Countries ranked by net migration

Countries ranked by net migration, measured by net total of migrants during a five-year period, using the latest data from the World Bank.

Net migration is the number of immigrants into a country minus the number of emigrants out of a country, including citizens and non-citizens, over a five-year period.

The movement of people, most often through migration, is a significant part of global integration. Migrants contribute to the economies of both their host country and their country of origin.

The figures used are estimates from the United Nations Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and its accompanying annual report, the International Migrant Stock.

Key findings

• 75 countries have positive net migration (more people entering than leaving).
• 119 countries have negative net migration (more people leaving than entering).
• The USA has the highest net migration with 4,961,716.
• Syria has the lowest net migration with -5,386,986.
• Of the countries with positive net migration, Bhutan has the lowest figure of 300.
• The global number of international migrants reached an estimated 272 million in 2019, an increase of 51 million since 2010.
• The global number of international migrants has grown faster than the world’s population.
• In 2019, 66% of all international migrants were living in just 20 countries.
• Over 40% of all international migrants in 2019 had been born in Europe (61 million) or in Central and Southern Asia (50 million).
• 33% of all international migrants originate in only 10 countries.
• In 2019, women comprise just less than half of all international migrants.
• 75% of all international migrants are of working age (20-64 years).
• One out of every seven international migrants is below the age of 20 years old.

Countries ranked by net migration

The table shows 194 of the world’s countries ranked by net migration

Some countries may have been omitted due to insufficient data.

Rank	Country	Net migration
1	USA	4,961,716
2	Germany	1,938,576
3	Russia	1,800,600
4	Turkey	1,763,078
5	Saudi Arabia	1,722,804
6	Italy	1,637,369
7	Iraq	1,303,607
8	UK	1,300,231
9	Canada	1,241,416
10	Lebanon	1,192,354
11	Jordan	1,056,759
12	Australia	989,375
13	South Africa	919,697
14	Oman	885,782
15	Qatar	604,852
16	Kuwait	580,000
17	Afghanistan	521,769
18	France	423,831
19	South Korea	401,183
20	Ethiopia	399,997
21	Switzerland	397,267
22	Japan	358,133
23	Singapore	317,028
24	UAE	270,000
25	Austria	267,172
26	Belgium	258,672
27	Sweden	253,958
28	Malaysia	249,999
29	Norway	221,814
30	Thailand	167,314
31	Angola	166,267
32	Chile	163,730
33	Kazakhstan	159,807
34	Ukraine	132,154
35	Denmark	106,841
36	Gabon	100,317
37	Chad	100,000
38	New Zealand	90,895
39	Equatorial Guinea	89,999
40	Finland	81,416
41	Hong Kong	74,892
42	Belarus	72,123
43	Netherlands	62,687
44	Czech Rep.	59,997
45	Maldives	58,358
46	Luxembourg	48,704
47	Macao SAR, China	42,350
48	Bahrain	42,000
49	Argentina	30,000
50	Hungary	29,999
51	Serbia	29,559
52	Panama	28,105
53	Mauritania	25,002
54	Liberia	25,000
55	Cyprus	22,509
56	Costa Rica	19,658
57	Israel	19,497
58	Niger	18,911
59	Slovenia	16,571
60	Brazil	15,924
61	Malta	15,505
62	DR Congo	15,060
63	Slovakia	11,346
64	Azerbaijan	8,499
65	Belize	7,594
66	Curacao	6,817
67	Djibouti	6,002
68	The Bahamas	4,999
69	St. Lucia	4,360
70	Channel Islands	3,570
71	New Caledonia	3,003
72	Vanuatu	1,785
73	Aruba	1,253
74	Antigua & Barbuda	943
75	Bhutan	300
76	Barbados	-397
77	Brunei Darussalam	-901
78	Seychelles	-1,000
79	Grenada	-1,000
80	Iceland	-2,163
81	St. Vincent & Gren.	-2,934
82	Micronesia	-2,999
83	Montenegro	-3,112
84	Trinidad & Tobago	-3,999
85	Papua New Guinea	-3,999
86	Kiribati	-4,123
87	Mongolia	-4,262
88	US Virgin Islands	-4,501
89	Suriname	-5,000
90	Guinea-Bissau	-7,005
91	Moldova	-7,020
92	Madagascar	-7,500
93	Guam	-7,594
94	Solomon Islands	-7,998
95	French Polynesia	-8,016
96	Cabo Verde	-8,029
97	Sao Tome & Principe	-8,400
98	North Macedonia	-8,853
99	Togo	-9,994
100	Comoros	-10,000
101	Estonia	-10,516
102	Mauritius	-12,079
103	Samoa	-12,189
104	Tonga	-12,992
105	The Gambia	-15,436
106	Sierra Leone	-21,000
107	Bulgaria	-24,472
108	Mozambique	-25,000
109	North Korea	-27,013
110	Timor-Leste	-28,030
111	Honduras	-30,000
112	Uruguay	-30,000
113	Armenia	-30,535
114	Guyana	-34,999
115	Cameroon	-36,000
116	Namibia	-37,034
117	Ecuador	-38,001
118	Croatia	-38,493
119	Eswatini	-41,764
120	Benin	-42,268
121	Lesotho	-47,704
122	Zambia	-50,000
123	Ghana	-50,000
124	Kenya	-50,000
125	Turkmenistan	-50,002
126	Guatemala	-50,131
127	Fiji	-51,950
128	Jamaica	-56,658
129	Bolivia	-57,620
130	Congo	-60,000
131	Uzbekistan	-66,469
132	Burundi	-70,001
133	Botswana	-73,138
134	Yemen	-75,010
135	Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	-80,000
136	Cuba	-80,000
137	Malawi	-80,263
138	Latvia	-83,325
139	Paraguay	-87,130
140	Kyrgyzstan	-93,353
141	Georgia	-95,340
142	South Sudan	-100,000
143	Rwanda	-108,094
144	Ireland	-111,819
145	Laos	-112,313
146	Burkina Faso	-125,000
147	Nicaragua	-135,020
148	Albania	-136,590
149	Tajikistan	-136,974
150	Portugal	-140,000
151	Algeria	-143,268
152	Lithuania	-146,217
153	Cambodia	-149,999
154	Haiti	-150,000
155	Tunisia	-150,000
156	Dominican Rep.	-153,000
157	West Bank & Gaza	-157,065
158	Greece	-161,799
159	Colombia	-193,380
160	Senegal	-214,002
161	Somalia	-233,405
162	El Salvador	-240,415
163	Puerto Rico	-242,701
164	Eritrea	-246,000
165	Tanzania	-250,435
166	Bosnia & Herz.	-258,529
167	Egypt	-280,944
168	Guinea	-293,749
169	Uganda	-299,994
170	Nigeria	-300,000
171	Romania	-300,001
172	Libya	-300,002
173	Mali	-302,449
174	Poland	-320,806
175	Morocco	-367,108
176	Central African Rep.	-396,129
177	Vietnam	-399,999
178	Mexico	-422,477
179	Venezuela	-431,040
180	Indonesia	-454,447
181	Sri Lanka	-484,772
182	Iran	-502,345
183	Spain	-520,442
184	Myanmar	-528,211
185	Sudan	-538,145
186	Zimbabwe	-622,997
187	Peru	-624,809
188	Philippines	-834,619
189	Pakistan	-1,079,167
190	China	-1,552,209
191	Nepal	-2,040,239
192	Bangladesh	-2,306,839
193	India	-2,350,075
194	Syria	-5,386,986

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators