Major area, region, country or area of destination
International migrant stock at mid-year (both sexes) 2019
International migrant stock as a percentage of the total population (both sexes) 2019
WORLD
271,642,105
3.5
UN development groups
..
..
More developed regions
152,069,261
12.0
Less developed regions
119,572,844
1.9
Least developed countries
16,289,023
1.6
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
103,283,821
1.9
World Bank income groups
..
..
High-income countries
175,811,829
14.0
Middle-income countries
82,237,681
1.4
Upper-middle-income countries
54,279,436
2.1
Lower-middle-income countries
27,958,245
0.9
Low-income countries
13,072,099
1.7
No income group available
520,496
17.9
Geographic regions
..
..
Africa
26,529,334
2.0
Asia
83,559,197
1.8
Europe
82,304,539
11.0
Latin America and the Caribbean
11,673,288
1.8
Northern America
58,647,822
16.0
Oceania
8,927,925
21.2
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) regions
..
..
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
23,573,485
2.2
Eastern Africa
7,908,176
1.8
Burundi
321,018
2.8
Comoros
12,504
1.5
Djibouti
115,341
11.8
Eritrea
16,101
0.5
Ethiopia
1,253,083
1.1
Kenya
1,044,854
2.0
Madagascar
34,934
0.1
Malawi
247,652
1.3
Mauritius
28,849
2.3
Mayotte
74,643
28.0
Mozambique
334,665
1.1
Réunion
129,153
14.5
Rwanda
539,932
4.3
Seychelles
12,926
13.2
Somalia
52,131
0.3
South Sudan
865,552
7.8
Uganda
1,734,166
3.9
United Republic of Tanzania
509,166
0.9
Zambia
170,249
1.0
Zimbabwe
411,257
2.8
Middle Africa
3,785,279
2.2
Angola
669,479
2.1
Cameroon
505,692
2.0
Central African Republic
90,649
1.9
Chad
512,230
3.2
Congo
402,142
7.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo
963,833
1.1
Equatorial Guinea
227,617
16.8
Gabon
411,463
18.9
Sao Tome and Principe
2,174
1.0
Southern Africa
4,481,651
6.7
Botswana
110,596
4.8
Eswatini
32,310
2.8
Lesotho
6,928
0.3
Namibia
107,561
4.3
South Africa
4,224,256
7.2
Western Africa
7,398,379
1.9
Benin
390,112
3.3
Burkina Faso
718,338
3.5
Cabo Verde
15,664
2.8
Côte d'Ivoire
2,549,141
9.9
Gambia
215,406
9.2
Ghana
466,780
1.5
Guinea
120,642
0.9
Guinea-Bissau
26,916
1.4
Liberia
94,448
1.9
Mali
468,230
2.4
Mauritania
172,987
3.8
Niger
294,161
1.3
Nigeria
1,256,408
0.6
Saint Helena
433
7.1
Senegal
275,239
1.7
Sierra Leone
54,332
0.7
Togo
279,142
3.5
NORTHERN AFRICA AND WESTERN ASIA
48,591,390
9.4
Northern Africa
2,955,849
1.2
Algeria
249,075
0.6
Egypt
504,053
0.5
Libya
818,216
12.1
Morocco
98,574
0.3
Sudan
1,223,092
2.9
Tunisia
57,455
0.5
Western Sahara
5,384
0.9
Western Asia
45,635,541
16.6
Armenia
190,159
6.4
Azerbaijan
253,887
2.5
Bahrain
741,161
45.2
Cyprus
191,922
16.0
Georgia
79,035
2.0
Iraq
368,062
0.9
Israel
1,956,346
23.0
Jordan
3,346,703
33.1
Kuwait
3,034,845
72.1
Lebanon
1,863,873
27.2
Oman
2,286,226
46.0
Qatar
2,229,688
78.7
Saudi Arabia
13,122,338
38.3
State of Palestine
253,735
5.1
Syrian Arab Republic
867,848
5.1
Turkey
5,876,829
7.0
United Arab Emirates
8,587,256
87.9
Yemen
385,628
1.3
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA
19,627,025
1.0
Central Asia
5,543,398
7.6
Kazakhstan
3,705,556
20.0
Kyrgyzstan
200,260
3.1
Tajikistan
274,071
2.9
Turkmenistan
195,127
3.3
Uzbekistan
1,168,384
3.5
Southern Asia
14,083,627
0.7
Afghanistan
149,762
0.4
Bangladesh
2,185,613
1.3
Bhutan
53,254
7.0
India
5,154,737
0.4
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2,682,214
3.2
Maldives
69,249
13.0
Nepal
490,802
1.7
Pakistan
3,257,978
1.5
Sri Lanka
40,018
0.2
EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA
18,296,631
0.8
Eastern Asia
8,105,764
0.5
China
1,030,871
0.1
China, Hong Kong SAR
2,942,254
39.6
China, Macao SAR
399,572
62.4
North Korea
49,393
0.2
Japan
2,498,891
2.0
Mongolia
21,128
0.7
Republic of Korea
1,163,655
2.3
South-Eastern Asia
10,190,867
1.5
Brunei Darussalam
110,641
25.5
Cambodia
78,649
0.5
Indonesia
353,135
0.1
Lao People's Democratic Republic
