MigrantoMigration 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
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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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