The opinions expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). [...] The size of a migration corridor from country A to country B is measured as the number of people born in country A who were residing in country B at the time of the estimate. [...] Of the refugees under UNHCR’s mandate at the end of 2022, the top 10 countries of origin – the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea – accounted for more than 87 per cent of the total refugee population. [...] The protracted conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic meant that the country continued to be the largest origin of refugees in the world at the end of 2022 (6.5 million), although this was a decrease from 6.8 million in 2021. [...] However, IDMC acknowledges the challenges associated with distinguishing between disasters and conflict as the immediate cause of displacement and highlights the growing need to identify better ways to report on displacement in the context of multiple drivers.42 At an estimated 62.5 million, the total global stock of people internally displaced by conflict and violence in 65 countries and territo.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction 3
- Defining migration migrant and other key terms 4
- International migrants numbers and trends 5
- International Migrant Population Estimates When is the next migrant stock data set due to be released 6
- Table 1. International migrants since 1970 6
- Figure 1. Top international country-to-country migration corridors 2024 7
- Why do some definitions of international migrant differ 8
- Figure 2. International migrants by sex 8
- Figure 3. International migrants by sex top 20 destination countries left 9
- Figure 4. International migrants by sex top 20 destination countries left 10
- Figure 5. Geographic distribution of migrant workers by sex millions 11
- International migration and long-term population trends 12
- International migration flows 12
- Conflating migration and migrant 13
- Figure 6. Inflows of foreign nationals into OECD countries permanent migration 14
- 20012021 millions 14
- Collaboration with the private sector on new data to understand migration flows better 14
- Unsafe migration flows 16
- Figure 7. Migrant deaths by region 20142023 16
- COVID-19 impacts on mobility 17
- Figure 8. Government responses to minimize COVID-19 transmission by number of countries 18
- Figure 9. Air passengers carried globally 19452022 19
- International remittances 19
- Figure 10. International remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries 20002022 20
- Table 2. Top 10 countries receivingsending international remittances 20102022 21
- Figure 11. Top 10 recipient countries of international remittances by share of GDP 2022 22
- Figure 12. Average cost of sending USD 200 by region of the world 20152022 23
- International students 24
- Figure 13. International students globally 2001 to 2021 24
- Figure 14. Internationally mobile students globally by gender 20012021 millions 25
- IOMs Health Assessment Programme 26
- Refugees and asylum-seekers 26
- Figure 15. Number of refugees by top five countries of origin 20052022 millions 27
- Figure 16. Number of refugees by top five host countries 20052022 millions 28
- Table 3. Number of refugees needing resettlement and number of refugees resettled globally from 2005 29
- Figure 17. Number of refugees resettled by major resettlement countries in 20022022 30
- IOMs role in resettlement 31
- Internally displaced persons 32
- Figure 18. Top 20 countries with the largest populations of internally displaced persons by conflict 33
- Displacements in 2022 34
- Figure 19. Internal displacements due to conflict and disasters 20122022 millions 34
- IOMs Displacement Tracking Matrix 35
- Conclusions 36
- References 37
