Net Migration
Net number of migrants during the period, calculated as immigrants minus emigrants.
This page uses the latest available World Bank observation (2025). Country-level datasets often lag the current calendar year because they depend on official reporting and validation.
What is the global average Net Migration?
The global average Net Migration is 27.8K people as of 2025. Ukraine has the highest at 1.7M people, while Morocco has the lowest at -56.3K people. Data covers 195 countries. Source: World Bank.
Top Countries
Regional Averages
Country Rankings
View full rankings| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 1.7M people |
| 2 | United States | 1.2M people |
| 3 | Syria | 421.7K people |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 389.9K people |
| 5 | Canada | 326.2K people |
| 6 | Sudan | 291.5K people |
| 7 | Malaysia | 166.6K people |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 158.6K people |
| 9 | South Africa | 146.4K people |
| 10 | Japan | 140.6K people |
| 11 | Australia | 137.1K people |
| 12 | Colombia | 129.1K people |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 119.7K people |
| 14 | Iran | 116.8K people |
| 15 | Oman | 113.7K people |
| 16 | Netherlands | 104.7K people |
| 17 | Spain | 96.6K people |
| 18 | France | 91.7K people |
| 19 | Italy | 75.4K people |
| 20 | South Korea | 65.7K people |
| 21 | Chile | 51.7K people |
| 22 | Sweden | 47.1K people |
| 23 | Kuwait | 42.8K people |
| 24 | Switzerland | 37.3K people |
| 25 | Qatar | 36.3K people |
| 26 | Ireland | 35.4K people |
| 27 | Belgium | 32K people |
| 28 | Norway | 29.8K people |
| 29 | Thailand | 27.5K people |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 24.1K people |
| 31 | Denmark | 22.1K people |
| 32 | Finland | 18.2K people |
| 33 | Bahrain | 18.1K people |
| 34 | Hong Kong | 17.9K people |
| 35 | New Zealand | 17.4K people |
| 36 | Singapore | 16.9K people |
| 37 | Greece | 16.6K people |
| 38 | Portugal | 16.5K people |
| 39 | Turkmenistan | 13.3K people |
| 40 | Somalia | 12.1K people |
| 41 | Peru | 11.9K people |
| 42 | Israel | 11.5K people |
| 43 | Ivory Coast | 11.3K people |
| 44 | Austria | 11.3K people |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 8.7K people |
| 46 | Cyprus | 7.7K people |
| 47 | Zambia | 6.6K people |
| 48 | Rwanda | 6.3K people |
| 49 | Panama | 6.2K people |
| 50 | South Sudan | 6.1K people |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | 5.5K people |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 5.2K people |
| 53 | Malta | 5.2K people |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.8K people |
| 55 | Argentina | 2.9K people |
| 56 | Slovenia | 2.7K people |
| 57 | Iceland | 2.7K people |
| 58 | Namibia | 1.9K people |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.8K people |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 1.6K people |
| 61 | Seychelles | 1.6K people |
| 62 | Georgia | 1.3K people |
| 63 | Gabon | 1.1K people |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 1K people |
| 65 | Bahamas | 935 people |
| 66 | Cayman Islands | 888 people |
| 67 | Andorra | 843 people |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 691 people |
| 69 | Gibraltar | 549 people |
| 70 | Sint Maarten | 530 people |
| 71 | Curaçao | 470 people |
| 72 | Bhutan | 455 people |
| 73 | New Caledonia | 440 people |
| 74 | Faroe Islands | 386 people |
| 75 | Belize | 360 people |
| 76 | Liechtenstein | 194 people |
| 77 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 177 people |
| 78 | Isle of Man | 166 people |
| 79 | British Virgin Islands | 153 people |
| 80 | San Marino | 122 people |
| 81 | Aruba | 111 people |
| 82 | Monaco | 100 people |
| 83 | Mongolia | 79 people |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18 people |
| 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12 people |
| 86 | Brunei | 0 people |
| 87 | Bermuda | -2 people |
| 88 | Palau | -16 people |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | -23 people |
| 90 | Vanuatu | -52 people |
| 91 | Barbados | -87 people |
| 92 | Nauru | -122 people |
| 93 | Libya | -172 people |
| 94 | Grenada | -185 people |
| 95 | Dominica | -242 people |
| 96 | Tuvalu | -255 people |
| 97 | Greenland | -265 people |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | -284 people |
| 99 | Macau | -328 people |
| 100 | United States Virgin Islands | -357 people |
| 101 | Kiribati | -462 people |
| 102 | Guam | -493 people |
| 103 | Djibouti | -581 people |
| 104 | São Tomé and Príncipe | -650 people |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -714 people |
| 106 | Northern Mariana Islands | -963 people |
| 107 | Suriname | -967 people |
| 108 | American Samoa | -1.1K people |
| 109 | Iraq | -1.1K people |
| 110 | Micronesia | -1.1K people |
| 111 | Saint Martin | -1.2K people |
| 112 | French Polynesia | -1.2K people |
| 113 | Cape Verde | -1.3K people |
| 114 | Uruguay | -1.3K people |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | -1.4K people |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | -1.7K people |
| 117 | Comoros | -2.1K people |
| 118 | Tonga | -2.2K people |
| 119 | Madagascar | -2.2K people |
