MigrantoMigration trends in French Guiana
Latin America
French Guiana takes in more people than it loses: 123.4K immigrants against 4.5K emigrants. Net balance +119K — 0% of the country's population
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Population
123.4K
Immigrants
4.5K
Emigrants
+119K
Inflow
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in French Guiana
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
60.4K immigrants · 3K emigrants
2010
- Suriname overtook France as the largest source of new arrivals
2015
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
Today
- Since 1990: 63.1K more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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