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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

Jordan

• Stock of emigrants
  782.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  12.1%
• Top destination countries
  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, the West Bank and Gaza, Kuwait, Qatar, Libya, Germany, Bahrain, Indonesia
• Number of refugees
  1,679

Kazakhstan

• Stock of emigrants
  3,827.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  22.5%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Germany, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belarus, the United States, Azerbaijan, Moldova, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan
• Number of refugees
  2,187

Kenya

• Stock of emigrants
  475.5
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  1.1%
• Top destination countries
  the United Kingdom, the United States, Tanzania, Uganda, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Germany, South Sudan, Switzerland
• Number of refugees
  8,529

Kiribati

• Stock of emigrants
  5.4
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  4.9%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, New Zealand, Australia, the Marshall Islands, Brazil, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa, France, Switzerland
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Korea, Democratic Republic of

• Stock of emigrants
  223.7
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  0.9%
• Top destination countries
  Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, the Russian Federation, the Philippines, Argentina, China, Azerbaijan, Austria, Germany
• Number of refugees
  1,270

Korea, Republic of

• Stock of emigrants
  2,604.9
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  5.2%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Japan, China, Canada, Australia, Germany, Indonesia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France
• Number of refugees
  468

Kosovo

• Stock of emigrants
  550.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  30.3%
• Top destination countries
  Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, the United States, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Kuwait

• Stock of emigrants
  322.8
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  9.0%
• Top destination countries
  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, the West Bank and Gaza, the United Kingdom, Canada, Qatar, Libya, India, Bahrain
• Number of refugees
  982

Kyrgyz Republic

• Stock of emigrants
  738.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  12.9%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Germany, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkey, the United States, Azerbaijan
• Number of refugees
  2,410

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• Stock of emigrants
  1,294.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  19.7%
• Top destination countries
  Thailand, the United States, Bangladesh, France, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, China, Germany, Switzerland
• Number of refugees
  7,471

Latvia

• Stock of emigrants
  342.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  17.0%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ukraine, Ireland, Germany, Lithuania, Belarus, Norway, Canada
• Number of refugees
  206

Lebanon

• Stock of emigrants
  810.9
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  18.0%
• Top destination countries
  Saudi Arabia, the United States, Australia, Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Denmark
• Number of refugees
  4,246

Jordan

• Stock of immigrants
  3,592.8
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  55.6%
• Top destination countries
  the West Bank and Gaza, the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, India, Saudi Arabia
• Number of refugees
  2,771,477

Kazakhstan

• Stock of immigrants
  3,476.2
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  20.4%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Poland
• Number of refugees
  628

Kenya

• Stock of immigrants
  892.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.0%
• Top destination countries
  Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, India, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the United Kingdom, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Number of refugees
  551,336

Kiribati

• Stock of immigrants
  4.2
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  3.9%
• Top destination countries
  Tuvalu, Fiji, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Korea, Democratic Republic of

• Stock of immigrants
  46.8
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.2%
• Top destination countries
  China, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, the United States, Vietnam, Thailand, Peru, India
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Korea, Republic of

• Stock of immigrants
  1,232.2
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.5%
• Top destination countries
  China, Vietnam, the United States, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Japan, Sri Lanka
• Number of refugees
  1,149

Kosovo

• Stock of immigrants
  Notavailable
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  Notavailable%
• Top destination countries
  Not available
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Kuwait

• Stock of immigrants
  2,592.8
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  72.1%
• Top destination countries
  India, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Syrian Arab Republic, Indonesia, Nepal, the Republic of Yemen, the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Number of refugees
  606

Kyrgyz Republic

• Stock of immigrants
  227.0
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  4.0%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania
• Number of refugees
  479

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• Stock of immigrants
  21.8
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.3%
• Top destination countries
  Vietnam, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Australia
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Latvia

• Stock of immigrants
  323.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  16.1%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Germany, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Moldova
• Number of refugees
  163

Lebanon

• Stock of immigrants
  1,586.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  35.3%
• Top destination countries
  the Syrian Arab Republic, the West Bank and Gaza, Iraq, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, India, Saudi Arabia
• Number of refugees
  1,606,693

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