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SOURCE
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 2008.
DEFINITION
Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the total number of immigrants less the annual number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. Data are five-year estimates. To derive estimates of net migration, the United Nations Population Division takes into account the past migration history of a country or area, the migration policy of a country, and the influx of refugees in recent periods. The data to calculate these official estimates come from a variety of sources, including border statistics, administrative records, surveys, and censuses. When no official estimates can be made because of insufficient data, net migration is derived through the balance equation, which is the difference between overall population growth and the natural increase during the 1990-2000 intercensal period."
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
7,980,001
2000
American Immigration
# 2
Russia :
2,208,219
2000
Russian Immigration
# 3
Rwanda :
1,911,574
2000
Rwandan Immigration
# 4
Germany :
951,974
2000
German Immigration
# 5
Spain :
792,712
2000
Spanish Immigration
# 6
Canada :
732,967
2000
Canadian Immigration
# 7
United Arab Emirates :
572,000
2000
Emirati Immigration
# 8
Liberia :
527,170
2000
Liberian Immigration
# 9
Malaysia :
497,907
2000
Malaysian Immigration
# 10
United Kingdom :
493,739
2000
British Immigration
# 11
Australia :
465,677
2000
Australian Immigration
# 12
Singapore :
368,000
2000
Singapore Immigration
# 13
Kuwait :
317,584
2000
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 14
Greece :
300,304
2000
Greek Immigration
# 15
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
281,795
2000
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 16
Israel :
276,321
2000
Israeli Immigration
# 17
Italy :
212,964
2000
Italian Immigration
# 18
South Africa :
199,604
2000
South African Immigration
# 19
France :
191,910
2000
French Immigration
# 20
Netherlands :
184,335
2000
Dutch Immigration
# 21
Côte d'Ivoire :
175,000
2000
Ivoirian Immigration
# 22
Portugal :
149,583
2000
Portuguese Immigration
# 23
Togo :
127,705
2000
Togolese Immigration
# 24
Costa Rica :
127,521
2000
Costa Rican Immigration
# 25
Hungary :
97,984
2000
Hungarian Immigration
# 26
Ireland :
91,514
2000
Irish Immigration
# 27
Argentina :
86,499
2000
Argentine Immigration
# 28
Zambia :
83,483
2000
Zambian Immigration
# 29
Cambodia :
80,000
2000
Cambodian Immigration
# 30
Mozambique :
75,000
2000
Mozambican Immigration
# 31
Denmark :
73,469
2000
Danish Immigration
# 32
Saudi Arabia :
70,000
2000
Saudi Immigration
# 33
Chad :
69,444
2000
Chadian Immigration
# 34
Switzerland :
69,214
2000
Swiss Immigration
# 35
Austria :
65,028
2000
Austrian Immigration
# 36
Belgium :
61,339
2000
Belgian Immigration
# 37
Chile :
60,000
2000
Chilean Immigration
# 38
Norway :
52,726
2000
Norwegian Immigration
# 39
Sweden :
49,070
2000
Swedish Immigration
# 40
Gambia, The :
45,000
2000
Gambian Immigration
# 41
Japan :
44,754
2000
Japanese Immigration
# 42
Qatar :
43,128
2000
Qatari Immigration
# 43
New Zealand :
42,482
2000
New Zealand Immigration
# 44
Venezuela :
40,000
2000
Venezuelan Immigration
# 45
Djibouti :
30,000
2000
Djiboutian Immigration
# 46
Cyprus :
28,936
2000
Cypriot Immigration
# 47
Slovenia :
24,206
2000
Slovenian Immigration
# 48
Niger :
24,056
2000
Nigerien Immigration
# 49
Botswana :
22,856
2000
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 50
Luxembourg :
20,406
2000
Luxembourg Immigration
# 51
Finland :
19,554
2000
Finnish Immigration
# 52
Bahrain :
16,500
2000
Bahraini Immigration
# 53
Equatorial Guinea :
15,000
2000
Equatorial Guinean Immigration
# 54
Turkey :
14,455
2000
Turkish Immigration
# 55
Gabon :
14,374
2000
Gabonese Immigration
# 56
Czech Republic :
11,765
2000
Czech Immigration
# 57
Central African Republic :
11,293
2000
