International migrant stock by destination country or area, mid-2024.
International migrant stock is ranked by destination country or area for mid-2024. The data use the 10 largest destinations, with shares measured against the UN DESA world total of 304.022 million people. The United States ranked first with 52.4 million international migrants, about 17.2% of the global stock. The top 10 destinations together accounted for 47.9% of the global total.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 52.4M | mid-2024 |
| 2 | Germany | 16.8M | mid-2024 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 13.7M | mid-2024 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 11.8M | mid-2024 |
| 5 | France | 9.2M | mid-2024 |
| 6 | Spain | 8.9M | mid-2024 |
| 7 | Canada | 8.8M | mid-2024 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 8.2M | mid-2024 |
| 9 | Australia | 8.1M | mid-2024 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 7.6M | mid-2024 |
Source 1: UN DESA Population Division
Publisher: UN DESA Population Division
Dataset/table: International Migrant Stock 2024
Units: million people; share of global migrant stock
Date checked: 2026-05-26
Evidence: Supports the 2024 world migrant-stock denominator and leading destination values.
UN DESA reports destination countries or areas, so public wording uses destinations rather than nations. Shares use the world international migrant-stock denominator from the same source.
Rows use UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 values in millions of people. The graphic plots raw destination counts; global shares are kept in facts because the 10-row graphic is a leaderboard rather than a concentration table.
Rows use the same UN DESA source, period and unit. Source status remains source-labelled because the source file is an advance institutional release and values are rounded to one decimal million.
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