MigrantoMigration trends in the Comoros
Africa
Comoros loses more people than it takes in: 367.6K emigrants against 11.1K immigrants. Net balance −356.5K — 41% of the country's population
866.6K
Population
11.1K
Immigrants
367.6K
Emigrants
−356.5K
Outflow
1 in 78 residents of the Comoros was born abroad — and 1 in 3 people born in the Comoros lives abroad
#118 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Comoros
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
12.6K immigrants · 32.5K emigrants
1995
- Mayotte replaced France as the main destination for those leaving
2000
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 53%
2010
- The diaspora passed 100K people
2015
- France replaced Mayotte as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 69%
Today
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 41%
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 335.1K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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