Central African Immigration
# 58
Panama :
11,000
2000
Panamanian Immigration
# 59
Libya :
10,000
2000
Libyan Immigration
# 60
Mauritania :
9,900
2000
Mauritanian Immigration
# 61
Aruba :
6,500
2000
Aruban Immigration
# 62
New Caledonia :
5,569
2000
New Caledonian Immigration
# 63
Burma :
4,000
2000
Burmese Immigration
# 64
Mayotte :
3,604
2000
Mahoran Immigration
# 65
Brunei :
3,520
2000
Bruneian Immigration
# 66
Malta :
2,500
2000
Maltese Immigration
# 67
Bahamas, The :
2,000
2000
Bahamian Immigration
# 68
French Polynesia :
1,599
2000
French Polynesian Immigration
# 69
Iceland :
1,574
2000
Icelandic Immigration
# 70
Slovakia :
210
2000
Slovak Immigration
# 71
Bhutan :
143
2000
Bhutanese Immigration
# 72
Belarus :
0
2000
Belarusian Immigration
# 73
Lebanon :
0
2000
Lebanese Immigration
# 74
Maldives :
0
2000
Maldivian Immigration
# 75
Papua New Guinea :
0
2000
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 76
Solomon Islands :
0
2000
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 77
Cameroon :
-249
2000
Cameroonian Immigration
# 78
Saint Lucia :
-831
2000
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 79
Belize :
-1,000
2000
Belizean Immigration
# 80
Mauritius :
-2,000
2000
Mauritian Immigration
# 81
Guam :
-4,848
2000
Guamanian Immigration
# 82
Virgin Islands :
-5,103
2000
Virgin Islander Immigration
# 83
Suriname :
-5,732
2000
Surinamese Immigration
# 84
Grenada :
-5,831
2000
Grenadian Immigration
# 85
Madagascar :
-6,000
2000
Malagasy Immigration
# 86
Comoros :
-6,000
2000
Comoran Immigration
# 87
São Tomé and Príncipe :
-6,000
2000
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 88
Namibia :
-6,104
2000
Namibian Immigration
# 89
Macedonia, Republic of :
-7,000
2000
Macedonian Immigration
# 90
Vanuatu :
-7,141
2000
- Immigration
# 91
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
-7,632
2000
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 92
Eritrea :
-8,887
2000
Eritrean Immigration
# 93
Tonga :
-9,532
2000
Tongan Immigration
# 94
Guinea-Bissau :
-10,703
2000
Guinean Immigration
# 95
Cape Verde :
-12,000
2000
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 96
Barbados :
-12,000
2000
Barbadian Immigration
# 97
Swaziland :
-12,000
2000
Swazi Immigration
# 98
Samoa :
-14,023
2000
Samoan Immigration
# 99
Iraq :
-17,859
2000
Iraqi Immigration
# 100
Netherlands Antilles :
-18,718
2000
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 101
Trinidad and Tobago :
-20,000
2000
Tobagonian Immigration
# 102
Kenya :
-21,386
2000
Kenyan Immigration
# 103
Puerto Rico :
-24,928
2000
Puerto Rican Immigration
# 104
Uruguay :
-26,000
2000
Uruguayan Immigration
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
-27,000
2000
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 106
Benin :
-29,287
2000
Beninese Immigration
# 107
Lesotho :
-36,000
2000
Basotho Immigration
# 108
Estonia :
-36,571
2000
Estonian Immigration
# 109
Latvia :
-39,965
2000
Latvian Immigration
# 110
Pakistan :
-40,500
2000
Pakistani Immigration
# 111
Fiji :
-42,000
2000
Fijian Immigration
# 112
Paraguay :
-42,970
2000
Paraguayan Immigration
# 113
Uganda :
-45,737
2000
Ugandan Immigration
# 114
Mongolia :
-49,525
2000
Mongolian Immigration
# 115
Turkmenistan :
-50,000
2000
Turkmen Immigration
# 116
Ghana :
-51,314
2000
Ghanaian Immigration
# 117
Tunisia :
-55,624
2000
Tunisian Immigration
# 118
Guyana :
-60,000
2000
Guyanese Immigration
# 119
Oman :
-70,000
2000
Omani Immigration
# 120
Malawi :
-85,000
2000
Malawian Immigration
# 121
Jordan :
-85,900
2000
Jordanian Immigration
# 122
Laos :
-87,500
2000
Lao Immigration
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
-90,699
2000
Congolese Immigration
# 124
Nigeria :
-95,028
2000
Nigerian Immigration
# 125
Jamaica :
-97,933
2000
Jamaican Immigration
# 126
Nepal :
-99,088
2000
Nepalese Immigration
# 127
Senegal :
-100,000
2000
Senegalese Immigration
# 128
Bolivia :
-100,000
2000
Bolivian Immigration
# 129
Somalia :
-100,004
