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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	3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Albania	-3.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Algeria	-0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


American Samoa	-6.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Andorra	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Angola	0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Anguilla	13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Argentina	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Armenia	-3.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Aruba	9.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Australia	6.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Austria	1.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Azerbaijan	-1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bahamas, The	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bahrain	16.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bangladesh	-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Barbados	-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Belarus	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Belgium	1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Belize	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Benin	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bermuda	2.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bhutan	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bolivia	-0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Botswana	4.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2011 est.)


Brazil	-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


British Virgin Islands	7.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Brunei	2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Bulgaria	-2.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Burkina Faso	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Burma	-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Burundi	3.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Cambodia	-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Cameroon	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Canada	5.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Cape Verde	-0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Cayman Islands	15.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2011 est.)


Central African Republic	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Chad	-3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Chile	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


China	-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	-0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Comoros	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	-0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	-0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Costa Rica	0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population NA (2011 est.)


Croatia	1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Cuba	-3.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Curacao	1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008)


Cyprus	11.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Czech Republic	0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Denmark	2.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Djibouti	5.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Dominica	-5.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Dominican Republic	-2.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Ecuador	-0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Egypt	-0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


El Salvador	-8.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Eritrea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Estonia	-3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Ethiopia	-0.01 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 (2011 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 (2011 est.)


Fiji	-7.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Finland	0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


France	1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


French Polynesia	2.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Gabon	-2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Gambia, The	-2.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Gaza Strip	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Georgia	-4.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Germany	0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Ghana	-0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Gibraltar	-3.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Greece	2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Greenland	-5.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Grenada	-3.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Guam	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Guatemala	-2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Guernsey	2.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Guinea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Guyana	-14.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Haiti	-8.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Honduras	-1.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Hong Kong	4.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Hungary	1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Iceland	0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


India	-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Indonesia	-1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Iran	-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Iraq	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Ireland	0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Isle of Man	7.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Israel	2.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Italy	4.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Jamaica	-5.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Japan	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Jersey	5.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Jordan	-14.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Kazakhstan	-3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Kenya	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Kiribati	-2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Korea, North	-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Korea, South	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Kuwait	0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	-2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Laos	-1.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Latvia	-2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Lebanon	-6.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Lesotho	-8.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Liberia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Libya	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Liechtenstein	4.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Lithuania	-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Luxembourg	8.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Macau	3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Macedonia	-0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Madagascar	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Malawi	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Malaysia	-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2011 est.)


Maldives	-12.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Mali	-5.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Malta	2.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Marshall Islands	-5.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Mauritania	-0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Mauritius	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Mexico	-3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	-20.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Moldova	-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Monaco	0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Mongolia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Montserrat	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Morocco	-3.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Mozambique	-2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Namibia	0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Nauru	-15.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Nepal	0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Netherlands	2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


New Caledonia	4.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2011 est.)


New Zealand	2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Nicaragua	-3.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Niger	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Nigeria	-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Niue	NA


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	-57.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Norway	1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Oman	-0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Pakistan	-2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Palau	0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Panama	-0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Papua New Guinea	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Paraguay	-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Peru	-3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Philippines	-1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	NA


Poland	-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Portugal	2.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Puerto Rico	-0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Qatar	-4.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Romania	-0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Russia	0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Rwanda	1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Saint Lucia	-3.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-9.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-10.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Samoa	-11.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


San Marino	9.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	-9.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Saudi Arabia	-0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Senegal	-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Serbia	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Seychelles	1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Sierra Leone	-4.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2011 est.)


Singapore	4.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Sint Maarten	14.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008)


Slovakia	0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Slovenia	0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Solomon Islands	-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Somalia	-11.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


South Africa	-6.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2011 est.)


Spain	3.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Sri Lanka	-2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Sudan	-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Suriname	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Sweden	1.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Switzerland	1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Syria	-11.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Taiwan	0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Tajikistan	-1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Tanzania	-0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Thailand	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Timor-Leste	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Togo	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Tokelau	NA


Tonga	-17.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	-6.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Tunisia	-1.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Turkey	0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Turkmenistan	-1.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	20.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Tuvalu	-7.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Uganda	-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Ukraine	-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


United Arab Emirates	19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


United Kingdom	2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


United States	4.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Uruguay	-1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Uzbekistan	-2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Vanuatu	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Venezuela	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Vietnam	-0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Virgin Islands	-5.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	-5.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2011 est.)


West Bank	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Yemen	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Zambia	-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)


Zimbabwe	24.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2011 est.)

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