MigrantoMigration trends in the Bahamas
Latin America
Bahamas takes in more people than it loses: 66.1K immigrants against 2.2K emigrants. Net balance +63.9K — 16% of the country's population
401.3K
Population
66.1K
Immigrants
2.2K
Emigrants
+63.9K
Inflow
1 in 6 residents of the Bahamas was born abroad — and 1 in 186 people born in the Bahamas lives abroad
#154 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Bahamas
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
25.3K immigrants · 2.1K emigrants
1995
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
2015
- Roughly 1 in 7 residents was now foreign-born
Today
- Migration accounted for 67% 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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