Migration trends in the Falkland Islands
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Falkland Islands takes in more people than it loses: 2.2K immigrants against 93 emigrants. Net balance +2.1K — 0% of the country's population
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Population
2.2K
Immigrants
93
Emigrants
+2.1K
Inflow
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Falkland Islands
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
824 immigrants · 1.1K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 70%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 1K
2005
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
2010
- The exodus eased — the diaspora shrank by 62%
- Net migration doubled — the surplus reached 963
2020
- The exodus eased — the diaspora shrank by 45%
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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