Some, including Jordan, Iran, Uganda and Mexico, have high proportions of children in their overall migrant population (46, 42, 54, and 57 per cent respectively.) In other countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany and the United States of America, children are a relatively small percentage of the migrant population, but those countries’ overall migrant populations are so large that the total number of migrant children is still comparatively high. The countries with the highest numbers of child migrants generally share one of two characteristics.
Half of all the world’s child migrants live in just 15 countries, led by the United States of America, which is home to 3.3 million child migrants. Around 18 per cent of all migrant children live in Africa (6.2 million). Europe and Northern America, on the other hand, are together home to 31 per cent of all migrant children (11.0 million) – more than three times their share of the global child population (9 per cent). This represents 39 per cent of all migrant children, though it is actually much lower than Asia’s proportion of global child population (55 per cent of all children). Nearly 14 million of the world’s international child migrants live in Asia. The arrows show corridors of migration from the region of origin (emigrants) leading to the region of destination (immigrants) and are scaled to size. This chart shows the global migration stock in 2020 by origin and destination. Number of international migrants by region of origin and destination, 2020 (in millions) Migration within regions accounts for more than half of all international migration In 2020, there were 46 million international migrants born in Asia but living outside of Asia. Owing in large part to its substantial share of the total population, Asia is also the region of origin for the highest number of migrants who leave their region of birth. Globally, more than half of international migrants have moved to another country within the same region where they were born.Īpproximately one quarter of all the world’s migrants were born in Asia and live in a different country within Asia another 16 per cent of international migrants are Europeans who have moved within Europe. Like adults, most children who move migrate primarily within their own regions. In 2020, one in every 66 children worldwide lived outside the country of his or her birth. Origin and destination of international migrants Number of international migrants by age, 1990 to 2020 (in millions) In 2020, the number of international migrants reached 281 million 36 million of them were children. Together with the rising global population, this has contributed to the 83 per cent increase of the international migrant population globally from 153 million in 1990 to 281 million in 2020.The number of migrant children increased from around 24 million during the period 1990–2000 by 50 per cent to 36 million in 2020. The share of the international migrant stock as part of the total population, which had remained just under three per cent between 19, has risen to 3.6 per cent by 2020. This measure refers to specific point in time and is irrespective from the reason for leaving the home country or the duration the person has already spent in current country of residence. The most widely available numbers of international migrants refer to the number of people living in a country outside their country of birth – also called migrant stock. There is no internationally agreed on definition of migrants – usage varies by context and purpose. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaĪmong the world’s migrants are nearly 34 million refugees and asylum seekers who have been forcibly displaced from their own countries – half of them children. China, Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionĬhina, Macao Special Administrative Region
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