MigrantoMigration trends in Guyana
Latin America
Guyana loses more people than it takes in: 469.6K emigrants against 53.2K immigrants. Net balance −416.4K — 50% of the country's population
831.1K
Population
53.2K
Immigrants
469.6K
Emigrants
−416.4K
Outflow
1 in 16 residents of Guyana was born abroad — and 1 in 3 people born in Guyana lives abroad
#109 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Guyana
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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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