MigrantoMigration 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
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 USA — 133.9K people left
2005
- USA 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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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