MigrantoMigration trends in Iran
Asia
3.8M people from around the world have made Iran their home. That's 4.2% of the country population, arriving from 7 different countries
91.6M
Population
3.8M
Immigrants
1.7M
Emigrants
+2.1M
Inflow
1 in every 24 people in Iran was born abroad
The #16 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Iran
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.3M immigrants · 604.9K emigrants
1995
- Slipped out of the world's 10 biggest immigrant destinations
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 32%
2010
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in Asia
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
Today
- Entered the world's 20 biggest immigrant destinations
- Rose into the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in Asia
- Since 1990: 453.7K fewer foreign-born residents and 1.1M more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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