Migration trends in Saint Lucia

Latin America

Saint Lucia loses more people than it takes in: 21.7K emigrants against 7.5K immigrants. Net balance −14.2K — 8% of the country's population

179.7K

Population

7.5K

Immigrants

21.7K

Emigrants

−14.2K

Outflow

1 in 24 residents of Saint Lucia was born abroad — and 1 in 9 people born in Saint Lucia lives abroad

#177 in the world by net migration loss

Top corridors

The largest migration flows in Saint Lucia

Where people move to

1Canada

7.6K34.8%

2US Virgin Islands

3.4K15.8%

3Martinique

2.2K10.3%

Saint Lucian Diaspora

Where people come from

1Guyana

2K27.4%

2USA

82411.0%

3United Kingdom

7359.8%

Immigrants in Saint Lucia

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

3.6K immigrants · 14K emigrants

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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