Migration trends in Thailand
Asia
2.9M people from around the world have made Thailand their home. That's 4.1% of the country population, arriving from 13 different countries
71.7M
Population
2.9M
Immigrants
1.2M
Emigrants
+1.7M
Inflow
1 in every 25 people in Thailand was born abroad
The #23 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Thailand
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
275.1K immigrants · 298.1K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 61%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 222.6K
2000
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2005
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 236%
- Myanmar overtook China as the largest source of new arrivals
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
- Surge of immigrants from Myanmar — 559.6K new arrivals
2010
- Entered the world's 20 biggest immigrant destinations
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 1.5M
2020
- Surge of departures to South Korea — 97.2K people left
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
Today
- Since 1990: 2.6M more foreign-born residents and 880.7K more citizens living abroad