Migration trends in Papua New Guinea
Oceania
35.1K people from Papua New Guinea have built lives abroad. That's 0.3% of the country population, spread across 18 different countries
10.6M
Population
30K
Immigrants
35.1K
Emigrants
−5K
Outflow
0.3% of people born in Papua New Guinea now live abroad
The #172 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Papua New Guinea
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
32K immigrants · 26.1K emigrants
2000
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 21%
2005
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
2010
- Indonesia overtook Australia as the largest source of new arrivals
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
2015
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 4.5K
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad