MigrantoMigration trends in Nauru
Oceania
2.5K people from Nauru have built lives abroad. That's 20.8% of the country population, spread across 8 different countries
11.9K
Population
1.5K
Immigrants
2.5K
Emigrants
−995
Outflow
Every 6th person born in Nauru now lives abroad
The #212 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Nauru
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
2.6K immigrants · 1.4K emigrants
2005
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2010
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 67%
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
2015
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
Today
- Migration accounted for 67% of the country's population growth
- 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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