Migration trends in Trinidad and Tobago
Latin America
323.6K people from Trinidad and Tobago have built lives abroad. That's 23.7% of the country population, spread across 42 different countries
1.4M
Population
102.9K
Immigrants
323.6K
Emigrants
−220.7K
Outflow
Every 5th person born in Trinidad and Tobago now lives abroad
The #121 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Trinidad and Tobago
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
46.6K immigrants · 181.6K emigrants
2000
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 49%
2010
- Guyana overtook Grenada as the largest source of new arrivals
2020
- Venezuela overtook Guyana as the largest source of new arrivals
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 44%
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
- Since 1990: 56.3K more foreign-born residents and 142K more citizens living abroad