Migration trends in American Samoa

Oceania

23.1K people from around the world have made American Samoa their home. That's 49.4% of the country population, arriving from 10 different countries

46.8K

Population

23.1K

Immigrants

3.4K

Emigrants

+19.7K

Inflow

Every 2nd person in American Samoa was born abroad

The #181 largest immigrant destination worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in American Samoa

Where people come from

1Samoa

15.9K69.0%

2USA

2.6K11.1%

1.3K5.6%

Where people move to

1.3K37.2%

1.1K31.4%

51915.4%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

20.5K immigrants · 1.1K emigrants

1995

An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 50%

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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