Migration trends in Guatemala
Latin America
1.5M people from Guatemala have built lives abroad. That's 7.9% of the country population, spread across 39 different countries
18.4M
Population
90.2K
Immigrants
1.5M
Emigrants
−1.4M
Outflow
1 in every 14 people born in Guatemala now lives abroad
The #54 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Guatemala
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
264.2K immigrants · 323.4K emigrants
1995
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 273.8K
2000
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 69%
- Immigration from El Salvador declined sharply — 112.3K fewer migrants from there
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2015
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
Today
- Since 1990: 174K fewer foreign-born residents and 1.1M more citizens living abroad