MigrantoMigration trends in Guam
Oceania
Guam takes in more people than it loses: 81.4K immigrants against 1.2K emigrants. Net balance +80.2K — 48% of the country's population
167.8K
Population
81.4K
Immigrants
1.2K
Emigrants
+80.2K
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of Guam was born abroad — and 1 in 143 people born in Guam lives abroad
#140 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Guam
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
67.1K immigrants · 1.5K emigrants
1995
- Philippines overtook USA as the largest source of new arrivals
2010
- The exodus eased — the diaspora shrank by 30%
Today
- Migration accounted for 63% of the country's population growth
- 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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