MigrantoMigration trends in Cambodia
Asia
Cambodia loses more people than it takes in: 778.8K emigrants against 80.6K immigrants. Net balance −698.2K — 4% of the country's population
17.6M
Population
80.6K
Immigrants
778.8K
Emigrants
−698.2K
Outflow
1 in 219 residents of Cambodia was born abroad — and 1 in 24 people born in Cambodia lives abroad
#81 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Cambodia
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 USA as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 44%
- Surge of departures to Thailand — 124.1K people left
2010
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 28%
- The diaspora passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 517.7K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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