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

INDIA, MEXICO RUSSIA
TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES
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Hungary
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Stock of emigrants570.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population5.8%
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Top destination countriesGermany, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Australia, Switzerland, the Slovak Republic, the Russian Federation, Sweden
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Number of refugees1,254

Iceland
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Stock of emigrants36.9
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population11.4%
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Top destination countriesDenmark, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Germany, Spain, Canada, Malaysia, Australia, the Faeroe Islands
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Number of refugeesNot available

India
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Stock of emigrants13,885.1
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population1.1%
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Top destination countriesthe United Arab Emirates, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nepal, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Oman, Canada, Qatar
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Number of refugees10,393

Indonesia
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Stock of emigrants4,116.6
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population1.6%
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Top destination countriesSaudi Arabia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Singapore, the Netherlands, Hong Kong SAR, China, the United States, Kuwait, Australia
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Number of refugees14,393

Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Stock of emigrants1,604.8
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population2.1%
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Top destination countriesthe United Arab Emirates, the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Israel, Kuwait, Australia, Qatar
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Number of refugees82,111

Iraq
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Stock of emigrants2,370.2
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population7.0%
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Top destination countriesthe Syrian Arab Republic, Jordan, the United States, Lebanon, Sweden, Germany, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United Kingdom, Israel, Libya
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Number of refugees369,850

Ireland
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Stock of emigrants782.8
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population17.0%
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Top destination countriesthe United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, Spain, Germany, South Africa, France, New Zealand, Poland
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Number of refugees7

Isle of Man
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Stock of emigrants0.9
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population1.0%
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Top destination countriesAustralia, Greece, Romania, the Netherlands, France, Bermuda, the Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Number of refugeesNot available

Israel
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Stock of emigrants367.3
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population4.6%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, the West Bank and Gaza, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey
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Number of refugees952

Italy
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Stock of emigrants2,928.8
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population4.9%
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Top destination countriesGermany, the United States, France, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain
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Number of refugees58

Jamaica
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Stock of emigrants1,097.6
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population40.4%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Germany, Bermuda, Curaçao
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Number of refugees1,682

Japan
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Stock of emigrants1,012.9
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Stock of emigrants as pct of population0.8%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, China, Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Germany
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Number of refugees257

Hungary
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Stock of immigrants472.8
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population4.8%
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Top destination countriesRomania, Germany, Ukraine, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, China, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation
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Number of refugees2,819

Iceland
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Stock of immigrants35.4
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population10.9%
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Top destination countriesPoland, Denmark, the United States, Sweden, the Philippines, Germany, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Norway
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Number of refugees58

India
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Stock of immigrants5,338.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.4%
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Top destination countriesBangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, China
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Number of refugees199,916

Indonesia
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Stock of immigrants295.4
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.1%
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Top destination countriesChina, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Japan, the United States, Jordan, India
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Number of refugees4,262

Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Stock of immigrants2,649.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population3.4%
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Top destination countriesAfghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Turkey
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Number of refugees982,025

Iraq
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Stock of immigrants245.0
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population0.7%
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Top destination countriesthe Syrian Arab Republic, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the West Bank and Gaza, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Sudan, the Republic of Yemen, Lebanon, Pakistan
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Number of refugees271,137

Ireland
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Stock of immigrants752.5
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population16.4%
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Top destination countriesthe United Kingdom, Poland, Lithuania, the United States, Latvia, Nigeria, Romania, India, the Philippines, Germany
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Number of refugees5,797

Isle of Man
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Stock of immigrants44.7
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population51.7%
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Top destination countriesthe United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, the United States, the Channel Islands, Canada, New Zealand
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Number of refugeesNot available

Israel
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Stock of immigrants2,049.1
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population25.4%
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Top destination countriesMorocco, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Romania, Ethiopia, the United States, Iraq, Poland, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Algeria
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Number of refugees39,678

Italy
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Stock of immigrants5,766.2
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population9.6%
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Top destination countriesRomania, Albania, Morocco, Germany, Ukraine, Switzerland, China, Moldova, France, the Philippines
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Number of refugees93,662

Jamaica
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Stock of immigrants34.9
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population1.3%
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Top destination countriesthe United States, the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Canada, India, The Bahamas, Barbados, St. Lucia, Guatemala
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Number of refugees18

Japan
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Stock of immigrants2,437.3
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Stock of immigrants as percentage of population1.9%
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Top destination countriesthe Republic of Korea, China, Brazil, the Philippines, Peru, the United States, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India
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Number of refugees2,552