MigrantoMigration trends in Liberia
Africa
145.9K people from Liberia have built lives abroad. That's 2.6% of the country population, spread across 31 different countries
5.6M
Population
66.9K
Immigrants
145.9K
Emigrants
−79K
Outflow
1 in every 39 people born in Liberia now lives abroad
The #143 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Liberia
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
74.6K immigrants · 539.1K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 154%
- Sierra Leone overtook Guinea as the largest source of new arrivals
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of immigrants from Sierra Leone — 116.2K new arrivals
2000
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 52%
- Emigration to Guinea declined sharply — 311.4K fewer migrants there
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2005
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 42%
2010
- Guinea overtook Sierra Leone as the largest source of new arrivals
- Ivory Coast replaced Guinea as the main destination for those leaving
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 47%
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2015
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2020
- Guinea overtook Ivory Coast as the largest source of new arrivals
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 23%
Today
- Ghana replaced Israel as the main destination for those leaving
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 393.2K fewer citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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