Decisions in the migration policy of any country are made based on data on the current situation and trends. That is why the UN and other organizations publish fresh figures every year.
The ranking of countries by the number of migrants reflects the scale of international migration and gives an idea of which States are the main centers of attraction or, conversely, the exodus of the population. The indicator essentially evaluates the economic, social and geopolitical impact of migration on individual countries and regions. The high level of migrants in the country may indicate attractive living and working conditions, while negative figures indicate an outflow of population.
The calculation includes both legal migrants and those who moved to another country for economic, political, and humanitarian reasons. Of course, the dynamics are strongly influenced by military conflicts and economic crises.
Number of migrants by country in 2024
Rank | Number of Migrantspeople | World Populationpeople | ||
1 | 1.3 million | 343.5 million | ||
2 |
Syria
| 757 thousand | 23.6 million | |
3 | 610 thousand | 84.5 million | ||
4 |
Chad
| 497 thousand | 19.3 million | |
5 |
South Sudan
| 455 thousand | 11.5 million | |
6 | 446 thousand | 68.7 million | ||
7 | 434 thousand | 39.3 million | ||
8 |
Saudi Arabia
| 326 thousand | 33.3 million | |
9 | 305 thousand | 114.5 million | ||
10 | 300 thousand | 10.6 million | ||
11 |
Iran
| 262 thousand | 90.6 million | |
12 |
South Africa
| 228 thousand | 63.2 million | |
13 |
Malaysia
| 181 thousand | 35.1 million | |
14 | 175 thousand | 124.4 million | ||
15 |
Oman
| 156 thousand | 5.0 million | |
16 | 155 thousand | 52.3 million | ||
17 | 150 thousand | 59.5 million | ||
18 |
Netherlands
| 145 thousand | 18.1 million | |
19 | 140 thousand | 26.5 million | ||
20 | 119 thousand | 47.9 million | ||
21 | 92 thousand | 66.4 million | ||
22 | 88 thousand | 51.7 million | ||
23 | 75 thousand | 2.9 million | ||
24 | 63 thousand | 19.7 million | ||
25 | 55 thousand | 10.6 million | ||
26 | 54 thousand | 5.5 million | ||
27 |
Kuwait
| 50 thousand | 4.8 million | |
28 | 49 thousand | 9.7 million | ||
29 |
Somalia
| 46 thousand | 18.4 million | |
30 | 45 thousand | 8.9 million | ||
31 | 45 thousand | 2.9 million | ||
32 |
Ireland
| 44 thousand | 5.2 million | |
33 | 42 thousand | 11.7 million | ||
34 |
Qatar
| 40 thousand | 3.0 million | |
35 | 38 thousand | 5.6 million | ||
36 | 31 thousand | 5.9 million | ||
37 | 29 thousand | 10.4 million | ||
38 | 28 thousand | 145.4 million | ||
39 |
Singapore
| 27 thousand | 5.8 million | |
40 |
Peru
| 25 thousand | 33.8 million | |
41 | 21 thousand | 5.2 million | ||
42 | 20 thousand | 1.6 million | ||
43 |
Puerto Rico
| 20 thousand | 3.2 million | |
44 | 20 thousand | 71.7 million | ||
45 |
Turkmenistan
| 15 thousand | 7.4 million | |
46 | 12 thousand | 634 thousand | ||
47 |
Namibia
| 12 thousand | 3.0 million | |
48 | 10 thousand | 3.9 million | ||
49 | 10 thousand | 9.3 million | ||
50 |
Zambia
| 10 thousand | 20.7 million | |
51 |
Macao SAR China
| 9 thousand | 714 thousand | |
52 | 9 thousand | 1.3 million | ||
53 | 8 thousand | 1.9 million | ||
54 |
Panama
| 7 thousand | 4.5 million | |
55 |
Malta
| 7 thousand | 533 thousand | |
56 |
Côte d’Ivoire
| 6 thousand | 31.2 million | |
57 | 6 thousand | 665 thousand | ||
58 |
Estonia
| 6 thousand | 1.4 million | |
59 |
Western Sahara
| 6 thousand | 580 thousand | |
60 |
Kyrgyzstan
| 6 thousand | 7.1 million | |
61 | 5 thousand | 2.1 million | ||
62 | 5 thousand | 6.8 million | ||
63 | 5 thousand | 5.5 million | ||
64 | 5 thousand | 9.1 million | ||
