Migration flows · 2025
China
Where people move to and from China in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.
Total leaving China
252,752
Total arriving in China
712
China & its flows
Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).
Incoming vs outgoing by year
Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving China. Reported movements only.
Where China’s people go
Top destination countries
- 1 United States 124,767
- 2 India 63,169
- 3 France 17,097
- 4 Canada 13,685
- 5 Australia 9,638
- 6 Italy 6,145
- 7 Germany 3,874
- 8 United Kingdom 2,028
- 9 Korea, Rep. 1,958
- 10 Switzerland 1,899
- 11 Netherlands 1,474
- 12 New Zealand 1,095
- 13 Austria 962
- 14 Belgium 810
- 15 Brazil 775
- 16 Spain 725
- 17 Costa Rica 644
- 18 Greece 480
- 19 Finland 286
- 20 Norway 273
- 21 Portugal 247
- 22 Sweden 222
- 23 Ireland 203
- 24 Thailand 183
- 25 Japan 113
Where arrivals come from
Top origin countries
- 1 Cameroon 226
- 2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 69
- 3 Uganda 52
- 4 Afghanistan 50
- 5 Zimbabwe 44
- 6 Nigeria 40
- 7 Yemen, Rep. 36
- 8 Pakistan 27
- 9 Ethiopia 19
- 10 West Bank and Gaza 18
- 11 Ukraine 17
- 12 Congo, Dem. Rep. 16
- 13 Ghana 15
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 12
- 15 Russian Federation 11
- 16 Sudan 9
- 17 Congo, Rep. 7
- 18 Eritrea 7
- 19 Iraq 7
- 20 Rwanda 5
- 21 Belarus 5
- 22 Zambia 5
- 23 Cote d'Ivoire 5
- 24 Kenya 5
- 25 Mali 5