2000
Somali Immigration
# 130
Lithuania :
-105,528
2000
Lithuanian Immigration
# 131
Bulgaria :
-108,444
2000
Bulgarian Immigration
# 132
Angola :
-120,090
2000
Angolan Immigration
# 133
Burkina Faso :
-120,591
2000
Burkinabe Immigration
# 134
Azerbaijan :
-127,510
2000
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 135
Syria :
-130,000
2000
Syrian Immigration
# 136
Haiti :
-135,770
2000
Haitian Immigration
# 137
Dominican Republic :
-139,414
2000
Dominican Immigration
# 138
Algeria :
-140,000
2000
Algerian Immigration
# 139
Serbia and Montenegro :
-147,889
2000
Serbian Immigration
# 140
Sierra Leone :
-150,000
2000
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 141
Colombia :
-150,000
2000
Colombian Immigration
# 142
Nicaragua :
-157,800
2000
Nicaraguan Immigration
# 143
Croatia :
-160,000
2000
Croatian Immigration
# 144
Cuba :
-164,297
2000
Cuban Immigration
# 145
East Timor :
-170,000
2000
Timorese Immigration
# 146
Honduras :
-180,000
2000
Honduran Immigration
# 147
Vietnam :
-200,000
2000
Vietnamese Immigration
# 148
Tanzania :
-205,875
2000
Tanzanian Immigration
# 149
Brazil :
-210,000
2000
Brazilian Immigration
# 150
Armenia :
-225,000
2000
Armenian Immigration
# 151
Sudan :
-226,854
2000
Sudanese Immigration
# 152
Guinea :
-227,000
2000
Guinean Immigration
# 153
Moldova :
-252,500
2000
Moldovan Immigration
# 154
Albania :
-267,190
2000
Albanian Immigration
# 155
Ethiopia :
-276,910
2000
Ethiopian Immigration
# 156
Mali :
-283,896
2000
Malian Immigration
# 157
Poland :
-300,000
2000
Polish Immigration
# 158
Ecuador :
-300,000
2000
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 159
Zimbabwe :
-300,000
2000
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 160
Tajikistan :
-333,222
2000
Tajikistani Immigration
# 161
Romania :
-350,000
2000
Romanian Immigration
# 162
Peru :
-350,000
2000
Peruvian Immigration
# 163
El Salvador :
-383,760
2000
Salvadoran Immigration
# 164
Guatemala :
-390,000
2000
Guatemalan Immigration
# 165
Georgia :
-390,036
2000
Georgian Immigration
# 166
Uzbekistan :
-400,000
2000
Uzbekistani Immigration
# 167
Burundi :
-400,000
2000
Burundian Immigration
# 168
Sri Lanka :
-400,002
2000
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 169
Thailand :
-464,700
2000
Thai Immigration
# 170
Morocco :
-500,000
2000
Moroccan Immigration
# 171
Ukraine :
-547,091
2000
Ukrainian Immigration
# 172
Bangladesh :
-550,000
2000
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 173
China :
-785,754
2000
Chinese Immigration
# 174
Indonesia :
-900,000
2000
Indonesian Immigration
# 175
Philippines :
-900,000
2000
Philippine Immigration
# 176
Mexico :
-1,176,292
2000
Mexican Immigration
# 177
Kazakhstan :
-1,320,442
2000
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 178
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
-1,379,043
2000
Congolese Immigration
# 179
India :
-1,400,000
2000
Indian Immigration
Weighted average:
4,234.3
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
2,882,994
DEFINITION: Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the total number of immigrants less the annual number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. Data are five-year estimates. To derive estimates of net migration, the United Nations Population Division takes into account the past migration history of a country or area, the migration policy of a country, and the influx of refugees in recent periods. The data to calculate these official estimates come from a variety of sources, including border statistics, administrative records, surveys, and censuses. When no official estimates can be made because of insufficient data, net migration is derived through the balance equation, which is the difference between overall population growth and the natural increase during the 1990-2000 intercensal period."
SOURCE: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 2008.
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