MigrantoMigration trends in Guinea
Africa
Guinea loses more people than it takes in: 508.2K emigrants against 108K immigrants. Net balance −400.2K — 3% of the country's population
14.8M
Population
108K
Immigrants
508.2K
Emigrants
−400.2K
Outflow
1 in 137 residents of Guinea was born abroad — and 1 in 30 people born in Guinea lives abroad
#107 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Guinea
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
400K immigrants · 335K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 92%
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of immigrants from Sierra Leone — 257.1K new arrivals
- Net migration doubled — the surplus reached 429.8K
2000
- Sierra Leone overtook Liberia as the largest source of new arrivals
- Immigration from Liberia declined sharply — 311.4K fewer migrants from there
2005
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 65%
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
- Immigration from Sierra Leone declined sharply — 338.7K fewer migrants from there
2010
- Mali overtook Liberia as the largest source of new arrivals
Today
- The diaspora passed 500K people
- Since 1990: 292K fewer foreign-born residents and 173.3K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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