Migration flows · 2025
Cameroon
Where people move to and from Cameroon in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.
Total leaving Cameroon
175,227
Total arriving in Cameroon
427,126
Cameroon & its flows
Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).
Incoming vs outgoing by year
Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Cameroon. Reported movements only.
Where Cameroon’s people go
Top destination countries
- 1 Nigeria 119,521
- 2 United States 12,213
- 3 Chad 7,793
- 4 France 6,324
- 5 Canada 6,000
- 6 Germany 4,215
- 7 Italy 3,731
- 8 Belgium 3,693
- 9 Cyprus 2,303
- 10 United Kingdom 2,127
- 11 Greece 1,169
- 12 South Africa 879
- 13 Ghana 754
- 14 Spain 593
- 15 Algeria 556
- 16 Morocco 553
- 17 Mexico 486
- 18 Switzerland 484
- 19 Benin 318
- 20 Portugal 305
- 21 Brazil 260
- 22 Mauritania 257
- 23 Sweden 243
- 24 China 226
- 25 Ireland 224
Where arrivals come from
Top origin countries
- 1 Central African Republic 282,068
- 2 Nigeria 127,858
- 3 Niger 9,587
- 4 Chad 4,161
- 5 Sudan 774
- 6 Congo, Dem. Rep. 772
- 7 Mali 595
- 8 Rwanda 444
- 9 Guinea 359
- 10 Burkina Faso 97
- 11 Congo, Rep. 76
- 12 Burundi 75
- 13 Cote d'Ivoire 69
- 14 Togo 38
- 15 Senegal 32
- 16 South Sudan 29
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 21
- 18 Equatorial Guinea 18
- 19 Egypt, Arab Rep. 11
- 20 Mauritania 10
- 21 Liberia 9
- 22 Morocco 7
- 23 Iraq 6
- 24 Comoros 5
- 25 Sierra Leone 5