Migration trends in Guyana
Latin America
469.6K people from Guyana have built lives abroad. That's 56.5% of the country population, spread across 42 different countries
831.1K
Population
53.2K
Immigrants
469.6K
Emigrants
−416.4K
Outflow
Every 3rd person born in Guyana now lives abroad
The #109 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Guyana
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3.7K immigrants · 217.7K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 53%
2010
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 23%
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 74%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Migration accounted for 96% of the country's population growth
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 252K more citizens living abroad