Migration trends in the Dominican Republic
Latin America
1.9M people from the Dominican Republic have built lives abroad. That's 16.8% of the country population, spread across 56 different countries
11.4M
Population
729.2K
Immigrants
1.9M
Emigrants
−1.2M
Outflow
Every 7th person born in the Dominican Republic now lives abroad
The #43 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in the Dominican Republic
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
289.9K immigrants · 462.3K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 42%
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2010
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
2015
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
Today
- Surge of immigrants from Venezuela — 90.1K new arrivals
- Since 1990: 439.2K more foreign-born residents and 1.5M more citizens living abroad