The Top Countries People are Leaving From 🧳✈️

What We’re Showing

This graphic ranks the top 14 countries by number of people who emigrated in 2023. All figures come from the UN World Population Prospects 2024.

See the Dataset tab for a complete list of countries.

Key Takeaway

Pakistan lost the most people due to emigration in 2023, with other Asian nations like India, China, and Bangladesh far up the ranking.

Sudan, which is located in Northeast Africa, also lost over 1 million people due to the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A spokesperson for Doctors Without Borders recently claimed that civilians in Sudan were suffering “horrendous levels of violence”.