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Key insights on migration trends, cost of living, visas, economy, and quality of life in French Guiana
Migration trends
In French Guiana, migration defines the society: a very large share of residents are foreign-born, about 123.4K people, and that community has grown 23% over the past decade. The arrivals are unusually mixed — led by Suriname (28.6K), Brazil, and mainland France in close succession — rather than dominated by one origin. Very few leave.
Immigrants123.4K · foreign-born residents
Diaspora4.5K · French Guiana abroad
Trends+119K · more arrive than leave
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