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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
Cuba
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,485.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    13.1%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Spain, Italy, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Germany, Canada, the Dominican Republic, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Costa Rica
  • Number of refugees
    7,467
Curaçao
  • Stock of emigrants
    80.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    52.1%
  • Top destination countries
    the Netherlands, South Africa, the United States, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Canada, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Australia, Colombia, Portugal
  • Number of refugees
    35
Cyprus
  • Stock of emigrants
    148.8
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    13.0%
  • Top destination countries
    the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, Turkey, Greece, Canada, South Africa, Germany, France, Italy
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Czech Republic
  • Stock of emigrants
    524.4
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    5.0%
  • Top destination countries
    Germany, the Slovak Republic, the United States, Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, France
  • Number of refugees
    1,321
Denmark
  • Stock of emigrants
    265.5
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    4.7%
  • Top destination countries
    Sweden, the United States, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Australia, France, Belgium
  • Number of refugees
    6
Djibouti
  • Stock of emigrants
    14.9
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    1.7%
  • Top destination countries
    France, Ethiopia, Libya, Kenya, Canada, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Algeria, Sweden, Australia, Italy
  • Number of refugees
    860
Dominica
  • Stock of emigrants
    76.8
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    106.6%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, France, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), the United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Spain, Barbados
  • Number of refugees
    35
Dominican Republic
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,375.5
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    13.4%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Spain, Puerto Rico, Italy, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Switzerland, Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada
  • Number of refugees
    328
Ecuador
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,160.8
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    7.4%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Spain, Italy, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Colombia, Argentina, Germany, the United Kingdom
  • Number of refugees
    778
Egypt, Arab Republic of
  • Stock of emigrants
    3,386.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    3.9%
  • Top destination countries
    Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, the United States, Qatar, Italy, Lebanon, Bahrain, Canada
  • Number of refugees
    15,824
El Salvador
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,525.4
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    25.0%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Australia, Belize, Italy, Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain, Honduras ■ Tertiary-educated as a percentage of total emigrants in OECD
  • Number of refugees
    10,943
Equatorial Guinea
  • Stock of emigrants
    126.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    15.8%
  • Top destination countries
    Gabon, Spain, Nigeria, Belgium, Cameroon, Kenya, the Republic of Congo, the United States, France, São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Number of refugees
    163
Cuba
  • Stock of immigrants
    16.2
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.1%
  • Top destination countries
    Spain, the Russian Federation, Haiti, Ukraine, the United States, Mexico, Germany, China, Jamaica, Nicaragua
  • Number of refugees
    271
Curaçao
  • Stock of immigrants
    36.9
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    24.0%
  • Top destination countries
    the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Haiti, Suriname, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Aruba, Jamaica, Portugal, India
  • Number of refugees
    34
Cyprus
  • Stock of immigrants
    207.3
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    18.2%
  • Top destination countries
    the United Kingdom, Greece, Georgia, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Bulgaria, Romania, the Arab Republic of Egypt, South Africa
  • Number of refugees
    5,075
Czech Republic
  • Stock of immigrants
    745.2
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    7.1%
  • Top destination countries
    the Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Vietnam, the Russian Federation, Poland, Germany, Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria
  • Number of refugees
    3,079
Denmark
  • Stock of immigrants
    556.8
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    9.9%
  • Top destination countries
    Germany, Turkey, Poland, Sweden, Iraq, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Kingdom, Greenland, the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Number of refugees
    17,737
Djibouti
  • Stock of immigrants
    123.5
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    14.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Somalia, Ethiopia, the Republic of Yemen
  • Number of refugees
    20,520
Dominica
  • Stock of immigrants
    6.4
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    8.9%
  • Top destination countries
    the United Kingdom, the United States, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Guyana, Canada, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Dominican Republic
  • Stock of immigrants
    607.3
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    5.9%
  • Top destination countries
    Haiti, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy, Cuba, Germany, Colombia, China
  • Number of refugees
    603
Ecuador
  • Stock of immigrants
    359.3
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    2.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Colombia, the United States, Peru, Chile, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Cuba
  • Number of refugees
    122,079
Egypt, Arab Republic of
  • Stock of immigrants
    416.3
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.5%
  • Top destination countries
    the Syrian Arab Republic, the West Bank and Gaza, Somalia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Yemen, Libya, Jordan, Sudan, Indonesia
  • Number of refugees
    236,050
El Salvador
  • Stock of immigrants
    41.6
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.7%
  • Top destination countries
    Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Spain, Panama, Belize
  • Number of refugees
    23
Equatorial Guinea
  • Stock of immigrants
    10.1
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    1.3%
  • Top destination countries
    France, São Tomé and Príncipe, Spain, Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon
  • Number of refugees
    Not available