Living in Sint Maarten
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Key insights on migration trends, cost of living, visas, economy, and quality of life in Sint Maarten
Migration trends
Migration defines Sint Maarten more than almost any society on earth: 64% of its residents are foreign-born, about 27.5K people in all. They come mostly from around the Caribbean — the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica lead — and the foreign-born count has grown 10% over the past decade, against a tiny diaspora of just 2.5K.
Immigrants27.5K · foreign-born residents
Diaspora2.5K · Sint Maarten abroad
Trends+25.1K · more arrive than leave
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