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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

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• EMIGRATION
• IMMIGRATION

Emigration

Immigration

Central African Republic

• Stock of emigrants
  728,216
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  16%
• Top destination countries
  Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, France, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, United States, Mali  
• Number of refugees
  500,484

Chad

• Stock of emigrants
  403.9
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  3.1%
• Top destination countries
  Cameroon, Sudan, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Congo, France, the United Arab Emirates, South Sudan, Gabon
• Number of refugees
  48,211

Channel Islands

• Stock of emigrants
  26.5
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  16.3%
• Top destination countries
  the United Kingdom, Australia, the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands, the Russian Federation, Greece, Turkey, Panama, Uruguay
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Chile

• Stock of emigrants
  610.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  3.5%
• Top destination countries
  Argentina, the United States, Spain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Ecuador, Brazil, France, Italy
• Number of refugees
  571

China

• Stock of emigrants
  9,651.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  0.7%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Hong Kong SAR, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Macao SAR, China, Italy, Bangladesh
• Number of refugees
  210,701

Colombia

• Stock of emigrants
  2,530.5
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  5.3%
• Top destination countries
  República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, Canada, Panama, Italy, the United Kingdom, France
• Number of refugees
  360,281

Comoros

• Stock of emigrants
  111.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  14.8%
• Top destination countries
  France, Madagascar, Libya, Kenya, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Algeria, Tanzania, Eritrea, South Africa, the Russian Federation
• Number of refugees
  565

Congo, Democratic Republic of

• Stock of emigrants
  1,306.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  1.8%
• Top destination countries
  the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Belgium, South Sudan, France, Angola, Central African Republic
• Number of refugees
  516,734

Congo, Republic of

• Stock of emigrants
  177.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  4.0%
• Top destination countries
  France, South Africa, Germany, Gabon, the United Kingdom, Cameroon, Mali, Kenya, Italy, Central African Republic
• Number of refugees
  14,435

Costa Rica

• Stock of emigrants
  131.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  2.8%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Nicaragua, Panama, Canada, Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Ecuador, Guatemala
• Number of refugees
  409

Côte d’Ivoire

• Stock of emigrants
  1,020.4
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  4.7%
• Top destination countries
  Burkina Faso, Liberia, France, Mali, Ghana, Italy, Benin, the United States, Guinea, Togo
• Number of refugees
  71,894

Croatia

• Stock of emigrants
  888.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  20.9%
• Top destination countries
  Serbia, Germany, Australia, Slovenia, Canada, the United States, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Albania
• Number of refugees
  40,115

Central African Republic

• Stock of immigrants
  186,822
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  4%
• Top destination countries
  Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Cameroon, France, Senegal, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Mali  
• Number of refugees
  11,426

Chad

• Stock of immigrants
  490.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  3.7%
• Top destination countries
  South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Libya, France, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Number of refugees
  452,877

Channel Islands

• Stock of immigrants
  82.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  50.9%
• Top destination countries
  the United Kingdom, Portugal, Ireland, France
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Chile

• Stock of immigrants
  415.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.4%
• Top destination countries
  Peru, Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, South Africa, Spain, Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom
• Number of refugees
  1,749

China

• Stock of immigrants
  1,133.3
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.1%
• Top destination countries
  the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Brazil, the United States, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Macao SAR, China, Thailand
• Number of refugees
  301,047

Colombia

• Stock of immigrants
  129.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.3%
• Top destination countries
  República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, Ecuador, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Brazil
• Number of refugees
  173

Comoros

• Stock of immigrants
  12.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  1.7%
• Top destination countries
  Madagascar, France, Tanzania, Kenya
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Congo, Democratic Republic of

• Stock of immigrants
  503.0
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.7%
• Top destination countries
  Angola, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Burundi, South Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of Congo, Sudan
• Number of refugees
  119,747

Congo, Republic of

• Stock of immigrants
  431.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  9.8%
• Top destination countries
  the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Mali, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Benin, Senegal, Cameroon, Chad, France
• Number of refugees
  54,827

Costa Rica

• Stock of immigrants
  413.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  8.8%
• Top destination countries
  Nicaragua, Colombia, the United States, El Salvador, China, Cuba, Panama, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Peru, Mexico
• Number of refugees
  20,701

Côte d’Ivoire

• Stock of immigrants
  2,446.2
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  11.3%
• Top destination countries
  Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Liberia, Benin, Togo, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
• Number of refugees
  1,898

Croatia

• Stock of immigrants
  757.0
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  17.8%
• Top destination countries
  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria, the United States
• Number of refugees
  689

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