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Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD 2019) Migration Estimates 1950-2018

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1950 - 12/2018
Series or system 
Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD 2019), coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), estimated the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for 204 countries and territories and selected subnational locations.

This dataset provides migration estimates by location, sex, age, and single calendar year for 1950-2018. Data sources used to produce these estimates came from 1,250 censuses and 747 population registry location-years.

For additional GBD results and resources, visit the GBD 2019 Data Resources page.

Keywords 
International migration
Related publications and visualizations 
Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 3, 2023