MigrantoMigration trends in Samoa
Oceania
119.3K people from Samoa have built lives abroad. That's 54.7% of the country population, spread across 19 different countries
218K
Population
3.5K
Immigrants
119.3K
Emigrants
−115.8K
Outflow
Every 3rd person born in Samoa now lives abroad
The #149 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Samoa
Where people move to
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 abroad passed 100K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 54.7K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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