Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Caribbean

Number of immigrants in the Caribbean in 2024 — 1,616,133 people. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 65.6%.

2024 1.62M people +14.38% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 1.62M people2024
Period minimum 975,852 people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Caribbean, 1990–2024800,0001M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 975,852 people1995: 1,047,379 people2000: 1,126,542 people2005: 1,152,455 people2010: 1,157,041 people2015: 1,309,558 people2020: 1,413,003 people2024: 1,616,133 people
Change over the period: +640,281 (+65.61%) Average annual rate: 1.49 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Caribbean

Caribbean 1.62M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 1.62M
2020 1.41M
2015 1.31M
2010 1.16M
2005 1.15M
2000 1.13M
1995 1.05M
1990 975,852

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.