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Migration trends in Equatorial Guinea

Africa

136.8K people from Equatorial Guinea have built lives abroad. That's 7.2% of the country population, spread across 18 different countries

1.9M

Population

11.3K

Immigrants

136.8K

Emigrants

−125.5K

Outflow

1 in every 15 people born in Equatorial Guinea now lives abroad

The #144 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Equatorial Guinea

Where people move to

🥇🇬🇦Gabon94.4K69.0%
🥈🇪🇸Spain24.4K17.8%
🥉🇬🇳Guinea9.9K7.3%

Where people come from

🥇🇫🇷France5.9K52.2%
🥉🇪🇸Spain1.7K14.6%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

2.2K immigrants · 27.8K emigrants

1995

  • An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 44%

2005

  • A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 46%

2015

  • The diaspora abroad passed 100K people

Today

  • Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 109K more citizens living abroad