MigrantoMigration trends in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands takes in more people than it loses: 22.2K immigrants against 2.7K emigrants. Net balance +19.6K — 42% of the country's population
46.5K
Population
22.2K
Immigrants
2.7K
Emigrants
+19.6K
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 18 people born in the Turks and Caicos Islands lives abroad
#182 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.5K immigrants · 2.2K emigrants
1995
- Net migration doubled — the surplus reached 4.5K
2000
- The exodus eased — the diaspora shrank by 58%
- Migration accounted for 50% of the country's population growth
2010
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 93%
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 57%
- Migration accounted for 82% of the country's population growth
Today
- Migration accounted for 98% of the country's population growth
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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