MigrantoMigration trends in Sint Maarten
Latin America
27.5K people from around the world have made Sint Maarten their home. That's 63.5% of the country population, arriving from 33 different countries
43.4K
Population
27.5K
Immigrants
2.5K
Emigrants
+25.1K
Inflow
Every 2nd person in Sint Maarten was born abroad
The #179 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Sint Maarten
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
21.8K immigrants · 1.1K emigrants
2010
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 100%
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 22.3K
Today
- Migration accounted for 51% of the country's population growth
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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