MigrantoMigration trends in Peru
Latin America
1.8M people from around the world have made Peru their home. That's 5.3% of the country population, arriving from 52 different countries
34.2M
Population
1.8M
Immigrants
1.7M
Emigrants
+132.5K
Inflow
1 in every 19 people in Peru was born abroad
The #38 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Peru
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
36.6K immigrants · 302K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 58%
2000
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2005
- Argentina overtook USA as the largest source of new arrivals
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 44%
2010
- The diaspora abroad 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 citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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