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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Ghana
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Stock of emigrants737.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population2.8%
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Top destination countriesNigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Côte d’Ivoire, Italy, Togo, Burkina Faso, Germany, Canada, Spain
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Number of refugees22,100

Greece
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Stock of emigrants1,000.1
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population9.1%
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Top destination countriesGermany, the United States, Australia, Turkey, Canada, Albania, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy
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Number of refugees108

Greenland
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Stock of emigrants17.7
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population31.3%
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Top destination countriesDenmark, the United States, Guatemala, Norway, Cuba, Iceland, Canada, Australia, Greece, France
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Number of refugeesNot available

Grenada
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Stock of emigrants57.9
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population54.7%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Jamaica, Aruba, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda
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Number of refugees324

Guam
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Stock of emigrants2.8
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population1.7%
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Top destination countriesthe Philippines, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Vietnam, Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece
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Number of refugeesNot available

Guatemala
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Stock of emigrants1,051.8
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population6.7%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Mexico, Belize, Canada, El Salvador, Spain, Honduras, Costa Rica, France, Italy
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Number of refugees7,462

Guinea
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Stock of emigrants398.5
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population3.3%
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Top destination countriesCôte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, The Gambia, France, Mali, the United States, Spain, Mauritania
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Number of refugees15,213

Guinea-Bissau
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Stock of emigrants91.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population5.2%
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Top destination countriesPortugal, Senegal, The Gambia, Spain, Cabo Verde, Nigeria, France, Mauritania, Guinea, Brazil
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Number of refugees1,286

Guyana
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Stock of emigrants462.6
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population60.8%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Suriname, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Barbados, the Netherlands
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Number of refugees700

Haiti
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Stock of emigrants1,377.7
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population13.2%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, the Dominican Republic, France, Canada, The Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Curaçao, Switzerland, Bermuda
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Number of refugees37,142

Honduras
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Stock of emigrants658.8
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population8.4%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Spain, Nicaragua, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, Belize, Costa Rica, the Cayman Islands
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Number of refugees4,147

Hong Kong SAR, China
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Stock of emigrants784.1
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population10.9%
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Top destination countriesCanada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Macao SAR, China, New Zealand, China, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand
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Number of refugees20

Ghana
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Stock of immigrants439.3
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population1.7%
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Top destination countriesTogo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Niger, Mali, the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone
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Number of refugees18,438

Greece
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Stock of immigrants988.2
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population9.0%
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Top destination countriesAlbania, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Pakistan, Monaco, Bangladesh, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Poland
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Number of refugees10,262

Greenland
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Stock of immigrants5.7
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population10.1%
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Top destination countriesDenmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, the United States, Finland
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Number of refugeesNot available

Grenada
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Stock of immigrants11.4
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population10.7%
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Top destination countriesTrinidad and Tobago, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Canada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Dominica
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Number of refugeesNot available

Guam
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Stock of immigrants80.8
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population48.9%
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Top destination countriesthe Philippines, the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Vietnam, the Marshall Islands
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Number of refugeesNot available

Guatemala
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Stock of immigrants72.8
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.5%
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Top destination countriesEl Salvador, Mexico, the United States, Nicaragua, Honduras, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Costa Rica, Colombia, Belize
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Number of refugees160

Guinea
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Stock of immigrants378.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population3.2%
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Top destination countriesSierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, France, Togo, Niger
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Number of refugees8,748

Guinea-Bissau
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Stock of immigrants18.0
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population1.0%
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Top destination countriesSenegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Liberia, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Cabo Verde, the United States, France
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Number of refugees8,680

Guyana
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Stock of immigrants14.8
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population1.9%
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Top destination countriesSuriname, Brazil, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, China, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, Canada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica
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Number of refugees7

Haiti
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Stock of immigrants38.1
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.4%
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Top destination countriesRepública Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy, Cuba, Germany, Colombia, Canada
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Number of refugeesNot available

Honduras
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Stock of immigrants27.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.4%
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Top destination countriesEl Salvador, Nicaragua, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, China, Spain
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Number of refugees13

Hong Kong SAR, China
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Stock of immigrants2,804.8
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population39.0%
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Top destination countriesChina, Indonesia, the Philippines, Macao SAR, China, Thailand, India, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada, Japan
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Number of refugees130