Migration trends in Barbados
Latin America
20.8K people from around the world have made Barbados their home. That's 7.4% of the country population, arriving from 21 different countries
282.5K
Population
20.8K
Immigrants
19.6K
Emigrants
+1.2K
Inflow
1 in every 14 people in Barbados was born abroad
The #187 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Barbados
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
18.5K immigrants · 20.7K emigrants
1995
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2000
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
2005
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
2010
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 1.4K
2020
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad