Migration trends in Samoa

Oceania

Samoa loses more people than it takes in: 119.3K emigrants against 3.5K immigrants. Net balance −115.8K — 53% of the country's population

218K

Population

3.5K

Immigrants

119.3K

Emigrants

−115.8K

Outflow

1 in 63 residents of Samoa was born abroad — and 1 in 3 people born in Samoa lives abroad

#149 in the world by net migration loss

Top corridors

The largest migration flows in Samoa

Where people move to

63.1K52.9%

39K32.7%

15.9K13.4%

Where people come from

1American Samoa

1.3K35.9%

2New Zealand

1.2K33.5%

3USA

2848.2%

Immigrants in Samoa

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

3.1K immigrants · 64.6K emigrants

1995

A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 41%

2020

The diaspora passed 100K people

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 54.7K more emigrants

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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