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Migration: population inflow and outflow

Name: Net migration by country
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According to UN estimates, in 2019–2023 the largest inflows relative to population were to the UAE (19.8 per 1,000 residents a year), Malta (15.9), Seychelles (15.0), Luxembourg (14.1), Macao (12.7) and Iceland (12.6). The largest outflows were from Ukraine (−29.4), Tonga (−19.4), Venezuela (−14.6) and Lebanon (−14.0). Among large countries, notable inflows went to Canada (+9.0), Germany (+5.8), the UK (+5.2) and Australia (+5.0); Russia stood at +2.4 and Thailand near zero (+0.2). For the housing market, migrant inflows are one of the main sources of rental demand.

Largest outflow−29.4per 1,000 residents a year, Ukraine

Inflow to the UAE+19.8per 1,000 residents a year

Highest in the G7+9.0Canada

Countries with outflow94of 226 countries and territories

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					Source
1	Syria	+22.4	25.6 m	8	UN
2	UAE	+19.8	11.3 m	8	UN
3	St. Barthélemy	+19.0	11 thousand	8	UN
4	Malta	+15.9	545 thousand	8	UN
5	Monaco	+15.0	38 thousand	8	UN
6	Seychelles	+15.0	133 thousand	8	UN
7	British Virgin Islands	+14.7	40 thousand	8	UN
8	Luxembourg	+14.1	680 thousand	8	UN
9	Turks & Caicos Islands	+14.1	47 thousand	8	UN
10	Andorra	+14.0	83 thousand	8	UN
11	Sint Maarten	+12.9	44 thousand	8	UN
12	Cayman Islands	+12.8	76 thousand	8	UN
13	Macao	+12.7	722 thousand	8	UN
14	Iceland	+12.6	398 thousand	8	UN
15	Lithuania	+11.9	2.8 m	8	UN
16	Faroe Islands	+11.6	56 thousand	8	UN
17	Kuwait	+11.4	5.0 m	8	UN
18	Maldives	+9.3	530 thousand	7	UN
19	Montenegro	+9.2	633 thousand	7	UN
20	Estonia	+9.2	1.3 m	7	UN
21	Canada	+9.0	40.1 m	7	UN
22	Western Sahara	+8.9	601 thousand	7	UN
23	Ireland	+8.3	5.3 m	7	UN
24	South Sudan	+8.2	12.2 m	7	UN
25	Saudi Arabia	+8.1	34.6 m	7	UN
26	Namibia	+8.0	3.1 m	7	UN
27	Netherlands	+7.3	18.3 m	7	UN
28	Qatar	+7.1	3.1 m	7	UN
29	Cyprus	+7.1	1.4 m	7	UN
30	Oman	+7.1	5.5 m	7	UN
31	Switzerland	+6.7	9.0 m	7	UN
32	Austria	+6.6	9.1 m	7	UN
33	Chad	+6.5	21.0 m	7	UN
34	Norway	+6.2	5.6 m	7	UN
35	Czechia	+6.2	10.6 m	7	UN
36	Guernsey	+6.1	64 thousand	7	UN
37	Liechtenstein	+5.9	40 thousand	7	UN
38	Slovenia	+5.9	2.1 m	7	UN
39	Germany	+5.8	84.1 m	7	UN
40	New Zealand	+5.5	5.3 m	7	UN
41	Finland	+5.5	5.6 m	7	UN
42	Portugal	+5.5	10.4 m	7	UN
43	Spain	+5.3	47.9 m	7	UN
44	Sweden	+5.3	10.7 m	7	UN
45	South Africa	+5.3	64.7 m	7	UN
46	United Kingdom	+5.2	69.6 m	7	UN
47	Poland	+5.1	38.1 m	7	UN
48	Malaysia	+5.0	36.0 m	7	UN
49	Australia	+5.0	27.0 m	7	UN
50	Kyrgyzstan	+5.0	7.3 m	6	UN
51	Belgium	+4.9	11.8 m	6	UN
52	Jersey	+4.7	104 thousand	6	UN
53	Denmark	+4.7	6.0 m	6	UN
54	Colombia	+4.6	53.4 m	6	UN
55	Armenia	+4.5	3.0 m	6	UN
