97% of the world's population lives in the country where they were born, and the numbers have been stable since data collection began.
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The claim does not cite specific sources (IOM or UN DESA)
The exact percentage varies slightly by data source and year: IOM (2024) cites 3.3% migrants (96.7% in birth country), while UN DESA 2020 data shows 3.6% migrants (96.4% in birth country)
The data has shown slight variation over time rather than being completely static - international migrants increased from 2.8% of world population in 2000 to 3.6% in 2020
Sources
PrimaryIOM World Migration Report 2024Only one in 30 people are migrants (3.3%), meaning approximately 96.7% of the world's population lives in the country where they were born
PrimaryIOM World Migration Report 2024 (PDF)UN estimates indicate 281 million international migrants (3.6% of world population) as of mid-2020, meaning 96.4% live in their country of birth