MigrantoMigration trends in Ghana
Africa
1.1M people from Ghana have built lives abroad. That's 3.1% of the country population, spread across 56 different countries
34.4M
Population
453.3K
Immigrants
1.1M
Emigrants
−602.2K
Outflow
1 in every 34 people born in Ghana now lives abroad
The #67 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Ghana
Where people move to
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 abroad passed 500K people
Today
- USA replaced Nigeria as the main destination for those leaving
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
- Since 1990: 299.6K more foreign-born residents and 710.8K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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