Migration trends in Palestine
Middle East
4.2M people from Palestine have built lives abroad. That's 80.0% of the country population, spread across 52 different countries
5.3M
Population
250K
Immigrants
4.2M
Emigrants
−4M
Outflow
Every 2nd person born in Palestine now lives abroad
The #18 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Palestine
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
265.8K immigrants · 1.8M emigrants
2000
- Became the biggest country by emigrants in the Middle East
2005
- Surge of departures to Saudi Arabia — 255.9K people left
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 2.4M more citizens living abroad