MigrantoMigration 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
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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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