MigrantoMigration trends in Cameroon
Africa
Cameroon takes in more people than it loses: 625.5K immigrants against 409.7K emigrants. Net balance +215.8K — 1% of the country's population
29.1M
Population
625.5K
Immigrants
409.7K
Emigrants
+215.8K
Inflow
1 in 47 residents of Cameroon was born abroad — and 1 in 72 people born in Cameroon lives abroad
#74 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Cameroon
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
212.5K immigrants · 92.4K emigrants
1995
- The diaspora 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 surplus reached 215.2K
2020
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
Today
- Since 1990: 413K more foreign-born residents and 317.3K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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