The IOM's tally, which mainly focuses mostly on migrants heading to Europe, stood at 28,500 as of October 1.
The Associated Press reported that an additional 28,300 people had either died or gone missing according to data it compiled from international groups, forensic records, missing persons reports, death records, and interviews with migrants and refugees.
Despite talk of the 'waves' of African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean, as many 16 million people migrate within Africa, the AP said.
Since 2014, at least 18,400 African migrants had died travelling within the continent, according to the figures compiled from AP and IOM records. That figure included more than 4,300 unidentified bodies in the South African province of Gauteng.
Little was known about the toll in South America, where migration among Venezuelans was among the world's biggest today. Or in Asia, the leading region for migration.
"No matter where you stand on the whole migration management debate ... these are still human beings on the move," said Bram Frouws, the head of the Mixed Migration Centre. "Whether it's refugees or people moving for jobs, they are human beings."
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