48,275
0.7
Malaysia
3,430,380
10.7
Myanmar
75,998
0.1
Philippines
218,530
0.2
Singapore
2,155,653
37.1
Thailand
3,635,085
5.2
Timor-Leste
8,417
0.7
Viet Nam
76,104
0.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
11,673,288
1.8
Caribbean
1,524,793
3.5
Anguilla
5,679
38.2
Antigua and Barbuda
29,207
30.1
Aruba
36,532
34.4
Bahamas
62,962
16.2
Barbados
34,807
12.1
British Virgin Islands
20,778
69.2
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
15,484
59.6
Cayman Islands
28,985
44.6
Cuba
4,886
0.0
Curaçao
40,883
25.0
Dominica
8,264
11.5
Dominican Republic
567,648
5.3
Grenada
7,124
6.4
Guadeloupe
100,030
22.3
Haiti
18,756
0.2
Jamaica
23,468
0.8
Martinique
61,647
16.4
Montserrat
1,375
27.6
Puerto Rico
266,828
9.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis
7,587
14.4
Saint Lucia
8,383
4.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
4,692
4.2
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
28,260
66.7
Trinidad and Tobago
59,249
4.2
Turks and Caicos Islands
24,534
64.2
United States Virgin Islands
56,745
54.3
Central America
1,927,688
1.1
Belize
59,998
15.4
Costa Rica
417,768
8.3
El Salvador
42,617
0.7
Guatemala
80,421
0.5
Honduras
38,933
0.4
Mexico
1,060,707
0.8
Nicaragua
42,172
0.6
Panama
185,072
4.4
South America
8,220,807
1.9
Argentina
2,212,879
4.9
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
156,114
1.4
Brazil
807,006
0.4
Chile
939,992
5.0
Colombia
1,142,319
2.3
Ecuador
381,507
2.2
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
1,902
56.3
French Guiana
117,372
40.4
Guyana
15,699
2.0
Paraguay
160,519
2.3
Peru
782,169
2.4
Suriname
46,157
7.9
Uruguay
81,482
2.4
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1,375,690
4.8
OCEANIA
8,927,925
21.2
Australia / New Zealand
8,618,009
28.7
Australia
7,549,270
30.0
New Zealand
1,068,739
22.3
Melanesia
123,564
1.1
Fiji
14,038
1.6
New Caledonia
72,537
25.7
Papua New Guinea
31,212
0.4
Solomon Islands
2,532
0.4
Vanuatu
3,245
1.1
Micronesia
117,978
21.7
Guam
79,846
47.7
Kiribati
3,022
2.6
Marshall Islands
3,296
5.6
Micronesia
2,819
2.5
Nauru
2,114
19.7
Northern Mariana Islands
21,815
38.1
Palau
5,066
28.1
Polynesia
68,374
10.1
American Samoa
23,539
42.6
Cook Islands
3,491
19.9
French Polynesia
31,205
11.2
Niue
588
36.4
Samoa
4,035
2.0
Tokelau
504
37.6
Tonga
3,752
3.6
Tuvalu
238
2.0
Wallis and Futuna
1,022
8.9
EUROPE AND NORTHERN AMERICA
140,952,361
12.7
EUROPE
82,304,539
11.0
Eastern Europe
20,278,745
6.9
Belarus
1,069,395
11.3
Bulgaria
168,516
2.4
Czechia
512,705
4.8
Hungary
512,043
5.3
Poland
655,985
1.7
Republic of Moldova
104,713
2.6
Romania
462,552
2.4
Russian Federation
11,640,559
8.0
Slovakia
187,984
3.4
Ukraine
4,964,293
11.3
Northern Europe
15,094,924
14.3
Channel Islands
83,833
48.7
Denmark
722,878
12.5
Estonia
190,242
14.4
Faroe Islands
6,454
13.3
Finland
383,116
6.9
Iceland
52,404
15.5
Ireland
833,564
17.1
Isle of Man
42,864
50.7
Latvia
237,266
12.4
Lithuania
117,218
4.2
Norway
867,765
16.1
Sweden
2,005,210
20.0
United Kingdom
9,552,110
14.1
Southern Europe
16,503,552
10.8
Albania
49,160
1.7
Andorra
45,102
58.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina
35,735
1.1
Croatia
518,083
12.5
Gibraltar
11,172
33.2
Greece
1,211,382
11.6
Holy See
799
100.0
Italy
6,273,722
10.4
Malta
84,949
19.3
Montenegro
70,967
11.3
North Macedonia
131,175
6.3
Portugal
888,162
8.7
San Marino
5,507
16.3
Serbia
820,312
9.4
Slovenia
253,122
12.2
Spain
6,104,203
13.1
Western Europe
30,427,318
15.6
Austria
1,779,857
19.9
Belgium
1,981,919
17.2
France
8,334,875
12.8
Germany
13,132,146
15.7
Liechtenstein
25,467
67.0
Luxembourg
291,723
47.4
Monaco
26,511
68.0
Netherlands
2,282,791
13.4
Switzerland
2,572,029
29.9
NORTHERN AMERICA
58,647,822
16.0
Bermuda
19,336
30.9
Canada
7,960,657
21.3
Greenland
5,690
10.0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
990
17.0
United States of America
50,661,149
15.4