MigrantoMigration trends in Peru
Latin America
Peru takes in more people than it loses: 1.8M immigrants against 1.7M emigrants. Net balance +132.5K — 0% of the country's population
34.2M
Population
1.8M
Immigrants
1.7M
Emigrants
+132.5K
Inflow
1 in 19 residents of Peru was born abroad — and 1 in 21 people born in Peru lives abroad
#38 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Peru
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
36.6K immigrants · 302K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 58%
2000
- The diaspora passed 500K people
2005
- Argentina overtook USA as the largest source of new arrivals
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 44%
2010
- The diaspora passed 1M people
2015
- Venezuela overtook Argentina as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 49%
2020
- Surge of immigrants from Venezuela — 990.2K new arrivals
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
Today
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
- Rose into the 3 biggest immigrant destinations in Latin America
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 55%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Since 1990: 1.8M more foreign-born residents and 1.4M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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