International migrants, by country of destination by country
Countries reporting
231
Highest
52.38 million
United States
Lowest
246
Tuvalu
Median
199,466
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
3,080
What the numbers show
International migrants, by country of destination is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 52.38 million in United States; the lowest is 246 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 199,466, and the mean is 1.32 million.
Over the past decade 188 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,005.5%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 71.1%).
International migrants, by country of destination: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 52.38 million | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 16.75 million | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 13.68 million | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 11.85 million | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 5 | France | 9.19 million | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 8.87 million | 2024 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Canada | 8.81 million | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 8.16 million | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 8.11 million | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 7.61 million | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 11 | Turkey | 7.08 million | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Italy | 6.55 million | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 13 | Jordan | 5.28 million | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 5.06 million | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 15 | India | 4.80 million | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 16 | Pakistan | 4.18 million | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 17 | Iran | 3.84 million | 2024 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 18 | Malaysia | 3.81 million | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 3.41 million | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 20 | Kuwait | 3.32 million | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 3.18 million | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 3.06 million | 2024 | up 2,005.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 3.06 million | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands | 2.96 million | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 2.91 million | 2024 | up 104.4% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.88 million | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 27 | Singapore | 2.84 million | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 28 | Switzerland | 2.77 million | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 2.63 million | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.40 million | 2024 | up 286.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Belgium | 2.35 million | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 32 | Qatar | 2.34 million | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Austria | 2.33 million | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 34 | Oman | 2.28 million | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Sweden | 2.27 million | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 36 | Israel | 2.09 million | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 2.09 million | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 38 | Uganda | 2.06 million | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 1.96 million | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 1.84 million | 2024 | up 1,104.2% | volatile |
| 41 | South Korea | 1.81 million | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 1.74 million | 2024 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 1.73 million | 2024 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 44 | China | 1.64 million | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 1.54 million | 2024 | up 157.2% | volatile |
| 46 | New Zealand | 1.47 million | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 1.42 million | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 1.42 million | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Brazil | 1.41 million | 2024 | up 117.5% | rising |
| 50 | Nigeria | 1.40 million | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 51 | Chad | 1.27 million | 2024 | up 171.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Venezuela | 1.26 million | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 53 | Ireland | 1.22 million | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 1.17 million | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.15 million | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 56 | Egypt | 1.14 million | 2024 | up 128.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Taiwan | 1.14 million | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 1.13 million | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 59 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.09 million | 2024 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 60 | Belarus | 1.05 million | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 61 | Czechia | 1.03 million | 2024 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 62 | Norway | 1.01 million | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 992,536 | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 64 | South Sudan | 914,001 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 65 | Libya | 897,751 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 66 | Syria | 896,042 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 67 | Denmark | 847,475 | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 68 | Bahrain | 840,202 | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 747,749 | 2024 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Burkina Faso | 739,820 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 738,667 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia | 712,550 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 73 | Hungary | 689,565 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 74 | Angola | 676,507 | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 655,579 | 2024 | up 208.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Cameroon | 642,948 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 628,404 | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 78 | Mali | 545,323 | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 79 | Ghana | 532,286 | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 80 | Croatia | 527,831 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 81 | Finland | 514,432 | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Rwanda | 513,316 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 477,749 | 2024 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Nepal | 470,719 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 85 | Tanzania | 462,371 | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 86 | Gabon | 449,746 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 87 | Niger | 449,236 | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Indonesia | 445,726 | 2024 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 429,108 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 90 | Macao | 426,862 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 418,202 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 92 | Yemen | 392,997 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 93 | Burundi | 387,101 | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 94 | Congo | 385,589 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 370,980 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 96 | Mozambique | 353,143 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 344,309 | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 98 | Vietnam | 326,418 | 2024 | up 222.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Slovakia | 323,991 | 2024 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Slovenia | 315,122 | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 299,100 | 2024 | up 141.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Togo | 281,994 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Senegal | 281,867 | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 276,777 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 105 | Armenia | 274,645 | 2024 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 106 | Palestine | 272,481 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 107 | Algeria | 259,458 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 108 | Zambia | 249,205 | 2024 | up 88.6% | falling |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 248,930 | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Gambia | 236,137 | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 223,323 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 112 | Latvia | 220,471 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 218,460 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 114 | Estonia | 203,046 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 115 | Cyprus | 202,062 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 116 | Malta | 199,466 | 2024 | up 278.