Migration trends in Kiribati

Oceania

6.3K people from Kiribati have built lives abroad. That's 4.7% of the country population, spread across 15 different countries

134.5K

Population

2.8K

Immigrants

6.3K

Emigrants

−3.5K

Outflow

1 in every 22 people born in Kiribati now lives abroad

The #198 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Kiribati

Where people move to

3K47.8%

1.6K25.1%

80812.8%

Where people come from

1.7K60.6%

56120.3%

32911.9%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

1.7K immigrants · 3.9K emigrants

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad

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

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