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In most cases, international migrants do not randomly choose their country of destination. On the contrary, for a variety of economic, social, linguistic, and other reasons, they migrate to certain countries and, within these countries, to certain cities.

The Global City Migration Map allows you to expand your knowledge and understanding of the movements of international migrants to urban gateways around the world.

The tool leverages one-of-a-kind, city-level data provided by the Globalization, Urbanization and Migration (GUM) project, which hosts data on the foreign born in over 150 metropolitan areas of 1 million or more people in more than 50 countries (click here for GUM's definition of a metropolitan area) .

The Global City Migration Map Tool allows you to generate four maps showing global metropolitan areas with:

1. 1 million or more foreign-born residents + fact sheets on 18 global cities
2. 500,000 or more foreign-born residents
3. 100,000 or more foreign-born residents
4. foreign-born residents accounting for 25+ percent of the city’s total population

Definition: The cities shown on these maps are metropolitan areas of 1 million or more people with at least 100,000 foreign-born residents.

Note: Although every effort was made to ensure the quality of the data, inconsistency in the data may arise due to the assumptions made during the development of the GUM database. We encourage our users to visit the GUM website for further information.

Click on the city’s name on the map to generate a fact sheet showing the number and the share of foreign-born residents in the city, the top countries of origin, and a list of further resources. Our tool provides the fact sheets only for 18 metropolitan areas. To find out about the foreign born living in other metropolitan areas around the world, click here (Hint: first select the country from the menu on the right and then select the metro area of your interest). PDF version of the map | List of metro areas shown on this map PDF version of the map | List of metro areas shown on this map PDF version of the map | List of metro areas shown on this map PDF version of the map | List of metro areas shown on this map Definition: The cities shown on these maps are metropolitan areas of 1 million or more people with at least 100,000 foreign-born residents. Read the article Counting Immigrants in Cities across the Globe by Marie Price and Lisa Benton-Short for a review of the methodology and major findings from the GUM project. List of Metropolitan Areas Shown on Each of the Four Maps Metro Area's Name Country 1 million or more foreign-born residents Chicago USA Dallas USA Dubai United Arab Emirates Hong Kong China Houston USA Jiddah Saudi Arabia London United Kingdom Los Angeles USA Melbourne Australia Miami USA Moscow Russia New York USA Paris France Riyadh Saudi Arabia San Francisco USA Singapore Singapore Sydney Australia Toronto Canada Washington, DC USA   Between 500,000 and 1 million foreign-born residents Atlanta USA Boston USA Buenos Aires Argentina Montreal Canada Phoenix USA Riverside USA San Diego USA San Jose USA St. Petersburg Russia Tel Aviv Israel Vancouver Canada   Between 100,000 and 500,000 foreign-born residents Accra Ghana Amman Jordan Amsterdam Netherlands Athens Greece Auckland New Zealand Austin-San Marcos USA Baltimore, Maryland USA Barcelona Spain Berlin Germany Bern Switzerland Birmingham United Kingdom Bridgeport USA Brisbane Australia Brussels Belgium Calgary Canada Caracas Venezuela Charlotte USA Cleveland USA Cologne Germany Columbus USA Copenhagen Denmark Denver USA Detroit USA Dublin Ireland Edmonton Canada Frankfurt Germany Fresno USA Hamburg Germany Hartford USA Honolulu USA Istanbul Turkey Jerusalem Israel Johannesburg South Africa Kansas City USA Karachi Pakistan Kiev Ukraine Las Vegas USA Lisbon Portugal Lyon France Madrid Spain Manchester United Kingdom Marseille France Mecca Saudi Arabia Milan Italy Minneapolis-St. Paul USA Munich Germany Muscat Oman Nagoya (Aichi Ken) Japan Orlando USA Osaka Japan Ottawa Canada Perth Australia Philadelphia USA Portland USA Providence USA Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rome Italy Sacramento USA St. Louis USA Salt Lake City-Ogden USA San Antonio USA San Juan USA Sao Paulo Brazil Seattle USA Seoul South Korea Stockholm Sweden Taipei Taiwan Tampa USA Tbilisi Georgia Tokyo Japan Tucson USA Vienna Austria Zurich Switzerland   25 percent or more foreign-born residents Amsterdam Netherlands Auckland New Zealand Brussels Belgium Dubai United Arab Emirates Frankfurt Germany Hong Kong China Jerusalem Israel Jiddah Saudi Arabia London United Kingdom Los Angeles USA Medina Saudi Arabia Melbourne Australia Miami USA Muscat Oman New York USA Perth Australia Riyadh Saudi Arabia San Francisco USA San Jose USA Singapore Singapore Sydney Australia Tbilisi Georgia Tel Aviv Israel Toronto Canada Vancouver Canada