Migration trends in Indonesia
Asia
3.7M people from Indonesia have built lives abroad. That's 1.3% of the country population, spread across 66 different countries
283.5M
Population
418.7K
Immigrants
3.7M
Emigrants
−3.3M
Outflow
The #20 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Despite emigrants making up just 1.3% of those born in Indonesia
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Indonesia
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
75.9K immigrants · 1.3M emigrants
2000
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 210%
- Entered the world's 20 largest diasporas
- Surge of immigrants from Timor-Leste — 150.5K new arrivals
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 41%
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2020
- Malaysia overtook Timor-Leste as the largest source of new arrivals
- A significant migration corridor emerged from Malaysia — 94.5K new residents
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 45%
- Since 1990: 342.8K more foreign-born residents and 2.4M more citizens living abroad