Migration Data
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250
Million
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD

36
Million
Refugees in the world

48.4%
of migrants are women

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TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
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Central African Republic
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Stock of emigrants728,216
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population16%
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Top destination countriesCameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, France, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, United States, Mali
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Number of refugees500,484

Chad
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Stock of emigrants403.9
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population3.1%
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Top destination countriesCameroon, Sudan, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Congo, France, the United Arab Emirates, South Sudan, Gabon
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Number of refugees48,211

Channel Islands
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Stock of emigrants26.5
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population16.3%
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Top destination countriesthe United Kingdom, Australia, the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands, the Russian Federation, Greece, Turkey, Panama, Uruguay
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Number of refugeesNot available

Chile
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Stock of emigrants610.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population3.5%
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Top destination countriesArgentina, the United States, Spain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Ecuador, Brazil, France, Italy
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Number of refugees571

China
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Stock of emigrants9,651.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population0.7%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Hong Kong SAR, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Macao SAR, China, Italy, Bangladesh
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Number of refugees210,701

Colombia
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Stock of emigrants2,530.5
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population5.3%
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Top destination countriesRepública Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, Canada, Panama, Italy, the United Kingdom, France
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Number of refugees360,281

Comoros
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Stock of emigrants111.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population14.8%
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Top destination countriesFrance, Madagascar, Libya, Kenya, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Algeria, Tanzania, Eritrea, South Africa, the Russian Federation
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Number of refugees565

Congo, Democratic Republic of
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Stock of emigrants1,306.0
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population1.8%
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Top destination countriesthe Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Belgium, South Sudan, France, Angola, Central African Republic
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Number of refugees516,734

Congo, Republic of
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Stock of emigrants177.3
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population4.0%
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Top destination countriesFrance, South Africa, Germany, Gabon, the United Kingdom, Cameroon, Mali, Kenya, Italy, Central African Republic
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Number of refugees14,435

Costa Rica
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Stock of emigrants131.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population2.8%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Nicaragua, Panama, Canada, Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Ecuador, Guatemala
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Number of refugees409

Côte d’Ivoire
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Stock of emigrants1,020.4
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population4.7%
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Top destination countriesBurkina Faso, Liberia, France, Mali, Ghana, Italy, Benin, the United States, Guinea, Togo
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Number of refugees71,894

Croatia
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Stock of emigrants888.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population20.9%
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Top destination countriesSerbia, Germany, Australia, Slovenia, Canada, the United States, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Albania
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Number of refugees40,115

Central African Republic
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Stock of immigrants186,822
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population4%
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Top destination countriesChad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Cameroon, France, Senegal, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Mali
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Number of refugees11,426

Chad
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Stock of immigrants490.6
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population3.7%
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Top destination countriesSouth Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Libya, France, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Number of refugees452,877

Channel Islands
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Stock of immigrants82.6
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population50.9%
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Top destination countriesthe United Kingdom, Portugal, Ireland, France
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Number of refugeesNot available

Chile
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Stock of immigrants415.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population2.4%
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Top destination countriesPeru, Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, South Africa, Spain, Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom
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Number of refugees1,749

China
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Stock of immigrants1,133.3
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.1%
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Top destination countriesthe Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Brazil, the United States, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Macao SAR, China, Thailand
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Number of refugees301,047

Colombia
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Stock of immigrants129.6
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.3%
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Top destination countriesRepública Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, Ecuador, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Brazil
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Number of refugees173

Comoros
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Stock of immigrants12.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population1.7%
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Top destination countriesMadagascar, France, Tanzania, Kenya
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Number of refugeesNot available

Congo, Democratic Republic of
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Stock of immigrants503.0
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.7%
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Top destination countriesAngola, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Burundi, South Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of Congo, Sudan
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Number of refugees119,747

Congo, Republic of
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Stock of immigrants431.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population9.8%
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Top destination countriesthe Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Mali, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Benin, Senegal, Cameroon, Chad, France
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Number of refugees54,827

Costa Rica
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Stock of immigrants413.7
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population8.8%
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Top destination countriesNicaragua, Colombia, the United States, El Salvador, China, Cuba, Panama, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Peru, Mexico
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Number of refugees20,701

Côte d’Ivoire
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Stock of immigrants2,446.2
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population11.3%
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Top destination countriesBurkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Liberia, Benin, Togo, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
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Number of refugees1,898

Croatia
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Stock of immigrants757.0
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population17.8%
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Top destination countriesBosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria, the United States
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Number of refugees689