MigrantoMigration trends in the Marshall Islands
Oceania
Marshall Islands takes in more people than it loses: 2.9K immigrants against 400 emigrants. Net balance +2.5K — 7% of the country's population
37.5K
Population
2.9K
Immigrants
400
Emigrants
+2.5K
Inflow
1 in 13 residents of the Marshall Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 95 people born in the Marshall Islands lives abroad
#214 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Marshall Islands
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
1K immigrants · 314 emigrants
2010
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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