| 120 | Maldives | -2.3K people |
| 121 | Timor-Leste | -2.6K people |
| 122 | Mauritius | -2.8K people |
| 123 | North Korea | -2.8K people |
| 124 | Samoa | -2.8K people |
| 125 | Bulgaria | -3K people |
| 126 | Gambia | -3K people |
| 127 | Republic of the Congo | -3K people |
| 128 | Belarus | -3K people |
| 129 | Bolivia | -3.2K people |
| 130 | Fiji | -3.3K people |
| 131 | Croatia | -3.5K people |
| 132 | Angola | -3.5K people |
| 133 | Honduras | -4.8K people |
| 134 | Mauritania | -5K people |
| 135 | Guyana | -5.1K people |
| 136 | Lesotho | -5.2K people |
| 137 | Malawi | -5.6K people |
| 138 | North Macedonia | -5.6K people |
| 139 | Botswana | -5.7K people |
| 140 | Eswatini | -5.8K people |
| 141 | Eritrea | -6.7K people |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | -7K people |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -7K people |
| 144 | Latvia | -7.3K people |
| 145 | Niger | -7.7K people |
| 146 | Benin | -7.8K people |
| 147 | Guatemala | -8K people |
| 148 | Nicaragua | -8.4K people |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | -8.8K people |
| 150 | Montenegro | -9.3K people |
| 151 | Liberia | -9.9K people |
| 152 | Lebanon | -10.2K people |
| 153 | Laos | -10.6K people |
| 154 | Jamaica | -11.1K people |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | -11.3K people |
| 156 | Paraguay | -12.4K people |
| 157 | Senegal | -12.6K people |
| 158 | Tanzania | -12.7K people |
| 159 | Serbia | -13.1K people |
| 160 | Estonia | -13.4K people |
| 161 | Tunisia | -14.5K people |
| 162 | Central African Republic | -14.7K people |
| 163 | Togo | -15K people |
| 164 | Nigeria | -15.3K people |
| 165 | Cameroon | -15.4K people |
| 166 | Guinea | -16.3K people |
| 167 | Yemen | -16.3K people |
| 168 | Hungary | -16.3K people |
| 169 | Ghana | -17.1K people |
| 170 | Ecuador | -17.2K people |
| 171 | Tajikistan | -21.6K people |
| 172 | Cuba | -22.2K people |
| 173 | Palestine | -23.2K people |
| 174 | El Salvador | -23.9K people |
| 175 | Albania | -24.2K people |
| 176 | Lithuania | -24.6K people |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | -27.1K people |
| 178 | DR Congo | -27.3K people |
| 179 | Kenya | -27.3K people |
| 180 | Algeria | -27.5K people |
| 181 | Armenia | -29K people |
| 182 | Romania | -29K people |
| 183 | Moldova | -29.8K people |
| 184 | Sri Lanka | -30.7K people |
| 185 | Slovakia | -31.4K people |
| 186 | Cambodia | -31.5K people |
| 187 | Haiti | -32.1K people |
| 188 | Burundi | -34.7K people |
| 189 | Dominican Republic | -35.3K people |
| 190 | Indonesia | -39.5K people |
| 191 | Myanmar | -39.7K people |
| 192 | Mali | -48K people |
| 193 | Vietnam | -48.2K people |
| 194 | Zimbabwe | -54.6K people |
| 195 | Morocco | -56.3K people |
Definition
Net migration is the number of people entering a country minus the number leaving during a given period. Positive values indicate more immigrants than emigrants, while negative values indicate more people leaving than arriving. It captures the migration component of population change.
How it is calculated
The World Bank reports net migration from national statistical systems, demographic estimates, and international migration datasets. The value is calculated as immigrants minus emigrants over the reporting period. Because migration is difficult to measure consistently, values may be revised as census and administrative records improve.
Interpretation
Positive net migration can reflect labor demand, family reunification, conflict displacement, education, or regional mobility. Negative net migration can signal emigration pressure, economic shocks, conflict, or demographic outflow. The indicator should be interpreted with population size, labor markets, conflict context, and policy changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Net migration is the difference between the number of people moving into a country and the number moving out. A positive number means immigration exceeds emigration. A negative number means more people left than arrived during the measured period.
In a net migration ranking, the highest positive values identify countries with the largest net inflows. These are not total immigrant-stock counts; they represent the balance of arrivals minus departures over the measured period. WorldStats sorts this indicator from highest positive values downward.
Highest emigration is represented by the most negative net migration values. A negative value means departures exceeded arrivals, so the bottom of a descending net migration ranking highlights countries with the largest net outflows in the latest available data.
Net migration is hard to compare because countries use different administrative systems, border controls, census timing, and definitions of residence. Sudden conflict, labor-market changes, or policy shifts can also create short-term swings. It is best read as a broad demographic signal rather than a complete migration profile.
About this data
- Source
- World Bank
SM.POP.NETM - Definition
- Net number of migrants during the period, calculated as immigrants minus emigrants.
- Coverage
- Data for 195 countries (2025)
- Limitations
- Data may lag 1-2 years for some countries. Coverage varies by indicator.