Most popular migrant destinations by country

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The map below presents the flag of the nation people who move abroad are most expected to move to. For example, Americans are most likely to move to Mexico. Russian are most likely to move to Ukraine (and vice versa), etc.

Two hundred forty-four million migrants estimate for a relatively small percentage of the world’s total population (about 3.3 percent). Sixty percent of migrants had made homes in developed countries.

Sixty-three percent of world migration consists of people going to nearby nations or countries in the same region.

Ten most popular global destination nations for migrants:

United States — 47 million migrants (15% of the population)
Germany — 12 million migrants (15% of the population)
Russia — 12 million migrants (8 % of the population)
Saudi Arabia — 10 million migrants (32% of the population)
United Kingdom — 9 million migrants (13% of the population)
United Arab Emirates — 81 million migrants (88% of the population)
Canada — 8 million migrants (22% of the population)
France — 8 million migrants (12% of the population)
Australia — 7 million migrants (28% of the population)
Spain — 6 million migrants ( 13% of the population)