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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

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Stock of emigrants
  60.6
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  55.4%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Grenada, St. Lucia, Guyana
• Number of refugees
  1,736

Sudan

• Stock of emigrants
  1,508.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  3.9%
• Top destination countries
  Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Chad, Qatar, Kuwait, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Republic of Yemen, Uganda
• Number of refugees
  665,908

Suriname

• Stock of emigrants
  263.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  49.4%
• Top destination countries
  the Netherlands, France, the United States, Guyana, Curaçao, Aruba, Canada, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Brazil, the Dominican Republic
• Number of refugees
  17

Swaziland

• Stock of emigrants
  97.8
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  7.8%
• Top destination countries
  South Africa, Greece, Tanzania, Botswana, Portugal, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Kenya
• Number of refugees
  151

Sweden

• Stock of emigrants
  352.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  3.7%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Australia, France, Switzerland
• Number of refugees
  8

Switzerland

• Stock of emigrants
  650.0
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  8.0%
• Top destination countries
  Italy, France, Spain, Germany, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia, Austria
• Number of refugees
  11

Syrian Arab Republic

• Stock of emigrants
  3,971.5
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  18.2%
• Top destination countries
  Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Germany
• Number of refugees
  3,883,554

Tajikistan

• Stock of emigrants
  607.8
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  7.5%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Germany, Uzbekistan, Belarus, the United States, Azerbaijan, Moldova
• Number of refugees
  690

Tanzania

• Stock of emigrants
  250.1
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  0.5%
• Top destination countries
  Rwanda, Kenya, the United Kingdom, Uganda, Burundi, Canada, the United States, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique
• Number of refugees
  827

Thailand

• Stock of emigrants
  1,007.3
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  1.5%
• Top destination countries
  the United States, Germany, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam
• Number of refugees
  225

Timor-Leste

• Stock of emigrants
  33.4
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  2.8%
• Top destination countries
  Indonesia, Australia, Portugal, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brazil, Kenya, Italy, Norway, Canada
• Number of refugees
  8

Togo

• Stock of emigrants
  461.1
• Stock of emigrants as pct of population
  6.7%
• Top destination countries
  Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, France, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Germany, Niger, Italy
• Number of refugees
  9,229

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Stock of immigrants
  10.3
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  9.4%
• Top destination countries
  Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, the United Kingdom, the United States, Barbados, Canada, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Sudan

• Stock of immigrants
  446.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  1.2%
• Top destination countries
  Eritrea, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Central African Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Kenya, Libya, India
• Number of refugees
  277,818

Suriname

• Stock of immigrants
  41.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  7.8%
• Top destination countries
  Guyana, the Netherlands, Brazil, China, France, Haiti, the United States
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Swaziland

• Stock of immigrants
  25.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.0%
• Top destination countries
  South Africa, Mozambique, the United States, Lesotho, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Somalia, the Republic of Congo
• Number of refugees
  496

Sweden

• Stock of immigrants
  1,453.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  15.1%
• Top destination countries
  Finland, Iraq, Poland, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Somalia, Germany, Turkey, Denmark, Norway
• Number of refugees
  142,152

Switzerland

• Stock of immigrants
  2,480.9
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  30.7%
• Top destination countries
  Germany, Italy, Portugal, France, Kosovo, Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Spain, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Number of refugees
  48.1 percent

Syrian Arab Republic

• Stock of immigrants
  1,394.2
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  6.4%
• Top destination countries
  Iraq, the West Bank and Gaza, Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan, South Sudan
• Number of refugees
  48.9 percent

Tajikistan

• Stock of immigrants
  275.7
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  3.4%
• Top destination countries
  the Russian Federation, the Kyrgyz Republic, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Belarus
• Number of refugees
  2,017

Tanzania

• Stock of immigrants
  652.9
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  1.3%
• Top destination countries
  Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, India, Rwanda, China, the United Kingdom, Uganda, Mozambique, the United States
• Number of refugees
  88,492

Thailand

• Stock of immigrants
  4,490.9
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  6.7%
• Top destination countries
  Myanmar, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia, China, the United Kingdom, Japan, India, the United States, Germany, France
• Number of refugees
  130,207

Timor-Leste

• Stock of immigrants
  11.6
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  11.6thousands%
• Top destination countries
  Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Australia, Portugal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Brazil, New Zealand, Malaysia
• Number of refugees
  Not available

Togo

• Stock of immigrants
  202.5
• Stock of immigrants as percentage of population
  2.9%
• Top destination countries
  Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Mali, Rwanda, Lebanon, Germany
• Number of refugees
  21,768

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