# Net migration in Iran

Net migration in Iran was 262,044 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 262,044 |
| 2022 | 403,190 |
| 2021 | 334,967 |
| 2020 | -180,680 |
| 2019 | -32,794 |
| 2018 | -27,946 |
| 2017 | 34,849 |
| 2016 | 66,630 |
| 2015 | -46,239 |
| 2014 | -56,042 |
| 2013 | -47,322 |
| 2012 | -57,823 |
| 2011 | -65,924 |
| 2010 | -12,849 |
| 2009 | 211 |
| 2008 | -12,184 |
| 2007 | -24,950 |
| 2006 | 640,932 |
| 2005 | 765,873 |
| 2004 | 739,996 |
| 2003 | 700,222 |
| 2002 | -668,962 |
| 2001 | 291,692 |
| 2000 | 300,133 |
| 1999 | 191,988 |
| 1998 | 218,171 |
| 1997 | 98,009 |
| 1996 | -92,435 |
| 1995 | -220,258 |
| 1994 | -297,487 |
| 1993 | -1,696,091 |
| 1992 | -451,945 |
| 1991 | -13,059 |
| 1990 | 200,711 |
| 1989 | 9,460 |
| 1988 | 30,688 |
| 1987 | 213,524 |
| 1986 | 242,411 |
| 1985 | 163,999 |
| 1984 | 97,748 |
| 1983 | 204,544 |
| 1982 | 222,390 |
| 1981 | 1,452,169 |
| 1980 | 103,674 |
| 1979 | 75,451 |
| 1978 | 70,088 |
| 1977 | 68,093 |
| 1976 | 18,825 |
| 1975 | 106,921 |
| 1974 | 103,252 |
| 1973 | 104,779 |
| 1972 | 96,614 |
| 1971 | 77,717 |
| 1970 | 89,757 |
| 1969 | 78,196 |
| 1968 | 69,342 |
| 1967 | 77,313 |
| 1966 | 98,709 |
| 1965 | 127,808 |
| 1964 | 121,817 |
| 1963 | 110,190 |
| 1962 | 96,332 |
| 1961 | 77,811 |
| 1960 | 54,041 |