International migrants' origins as of 2010, by region

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 8, 2012
This statistic shows the regions of origin of international migrants as of 2010. According to the survey, approximately 71.5 million people migrated from Asia and the Pacific region in their lifetime, which equals 33 percent of all emigrants.

International migrants' origins as of 2010, by region

Region of originNumber of migrants
Asia, Pacific 71,510,000
Europe 60,900,000
Latin America and Caribbean 34,320,000
Middle East and North Africa 22,460,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 21,390,000
North America 3,760,000
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March 2012

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2010

Supplementary notes

Estimates were rounded to the nearest 100,000.

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