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69 thousand
(between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2024)
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
281 million
(at mid-year 2020)
280,598,105 PEOPLE were estimated to be international migrants in the World at mid-year 2020.
Source: UN DESA, 2020.
FEMALE MIGRANTS
48 %
(at mid-year 2020)
An estimated 48.1 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants in the World at mid-year 2020 were girls and women.
Source: UN DESA, 2020.
CHILD MIGRANTS
13 %
(in 2020)
An estimated 12.6 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants in the World in 2020 were children below 18 years of 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.
Source: UN DESA, 2020.
LABOUR MIGRANTS
169 million
(in 2019)
An estimated 169 MILLION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT WORKERS – defined as international migrants of working age in the labour force – made up 62 PER CENT of the total number of international migrants globally in 2019.
Source: ILO, 2021.
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.
MISSING MIGRANTS
69 thousand
(between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2024)
Between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2024, at least 69,150 migrants were recorded as missing or dead in the World during international migration.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
207 thousand
(between 2002 and 2022)
Over 206,582 VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS of trafficking have been identified by or reported to Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) partners in the World between 2002 and 2022.
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.