MigrantoMigration trends in Ghana
Africa
Ghana loses more people than it takes in: 1.1M emigrants against 453.3K immigrants. Net balance −602.2K — 2% of the country's population
34.4M
Population
453.3K
Immigrants
1.1M
Emigrants
−602.2K
Outflow
1 in 76 residents of Ghana was born abroad — and 1 in 34 people born in Ghana lives abroad
#67 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Ghana
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
153.7K immigrants · 344.7K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 57%
- Surge of immigrants from Togo — 82.6K new arrivals
2000
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 266.3K
2005
- Nigeria replaced Ivory Coast as the main destination for those leaving
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 55%
- The diaspora passed 500K people
Today
- USA replaced Nigeria as the main destination for those leaving
- The diaspora passed 1M people
- Since 1990: 299.6K more foreign-born residents and 710.8K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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