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Country	Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)
Afghanistan	21.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Albania	-4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Algeria	-0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
American Samoa	-20.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Andorra	6.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Angola	0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Anguilla	8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda	-6.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Argentina	0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Armenia	-6.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Aruba	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Australia	3.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Austria	1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan	-4.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The	-2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bahrain	1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bangladesh	-0.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Barbados	-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Belarus	2.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Belgium	1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Belize	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Benin	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bermuda	2.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bhutan	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bolivia	-1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Botswana	6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Brazil	-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands	10.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Brunei	3.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Bulgaria	-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Burma	-1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Burundi	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cambodia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cameroon	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Canada	5.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cape Verde	-11.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands	18.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2005 est.)
Central African Republic	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Chad	-0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Chile	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
China	-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Christmas Island	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA
Colombia	-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Comoros	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	-0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: fighting between the Congolese Government and Uganda- and Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels spawned a regional war in DROC in August 1998, which left 1.8 million Congolese internally displaced and caused 300,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding countries (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Costa Rica	0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Croatia	1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cuba	-1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Cyprus	0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Czech Republic	0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Denmark	2.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Djibouti	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Dominica	-11.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic	-3.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
East Timor	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ecuador	-6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Egypt	-0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
El Salvador	-3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Eritrea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: UNHCR began repatriating about 150,000 Eritrean refugees from Sudan in 2001 following the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2000 (2005 est.)
Estonia	-3.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ethiopia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2005 est.)
European Union	1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (July 2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Faroe Islands	0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Fiji	-3.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Finland	0.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
France	0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
French Guiana	5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
French Polynesia	2.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Gabon	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Gambia, The	1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip	1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Georgia	-4.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Germany	2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ghana	-0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Gibraltar	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Greece	2.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Greenland	-8.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Grenada	-13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe	-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guam	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guatemala	-1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guernsey	3.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guinea	-2.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: as a result of conflict in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to approximately 150,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	-1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guyana	-7.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Haiti	-1.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Honduras	-1.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Hong Kong	5.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Hungary	0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Iceland	2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
India	-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Indonesia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Iran	-2.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Iraq	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ireland	4.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Israel	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Italy	2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Jamaica	-4.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Japan	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Jersey	2.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Jordan	6.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan	-3.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Kenya	0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: according to UNHCR, by the end of 2001 Kenya was host to 220,000 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 145,000 and Sudan 68,000 (2005 est.)
Kiribati	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Korea, North	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Korea, South	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Kuwait	14.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	-2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Laos	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Latvia	-2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Lebanon	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Lesotho	-0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Liberia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: at least 200,000 Liberian refugees are in surrounding countries; the uncertain security situation has hindered their ability to return (2005 est.)
Libya	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein	4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Lithuania	-0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Luxembourg	8.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Macau	4.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Macedonia	-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Madagascar	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Malawi	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Malaysia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2005 est.)
Maldives	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mali	-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Malta	2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Man, Isle of	5.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands	-5.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Martinique	-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mauritania	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mauritius	-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mayotte	5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mexico	-4.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	-21.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Moldova	-0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Monaco	7.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mongolia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Montserrat	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Morocco	-0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Mozambique	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Namibia	0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Nauru	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Nepal	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Netherlands	2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles	-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
New Caledonia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
New Zealand	3.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Nicaragua	-1.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Niger	-0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Nigeria	0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Niue	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Norfolk Island	NA
Northern Mariana Islands	8.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Norway	1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Oman	0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Pakistan	-1.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Palau	2.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Panama	-0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Paraguay	-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Peru	-1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Philippines	-1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA
Poland	-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Portugal	3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico	-1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Qatar	15.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Reunion	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Romania	-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Russia	1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Rwanda	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Saint Helena	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-5.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia	-2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-4.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-7.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Samoa	-11.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
San Marino	10.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe	-2.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia	-3.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Senegal	0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Seychelles	-5.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2005 est.)
Singapore	10.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Slovakia	0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Slovenia	1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Somalia	5.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
South Africa	-0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Spain	0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka	-1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sudan	-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Suriname	-8.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Svalbard	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Swaziland	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sweden	1.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Switzerland	3.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Syria	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Taiwan	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Tajikistan	-2.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Tanzania	-3.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Thailand	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Togo	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Tokelau	NA
Tonga	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	-10.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Tunisia	-0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Turkey	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan	-0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	11.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Tuvalu	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Uganda	-1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: according to the UNHCR, by the end of 2001, Uganda was host to 178,815 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 155,996, Rwanda 14,375, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,459 (2005 est.)
Ukraine	-0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates	0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
United Kingdom	2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
United States	3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Uruguay	-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan	-1.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Vanuatu	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Venezuela	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Vietnam	-0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands	-8.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Wallis and Futuna	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2005 est.)
West Bank	2.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Yemen	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Zambia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population negligible migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2005 est.)

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