# Net migration in China

Net migration in China was -567,724 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/china
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=cn

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -567,724 |
| 2022 | -293,846 |
| 2021 | -379,749 |
| 2020 | -91,577 |
| 2019 | -656,091 |
| 2018 | -198,206 |
| 2017 | -94,625 |
| 2016 | -153,056 |
| 2015 | -646,941 |
| 2014 | -371,108 |
| 2013 | -188,951 |
| 2012 | -58,864 |
| 2011 | -416,189 |
| 2010 | -184,144 |
| 2009 | -177,135 |
| 2008 | -764,370 |
| 2007 | -1,042,019 |
| 2006 | -759,559 |
| 2005 | -103,701 |
| 2004 | -770,977 |
| 2003 | -613,223 |
| 2002 | -761,291 |
| 2001 | -176,419 |
| 2000 | -62,622 |
| 1999 | -96,102 |
| 1998 | -40,472 |
| 1997 | -279,251 |
| 1996 | -250,750 |
| 1995 | -365,986 |
| 1994 | -723,641 |
| 1993 | -373,316 |
| 1992 | -142,985 |
| 1991 | -544,650 |
| 1990 | -11,187 |
| 1989 | -313,476 |
| 1988 | -282,194 |
| 1987 | -169,170 |
| 1986 | -79,190 |
| 1985 | -60,929 |
| 1984 | -51,961 |
| 1983 | -43,756 |
| 1982 | -36,181 |
| 1981 | -28,016 |
| 1980 | -20,129 |
| 1979 | -13,704 |
| 1978 | -9,916 |
| 1977 | -15,323 |
| 1976 | -55,109 |
| 1975 | -115,173 |
| 1974 | -175,239 |
| 1973 | -214,997 |
| 1972 | -215,650 |
| 1971 | -180,153 |
| 1970 | -126,510 |
| 1969 | -72,836 |
| 1968 | -37,290 |
| 1967 | 1,246,654 |
| 1966 | 4,165 |
| 1965 | -130,900 |
| 1964 | -1,250,441 |
| 1963 | -31,383 |
| 1962 | -31,305 |
| 1961 | -25,578 |
| 1960 | -16,927 |