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.
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5.8 million
2.9 million
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-2 million
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
5,800,000
2005
# 2
Afghanistan :
2,140,234
2005
# 3
Spain :
2,025,000
2005
# 4
Germany :
1,100,000
2005
# 5
Canada :
1,049,530
2005
# 6
United Arab Emirates :
960,000
2005
# 7
United Kingdom :
686,400
2005
# 8
Italy :
600,000
2005
# 9
Australia :
500,000
2005
# 10
Sierra Leone :
438,215
2005
# 11
Russia :
400,000
2005
= 12
France :
300,000
2005
= 12
Hong Kong :
300,000
2005
# 14
Eritrea :
279,932
2005
# 15
Chad :
270,941
2005
# 16
Japan :
270,000
2005
= 17
Saudi Arabia :
250,000
2005
= 17
Portugal :
250,000
2005
= 19
Iraq :
240,000
2005
= 19
Kuwait :
240,000
2005
# 21
Singapore :
200,000
2005
# 22
Ireland :
194,000
2005
# 23
Burundi :
191,600
2005
# 24
Greece :
179,000
2005
# 25
Somalia :
170,000
2005
# 26
Israel :
158,250
2005
# 27
Sweden :
157,000
2005
= 28
Malaysia :
150,000
2005
= 28
Qatar :
150,000
2005
= 28
Netherlands :
150,000
2005
# 31
Angola :
145,000
2005
= 32
Croatia :
100,000
2005
= 32
Austria :
100,000
2005
= 32
Jordan :
100,000
2005
= 32
Burkina Faso :
100,000
2005
# 36
Benin :
98,831
2005
# 37
Costa Rica :
84,000
2005
# 38
East Timor :
80,000
2005
# 39
New Zealand :
78,450
2005
# 40
Burma :
70,000
2005
# 41
Belgium :
67,000
2005
# 42
Equatorial Guinea :
65,000
1985
# 43
Denmark :
60,613
2005
# 44
Norway :
58,430
2005
= 45
Czech Republic :
50,000
2005
= 45
South Africa :
50,000
2005
= 45
Hungary :
50,000
2005
# 48
Rwanda :
45,000
2005
# 49
Finland :
41,181
2005
= 50
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
40,000
2005
= 50
Switzerland :
40,000
2005
= 50
Venezuela :
40,000
2005
# 53
Gambia, The :
31,127
2005
= 54
Mauritania :
30,000
2005
= 54
Bahrain :
30,000
2000
= 54
Chile :
30,000
2005
# 57
Cyprus :
28,936
2005
# 58
Luxembourg :
19,567
2005
# 59
Cameroon :
13,000
2005
# 60
Ghana :
11,690
2005
= 61
Libya :
10,000
2005
= 61
Macau :
10,000
2005
= 61
Slovenia :
10,000
2005
# 64
Panama :
8,000
2005
# 65
Malta :
5,500
2005
# 66
New Caledonia :
5,343
2005
# 67
Slovakia :
5,000
2005
# 68
Brunei :
3,520
2005
# 69
French Polynesia :
2,628
2005
# 70
Bahamas, The :
2,000
2005
# 71
Iceland :
1,763
2005
# 72
Guinea-Bissau :
1,181
2005
# 73
Maldives :
239
1990
# 74
Solomon Islands :
-229
1985
# 75
Belize :
-1,000
2005
# 76
Barbados :
-1,250
2005
= 77
Mauritius :
-2,000
2000
= 77
São Tomé and Príncipe :
-2,000
2005
= 79
Madagascar :
-3,000
2000
= 79
Saint Lucia :
-3,000
2005
= 79
Puerto Rico :
-3,000
2005
# 82
Togo :
-3,570
2005
# 83
Virgin Islands :
-4,000
2005
= 84
Bhutan :
-5,000
2000
= 84
Cape Verde :
-5,000
2005
= 84
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
-5,000
2005
# 87
Namibia :
-5,500
2005
# 88
Guam :
-5,942
2000
= 89
Vanuatu :
-6,000
2005
= 89
Botswana :
-6,000
2005
= 89
Swaziland :
-6,000
2005
# 92
Laos :
-6,700
2005
# 93
Tonga :
-7,146
2005
# 94
Papua New Guinea :
-7,319
1990
# 95
Djibouti :
-9,794
2005
= 96
