MigrantoMigration trends in Seychelles
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Seychelles loses more people than it takes in: 22.2K emigrants against 12.8K immigrants. Net balance −9.4K — 8% of the country's population
121.4K
Population
12.8K
Immigrants
22.2K
Emigrants
−9.4K
Outflow
1 in 9 residents of Seychelles was born abroad — and 1 in 6 people born in Seychelles lives abroad
#176 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Seychelles
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
2.9K immigrants · 10.5K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 53%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
2005
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 41%
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
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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