MigrantoMigration trends in Angola
Africa
617K people from Angola have built lives abroad. That's 1.6% of the country population, spread across 40 different countries
37.9M
Population
159.3K
Immigrants
617K
Emigrants
−457.7K
Outflow
1.6% of people born in Angola now live abroad
The #94 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Angola
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
27.8K immigrants · 799.1K emigrants
2000
- The diaspora abroad peaked at 873.5K and then began to shrink
2005
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 24%
- Emigration to Zambia declined sharply — 139.6K fewer migrants there
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 98%
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2020
- Portugal replaced DR Congo as the main destination for those leaving
Today
- Since 1990: 131.5K more foreign-born residents and 182.1K fewer citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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