"Asian Outmigrants by Subregion and Their Regional Destination, 2019 (number of international migrants)"
"Figure 5.5"
Source,Number of migrants,Destination
Central Asia,"7,139",Africa
East Asia,"82,562",Africa
Oceania,"20,916",Africa
Pacific,"1,256",Africa
South Asia,"145,816",Africa
Southeast Asia,"54,313",Africa
Central Asia,"998,547",Asia
East Asia,"6,951,346",Asia
Oceania,"771,765",Asia
Pacific,"309,104",Asia
South Asia,"11,799,237",Asia
Southeast Asia,"10,969,985",Asia
Central Asia,"9,080,203",Europe
East Asia,"1,679,904",Europe
Oceania,"386,641",Europe
Pacific,"14,112",Europe
South Asia,"3,927,003",Europe
Southeast Asia,"1,898,785",Europe
Central Asia,"14,868",Latin America and the Caribbean
East Asia,"272,663",Latin America and the Caribbean
Oceania,"9,742",Latin America and the Caribbean
Pacific,"1,697",Latin America and the Caribbean
South Asia,"22,627",Latin America and the Caribbean
Southeast Asia,"16,436",Latin America and the Caribbean
Central Asia,"138,902",Middle East
East Asia,"30,912",Middle East
Oceania,"7,877",Middle East
South Asia,"20,565,950",Middle East
Southeast Asia,"4,178,150",Middle East
Central Asia,"302,754",North America
East Asia,"5,678,894",North America
Oceania,"166,315",North America
Pacific,"135,287",North America
South Asia,"4,765,440",North America
Southeast Asia,"5,436,709",North America
East Asia,"369,516",Other regions
Oceania,"1,797",Other regions
Pacific,"36,435",Other regions
South Asia,"1,959",Other regions
Southeast Asia,"84,562",Other regions


"Source: ADB calculations using data from United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. International Migrant Stock: The 2019 Revision. https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates19.asp (accessed May 2020)."

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