https://www.humantruth.info/small_islands_migration.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2017
#emigration #immigration #migration #population #small_islands
| Percent of Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Immigrants (2017) %1 | Emigrants (2010) %2 | Population (2018) Population3 | |
| 1 | Bahrain | 48.4% | 3.7% | 1.6m |
| 2 | Singapore | 46.0% | 6.1% | 5.8m |
| 3 | Nauru | 32.7% | 10 670 | |
| 4 | Antigua & Barbuda | 28.1% | 47.6% | 96 286 |
| 5 | Brunei | 25.3% | 6.0% | 0.4m |
| 6 | Palau | 23.0% | 38.8% | 17 907 |
| 7 | Cyprus | 16.0% | 17.0% | 1.2m |
| 8 | Bahamas | 15.6% | 12.8% | 0.4m |
| 9 | Maldives | 15.4% | 0.6% | 0.5m |
| 10 | St Kitts & Nevis | 13.7% | 61.1% | 52 441 |
| 11 | Seychelles | 13.6% | 14.6% | 97 096 |
| 12 | Barbados | 12.1% | 41.0% | 0.3m |
| 13 | Malta | 10.6% | 26.2% | 0.4m |
| 14 | Dominica | 9.2% | 104.8% | 71 625 |
| 15 | St Lucia | 7.2% | 23.3% | 0.2m |
| 16 | Grenada | 6.6% | 65.5% | 0.1m |
| 17 | Marshall Islands | 6.2% | 16.6% | 58 413 |
| 18 | Tonga | 4.6% | 45.4% | 0.1m |
| 19 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 4.2% | 37.7% | 0.1m |
| 20 | Dominican Rep. | 3.9% | 10.1% | 10.6m |
| 21 | Trinidad & Tobago | 3.7% | 26.7% | 1.4m |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 2.8% | 37.6% | 0.5m |
| 23 | Micronesia | 2.6% | 19.7% | 0.1m |
| 24 | Kiribati | 2.6% | 6.5% | 0.1m |
| 25 | Samoa | 2.5% | 67.3% | 0.2m |
| 26 | Mauritius | 2.3% | 10.9% | 1.3m |
| 27 | Comoros | 1.5% | 5.6% | 0.8m |
| 28 | Fiji | 1.5% | 21.3% | 0.9m |
| 29 | Tuvalu | 1.3% | 11 508 | |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.3m |
| 31 | Sao Tome & Principe | 1.1% | 21.9% | 0.2m |
| 32 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.3m |
| 33 | Jamaica | 0.8% | 36.1% | 2.9m |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.7m |
| 35 | Haiti | 0.4% | 9.9% | 11.1m |
| Small Islands Avg | 10.5% | 25.6% | 1.3m | |
| q=35. | ||||
Of countries classed as small islands, those with the highest percent of immigrants in their populations are Bahrain (48.4%), Singapore (46.0%) and Nauru (32.7%), although the average for Small Islands is 11%. Conversely, emigration is highest in Dominica (104.8%), Samoa (67.3%) and Grenada (65.5%). The group average is 26% who have gone to live elsewhere from their home countries.