MigrantoMigration trends in Angola
Africa
Angola loses more people than it takes in: 617K emigrants against 159.3K immigrants. Net balance −457.7K — 1% of the country's population
37.9M
Population
159.3K
Immigrants
617K
Emigrants
−457.7K
Outflow
1 in 238 residents of Angola was born abroad — and 1 in 62 people born in Angola lives abroad
#94 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Angola
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
27.8K immigrants · 799.1K emigrants
2000
- The diaspora peaked at 873.5K and then began to shrink
2005
- The exodus eased — the diaspora 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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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