MigrantoMigration trends in Cameroon
Africa
625.5K people from around the world have made Cameroon their home. That's 2.1% of the country population, arriving from 22 different countries
29.1M
Population
625.5K
Immigrants
409.7K
Emigrants
+215.8K
Inflow
1 in every 47 people in Cameroon was born abroad
The #74 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Cameroon
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
212.5K immigrants · 92.4K emigrants
1995
- The diaspora abroad passed 100K people
2000
- France replaced Chad as the main destination for those leaving
2010
- Central African Republic overtook Nigeria as the largest source of new arrivals
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 75%
- Surge of immigrants from Central African Republic — 165.7K new arrivals
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 215.2K
2020
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
Today
- Since 1990: 413K more foreign-born residents and 317.3K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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