65 |
Iceland
| 5 thousand | 388 thousand | |
66 | 4 thousand | 6.8 million | ||
67 | 4 thousand | 45.5 million | ||
68 |
Equatorial Guinea
| 4 thousand | 1.8 million | |
69 |
Mauritania
| 3 thousand | 5.0 million | |
70 |
Trinidad & Tobago
| 2 thousand | 1.5 million | |
71 | 2 thousand | 3.8 million | ||
72 |
Burundi
| 2 thousand | 13.7 million | |
73 |
Seychelles
| 2 thousand | 128 thousand | |
74 |
Solomon Islands
| 2 thousand | 800 thousand | |
75 |
Andorra
| 1 thousand | 81 thousand | |
76 |
Bahamas
| 1 thousand | 399 thousand | |
77 |
Niger
| 995 | 26.2 million | |
78 |
Costa Rica
| 995 | 5.1 million | |
79 |
Gabon
| 987 | 2.5 million | |
80 |
Cayman Islands
| 921 | 73 thousand | |
81 |
Caribbean Netherlands
| 820 | 30 thousand | |
82 |
Gibraltar
| 689 | 38 thousand | |
83 |
Faroe Islands
| 599 | 55 thousand | |
84 |
Belize
| 595 | 411 thousand | |
85 |
British Virgin Islands
| 587 | 39 thousand | |
86 |
Sint Maarten
| 567 | 43 thousand | |
87 |
Curaçao
| 518 | 185 thousand | |
88 |
Djibouti
| 500 | 1.2 million | |
89 |
New Caledonia
| 485 | 290 thousand | |
90 |
Jersey
| 480 | 104 thousand | |
91 |
Guernsey
| 380 | 64 thousand | |
92 |
Bhutan
| 291 | 786 thousand | |
93 | 214 | 40 thousand | ||
94 |
St. Barthélemy
| 200 | 11 thousand | |
95 |
Anguilla
| 200 | 14 thousand | |
96 |
Isle of Man
| 196 | 84 thousand | |
97 |
Turks & Caicos Islands
| 193 | 46 thousand | |
98 |
Aruba
| 147 | 108 thousand | |
99 |
Mayotte
| 137 | 316 thousand | |
100 | 88 | 39 thousand | ||
101 |
Tokelau
| 73 | 2 thousand | |
102 | - | 47 thousand | ||
103 |
St. Helena
| - | 5 thousand | |
104 |
Mongolia
| - | 3.4 million | |
105 | - | 93 thousand | ||
106 |
Vatican City
| - | 496.00 | |
107 |
Brunei
| - | 459 thousand | |
108 | - | 179 thousand | ||
109 |
Niue
| - | 2 thousand | |
110 | - | 320 thousand | ||
111 |
St. Pierre & Miquelon
| - | 6 thousand | |
112 |
Bermuda
| - | 65 thousand | |
113 |
Montserrat
| -12 | 4 thousand | |
114 |
Palau
| -19 | 18 thousand | |
115 |
Falkland Islands
| -21 | 3 thousand | |
116 |
Barbados
| -80 | 282 thousand | |
117 |
Wallis & Futuna
| -107 | 11 thousand | |
118 |
Nauru
| -148 | 12 thousand | |
119 |
San Marino
| -190 | 34 thousand | |
120 | -190 | 117 thousand | ||
121 |
Benin
| -192 | 14.1 million | |
122 | -199 | 67 thousand | ||
123 |
Greenland
| -318 | 56 thousand | |
124 |
Tuvalu
| -323 | 10 thousand | |
125 |
U.S. Virgin Islands
| -444 | 86 thousand | |
126 |
Kiribati
| -485 | 133 thousand | |
127 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
| -485 | 3.2 million | |
128 |
Guam
| -500 | 167 thousand | |
129 |
Cook Islands
| -558 | 14 thousand | |
130 |
São Tomé & Príncipe
| -592 | 231 thousand | |
131 |
St. Vincent & Grenadines
| -784 | 101 thousand | |
132 |
Papua New Guinea
| -787 | 10.4 million | |
133 |
Suriname
| -988 | 629 thousand | |
134 |
Angola
| -995 | 36.7 million | |
135 |
French Guiana
| -1091 | 303 thousand | |
136 |
Micronesia
| -1134 | 113 thousand | |
137 |
American Samoa
| -1159 | 48 thousand | |
138 |
Cape Verde
| -1226 | 522 thousand | |
139 |
Northern Mariana Islands
| -1321 | 45 thousand | |
140 |
French Polynesia
| -1348 | 281 thousand | |
141 |
Guinea-Bissau
| -1400 | 2.2 million | |
142 |
Madagascar
| -1487 | 31.2 million | |
143 |
Uruguay
| -1501 | 3.4 million | |
144 |
St. Martin
| -1697 | 28 thousand | |
145 |
Marshall Islands
| -1832 | 39 thousand | |
146 |
North Korea
| -1997 | 26.4 million | |
147 |
Togo
| -1997 | 9.3 million | |
148 |
Libya
| -2001 | 7.3 million | |
149 |
Comoros
| -2002 | 850 thousand | |
150 |
Tonga
| -2173 | 105 thousand | |
151 |
Guadeloupe
| -2192 | 377 thousand | |
