As of 2019, India had the highest number of emigrants in the Asia Pacific region, with 17.51 million emigrants having left India. India was also a host of 5.15 million international migrants, the second-largest international migrant stock in the Asia Pacific region as of 2019. China had the second-highest number of emigrants, with 10.73 million emigrants around the world as of 2019.
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Number of international migrants from Asia Pacific in 2019, by country
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Number of migrants in thousands
India
17,513.53
China
10,734.81
Bangladesh
7,835.38
Pakistan
6,509.98
Philippines
5,996.16
Afghanistan
5,120.96
Indonesia
4,533.05
Myanmar
3,699.5
Vietnam
2,857.44
South Korea
2,307.37
Nepal
2,285.42
Sri Lanka
1,910.47
Malaysia
1,689.32
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of migrants in thousands17,513.5317,513.5310,734.8110,734.817,835.387,835.386,509.986,509.985,996.165,996.165,120.965,120.964,533.054,533.053,699.53,699.52,857.442,857.442,307.372,307.372,285.422,285.421,910.471,910.471,689.321,689.321,347.091,347.091,111.171,111.171,097.971,097.97979.98979.98838.96838.96787.72787.72577.34577.34352.24352.24222.73222.73161.95161.95124.27124.27113.12113.1273.4973.4963.6563.6549.2349.2346.9946.9939.239.222.4922.4921.8221.828.218.217.357.355.595.594.834.834.754.754.374.374.234.233.283.283.053.052.762.762.652.652.422.422.22.21.981.981.821.82IndiaChinaBangladeshPakistanPhilippinesAfghanistanIndonesiaMyanmarVietnamSouth KoreaNepalSri LankaMalaysiaLaosHong KongCambodiaThailandJapanNew ZealandAustraliaSingaporeFijiMacaoSamoaNorth KoreaMongoliaTongaBhutanBruneiTimor-LesteCook IslandsMicronesiaMarshall IslandsVanuatuNiueNew CaledoniaPapua New GuineaKiribatiSolomon IslandsTuvaluMaldivesNorthern Mariana IslandsPalauNauruGuamFrench PolynesiaAmerican Samoa
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UNESCAP. (December 18, 2020). Number of international migrants from Asia Pacific in 2019, by country (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220571/apac-number-of-international-migrants-by-country/
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UNESCAP. (2020). Number of international migrants from Asia Pacific in 2019, by country (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220571/apac-number-of-international-migrants-by-country/
UNESCAP. "Number of International Migrants from Asia Pacific in 2019, by Country (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220571/apac-number-of-international-migrants-by-country/
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