In 2024, around 280 million people lived in a different country from the one in which they were born. That’s around 3.5% of the global population.
Where were these international migrants born, and where did they move to?
Our colleague Sophia Mersmann built a new interactive data visualization that lets you answer these questions — for any country you’re interested in.
First, select a country. On the left-hand side of the visualization, you can see the total number of people living in that country who were born elsewhere, and where they were born.
On the right-hand side, you can see the number of people born in that country who have moved away, and where they moved to.
ALT New interactive data visualization by Our World in Data showing data on where migrants live and where they were born. The data source is UN DESA (2024). The chart is licensed CC BY