Migration trends in Benin
Africa
726.5K people from Benin have built lives abroad. That's 5.0% of the country population, spread across 38 different countries
14.5M
Population
373.7K
Immigrants
726.5K
Emigrants
−352.9K
Outflow
1 in every 21 people born in Benin now lives abroad
The #84 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Benin
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
69K immigrants · 226.2K emigrants
2000
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2005
- Togo overtook Niger as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 84%
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 55%
2010
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: 304.6K more foreign-born residents and 500.4K more citizens living abroad