MigrantoMigration trends in Antigua and Barbuda
Latin America
30K people from around the world have made Antigua and Barbuda their home. That's 32.0% of the country population, arriving from 53 different countries
93.8K
Population
30K
Immigrants
13.1K
Emigrants
+16.9K
Inflow
Every 3rd person in Antigua and Barbuda was born abroad
The #174 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Antigua and Barbuda
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 annual surplus reached 9.2K
2015
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad 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 citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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