MigrantoMigration trends in Vietnam
Asia
Vietnam loses more people than it takes in: 3.7M emigrants against 195.8K immigrants. Net balance −3.5M — 3% of the country's population
101M
Population
195.8K
Immigrants
3.7M
Emigrants
−3.5M
Outflow
1 in 516 residents of Vietnam was born abroad — and 1 in 28 people born in Vietnam lives abroad
#21 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Vietnam
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
34.7K immigrants · 1.1M emigrants
2005
- China overtook Cambodia as the largest source of new arrivals
- Surge of departures to Taiwan — 118.3K people left
2020
- Entered the world's 20 largest diasporas
- Surge of departures to Japan — 313.5K people left
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 166%
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
- Since 1990: 161.2K more foreign-born residents and 2.6M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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