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INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD
281
Million
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD
Refugees in the world
34
Million
Refugees (and Asylum seekers) in the world
WOMEN OF MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD
48.1%
of migrants are women
TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
INDIA, MEXICO,CHINA and RUSSIA
TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
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Emigration
Immigration
Tonga
  • Stock of emigrants
    56.3
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    53.6%
  • Top destination countries
    New Zealand, the United States, Australia, American Samoa, Chile, Canada, Samoa, France, Sweden, Vanuatu
  • Number of refugees
    19
Trinidad and Tobago
  • Stock of emigrants
    374.5
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    27.8%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Australia
  • Number of refugees
    371
Tunisia
  • Stock of emigrants
    670.9
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    6.2%
  • Top destination countries
    France, Italy, Germany, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium
  • Number of refugees
    1,452
Turkey
  • Stock of emigrants
    3,110.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    4.1%
  • Top destination countries
    Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom
  • Number of refugees
    63,940
Turkmenistan
  • Stock of emigrants
    249.5
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    4.8%
  • Top destination countries
    the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Germany, Belarus, Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Israel, Azerbaijan
  • Number of refugees
    462
Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Stock of emigrants
    1.6
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    4.8%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, The Bahamas, Canada, Antigua and Barbuda, the Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Australia, France, Bulgaria, Chile
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Tuvalu
  • Stock of emigrants
    3.9
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    39.3%
  • Top destination countries
    New Zealand, Kiribati, the Russian Federation, Australia, the United States, Samoa, the Marshall Islands, Bulgaria, Austria, the Czech Republic
  • Number of refugees
    15
Uganda
  • Stock of emigrants
    406.2
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    1.1%
  • Top destination countries
    South Sudan, Rwanda, the United Kingdom, Kenya, the United States, Tanzania, Canada, South Africa, Sweden, Australia
  • Number of refugees
    7,137
Ukraine
  • Stock of emigrants
    5,583.9
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    12.3%
  • Top destination countries
    the Russian Federation, the United States, Kazakhstan, Germany, Belarus, Poland, Italy, Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic, Israel
  • Number of refugees
    237,618
United Arab Emirates
  • Stock of emigrants
    153.7
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    1.7%
  • Top destination countries
    Kuwait, France, Qatar, India, Canada, the West Bank and Gaza, the United States, the United Kingdom, Oman, Bahrain
  • Number of refugees
    84
United Kingdom
  • Stock of emigrants
    5,151.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    8.0%
  • Top destination countries
    Australia, the United States, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, Thailand, the Channel Islands
  • Number of refugees
    132
United States
  • Stock of emigrants
    3,167.9
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    1.0%
  • Top destination countries
    Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Germany, Australia, Israel, the Republic of Korea, China, Italy
  • Number of refugees
    4,965
Tonga
  • Stock of immigrants
    5.4
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    5.2%
  • Top destination countries
    Fiji, Samoa, India, China, Japan
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Trinidad and Tobago
  • Stock of immigrants
    32.5
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    2.4%
  • Top destination countries
    Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, the United States, the United Kingdom, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Barbados, St. Lucia, India
  • Number of refugees
    66
Tunisia
  • Stock of immigrants
    36.5
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Algeria, Morocco, France, Libya, Italy, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, Iraq, Ethiopia
  • Number of refugees
    885
Turkey
  • Stock of immigrants
    2,504.5
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    3.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Bulgaria, the Syrian Arab Republic, Germany, Serbia, Greece, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Romania, the Russian Federation
  • Number of refugees
    1,587,345
Turkmenistan
  • Stock of immigrants
    226.3
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    4.3%
  • Top destination countries
    the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania
  • Number of refugees
    34
Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Stock of immigrants
    11.4
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    34.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, The Bahamas
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Tuvalu
  • Stock of immigrants
    0.1
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    1.5%
  • Top destination countries
    Fiji, Kiribati, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Samoa, New Zealand, Solomon Islands
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Uganda
  • Stock of immigrants
    531.4
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    1.5%
  • Top destination countries
    the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, India, Eritrea
  • Number of refugees
    385,498
Ukraine
  • Stock of immigrants
    5,417.7
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    11.9%
  • Top destination countries
    the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Poland, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany, Armenia
  • Number of refugees
    3,176
United Arab Emirates
  • Stock of immigrants
    8,001.7
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    88.5%
  • Top destination countries
    India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Indonesia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Yemen, Nepal, Sudan
  • Number of refugees
    409
United Kingdom
  • Stock of immigrants
    7,838.8
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    12.2%
  • Top destination countries
    India, Poland, Pakistan, Ireland, Germany, Bangladesh, the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, China
  • Number of refugees
    117,093
United States
  • Stock of immigrants
    46,136.4
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    14.6%
  • Top destination countries
    Mexico, China, India, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Vietnam, El Salvador, Cuba, the Republic of Korea, the Dominican Republic
  • Number of refugees
    267,174