Immigration Statistics 2025: Key Facts, Trends & Charts

Page updated: June 2026 · Data year: 2025 · 2026 data pending release · Source: World Bank, Eurostat

This page compiles the most important immigration statistics for 2025 worldwide. This page covers data from 51 countries, Data is sourced from the World Bank, Eurostat, and peer-reviewed research — all fully open and citable. Charts, ranked tables, and key facts are updated automatically as new data becomes available.

Key Immigration Statistics (2025)

281 million
International migrants worldwide (2020)
3.6%
Migrants as % of world population
United States (51M)
Top destination country for migrants
117 million
Forcibly displaced people worldwide (2023)
43.4 million
Refugees under UNHCR mandate (2023)
$860 billion
Global remittances sent (2023)

Key Findings: Immigration Statistics — 2025 (most recent available — 2026 figures not yet published by World Bank/Eurostat) Data

The latest data shows Post-demographic dividend, OECD members, Fragile and conflict affected situations lead globally for net migration (persons), with the highest recorded value of 4.1M persons. At the other end of the scale, World, World, World record the lowest rates among the countries surveyed.

Net migration (persons) by Country (2025)Net migration (persons) by Country (2025) Post-demographic divid… 4.1M OECD members 1.9M Fragile and conflict a… 1.7M Ukraine 1.7M North America 1.6M Europe & Central Asia … 1.3M United States 1.2M Europe & Central Asia 1.2M Arab World 697K Europe & Central Asia … 674K Syrian Arab Republic 422K United Kingdom 390K Canada 326K Sudan 291K Malaysia 167K United Arab Emirates 159K South Africa 146K Japan 141K Australia 137K Colombia 129K
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Net migration (persons) by Country — Ranked Table

#CountryNet migration (persons)Year
1Post-demographic dividend4.1M persons2025
2OECD members1.9M persons2025
3Fragile and conflict affected situations1.7M persons2025
4Ukraine1.7M persons2025
5North America1.6M persons2025
6Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)1.3M persons2025
7United States1.2M persons2025
8Europe & Central Asia1.2M persons2025
9Arab World697.0K persons2025
10Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)674.3K persons2025
11Syrian Arab Republic421.7K persons2025
12United Kingdom389.9K persons2025
13Canada326.2K persons2025
14Sudan291.5K persons2025
15Malaysia166.6K persons2025
16United Arab Emirates158.6K persons2025
17South Africa146.4K persons2025
18Japan140.6K persons2025
19Australia137.1K persons2025
20Colombia129.1K persons2025
21Saudi Arabia119.7K persons2025
22Iran, Islamic Rep.116.8K persons2025
23Africa Eastern and Southern114.9K persons2025
24Oman113.7K persons2025
25Euro area105.1K persons2025
26Netherlands104.7K persons2025
27Spain96.6K persons2025
28France91.7K persons2025
29Italy75.4K persons2025
30Korea, Rep.65.7K persons2025

Methodology

All statistics on this page are sourced from open-licensed public datasets. World Bank data is available under CC BY 4.0. Eurostat data is published under the Eurostat copyright notice permitting free reuse. Manual statistics are sourced from primary research publications and are cited inline. Data is refreshed automatically on a weekly basis. Where multiple years are available, the most recent complete year is shown unless otherwise noted.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the latest immigration statistics?

Based on the most recent data compiled by Statsipedia, we've gathered statistics from authoritative sources including the World Bank, Eurostat, and leading research institutions. See the key statistics section above for the most up-to-date figures.

When were these immigration statistics last updated?

This page was last updated in June 2026. The underlying data points may reflect different collection years — each statistic is labelled with its source year.

Where does the immigration statistics data come from?

Our statistics are sourced from publicly available datasets including the World Bank Open Data platform (CC BY 4.0), Eurostat, and peer-reviewed research. All sources are cited inline and linked to the original publication.

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Sources & Methodology

  • Net migration (persons)
  • IOM World Migration Report 2022
  • IOM 2022
  • UN DESA 2020
  • UNHCR Global Trends 2024
  • UNHCR 2024
  • World Bank Remittances Report 2024
  • EUAA Asylum Report 2024

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