Migration trends in Tuvalu

Oceania

Tuvalu loses more people than it takes in: 1.2K emigrants against 131 immigrants. Net balance −1.1K — 11% of the country's population

9.6K

Population

131

Immigrants

1.2K

Emigrants

−1.1K

Outflow

1 in 74 residents of Tuvalu was born abroad — and 1 in 9 people born in Tuvalu lives abroad

#220 in the world by net migration loss

Top corridors

The largest migration flows in Tuvalu

Where people move to

42834.5%

32926.6%

29023.4%

Where people come from

6448.9%

5743.5%

53.8%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

246 immigrants · 1.3K emigrants

1995

Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 27%

2010

The exodus eased — the diaspora shrank by 20%

Today

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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