MigrantoMigration trends in Aruba
Latin America
Aruba takes in more people than it loses: 71K immigrants against 29.3K emigrants. Net balance +41.7K — 39% of the country's population
108K
Population
71K
Immigrants
29.3K
Emigrants
+41.7K
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of Aruba was born abroad — and 1 in 5 people born in Aruba lives abroad
#146 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Aruba
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
11.1K immigrants · 4.6K emigrants
1995
- Roughly 1 in 5 residents was now foreign-born
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 71%
- Net migration doubled — the surplus reached 14.2K
2010
- Migration accounted for 63% of the country's population growth
2020
- Venezuela overtook Colombia as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 50%
Today
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 76%
- Since 1990: 59.9K more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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