Total immigrants 2020
1,094,103
Total emigrants 2020
1,897,128
Venezuela migrants₁ 2024 568,058
Source
■ ₁ R4V América Latina y el Caribe, Refugiados y Migrantes Venezolanos en la Región - Mayo 2024. Visit web
■ Migration Unit based on UNDESA (2020) and R4V data (2022). More information
■ Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021. Migrant Efforts During the COVID-19 Crisis. More informationVisit web
■ Population 2022: 215,313,498 .
Immigrant Population
Total by year
Main origin countries (2020)
Source
■ Migration Unit based on UNDESA (2020) and R4V data (2022). More information
Emigrant Population
Total by year
Main destination countries (2020)
Source
■ Migration Unit based on UNDESA (2020) and R4V data (2022). More information
Residence permits granted
Total of permits granted
Main origin countries (2019)
Permit type granted (2019)
Source
■ Migration Flows in Latin America and the Caribbean: Statistics on Permits for Migrants. More informationVisit web
Residence permits received in LAC
Total of permits received
Main destination countries (2019)
Permit type received (2019)
Source
■ Migration Flows in Latin America and the Caribbean: Statistics on Permits for Migrants. More informationVisit web
Remittances
Volume in millions of dollars
Year-on-year growth
GDP Percentage
Source
■ Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021. Migrant Efforts During the COVID-19 Crisis. More informationVisit web
■ Data are MIG calculations based on data from central banks. GDP numbers are from the IMF WEO.
Venezuelan migrants according to R4V
Source
■ R4V América Latina y el Caribe, Refugiados y Migrantes Venezolanos en la Región - Mayo 2024. Visit web
Immigrant demographics
PESQUISA NACIONAL POR AMOSTRA DE DOMICÍLIOS (PNAD) (2015)
Population by sex
Immigrants by age and sex
School attendance
Calculated over the 5 - to 16 -years-old population.
Employment
Calculated over the economically active population.
Source
■ Migration Unit and SCLData. Visit web
■ PESQUISA NACIONAL POR AMOSTRA DE DOMICÍLIOS (PNAD) (2015).
Regímenes de Política Migratoria
Año de la ley migratoria más reciente
2017
Ratificación de 21 instrumentos internacionales con relevancia migratoria
Programas de regularización extraordinaria desde 2000
5
Source
■ Migration Policy Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean Immigration, Regional Free Movement, Refuge, and Nationality. More informationVisit web