Migration trends in Cambodia
Asia
778.8K people from Cambodia have built lives abroad. That's 4.4% of the country population, spread across 31 different countries
17.6M
Population
80.6K
Immigrants
778.8K
Emigrants
−698.2K
Outflow
1 in every 24 people born in Cambodia now lives abroad
The #81 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Cambodia
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
32.7K immigrants · 261.1K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 165%
2000
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2005
- Thailand replaced United States as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 44%
- Surge of departures to Thailand — 124.1K people left
2010
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 28%
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 517.7K more citizens living abroad