At mid-year 2020, Venezuela's total international migrant stock amounted to more than five million people. Neighboring Colombia was the main country of destination of Venezuelan emigrants, with over 1.7 million. Peru came in second, as almost 950,000 Venezuelans had emigrated there, followed by Chile, where over 500,000 Venezuelans resided after leaving their home country.
Leading countries of destination of Venezuelan emigrants in 2020
Characteristic
Number of emigrants
Colombia
1,780,486
Peru
941,889
Chile
523,553
U.S.**
505,647
Ecuador
388,861
Spain
325,667
Brazil
248,105
Argentina
176,369
Panama
119,553
Mexico
70,377
Italy
59,432
Dominican Republic
34,063
Costa Rica
28,214
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International migrant stock at mid-year by area of destination*
Supplementary notes
* International migrant stock is an estimation of the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained from population censuses. Additionally, population registers and nationally representative surveys provided
information on the number and composition of international migrants. More methodological information can be found here.
**The data for United States of America do not include American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and United States Virgin Islands.
***The data for United Kingdom do not include Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands.
****The data for France do not include French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Wallis and Futuna Islands.
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