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2. Global migration change, 1990-2020
Change in the Middle East-North Africa region’s migrant population
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- 2. Global migration change, 1990-2020
- Worldwide, migrant counts have increased for all major religious groups
- Since 1990, the religious composition of migrants has remained fairly stable
- In the Asia-Pacific region, every migrant group except for Hindus has grown in number
- Change in Asia-Pacific region’s migrant population
- Migrants in Europe are most often Christian
- Change in Europe’s migrant population
- In the Latin America-Caribbean region, migration has surged since 2015
- Change in the Latin America-Caribbean region’s migrant population
- The Middle East-North Africa region has more than 30 million Muslim migrants
- Change in the Middle East-North Africa region’s migrant population
- Christian migrants in North America have doubled
- Change in North America’s migrant population
- 54% of migrants in sub-Saharan Africa are Christian
- Change in sub-Saharan Africa’s migrant population