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281

Million

INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE WORLD

34

Million

Refugees (and Asylum seekers) in the world

48.1%

of migrants are women

INDIA, MEXICO,CHINA and RUSSIA

TOP ORIGIN COUNTRIES

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• EMIGRATION
• IMMIGRATION

Emigration

Immigration

Mali

• Stock of emigrants
  895.7
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  5.4%
• Top destination countries
  Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, France, Gabon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Senegal, the Republic of Congo, Spain
• Number of refugees
  139,224

Malta

• Stock of emigrants
  109.9
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  26.0%
• Top destination countries
  Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, Belgium, France, Kenya, Ireland
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Marshall Islands

• Stock of emigrants
  9.8
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  18.5%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Australia, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Mauritania

• Stock of emigrants
  136.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  3.5%
• Top destination countries
  Senegal, Nigeria, France, Mali, Spain, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, the Republic of Congo, Belgium, Italy
• Number of refugees
  34,079

Mauritius

• Stock of emigrants
  172.2
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  13.7%
• Top destination countries
  the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Canada, Italy, South Africa, the United States, Switzerland, Ireland, Botswana
• Number of refugees
  76

Mexico

• Stock of emigrants
  13,220.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  10.7%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Canada, Spain, Guatemala, France, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Italy
• Number of refugees
  10,637

Micronesia, Federated States of

• Stock of emigrants
  29.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  28.3%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Canada, Australia, Vanuatu, Kenya, the Slovak Republic
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Moldova

• Stock of emigrants
  859.4
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  24.2%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Italy, Romania, the United States, Germany, Portugal, Uzbekistan, Spain, Israel
• Number of refugees
  2,224

Monaco

• Stock of emigrants
  53.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  141.2%
• Top destination countries
  France, Greece, Italy, the United States, Libya, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Australia
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Mongolia

• Stock of emigrants
  74.8
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  2.6%
• Top destination countries
  the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Czech Republic, China, Ukraine, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, France, Australia
• Number of refugees
  2,125

Montenegro

• Stock of emigrants
  281.8
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  45.4%
• Top destination countries
  Serbia, Turkey, Croatia, Germany, the United States, Austria, Luxembourg, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Italy
• Number of refugees
  593

Morocco

• Stock of emigrants
  3,040.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  9.1%
• Top destination countries
  France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Israel, Germany, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom
• Number of refugees
  1,501

Mali

• Stock of immigrants
  195.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  1.2%
• Top destination countries
  Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal, Niger, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Ghana, France
• Number of refugees
  15,188

Malta

• Stock of immigrants
  34.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  8.1%
• Top destination countries
  the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Italy, the United States, Germany, Libya, the Russian Federation, Serbia, the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Number of refugees
  6,055

Marshall Islands

• Stock of immigrants
  2.1
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  4.0%
• Top destination countries
  the Philippines, the United States, China, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tuvalu, Palau, Japan, Fiji, Solomon Islands
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Mauritania

• Stock of immigrants
  102.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.6%
• Top destination countries
  Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Algeria, France, GuineaBissau, Benin, Cameroon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia
• Number of refugees
  75,619

Mauritius

• Stock of immigrants
  45.0
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  3.6%
• Top destination countries
  China, India, France, Madagascar, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany, Italy, Seychelles, Australia
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Mexico

• Stock of immigrants
  1,103.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.9%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Guatemala, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Honduras, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, El Salvador, Canada
• Number of refugees
  1,785

Micronesia, Federated States of

• Stock of immigrants
  2.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.5%
• Top destination countries
  the Philippines, the United States, China, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Japan, Australia, New Zealand
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Moldova

• Stock of immigrants
  391.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  11.0%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia
• Number of refugees
  293

Monaco

• Stock of immigrants
  24.3
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  64.7%
• Top destination countries
  France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United States, Morocco
• Number of refugees
  33

Mongolia

• Stock of immigrants
  17.2
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.6%
• Top destination countries
  China, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Korea, the United States, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Turkey, Kazakhstan
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Montenegro

• Stock of immigrants
  50.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  8.2%
• Top destination countries
  Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Hungary, the Russian Federation, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Greece
• Number of refugees
  6,455

Morocco

• Stock of immigrants
  50.8
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  0.2%
• Top destination countries
  Algeria, France, South Sudan, Italy, Libya, the Syrian Arab Republic, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Yemen, Jordan
• Number of refugees
  1,200

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