Migration trends in 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 Turks and Caicos Islands was born abroad
The #182 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in 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 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