56	Chile	+4.1	19.9 m	6	UN
57	Slovakia	+3.5	5.5 m	6	UN
58	Equatorial Guinea	+3.4	1.9 m	6	UN
59	Hungary	+3.2	9.6 m	6	UN
60	United States	+3.2	347.3 m	6	UN
61	Belize	+2.9	423 thousand	6	UN
62	Niue	+2.9	2 thousand	6	UN
63	Bermuda	+2.7	65 thousand	6	UN
64	Isle of Man	+2.5	84 thousand	6	UN
65	Latvia	+2.5	1.9 m	6	UN
66	Turkmenistan	+2.5	7.6 m	6	UN
67	Israel	+2.4	9.5 m	6	UN
68	Russian Federation	+2.4	144.0 m	6	UN
69	Aruba	+2.3	108 thousand	6	UN
70	Italy	+2.3	59.1 m	6	UN
71	Bulgaria	+2.1	6.7 m	6	UN
72	Puerto Rico	+2.0	3.2 m	5	UN
73	France	+1.9	66.7 m	5	UN
74	Singapore	+1.8	5.9 m	5	UN
75	Bahamas	+1.8	403 thousand	5	UN
76	Iran	+1.8	92.4 m	5	UN
77	Panama	+1.7	4.6 m	5	UN
78	Bahrain	+1.6	1.6 m	5	UN
79	South Korea	+1.6	51.7 m	5	UN
80	Somalia	+1.5	19.7 m	5	UN
81	Peru	+1.4	34.6 m	5	UN
82	Senegal	+1.2	18.9 m	5	UN
83	Solomon Islands	+1.1	839 thousand	5	UN
84	Japan	+1.1	123.1 m	5	UN
85	Georgia	+1.0	3.8 m	5	UN
86	Djibouti	+0.9	1.2 m	5	UN
87	Papua New Guinea	+0.9	10.8 m	5	UN
88	St. Helena	+0.8	5 thousand	5	UN
89	Gabon	+0.6	2.6 m	5	UN
90	Egypt	+0.6	118.4 m	5	UN
91	Angola	+0.6	39.0 m	5	UN
92	Mongolia	+0.5	3.5 m	5	UN
93	Brunei	+0.4	466 thousand	4	UN
94	Bhutan	+0.4	797 thousand	4	UN
95	Zambia	+0.4	21.9 m	4	UN
96	Iraq	+0.3	47.0 m	4	UN
97	Kazakhstan	+0.3	20.8 m	4	UN
98	Costa Rica	+0.2	5.2 m	4	UN
99	Serbia	+0.2	6.7 m	4	UN
100	Thailand	+0.2	71.6 m	4	UN
101	Côte d’Ivoire	+0.2	32.7 m	4	UN
102	Benin	+0.1	14.8 m	4	UN
103	Argentina	+0.1	45.9 m	4	UN
104	Romania	0.0	18.9 m	4	UN
105	Timor-Leste	0.0	1.4 m	4	UN
106	Ethiopia	0.0	135.5 m	4	UN
107	Antigua & Barbuda	0.0	94 thousand	4	UN
108	St. Lucia	0.0	180 thousand	4	UN
109	Mauritania	0.0	5.3 m	4	UN
110	Madagascar	−0.1	32.7 m	4	UN
111	North Korea	−0.1	26.6 m	4	UN
112	Burundi	−0.1	14.4 m	4	UN
113	Indonesia	−0.1	285.7 m	4	UN
114	Uganda	−0.1	51.4 m	4	UN
115	Barbados	−0.2	283 thousand	4	UN
116	Malawi	−0.2	22.2 m	4	UN
117	Libya	−0.2	7.5 m	4	UN
118	Niger	−0.2	27.9 m	4	UN
119	Croatia	−0.2	3.8 m	4	UN
120	Uzbekistan	−0.2	37.1 m	4	UN
121	Sierra Leone	−0.2	8.8 m	4	UN
122	China	−0.3	1.42 bn	4	UN
123	Nigeria	−0.3	237.5 m	4	UN
124	Guinea	−0.3	15.1 m	4	UN
125	Cameroon	−0.3	29.9 m	4	UN
126	Ecuador	−0.3	18.3 m	4	UN
127	Ghana	−0.3	35.1 m	4	UN
128	Vietnam	−0.3	101.6 m	4	UN
129	Algeria	−0.4	47.4 m	4	UN
130	Bolivia	−0.4	12.6 m	4	UN
131	St. Pierre & Miquelon	−0.4	6 thousand	4	UN
132	DR Congo	−0.5	112.8 m	4	UN
133	Hong Kong	−0.5	7.4 m	3	UN
134	Uruguay	−0.5	3.4 m	3	UN
135	India	−0.5	1.46 bn	3	UN
136	Tanzania	−0.5	70.5 m	3	UN
137	Honduras	−0.6	11.0 m	3	UN
138	Kenya	−0.6	57.5 m	3	UN
139	Republic of the Congo	−0.6	6.5 m	3	UN
140	Guinea-Bissau	−0.7	2.3 m	3	UN
141	Vanuatu	−0.7	335 thousand	3	UN
142	Jordan	−0.8	11.5 m	3	UN
143	Suriname	−0.8	640 thousand	3	UN
144	Burkina Faso	−0.8	24.1 m	3	UN
