Migration trends in Mongolia

Asia

Mongolia loses more people than it takes in: 175.6K emigrants against 21.8K immigrants. Net balance −153.8K — 4% of the country's population

3.5M

Population

21.8K

Immigrants

175.6K

Emigrants

−153.8K

Outflow

1 in 162 residents of Mongolia was born abroad — and 1 in 21 people born in Mongolia lives abroad

#136 in the world by net migration loss

Top corridors

The largest migration flows in Mongolia

Where people move to

75.8K43.2%

45.7K26.0%

20.2K11.5%

Where people come from

1China

12.1K55.4%

2Russia

3.4K15.7%

3South Korea

2.1K9.6%

Immigrants in Mongolia

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

6K immigrants · 71K emigrants

2005

A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 47%

2010

The diaspora passed 100K people

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 104.6K more emigrants

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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