# Net migration in Hong Kong

Net migration in Hong Kong was -3,427 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `hk`
- 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/hong-kong
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=hk

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -3,427 |
| 2022 | -3,427 |
| 2021 | -3,427 |
| 2020 | -1,800 |
| 2019 | -7,170 |
| 2018 | -1,225 |
| 2017 | 7,963 |
| 2016 | 10,262 |
| 2015 | 10,547 |
| 2014 | 20,454 |
| 2013 | 23,826 |
| 2012 | 35,557 |
| 2011 | 21,655 |
| 2010 | 8,307 |
| 2009 | 19,080 |
| 2008 | 25,455 |
| 2007 | 30,540 |
| 2006 | 10,045 |
| 2005 | -1,488 |
| 2004 | 8,169 |
| 2003 | 17,753 |
| 2002 | 20,893 |
| 2001 | 31,359 |
| 2000 | 58,755 |
| 1999 | 65,939 |
| 1998 | 73,563 |
| 1997 | 77,293 |
| 1996 | 81,906 |
| 1995 | 88,352 |
| 1994 | 91,059 |
| 1993 | 95,581 |
| 1992 | 98,211 |
| 1991 | 75,664 |
| 1990 | -26,077 |
| 1989 | -20,790 |
| 1988 | -21,649 |
| 1987 | -16,390 |
| 1986 | -6,867 |
| 1985 | 24,606 |
| 1984 | 25,516 |
| 1983 | 25,475 |
| 1982 | 26,361 |
| 1981 | 31,745 |
| 1980 | 45,107 |
| 1979 | 46,903 |
| 1978 | 45,843 |
| 1977 | 47,944 |
| 1976 | 50,619 |
| 1975 | 49,994 |
| 1974 | 46,801 |
| 1973 | 46,428 |
| 1972 | 47,078 |
| 1971 | 94,098 |
| 1970 | 302,462 |
| 1969 | 300,811 |
| 1968 | 286,736 |
| 1967 | -1,248,193 |
| 1966 | -74,393 |
| 1965 | 131,205 |
| 1964 | 1,120,002 |
| 1963 | -294,927 |
| 1962 | -307,666 |
| 1961 | -244,018 |
| 1960 | 20,811 |