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| Field Listing :: Net migration rate |
| This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving). | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population) |
|---|
| Afghanistan | 21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Albania | -4.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Algeria | -0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| American Samoa | -6.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Andorra | 6.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Angola | 1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Anguilla | 14.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Argentina | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Armenia | -4.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Aruba | 9.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Australia | 6.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Austria | 1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | -1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | -2.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bahrain | 0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bangladesh | -2.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Barbados | -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Belarus | 0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Belgium | 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Belize | NA (2009 est.) |
| Benin | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bermuda | 2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bhutan | NA |
| Bolivia | -1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Botswana |
5 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.) |
| Brazil | -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 8.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Brunei | 2.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Bulgaria | -3.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | NA |
| Burma | NA |
| Burundi | 4.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Cambodia | NA |
| Cameroon | NA (2009 est.) |
| Canada | 5.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Cape Verde | -11.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
16.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2009 est.) |
| Central African Republic | NA (2009 est.) |
| Chad | -4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Chile | NA (2009 est.) |
| China | -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
| Colombia | -0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Comoros | NA (2009 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | -1.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Costa Rica | 0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | NA (2009 est.) |
| Croatia | 1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Cuba | -1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Cyprus | 0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Denmark | 2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Djibouti | NA (2009 est.) |
| Dominica | -5.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | -2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Ecuador | -0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Egypt | -0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| El Salvador | -3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | NA |
| Eritrea | NA |
| Estonia | -3.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2009 est.) |
| European Union | 1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA |
| Faroe Islands | -0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Fiji | -2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Finland | 0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| France | 1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Gabon | -3.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Georgia | -4.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Germany | 2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Ghana | -0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Greece | 2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Greenland | -5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Grenada | -10.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Guam | NA |
| Guatemala | -2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Guernsey | 3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Guinea | -0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Guyana | -7.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Haiti | -2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Honduras | -1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Hungary | 0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Iceland | 0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| India | -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Indonesia | -1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Iran | -2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Iraq | NA (2009 est.) |
| Ireland | 4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 5.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Israel | 2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Italy | 2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Jamaica | -5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Japan | NA (2009 est.) |
| Jersey | 2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Jordan | 5.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | -3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Kenya | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Kiribati | NA (2009 est.) |
| Korea, North | -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Korea, South | -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Kuwait | 16.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | -2.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Laos | NA (2009 est.) |
| Latvia | -2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Lebanon | NA (2009 est.) |
| Lesotho | -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Liberia | 5.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Libya | NA (2009 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Lithuania | -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 8.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Macau | 14.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Macedonia | -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Madagascar | NA (2009 est.) |
| Malawi | NA (2009 est.) |
| Malaysia |
NA
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2009 est.) |
| Maldives | -12.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mali | -5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Malta | 2.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | -5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mauritania | -0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mauritius | -0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mayotte | 1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mexico | -3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | -21.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Moldova | -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Monaco | 7.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mongolia | NA (2009 est.) |
| Montserrat | NA |
| Morocco | -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Mozambique | NA (2009 est.) |
| Namibia | 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Nauru | NA (2009 est.) |
| Nepal | -3.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Netherlands | 2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
NA
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2009 est.) |
| New Zealand | 2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Nicaragua | -1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Niger | -0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Nigeria | -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Niue | NA (2009 est.) |
| Norfolk Island | NA (2009 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Norway | 1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Oman | 0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Pakistan | -0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Palau | 0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Panama | -0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | NA (2009 est.) |
| Paraguay | -0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Peru | -0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Philippines | -1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | NA (2009 est.) |
| Poland | -0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Portugal | 3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | -0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Qatar | -3.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Romania | -0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Russia | 0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Rwanda | 2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Saint Helena | NA (2009 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | -1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | -4.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -4.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -11.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Samoa | -8.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| San Marino | 10.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | -1.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | -7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Senegal | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Serbia | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Seychelles | 1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2009 est.) |
| Singapore | 5.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Slovakia | 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Slovenia | 0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | NA (2009 est.) |
| Somalia | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| South Africa |
-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.) |
| Spain | 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | -1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Sudan | 0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Suriname | -0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Svalbard | NA (2009 est.) |
| Swaziland | NA (2009 est.) |
| Sweden | 1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Switzerland | 1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Syria | NA (2009 est.) |
| Taiwan | 0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Tajikistan | -1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Tanzania | -1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Thailand | NA (2009 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | NA (2009 est.) |
| Togo | NA (2009 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA (2009 est.) |
| Tonga | NA (2009 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | -7.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Tunisia | -0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Turkey | 0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | -1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Tuvalu | NA (2009 est.) |
| Uganda | -8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Ukraine | -0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 22.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| United States | 4.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Uruguay | -0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | -2.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Vanuatu | NA (2009 est.) |
| Venezuela | -0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Vietnam | -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | -5.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
-6.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2009 est.) |
| West Bank | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Yemen | NA (2009 est.) |
| Zambia | -2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
NA
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.) |