Migration trends in Brazil
Latin America
2.2M people from Brazil have built lives abroad. That's 1.0% of the country population, spread across 77 different countries
212M
Population
1.4M
Immigrants
2.2M
Emigrants
−807K
Outflow
1.0% of people born in Brazil now live abroad
The #34 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Brazil
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
778.7K immigrants · 446.7K emigrants
1995
- Japan replaced Paraguay as the main destination for those leaving
- Surge of departures to Japan — 115.9K people left
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2000
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 44%
- Surge of departures to United States — 133.9K people left
2005
- United States replaced Japan as the main destination for those leaving
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in Latin America
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 583.5K
2020
- Venezuela overtook Portugal as the largest source of new arrivals
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 52%
- Surge of immigrants from Venezuela — 293.6K new arrivals
- Surge of immigrants from Portugal — 78.7K new arrivals
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
- Since 1990: 608.7K more foreign-born residents and 1.7M more citizens living abroad