MigrantoMigration trends in Nauru
Oceania
Nauru loses more people than it takes in: 2.5K emigrants against 1.5K immigrants. Net balance −995 — 8% of the country's population
11.9K
Population
1.5K
Immigrants
2.5K
Emigrants
−995
Outflow
1 in 8 residents of Nauru was born abroad — and 1 in 6 people born in Nauru lives abroad
#212 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows 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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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