Migration trends in Guinea
Africa
508.2K people from Guinea have built lives abroad. That's 3.4% of the country population, spread across 42 different countries
14.8M
Population
108K
Immigrants
508.2K
Emigrants
−400.2K
Outflow
1 in every 30 people born in Guinea now lives abroad
The #107 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Guinea
Where people move to
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 annual 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 abroad passed 500K people
- Since 1990: 292K fewer foreign-born residents and 173.3K more citizens living abroad