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73 thousand
(between 1 January 2014 and 28 February 2025)
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
304 million
(at mid-year 2024)
304,021,813 PEOPLE were estimated to be international migrants in the World at mid-year 2024.
Source: UN DESA, 2024.
SHARE OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN POPULATION
4 %
(at mid-year 2024)
in the World at mid-year 2024, an estimated 3.7 PER CENT of the total population were migrants.
Source: UN DESA, 2024.
FEMALE MIGRANTS
48 %
(at mid-year 2024)
An estimated 48 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants in the World at mid-year 2024 were girls and women.
Source: UN DESA, 2024.
CHILD MIGRANTS
13 %
(in 2020)
An estimated 12.6 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants in the World were children below 18 years of age in 2020 (the latest available estimates disaggregated by age).
YOUNG MIGRANTS
11 %
(at mid-year 2020)
An estimated 11.3 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants in the World at mid-year 2020 were between 15 and 24 years of age (the latest available estimates disaggregated by age).
Source: UN DESA, 2020.
LABOUR MIGRANTS
168 million
(in 2022)
An estimated 167.7 MILLION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT WORKERS – defined as international migrants of working age in the labour force – made up 59 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants globally in 2022.
Source: ILO, 2024.
REMITTANCES (USD)
857 billion
(in 2023)
An estimated USD 857,306,310,100 of remittances were received in the World in 2023. Remittance flows exceeded Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) by more than USD 270 billion in 2023.
Source: Ratha et al., 2024.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
7 million
(at the end of 2022)
At the end of 2022, an estimated total of 6,859,426.5 international students were studying in the World.
Source: UNESCO, 2023.
MISSING MIGRANTS
73 thousand
(between 1 January 2014 and 28 February 2025)
Between 1 January 2014 and 28 February 2025, at least 73,269 migrants were recorded as missing or dead in the World during international migration.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
223 thousand
(between 2002 and 2023)
Over 222,751 VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS of trafficking have been identified by or reported to Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) partners in the World between 2002 and 2023. (Click the card to flip it and view the data by year.)
SHARE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AMONG VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
71 %
(in 2023)
Over 70.9 PER CENT of victims of trafficking that have been identified by or reported to Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) partners in the World in 2023 were women or girls.
SHARE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AMONG VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
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REFUGEES & ASYLUM-SEEKERS
44 million
(at the end of 2023)
At the end of 2023, there were an estimated total of 44,464,543 REFUGEES and ASYLUM-SEEKERS in the World.
Source: UNHCR, 2024;
RESETTLED REFUGEES
159 thousand
(in 2023)
According to government statistics, 158,591 REFUGEES arrived in the World through resettlement in 2023.
Source: UNHCR, 2024.
NEW INTERNAL DISPLACEMENTS
47 million
(in 2023)
In 2023, there were an estimated 46,863,388 NEW INTERNAL DISPLACEMENTS in the World.
Source: IDMC, 2024.
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs)
76 million
(at the end of 2023)
At the end of 2023, an estimated total of 75,948,559 people remained internally displaced in the World.
Source: IDMC, 2024.