MigrantoMigration trends in Antigua and Barbuda
Latin America
Antigua and Barbuda takes in more people than it loses: 30K immigrants against 13.1K emigrants. Net balance +16.9K — 18% of the country's population
93.8K
Population
30K
Immigrants
13.1K
Emigrants
+16.9K
Inflow
1 in 3 residents of Antigua and Barbuda was born abroad — and 1 in 8 people born in Antigua and Barbuda lives abroad
#174 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Antigua and Barbuda
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
11.2K immigrants · 7.4K emigrants
1995
- Roughly 1 in 5 residents was now foreign-born
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 52%
- Net migration doubled — the surplus reached 9.2K
2015
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 58%
Today
- Migration accounted for 56% of the country's population growth
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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