The number of Latin Americans and Caribbeans living in other countries in the region grew 83.2% in just five years, rising from 6.17 million in 2015 to 11.3 million in 2020, according to UNDESA data, primarily due to Venezuelan migration.
Argentina:
Emigrants: ~1.1 million (2020).
Total population: ~45.4 million.
Percentage: ~2.4%.
Note: Main destination is Spain (294,921 emigrants).
Bolivia:
Emigrants: ~927,244 (2020).
Total population: ~11.7 million.
Percentage: ~7.9%.
Note: Main destination is Argentina (423,136 emigrants).
Brazil:
Emigrants: ~1.8 million (estimate based on regional trends, 2020).
Total population: ~212.6 million.
Percentage: ~0.8%.
Note: Specific data are limited, but Brazil has a low emigration rate relative to its population.
Chile:
Emigrants: ~1.1 million (2020, estimated).
Total population: ~19.1 million.
Percentage: ~5.8%.
Note: Approximate figure; Chilean emigration is moderate, with destinations such as Argentina and the US.
Colombia:
Emigrants: ~3 million (2020).
Total population: ~50.9 million.
Percentage: ~5.9%
Note: Main destinations include the US and Venezuela (pre-crisis).
Costa Rica:
Emigrants: ~150,000 (estimate, 2020, based on regional flows).
Total population: ~5.1 million.
Percentage: ~2.9%.
Note: Costa Rica is more of a recipient of migrants (9% of its population are immigrants).
Cuba:
Emigrants: ~2.2 million (2020).
Total population: ~11.3 million.
Percentage: ~19.5%.
Note: High emigration due to political and economic factors; the main destination is the US.
Ecuador:
Emigrants: ~1.1 million (2020).
Total population: ~17.6 million.
Percentage: ~6.3%.
Note: Main destinations are the US and Spain.
El Salvador:
Emigrants: ~1.4 million (2020, estimated).
Total population: ~6.5 million.
Percentage: ~21.5%.
Note: High emigration, especially to the US, due to economic and security factors.
Guatemala:
Emigrants: ~1.2 million (estimate, 2020, based on Central American flows).
Total population: ~17.9 million.
Percentage: ~6.7%.
Note: Main destination is the US.
Haiti:
Emigrants: ~1.8 million (2020).
Total population: ~11.4 million.
Percentage: ~15.8%.
Note: Significant emigration to the Dominican Republic, Chile, and the US.
Honduras:
Emigrants: ~1 million (estimate, 2020, based on Central American flows).
Total population: ~9.9 million.
Percentage: ~10.1%.
Note: Main destination is the US; motivated by violence and poverty.
Mexico:
Emigrants: ~11.2 million (2020).
Total population: ~128.9 million.
Percentage: ~8.7%.
Note: 97% of Mexican emigrants reside in the US.
Nicaragua:
Emigrants: ~700,000 (estimate, 2020, based on flows to Costa Rica and the US).
Total population: ~6.6 million.
Percentage: ~10.6%.
Note: High emigration to Costa Rica due to the political and economic crisis.
Panama:
Emigrants: ~200,000 (estimate, 2020, based on regional trends).
Total population: ~4.3 million.
Percentage: ~4.7%.
Note: Panama is more of a recipient of migrants; emigration data is limited.
Paraguay:
Emigrants: ~1 million (estimate, 2020, based on flows to Argentina).
Total population: ~7.1 million.
Percentage: ~14.1%.
Note: Main destination is Argentina.
Peru:
Emigrants: ~1.5 million (2020).
Total population: ~33 million.
Percentage: ~4.5%
Note: Main destinations are the US (435,868) and Chile.
Dominican Republic:
Emigrants: ~1.6 million (2020).
Total population: ~10.8 million.
Percentage: ~14.8%.
Note: Main destination is the US (1.2 million).
Uruguay:
Emigrants: ~367,060 (2020).
Total population: ~3.5 million.
Percentage: ~10.5% (although one 2022 source estimates it as high as 18.3%).
Note: Main destination is Argentina (134,043).
Venezuela:
Emigrants: ~5.5 million (2020); ~7.7 million (2023).
Total population: ~28.4 million (2023).
Percentage: ~19.3% (2020); ~27.5% (2023).
Note: Venezuelan emigration has grown rapidly; the main destinations are Colombia (2.9 million in 2023), Peru (1.5 million), and Brazil (500,000).