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Mauritania | 195,937 | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 194,816 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 193,763 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 120 | Moldova | 188,207 | 2024 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Malawi | 186,719 | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Bolivia | 183,234 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 123 | Paraguay | 180,837 | 2024 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 175,194 | 2024 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 125 | Uruguay | 160,064 | 2024 | up 103.1% | rising |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 150,902 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 127 | Mayotte | 143,528 | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Reunion | 135,534 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 129 | French Guiana | 130,924 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 130 | Djibouti | 125,996 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 131 | Brunei | 119,933 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea | 117,416 | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Botswana | 116,402 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 134 | Namibia | 116,035 | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 113,478 | 2024 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 136 | Morocco | 111,069 | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 137 | Iceland | 98,818 | 2024 | up 152.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 98,110 | 2024 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 94,556 | 2024 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 140 | Guatemala | 92,732 | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Montenegro | 92,237 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 142 | Guadeloupe | 89,610 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 143 | Philippines | 87,212 | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 144 | Guam | 84,159 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 145 | Cambodia | 83,925 | 2024 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 146 | Georgia | 81,582 | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Curacao | 80,020 | 2024 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 148 | Myanmar | 79,052 | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 149 | Somalia | 77,972 | 2024 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 76,738 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 151 | Maldives | 75,099 | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Aruba | 73,494 | 2024 | up 103.5% | rising |
| 153 | Liberia | 72,423 | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 154 | Belize | 68,706 | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 155 | Martinique | 68,187 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 156 | Bahamas | 67,285 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 157 | Tunisia | 63,201 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 158 | United States Virgin Islands | 56,779 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 159 | Bhutan | 55,705 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 160 | Guyana | 54,175 | 2024 | up 525.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Suriname | 51,902 | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 162 | Laos | 51,446 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 163 | North Korea | 50,439 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 49,997 | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Andorra | 48,408 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 166 | Albania | 46,377 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 167 | Nicaragua | 43,757 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 168 | Isle of Man | 43,693 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 169 | El Salvador | 43,342 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 170 | Sri Lanka | 40,698 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 171 | Honduras | 39,901 | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Madagascar | 38,625 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 173 | Barbados | 35,187 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 174 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34,120 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 175 | Eswatini | 33,268 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 176 | Cayman Islands | 31,935 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 31,171 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 178 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 30,676 | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,473 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 180 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 30,148 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 30,099 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 182 | Mauritius | 29,142 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28,455 | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Liechtenstein | 27,669 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 185 | Monaco | 27,106 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 186 | British Virgin Islands | 24,520 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 187 | Jamaica | 24,007 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 188 | American Samoa | 23,684 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 189 | Mongolia | 22,589 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 22,000 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 191 | Bermuda | 20,171 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 192 | Haiti | 19,581 | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 193 | Cape Verde | 16,515 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 15,064 | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 195 | Lesotho | 15,039 | 2024 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 196 | Fiji | 14,362 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 197 | Seychelles | 13,261 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 12,512 | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 199 | Comoros | 12,449 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 11,291 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 8,440 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 202 | East Timor | 8,303 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 8,101 | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 204 | Saint Lucia | 8,079 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 205 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7,958 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 206 | Grenada | 7,340 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 207 | Anguilla | 5,918 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 208 | San Marino | 5,838 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 209 | Greenland | 5,812 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 210 | Palau | 5,212 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 4,937 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 212 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,820 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 213 | Samoa | 3,843 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 214 | Tonga | 3,581 | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 215 | Vanuatu | 3,315 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | 3,309 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 217 | Kiribati | 3,302 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 218 | Micronesia (country) | 2,894 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 219 | Nauru | 2,548 | 2024 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 220 | Solomon Islands | 2,469 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 2,333 | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 222 | Cuba | 2,144 | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 223 | Wallis and Futuna | 2,032 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 224 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,955 | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 225 | Montserrat | 1,402 | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 226 | Tokelau | 1,282 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1,008 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 228 | Niue | 588 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 229 | Vatican | 496 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 230 | Saint Helena | 492 | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 231 | Tuvalu | 246 | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WPP Global 304.02 million
- World Bank (high income) 207.06 million
- ECE_All countries 168.94 million
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 168.25 million
- Europe and Northern America (UNSDG) 155.17 million
- Europe (WHO regions) 107.74 million
- Europa y Asia Central 105.67 million
- Europe and Central Asia (World Bank regions) 105.54 million
- Europe (UNSDG) 93.97 million
- Asia (UNSDG) 87.54 million
- Americas (UNSDG) 78.69 million
- Americas (WHO regions) 77.87 million
- Europa Occidental 77.67 million
- ESCAP_All countries 66.98 million
- ECE_European Union (E25) 63.32 million
- Northern America (UNSDG) 61.21 million
- North America (World Bank regions) 61.20 million
- América del Norte 61.18 million
- ECE_Euro area (EMU) 55.26 million
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 54.09 million
- Middle East and North Africa (World Bank regions) 52.26 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 52.19 million
- Western Asia (UNSDG) 49.21 million
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 48.09 million
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 47.66 million
- World Bank (upper middle income) 47.31 million
- UNICEF SP Humanitarian 46.70 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab countries 44.54 million
- ESCAP_Other Area (OTH_REGION) 41.35 million
- Western Europe (UNSDG) 36.74 million
- World Bank (lower middle income) 33.30 million
- East Asia and Pacific (World Bank regions) 32.48 million
- ESCWA_Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 30.62 million
- ESCWA_Arab High-Income Countries (HICs) 30.62 million
- Africa (UNSDG) 29.18 million
- ESCAP_WB High Income Economies 29.10 million
- African Union 28.90 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_African Union Commission 28.90 million
- (SDGRC) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 28.90 million
- Europa del Este y Asia Central 28.00 million