MigrantoMigration trends in Vanuatu
Oceania
15.2K people from Vanuatu have built lives abroad. That's 4.6% of the country population, spread across 18 different countries
327.8K
Population
2.4K
Immigrants
15.2K
Emigrants
−12.8K
Outflow
1 in every 23 people born in Vanuatu now lives abroad
The #185 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Vanuatu
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
1.6K immigrants · 4.9K emigrants
Today
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 80%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 12.8K
- 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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