MigrantoMigration trends in Mexico
Latin America
Mexico loses more people than it takes in: 11.6M emigrants against 1.7M immigrants. Net balance −9.9M — 8% of the country's population
130.9M
Population
1.7M
Immigrants
11.6M
Emigrants
−9.9M
Outflow
1 in 77 residents of Mexico was born abroad — and 1 in 12 people born in Mexico lives abroad
#3 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Mexico
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
384.2K immigrants · 4.6M emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 56%
- The diaspora passed 5M people
2000
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
2005
- Rose into the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in Latin America
- The diaspora passed 10M people
2015
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
2020
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in Latin America
Today
- Surge of immigrants from Honduras — 85.1K new arrivals
- Since 1990: 1.3M more foreign-born residents and 7M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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