MigrantoMigration trends in Trinidad and Tobago
Latin America
Trinidad and Tobago loses more people than it takes in: 323.6K emigrants against 102.9K immigrants. Net balance −220.7K — 16% of the country's population
1.4M
Population
102.9K
Immigrants
323.6K
Emigrants
−220.7K
Outflow
1 in 13 residents of Trinidad and Tobago was born abroad — and 1 in 5 people born in Trinidad and Tobago lives abroad
#121 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Trinidad and Tobago
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
46.6K immigrants · 181.6K emigrants
2000
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora 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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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