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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. The net migration rate does not distinguish between economic migrants, refugees, and other types of migrants nor does it distinguish between lawful migrants and undocumented migrants.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
 Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 4.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Albania -4.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Algeria -0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
American Samoa -6.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Andorra 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Angola 1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Anguilla 13.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 2.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Argentina 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Armenia -4.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Aruba 9.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Australia 6.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Austria 1.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan -1.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bahrain 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bangladesh -1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Barbados -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Belarus 0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Belgium 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Belize NA
Benin 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bermuda 2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bhutan NA
Bolivia -1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Botswana 4.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2010 est.)
Brazil -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands 7.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Brunei 2.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bulgaria -2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Burkina Faso NA
Burma NA
Burundi 4.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cambodia NA
Cameroon NA
Canada 5.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cape Verde -0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cayman Islands 16.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2010 est.)
Central African Republic NA
Chad -3.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Chile NA
China -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia -0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Comoros NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the -1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Costa Rica 1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire NA
Croatia 1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cuba -1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cyprus 11.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Czech Republic 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Denmark 2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Djibouti NA
Dominica -5.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Dominican Republic -2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ecuador -0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Egypt -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
El Salvador -9.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA
Eritrea NA
Estonia -3.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 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 (2010 est.)
European Union 1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Fiji -2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Finland 0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
France 1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
French Polynesia 2.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gabon -2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gambia, The 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gaza Strip 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Georgia -4.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Germany 2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ghana -0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gibraltar -3.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Greece 2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Greenland -5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Grenada -3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guam NA
Guatemala -2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guernsey 3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guinea 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guyana -15.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Haiti -1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Honduras -1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Hong Kong 4.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Hungary 0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Iceland 0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
India -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Indonesia -1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Iran -2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Iraq NA
Ireland 4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Isle of Man 5.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Israel 2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Italy 2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Jamaica -5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Japan NA
Jersey 2.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Jordan -2.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan -3.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kenya 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Korea, South 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kuwait 15.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan -2.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Laos NA
Latvia -2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Lebanon NA
Lesotho -8.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Liberia 0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Libya NA
Liechtenstein 4.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Lithuania -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Luxembourg 8.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Macau 3.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Macedonia -0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Madagascar NA
Malawi NA
Malaysia NA
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2009 est.)
Maldives -12.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mali -5.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Malta 2.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands -5.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mauritania -0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mauritius -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mayotte 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mexico -3.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of -21.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Moldova -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Monaco -0.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mongolia NA
Montserrat NA
Morocco -3.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mozambique NA
Namibia 0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nauru NA
Nepal -1.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Netherlands 2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Netherlands Antilles -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
New Caledonia NA
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2009 est.)
New Zealand 2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nicaragua -1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Niger 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nigeria -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands -73.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Norway 1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Oman -0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Pakistan -2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Palau 0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Panama -0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea NA
Paraguay -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Peru -0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Philippines -1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland -0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Portugal 3.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Puerto Rico -0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Qatar -4.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Romania -0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Russia 0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Rwanda 1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Lucia -3.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon -9.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -11.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Samoa -11.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
San Marino 9.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe -9.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia -8.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Senegal 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Serbia 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Seychelles 1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sierra Leone -4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2010 est.)
Singapore 4.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Slovakia 0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Slovenia 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Solomon Islands NA (2009 est.)
Somalia 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
South Africa -3.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2010 est.)
Spain 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sri Lanka -1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sudan 0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Suriname 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland NA
Sweden 1.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Switzerland 1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Syria NA
Taiwan 0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tajikistan -1.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tanzania -0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Thailand NA
Timor-Leste NA
Togo NA
Tokelau NA
Tonga NA
Trinidad and Tobago -7.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tunisia -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turkey 0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan -1.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 8.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tuvalu NA
Uganda -0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ukraine -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates 21.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
United Kingdom 2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
United States 4.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Uruguay -0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan -2.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Vietnam -0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Virgin Islands -5.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Wallis and Futuna -5.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2010 est.)
West Bank 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Yemen NA
Zambia -2.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe NA
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.)
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