Net Migration by Country 2024
This chart ranks countries by net migration in 2024, the number of people entering minus the number leaving over the year. A positive figure means more arrivals than departures. It counts movement in a single year, not the accumulated forei...
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Net Migration by Country 2024The United States lead with a net inflow of 1,286,132 people, narrowly ahead of Ukraine on 1,146,012. Ukraine's position at second requires care in reading: this is a net inflow for 2024, and it follows the mass outflow of millions after the 2022 invasion, so the figure represents movement back toward a country whose population had already fallen sharply, not growth in the ordinary sense. Syria's 546,494 sits in the same category. The remainder are the world's established migration destinations: the United Kingdom on 417,114, Canada on 368,599 and the United Arab Emirates on 278,439. Chad's 204,040 stands out as an inflow driven by refugees from neighbouring conflicts rather than by economic opportunity.
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