Migration Data
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281
Million
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD

34
Million
Refugees (and Asylum seekers) in the world

48.1%
of migrants are women

INDIA, MEXICO,CHINA and RUSSIA
TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
Bilateral Migration Matrix
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Mozambique
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Stock of emigrants727.4
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population2.7%
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Top destination countriesSouth Africa, Zimbabwe, Portugal, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Kenya
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Number of refugees45

Myanmar
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Stock of emigrants3,139.6
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population5.9%
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Top destination countriesThailand, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, the United States, Pakistan, Malaysia, India, China, Australia, Vietnam
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Number of refugees478,976

Namibia
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Stock of emigrants138.6
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population5.9%
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Top destination countriesSouth Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, Australia, the United States, Angola, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria
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Number of refugees1,235

Nepal
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Stock of emigrants1,986.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population7.1%
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Top destination countriesIndia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Malaysia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Australia
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Number of refugees8,532

Netherlands, The
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Stock of emigrants1,008.7
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population6.0%
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Top destination countriesGermany, Canada, Belgium, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Turkey, Switzerland
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Number of refugees63

New Caledonia
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Stock of emigrants6.4
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population2.4%
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Top destination countriesFrench Polynesia, Australia, the United States, Vanuatu, Argentina, Canada, Ukraine, Colombia, the Netherlands, Norway
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Number of refugeesNot available

New Zealand
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Stock of emigrants763.7
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population17.2%
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Top destination countriesAustralia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, Samoa, the Netherlands, China
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Number of refugees14

Nicaragua
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Stock of emigrants633.1
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population10.6%
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Top destination countriesCosta Rica, the United States, Spain, Panama, Canada, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, República Bolivariana de Venezuela
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Number of refugees1,575

Niger
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Stock of emigrants290.3
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population1.6%
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Top destination countriesNigeria, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, France, Chad
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Number of refugees712

Nigeria
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Stock of emigrants1,117.9
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population0.6%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, the United Kingdom, Cameroon, Ghana, Italy, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Spain, Germany, Gabon
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Number of refugees90,865

Northern Mariana Islands
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Stock of emigrants10.0
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population18.6%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Russian Federation, Greece, South Africa, Chile, Turkey, Australia
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Number of refugeesNot available

Norway
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Stock of emigrants204.3
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population4.0%
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Top destination countriesSweden, the United States, Denmark, Spain, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Australia
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Number of refugeesNot available

Mozambique
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Stock of immigrants218.8
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.8%
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Top destination countriesMalawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Tanzania, Cabo Verde, Zambia, Portugal, India, the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Number of refugees4,524

Myanmar
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Stock of immigrants103.1
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.2%
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Top destination countriesChina, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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Number of refugeesNot available

Namibia
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Stock of immigrants65.4
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population2.8%
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Top destination countriesAngola, Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana
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Number of refugees1,755

Nepal
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Stock of immigrants971.2
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population3.5%
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Top destination countriesIndia, Bhutan, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
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Number of refugees38,480

Netherlands, The
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Stock of immigrants1,964.9
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population11.7%
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Top destination countriesTurkey, Suriname, Morocco, Indonesia, Germany, Poland, Curaçao, China, Serbia, Belgium
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Number of refugees82,433

New Caledonia
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Stock of immigrants63.0
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population24.1%
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Top destination countriesFrance, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Tunisia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Algeria, Vietnam, Cambodia, Morocco, French Polynesia
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Number of refugeesNot available

New Zealand
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Stock of immigrants1,261.2
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population28.4%
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Top destination countriesthe United Kingdom, China, India, Australia, South Africa, Fiji, Samoa, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Tonga
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Number of refugees1,277

Nicaragua
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Stock of immigrants41.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.7%
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Top destination countriesHonduras, Costa Rica, the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Panama
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Number of refugees273

Niger
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Stock of immigrants132.3
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.7%
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Top destination countriesMali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Chad, South Sudan
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Number of refugees77,821

Nigeria
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Stock of immigrants1,233.6
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.7%
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Top destination countriesBenin, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Mauritania, Liberia, the Arab Republic of Egypt
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Number of refugees1,217

Northern Mariana Islands
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Stock of immigrants24.2
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population44.8%
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Top destination countriesthe Philippines, China, the Republic of Korea, the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Palau, Japan, Bangladesh
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Number of refugeesNot available

Norway
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Stock of immigrants692.0
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population13.6%
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Top destination countriesPoland, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, Somalia, Denmark, Iraq, the Philippines, Pakistan, the United Kingdom
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Number of refugees46,980