Statistical Terms
International migrant stock
- Topic
- People-to-People Exchange
- Definition
- The estimates of the number (or “stock”) of international migrants disaggregated by age, sex and country or area of origin are based on national statistics, in most cases obtained from population censuses. Additionally, population registers and nationally representative surveys provided information on the number and composition of international migrants.
- Source
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2020). International Migrant Stock 2020.
- Periodicity
- Annual
- Temporal Coverage
- 1999-2019
- Note
- The dataset presents estimates of international migrant by age, sex and origin. Estimates are presented for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 and are available. The estimates are based on official statistics on the foreign-born or the foreign population.