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INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD
250
Million
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD
Refugees in the world
36
Million
Refugees in the world
WOMEN OF MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD
48.4%
of migrants are women
TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
INDIA, MEXICO RUSSIA
TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
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Emigration
Immigration
Ghana
  • Stock of emigrants
    737.2
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    2.8%
  • Top destination countries
    Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Côte d’Ivoire, Italy, Togo, Burkina Faso, Germany, Canada, Spain
  • Number of refugees
    22,100
Greece
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,000.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    9.1%
  • Top destination countries
    Germany, the United States, Australia, Turkey, Canada, Albania, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy
  • Number of refugees
    108
Greenland
  • Stock of emigrants
    17.7
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    31.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Denmark, the United States, Guatemala, Norway, Cuba, Iceland, Canada, Australia, Greece, France
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Grenada
  • Stock of emigrants
    57.9
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    54.7%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Jamaica, Aruba, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Number of refugees
    324
Guam
  • Stock of emigrants
    2.8
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    1.7%
  • Top destination countries
    the Philippines, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Vietnam, Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Guatemala
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,051.8
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    6.7%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Mexico, Belize, Canada, El Salvador, Spain, Honduras, Costa Rica, France, Italy
  • Number of refugees
    7,462
Guinea
  • Stock of emigrants
    398.5
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    3.3%
  • Top destination countries
    Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, The Gambia, France, Mali, the United States, Spain, Mauritania
  • Number of refugees
    15,213
Guinea-Bissau
  • Stock of emigrants
    91.2
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    5.2%
  • Top destination countries
    Portugal, Senegal, The Gambia, Spain, Cabo Verde, Nigeria, France, Mauritania, Guinea, Brazil
  • Number of refugees
    1,286
Guyana
  • Stock of emigrants
    462.6
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    60.8%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Suriname, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Barbados, the Netherlands
  • Number of refugees
    700
Haiti
  • Stock of emigrants
    1,377.7
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    13.2%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, the Dominican Republic, France, Canada, The Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Curaçao, Switzerland, Bermuda
  • Number of refugees
    37,142
Honduras
  • Stock of emigrants
    658.8
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    8.4%
  • Top destination countries
    the United States, Spain, Nicaragua, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, Belize, Costa Rica, the Cayman Islands
  • Number of refugees
    4,147
Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Stock of emigrants
    784.1
  • Stock of emigrants as pct of population
    10.9%
  • Top destination countries
    Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Macao SAR, China, New Zealand, China, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand
  • Number of refugees
    20
Ghana
  • Stock of immigrants
    439.3
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    1.7%
  • Top destination countries
    Togo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Niger, Mali, the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone
  • Number of refugees
    18,438
Greece
  • Stock of immigrants
    988.2
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    9.0%
  • Top destination countries
    Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Pakistan, Monaco, Bangladesh, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Poland
  • Number of refugees
    10,262
Greenland
  • Stock of immigrants
    5.7
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    10.1%
  • Top destination countries
    Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, the United States, Finland
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Grenada
  • Stock of immigrants
    11.4
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    10.7%
  • Top destination countries
    Trinidad and Tobago, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Canada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Dominica
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Guam
  • Stock of immigrants
    80.8
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    48.9%
  • Top destination countries
    the Philippines, the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Vietnam, the Marshall Islands
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Guatemala
  • Stock of immigrants
    72.8
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.5%
  • Top destination countries
    El Salvador, Mexico, the United States, Nicaragua, Honduras, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Costa Rica, Colombia, Belize
  • Number of refugees
    160
Guinea
  • Stock of immigrants
    378.5
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    3.2%
  • Top destination countries
    Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, France, Togo, Niger
  • Number of refugees
    8,748
Guinea-Bissau
  • Stock of immigrants
    18.0
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    1.0%
  • Top destination countries
    Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Liberia, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Cabo Verde, the United States, France
  • Number of refugees
    8,680
Guyana
  • Stock of immigrants
    14.8
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    1.9%
  • Top destination countries
    Suriname, Brazil, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, China, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, Canada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica
  • Number of refugees
    7
Haiti
  • Stock of immigrants
    38.1
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.4%
  • Top destination countries
    República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy, Cuba, Germany, Colombia, Canada
  • Number of refugees
    Not available
Honduras
  • Stock of immigrants
    27.5
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    0.4%
  • Top destination countries
    El Salvador, Nicaragua, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, China, Spain
  • Number of refugees
    13
Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Stock of immigrants
    2,804.8
  • Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
    39.0%
  • Top destination countries
    China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Macao SAR, China, Thailand, India, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada, Japan
  • Number of refugees
    130