The world's largest migration corridors, 2024

The 25 largest migration corridors: where the most people born in one country now live, according to the UN's International Migrant Stock 2024. Arrow width shows the number of people (a stock, not yearly moves). Mexico to the United States (11.3 million) is by far the largest, followed by Afghanistan to Iran and Syria to Türkiye. China–Hong Kong and Puerto Rico–US are left out because they are not separate countries on this map.

📊 Flow data (25 flows)

From	To	Migrants
Mexico	United States of America	11,279,561
Afghanistan	Iran	3,752,317
Syria	Turkey	3,563,983
Russia	Ukraine	3,375,095
India	United Arab Emirates	3,248,545
India	United States of America	3,165,238
Venezuela	Colombia	2,904,873
Ukraine	Russia	2,872,612
People's Republic of China	United States of America	2,488,775
Palestine	Jordan	2,379,525
Bangladesh	Saudi Arabia	2,362,680
Bangladesh	India	2,293,959
Philippines	United States of America	2,263,697
Yemen	Saudi Arabia	1,999,619
India	Saudi Arabia	1,953,496
Pakistan	Saudi Arabia	1,937,044
Afghanistan	Pakistan	1,923,453
Poland	Germany	1,883,559
Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	1,820,882
Indonesia	Malaysia	1,761,502
Myanmar	Thailand	1,708,695
India	Pakistan	1,597,134
Venezuela	Peru	1,596,667
Syria	Jordan	1,593,643
El Salvador	United States of America	1,569,946

Source: UN DESA Population Division, International Migrant Stock 2024