Migration trends in Haiti

Latin America

Haiti loses more people than it takes in: 2M emigrants against 18.1K immigrants. Net balance −2M — 17% of the country's population

11.8M

Population

18.1K

Immigrants

Emigrants

−2M

Outflow

1 in 650 residents of Haiti was born abroad — and 1 in 7 people born in Haiti lives abroad

#40 in the world by net migration loss

Top corridors

The largest migration flows in Haiti

Where people move to

1USA

798.2K39.6%

2Dominican Republic

535.1K26.5%

3Chile

172.1K8.5%

Haitian Diaspora

Where people come from

1Venezuela

2.6K14.2%

2Dominican Republic

2.5K13.6%

3USA

1.6K9.1%

Immigrants in Haiti

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

17.7K immigrants · 521.4K emigrants

2010

The diaspora passed 1M people

2020

Surge of departures to Chile — 154.6K people left

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 1.5M more emigrants

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

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