145	Brazil	−0.9	212.8 m	3	UN
146	Trinidad & Tobago	−0.9	1.5 m	3	UN
147	Philippines	−0.9	116.8 m	3	UN
148	Mexico	−1.0	131.9 m	3	UN
149	Myanmar	−1.0	54.9 m	3	UN
150	Yemen	−1.0	41.8 m	3	UN
151	Tajikistan	−1.0	10.8 m	3	UN
152	Mozambique	−1.1	35.6 m	3	UN
153	Grenada	−1.1	117 thousand	3	UN
154	Gambia	−1.1	2.8 m	3	UN
155	Palau	−1.2	18 thousand	3	UN
156	Tunisia	−1.3	12.3 m	3	UN
157	Sri Lanka	−1.3	23.2 m	3	UN
158	Rwanda	−1.3	14.6 m	3	UN
159	Turkey	−1.3	87.7 m	3	UN
160	Laos	−1.4	7.9 m	3	UN
161	Morocco	−1.4	38.4 m	3	UN
162	Azerbaijan	−1.4	10.4 m	3	UN
163	Mali	−1.4	25.2 m	3	UN
164	Guatemala	−1.5	18.7 m	3	UN
165	Cuba	−1.7	10.9 m	3	UN
166	Nicaragua	−1.7	7.0 m	3	UN
167	Paraguay	−1.7	7.0 m	3	UN
168	Cambodia	−1.7	17.8 m	3	UN
169	Taiwan	−1.8	23.1 m	3	UN
170	Liberia	−2.0	5.7 m	3	UN
171	Nepal	−2.0	29.6 m	2	UN
172	St. Kitts & Nevis	−2.1	47 thousand	2	UN
173	Lesotho	−2.2	2.4 m	2	UN
174	Moldova	−2.4	3.0 m	2	UN
175	Belarus	−2.4	9.0 m	2	UN
176	Jamaica	−2.5	2.8 m	2	UN
177	Dominican Republic	−2.5	11.5 m	2	UN
178	Comoros	−2.6	883 thousand	2	UN
179	New Caledonia	−2.6	295 thousand	2	UN
180	Haiti	−2.9	11.9 m	2	UN
181	Kiribati	−3.0	137 thousand	2	UN
182	Palestine	−3.1	5.6 m	2	UN
183	San Marino	−3.1	34 thousand	2	UN
184	Dominica	−3.2	66 thousand	2	UN
185	Mauritius	−3.3	1.3 m	2	UN
186	São Tomé & Príncipe	−3.3	240 thousand	2	UN
187	Botswana	−3.4	2.6 m	2	UN
188	Cape Verde	−3.8	527 thousand	2	UN
189	Pakistan	−4.4	255.2 m	2	UN
190	Montserrat	−4.6	4 thousand	2	UN
191	Togo	−4.7	8.6 m	2	UN
192	Bangladesh	−4.9	175.7 m	2	UN
193	El Salvador	−4.9	6.4 m	2	UN
194	Bosnia & Herzegovina	−4.9	3.1 m	2	UN
195	Afghanistan	−5.4	43.8 m	1	UN
196	Guam	−5.5	169 thousand	1	UN
197	Eritrea	−5.5	3.6 m	1	UN
198	Eswatini	−5.6	1.3 m	1	UN
199	Greenland	−5.7	56 thousand	1	UN
200	Sudan	−5.8	51.7 m	1	UN
201	Zimbabwe	−5.9	17.0 m	1	UN
202	French Polynesia	−5.9	282 thousand	1	UN
203	Greece	−6.4	9.9 m	1	UN
204	Falkland Islands	−6.6	3 thousand	1	UN
205	Fiji	−6.7	933 thousand	1	UN
206	North Macedonia	−6.8	1.8 m	1	UN
207	Central African Republic	−7.1	5.5 m	1	UN
208	Curaçao	−7.4	185 thousand	1	UN
209	St. Vincent & Grenadines	−7.7	100 thousand	1	UN
210	Anguilla	−7.9	15 thousand	1	UN
211	Albania	−8.0	2.8 m	1	UN
212	U.S. Virgin Islands	−8.7	84 thousand	1	UN
213	Guyana	−8.7	836 thousand	1	UN
214	Wallis & Futuna	−9.4	11 thousand	1	UN
215	Micronesia	−9.9	114 thousand	1	UN
216	Samoa	−12.3	219 thousand	1	UN
217	Nauru	−13.9	12 thousand	1	UN
218	Lebanon	−14.0	5.8 m	1	UN
219	Venezuela	−14.6	28.5 m	1	UN
220	Tonga	−19.4	104 thousand	1	UN
221	American Samoa	−23.1	46 thousand	1	UN
222	Northern Mariana Islands	−27.2	44 thousand	1	UN
223	Ukraine	−29.4	39.0 m	1	UN
224	Cook Islands	−36.8	13 thousand	1	UN
225	Marshall Islands	−46.9	36 thousand	1	UN
226	St. Martin	−64.2	25 thousand	1	UN

