MigrantoMigration trends in Togo
Africa
Togo loses more people than it takes in: 584.8K emigrants against 260.1K immigrants. Net balance −324.7K — 3% of the country's population
9.5M
Population
260.1K
Immigrants
584.8K
Emigrants
−324.7K
Outflow
1 in 37 residents of Togo was born abroad — and 1 in 17 people born in Togo lives abroad
#95 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Togo
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
74.1K immigrants · 184.1K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 60%
- Surge of departures to Ghana — 82.6K people left
2000
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2005
- Nigeria replaced Ghana as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 55%
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 48%
2020
- The diaspora passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: 186K more foreign-born residents and 400.6K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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