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