MigrantoMigration trends in the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands takes in more people than it loses: 21K immigrants against 2.8K emigrants. Net balance +18.3K — 41% of the country's population
44.3K
Population
21K
Immigrants
2.8K
Emigrants
+18.3K
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of the Northern Mariana Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 17 people born in the Northern Mariana Islands lives abroad
#185 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Northern Mariana Islands
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
25.5K immigrants · 2.2K emigrants
1995
- Without migration, the population would have declined
2010
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 36%
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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