1. Migrants living in each region

The United Nations counts international migrants as people of any age who live outside their country (or in some cases, territory) of birth.

Migrants tend to move to regions where their religion is common among the native-born population.

Muslims are by far the biggest group of migrants in the Middle East-North Africa region.

The U.S. is home to some 50.6 million immigrants, making it the world’s top destination country for international migrants.

Venezuela is the most frequent country of origin for migrants in the Latin America-Caribbean region.

Migrants in Sub-Saharan Africa are 54% Christian and 37% Muslim .

South Africa hosts the largest immigrant population in the region ( 2.9 million ), followed by Ivory Coast , Uganda , Nigeria and Ethiopia .

Hindus tend to have made the longest moves, with an average of 3,100 miles between birth and where they currently live.

Muslims have the shortest moves by Muslims , whose birth and destination countries are separated by 1,700 miles .

The average international migrant traveled an estimated 2,200 miles between their origin and destination.