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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Migration > Net migration

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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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 South Africa 700,001 2005
2 Sierra Leone 336,000 2005
3 Eritrea 229,376 2005
4 Chad 218,966 2005
5 Burundi 191,600 2005
6 Angola 175,000 2005
7 Burkina Faso 100,000 2005
8 Benin 98,831 2005
9 Liberia 62,452 2005
10 The Gambia 31,127 2005
11 Mauritania 30,000 2005
12 Kenya 25,144 2005
13 Botswana 20,000 2005
14 Equatorial Guinea 15,000 2005
15 Ghana 11,690 2005
16 Gabon 9,566 2005
17 Rwanda 5,931 2005
18 Guinea-Bissau 1,181 2005
=19 Mauritius 0.0 2005
=19 Djibouti 0.0 2005
21 Namibia -1,000 2005
22 Togo -3,570 2005
=23 Madagascar -5,000 2005
=23 Uganda -5,000 2005
25 Sao Tome and Principe -7,000 2005
26 Comoros -10,000 2005
27 Cameroon -12,121 2005
28 Cape Verde -12,500 2005
29 Mozambique -20,000 2005
30 Niger -28,497 2005
31 Malawi -30,000 2005
32 Lesotho -36,000 2005
33 Central African Republic -45,000 2005
34 Swaziland -46,077 2005
35 Zambia -81,713 2005
36 Senegal -100,000 2005
37 Mali -134,204 2005
38 Nigeria -170,000 2005
39 Somalia -200,000 2005
40 Democratic Republic of the Congo -236,676 2005
41 Cote d'Ivoire -338,732 2005
42 Ethiopia -340,460 2005
43 Tanzania -345,000 2005
44 Guinea -425,000 2005
45 Sudan -531,781 2005
46 Zimbabwe -700,000 2005

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