MigrantoMigration trends in Turkey
Middle East
6.8M people from around the world have made Turkey their home. That's 8.0% of the country population, arriving from 44 different countries
85.5M
Population
6.8M
Immigrants
3.1M
Emigrants
+3.7M
Inflow
1 in every 13 people in Turkey was born abroad
The #11 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Turkey
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
1.1M immigrants · 1.9M emigrants
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 173%
- Syria overtook Bulgaria as the largest source of new arrivals
- Entered the world's 20 biggest immigrant destinations
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
2020
- Rose into the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in the Middle East
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of immigrants from Iraq — 300.3K new arrivals
- Surge of immigrants from Afghanistan — 169.7K new arrivals
Today
- Since 1990: 5.7M more foreign-born residents and 1.3M more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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