Migration flows
Where people move between countries
For 2025, these are the countries with the biggest net gain (more people arrived than left) and the biggest net loss. Net is simply arrivals minus departures for the year. Click any country to see exactly where its people go and where they come from. All figures are reported movements — no estimates.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas, The
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Channel Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Congo, Rep.
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt, Arab Rep.
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Rep.
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
- Korea, Rep.
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Lao PDR
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao SAR, China
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Naoero
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia, Fed. Rep.
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Martin (French part)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, RB
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- West Bank and Gaza
- Yemen, Rep.
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Top 10 gaining
More people arrived than left
- 1 Germany 2,900,727 in · 953 out +2,899,774
- 2 United States 2,708,688 in · 7,446 out +2,701,242
- 3 Turkiye 2,488,290 in · 266,981 out +2,221,309
- 4 Uganda 1,971,968 in · 24,193 out +1,947,775
- 5 Chad 1,511,634 in · 32,392 out +1,479,242
- 6 Pakistan 1,278,540 in · 155,563 out +1,122,977
- 7 Bangladesh 1,178,105 in · 124,303 out +1,053,802
- 8 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1,098,301 in · 70,055 out +1,028,246
- 9 Poland 1,004,141 in · 1,775 out +1,002,366
- 10 France 860,342 in · 621 out +859,721
Top 10 losing
More people left than arrived
- 1 Ukraine 2,744 in · 5,250,714 out -5,247,970
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 14,029 in · 5,020,119 out -5,006,090
- 3 Afghanistan 21,251 in · 2,941,567 out -2,920,316
- 4 Sudan 859,963 in · 3,761,034 out -2,901,071
- 5 South Sudan 605,064 in · 2,510,483 out -1,905,419
- 6 Myanmar 0 in · 1,592,202 out -1,592,202
- 7 Venezuela, RB 15,899 in · 1,598,166 out -1,582,267
- 8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 46,669 in · 1,128,308 out -1,081,639
- 9 Congo, Dem. Rep. 603,844 in · 1,344,910 out -741,066
- 10 Central African Republic 63,761 in · 756,822 out -693,061