MigrantoMigration trends in Cuba
Latin America
Cuba loses more people than it takes in: 1.9M emigrants against 2K immigrants. Net balance −1.9M — 17% of the country's population
11M
Population
2K
Immigrants
1.9M
Emigrants
−1.9M
Outflow
1 in 5490 residents of Cuba was born abroad — and 1 in 7 people born in Cuba lives abroad
#44 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Cuba
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
29.6K immigrants · 839.6K emigrants
1995
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 24%
2000
- The diaspora passed 1M people
2005
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 36%
2015
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 35%
Today
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 29%
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 1M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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