This report presents the highlights of the International Migration Report 2017, which analyses levels and trends of international migration, based on the 2017 revision of the international migrant stock. The data for the number of international migrants in this report are derived from the publication Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2017 Revision, while the estimates and projections of the total population and of net migration are derived from the publication World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition. The status of ratification of the migration-related legal instruments of the United Nations is based on information from the United Nations Treaty Section (http://treaties.un.org). The annex of this publication provides the estimates of the number of international migrants for 2000 and 2017, the percentage of migrants in the total population, the percentage of female migrants, and the median age of migrants for 232 countries or areas of the world.