Macedonia, Republic of :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Turkmenistan :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Estonia :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Belarus :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Micronesia, Federated States of :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Cambodia :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Niger :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Comoros :
-10,000
2005
= 96
Uruguay :
-10,000
2005
# 105
Latvia :
-12,000
2005
= 106
Congo, Republic of the :
-14,000
2005
= 106
Samoa :
-14,000
2005
= 108
Gabon :
-15,000
2005
= 108
Uganda :
-15,000
2005
# 110
Suriname :
-16,000
2005
= 111
Mozambique :
-20,000
2005
= 111
Lithuania :
-20,000
2005
= 111
Tunisia :
-20,000
2005
= 111
Trinidad and Tobago :
-20,000
2005
= 111
Malawi :
-20,000
2005
# 116
Netherlands Antilles :
-20,699
2000
# 117
Paraguay :
-25,000
2005
= 118
Honduras :
-30,000
2005
= 118
Syria :
-30,000
2005
# 120
Fiji :
-34,800
2005
# 121
Lebanon :
-35,000
2005
# 122
Lesotho :
-36,000
2005
# 123
El Salvador :
-38,000
2005
= 124
Guyana :
-40,000
2005
= 124
Moldova :
-40,000
2005
# 126
Central African Republic :
-45,000
2005
= 127
Zimbabwe :
-50,000
2005
= 127
Bulgaria :
-50,000
2005
= 127
Thailand :
-50,000
2005
= 127
Mongolia :
-50,000
2005
# 131
Zambia :
-65,000
2005
# 132
Kyrgyzstan :
-75,000
2005
= 133
Poland :
-80,000
2005
= 133
Korea, South :
-80,000
2005
= 135
Nepal :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Bolivia :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Algeria :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Senegal :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Azerbaijan :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Albania :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Jamaica :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Yemen :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Nicaragua :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Argentina :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Serbia and Montenegro :
-100,000
2005
= 135
Armenia :
-100,000
2005
# 147
Haiti :
-105,000
2005
# 148
Brazil :
-130,000
2005
# 149
Mali :
-134,204
2005
# 150
Dominican Republic :
-140,000
2005
# 151
Romania :
-150,000
2005
# 152
Ethiopia :
-150,335
2005
# 153
Sri Lanka :
-159,700
2005
= 154
Cuba :
-160,000
2005
= 154
Oman :
-160,000
2005
# 156
Nigeria :
-170,000
2005
= 157
Colombia :
-200,000
2005
= 157
Vietnam :
-200,000
2005
# 159
Kenya :
-211,519
2005
# 160
Liberia :
-244,548
2005
# 161
Georgia :
-247,999
2005
= 162
Ecuador :
-250,000
2005
= 162
Turkey :
-250,000
2005
# 164
Guinea :
-299,219
2005
= 165
Uzbekistan :
-300,000
2005
= 165
Peru :
-300,000
2005
= 165
Guatemala :
-300,000
2005
# 168
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
-321,565
2005
= 169
Tajikistan :
-345,000
2005
= 169
Tanzania :
-345,000
2005
# 171
Bangladesh :
-350,000
2005
# 172
Côte d'Ivoire :
-371,159
2005
# 173
Morocco :
-400,000
2005
# 174
Egypt :
-450,000
2005
# 175
Sudan :
-519,123
2005
# 176
Kazakhstan :
-600,000
2005
# 177
Ukraine :
-700,000
2005
# 178
Philippines :
-900,000
2005
# 179
Indonesia :
-1,000,000
2005
# 180
Iran :
-1,378,713
2005
# 181
India :
-1,400,000
2005
# 182
Pakistan :
-1,810,000
2005
# 183
China :
-1,950,000
2005
# 184
Mexico :
-2,000,000
2005
Total :
71,068
Weighted average:
386.2
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.
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