MigrantoMigration trends in Tuvalu
Oceania
1.2K people from Tuvalu have built lives abroad. That's 12.8% of the country population, spread across 14 different countries
9.6K
Population
131
Immigrants
1.2K
Emigrants
−1.1K
Outflow
Every 9th person born in Tuvalu now lives abroad
The #220 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Tuvalu
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 abroad shrank by 20%
Today
- 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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