152 |
Samoa
| -2810 | 217 thousand | |
153 |
Mauritius
| -2824 | 1.3 million | |
154 |
Maldives
| -2877 | 526 thousand | |
155 |
Gambia
| -3000 | 2.7 million | |
156 |
Bolivia
| -3008 | 12.2 million | |
157 |
Belarus
| -3034 | 9.1 million | |
158 |
Martinique
| -3078 | 346 thousand | |
159 |
Fiji
| -3289 | 924 thousand | |
160 |
Hong Kong SAR China
| -3427 | 7.4 million | |
161 |
Réunion
| -3625 | 875 thousand | |
162 |
Guinea
| -3997 | 14.4 million | |
163 |
Sierra Leone
| -4000 | 8.5 million | |
164 |
Cameroon
| -4798 | 28.4 million | |
165 | -4822 | 20.3 million | ||
166 |
Liberia
| -5002 | 5.5 million | |
167 |
Honduras
| -5044 | 10.6 million | |
168 |
Lesotho
| -5168 | 2.3 million | |
169 |
Yemen
| -5233 | 39.4 million | |
170 |
North Macedonia
| -5597 | 1.8 million | |
171 |
Timor-Leste
| -5620 | 1.4 million | |
172 |
Iraq
| -5710 | 45.1 million | |
173 |
Malawi
| -5811 | 21.1 million | |
174 |
Uzbekistan
| -6004 | 35.7 million | |
175 |
Guyana
| -6161 | 826 thousand | |
176 |
Botswana
| -6487 | 2.5 million | |
177 | -7824 | 38.8 million | ||
178 |
Nicaragua
| -7996 | 6.8 million | |
179 |
Eswatini
| -8549 | 1.2 million | |
180 |
Guatemala
| -8940 | 18.1 million | |
181 |
Rwanda
| -9001 | 14.0 million | |
182 |
Senegal
| -9999 | 18.1 million | |
183 |
Ghana
| -10003 | 33.8 million | |
184 |
Kenya
| -10003 | 55.3 million | |
185 |
Laos
| -10003 | 7.7 million | |
186 |
Jamaica
| -10003 | 2.8 million | |
187 |
Ethiopia
| -11996 | 128.7 million | |
188 |
Paraguay
| -12500 | 6.8 million | |
189 |
Tunisia
| -14001 | 12.2 million | |
190 | -14638 | 10.8 million | ||
191 |
Central African Republic
| -14682 | 5.2 million | |
192 |
Congo - Kinshasa
| -14992 | 105.8 million | |
193 |
Eritrea
| -15284 | 3.5 million | |
194 |
Jordan
| -17445 | 11.4 million | |
195 | -18570 | 3.1 million | ||
196 |
Tajikistan
| -19999 | 10.4 million | |
197 |
Ecuador
| -21948 | 18.0 million | |
198 |
Cuba
| -22797 | 11.0 million | |
199 |
El Salvador
| -23253 | 6.3 million | |
200 |
Burkina Faso
| -24957 | 23.0 million | |
201 |
Palestinian Territories
| -24996 | 5.4 million | |
202 | -25357 | 2.8 million | ||
203 |
Algeria
| -25963 | 46.2 million | |
204 | -27780 | 19.1 million | ||
205 |
Sri Lanka
| -28011 | 23.0 million | |
206 |
Kosovo (Disputed Territory)
| -28754 | 1.7 million | |
207 |
Haiti
| -31786 | 11.6 million | |
208 |
Cambodia
| -31837 | 17.4 million | |
209 |
Taiwan
| -32777 | 23.3 million | |
210 |
Lebanon
| -34193 | 5.8 million | |
211 |
Dominican Republic
| -34915 | 11.3 million | |
212 |
Myanmar (Burma}
| -34989 | 54.1 million | |
213 |
Mozambique
| -36276 | 33.6 million | |
214 | -37501 | 281.2 million | ||
215 |
Tanzania
| -39388 | 66.6 million | |
216 |
Morocco
| -39650 | 37.7 million | |
217 |
Mali
| -39953 | 23.8 million | |
218 |
Afghanistan
| -48958 | 41.5 million | |
219 |
Nigeria
| -57936 | 227.9 million | |
220 |
Vietnam
| -81789 | 100.4 million | |
221 |
Azerbaijan
| -84122 | 10.3 million | |
222 |
Zimbabwe
| -97380 | 16.3 million | |
223 | -101044 | 129.7 million | ||
224 |
Venezuela
| -112899 | 28.3 million | |
225 |
Uganda
| -126181 | 48.7 million | |
226 | -159430 | 10.2 million | ||
227 |
Philippines
| -164284 | 114.9 million | |
228 | -240059 | 211.1 million | ||
229 |
Ukraine
| -299961 | 37.7 million | |
230 | -318070 | 87.3 million | ||
231 |
Nepal
| -409782 | 29.7 million | |
232 |
Bangladesh
| -549918 | 171.5 million | |
233 | -567724 | 1.4 billion | ||
234 | -979179 | 1.4 billion | ||
235 |
Sudan
| -1349998 | 50.0 million | |
236 |
Pakistan
| -1619557 | 247.5 million | |
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