MigrantoMigration trends in Mongolia
Asia
175.6K people from Mongolia have built lives abroad. That's 5.0% of the country population, spread across 26 different countries
3.5M
Population
21.8K
Immigrants
175.6K
Emigrants
−153.8K
Outflow
1 in every 21 people born in Mongolia now lives abroad
The #136 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes 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 abroad passed 100K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 104.6K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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