MigrantoMigration trends in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Latin America
22.2K people from around the world have made Turks and Caicos Islands their home. That's 47.8% of the country population, arriving from 6 different countries
46.5K
Population
22.2K
Immigrants
2.7K
Emigrants
+19.6K
Inflow
Every 2nd person in the Turks and Caicos Islands was born abroad
The #182 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.5K immigrants · 2.2K emigrants
1995
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 4.5K
2000
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 58%
- Migration accounted for 50% of the country's population growth
2010
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad 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 citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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