About the data

Indicator. Net migration is the difference between the number of people arriving in a country and the number leaving it, per 1,000 residents a year. A positive value means inflow, a negative value outflow.

Period and source. UN, World Population Prospects 2024: estimates of net migration and population for 2019–2023, the latest five years with actual estimates. The five-year average smooths out one-off spikes, such as those during the pandemic years.

Calculation. Net migration for each year divided by that year's population and multiplied by 1,000, then averaged over five years. WhiteIndex calculation based on UN data.

Scale. Eight classes. Orange to dark red shades are outflows: 0.5 to 2, 2 to 5, and more than 5 people per 1,000 residents; gray-teal is around zero (±0.5); purple shades are inflows of 0.5 to 2, 2 to 5, 5 to 10, and more than 10. The more saturated the color, the stronger the movement.

Gaps. Territories for which the UN publishes no separate estimate are shown in gray: Kosovo, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland and a number of small territories. Vatican City is not shown: its population is under one thousand.

Caveats. Migration is hard to measure: many countries do not record departures, and UN estimates are approximate. In small countries and territories with populations under 100,000 (for example Sint Maarten, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu) the per-1,000 figure fluctuates widely. For Syria the UN estimates a net inflow for 2019–2023, reflecting the return of refugees; the estimate is imprecise. The outflow from Ukraine reflects refugees leaving after 2022.

Sources and data dates

UN, World Population Prospects 2024 (published in July 2024): net migration and population. Data retrieved via Our World in Data on 19 October 2026.

How to cite

WhiteIndex. Migration: population inflow and outflow by country. Data: UN, World Population Prospects 2024.

WhiteIndex reference page. Data are updated with each new edition of World Population Prospects.

Translated from the Russian original

Migration: population inflow and outflow

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