,685 (+241.9%)
#2010 GermanyEurope VenezuelaAmericas 3,786 3,968 4,211 -182 (-4.6%) -425 (-10.1%)
#2011 New ZealandOceania JapanAsia 3,785 5,855 5,518 -2,070 (-35.4%) -1,733 (-31.4%)
#2012 NetherlandsEurope SurinameAmericas 3,774 3,476 3,138 +298 (+8.6%) +636 (+20.3%)
#2013 NetherlandsEurope BrazilAmericas 3,759 3,184 3,237 +575 (+18.1%) +522 (+16.1%)
#2014 NigeriaAfrica South SudanAfrica 3,756 3,626 3,537 +130 (+3.6%) +219 (+6.2%)
#2015 ArmeniaAsia AustriaEurope 3,746 3,370 3,229 +376 (+11.2%) +517 (+16.0%)
#2016 CanadaAmericas NorwayEurope 3,729 3,354 3,028 +375 (+11.2%) +701 (+23.2%)
#2017 GreeceEurope NorwayEurope 3,727 3,352 2,279 +375 (+11.2%) +1,448 (+63.5%)
#2018 IndonesiaAsia ChinaAsia 3,725 3,466 4,909 +259 (+7.5%) -1,184 (-24.1%)
#2019 PortugalEurope ArgentinaAmericas 3,723 3,768 5,075 -45 (-1.2%) -1,352 (-26.6%)
#2020 MaliAfrica BeninAfrica 3,721 3,508 3,260 +213 (+6.1%) +461 (+14.1%)
#2021 South AfricaAfrica AustriaEurope 3,710 3,122 2,471 +588 (+18.8%) +1,239 (+50.1%)
#2022 South AfricaAfrica IndiaAsia 3,709 4,196 4,927 -487 (-11.6%) -1,218 (-24.7%)
#2023 UkraineEurope ArgentinaAmericas 3,706 3,704 4,237 +2 (+0.1%) -531 (-12.5%)
#2024 LatviaEurope ItalyEurope 3,700 3,529 3,123 +171 (+4.8%) +577 (+18.5%)
#2025 PakistanAsia FinlandEurope 3,689 3,134 2,129 +555 (+17.7%) +1,560 (+73.3%)
#2026 ColombiaAmericas BoliviaAmericas 3,685 3,301 2,965 +384 (+11.6%) +720 (+24.3%)
#2027 USAAmericas BermudaOther 3,685 3,606 3,572 +79 (+2.2%) +113 (+3.2%)
#2028 Côte d’IvoireAfrica GabonAfrica 3,679 3,408 3,099 +271 (+8.0%) +580 (+18.7%)
#2029 ChinaAsia GreeceEurope 3,678 3,462 3,388 +216 (+6.2%) +290 (+8.6%)
#2030 BrazilAmericas PanamaAmericas 3,670 2,406 2,002 +1,264 (+52.5%) +1,668 (+83.3%)
#2031 CubaAmericas Dominican RepublicAmericas 3,669 3,402 3,259 +267 (+7.8%) +410 (+12.6%)
#2032 LatviaEurope IsraelMiddle East 3,668 3,488 3,231 +180 (+5.2%) +437 (+13.5%)
#2033 GreeceEurope LuxembourgEurope 3,654 3,163 1,823 +491 (+15.5%) +1,831 (+100.4%)
#2034 ColombiaAmericas IsraelMiddle East 3,652 3,562 3,036 +90 (+2.5%) +616 (+20.3%)
#2035 ColombiaAmericas Puerto RicoAmericas 3,650 4,039 3,788 -389 (-9.6%) -138 (-3.6%)
#2036 GuineaAfrica MauritaniaAfrica 3,650 3,396 3,105 +254 (+7.5%) +545 (+17.6%)
#2037 LiberiaAfrica AustraliaOceania 3,630 3,579 3,518 +51 (+1.4%) +112 (+3.2%)
#2038 IndiaAsia MexicoAmericas 3,620 2,763 1,683 +857 (+31.0%) +1,937 (+115.1%)
#2039 Dominican RepublicAmericas BelgiumEurope 3,608 3,172 2,719 +436 (+13.7%) +889 (+32.7%)
#2040 TürkiyeAsia BahrainMiddle East 3,597 3,364 3,089 +233 (+6.9%) +508 (+16.4%)
#2041 IndiaAsia BruneiAsia 3,596 3,357 3,081 +239 (+7.1%) +515 (+16.7%)
#2042 NigeriaAfrica LiberiaAfrica 3,595 4,366 5,649 -771 (-17.7%) -2,054 (-36.4%)
#2043 IsraelMiddle East BelgiumEurope 3,589 3,442 3,519 +147 (+4.3%) +70 (+2.0%)
#2044 SpainEurope FinlandEurope 3,586 3,046 2,567 +540 (+17.7%) +1,019 (+39.7%)
#2045 BelgiumEurope BulgariaEurope 3,584 2,606 1,297 +978 (+37.5%) +2,287 (+176.3%)
#2046 FranceEurope ColombiaAmericas 3,574 3,166 2,596 +408 (+12.9%) +978 (+37.7%)
#2047 BangladeshAsia ChinaAsia 3,569 3,081 1,480 +488 (+15.8%) +2,089 (+141.1%)
#2048 ChinaAsia PakistanAsia 3,568 311 334 +3,257 (+1,047.3%) +3,234 (+968.3%)
#2049 SwedenEurope IcelandEurope 3,559 2,357 1,920 +1,202 (+51.0%) +1,639 (+85.4%)
#2050 ItalyEurope FinlandEurope 3,558 3,023 2,316 +535 (+17.7%) +1,242 (+53.6%)