Migration trends in Wallis and Futuna

Oceania

Population

Immigrants

12.8K

Emigrants

−10.8K

Outflow

Every 1st person born in Wallis and Futuna now lives abroad

The #190 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Wallis and Futuna

Where people move to

12.5K97.1%

3252.5%

350.3%

Where people come from

1K50.6%

88644.2%

673.3%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

1.4K immigrants · 6.7K emigrants

2015

An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 49%

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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