# Net migration in Iraq

Net migration in Iraq was -5,710 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -5,710 |
| 2022 | 76,821 |
| 2021 | 17,474 |
| 2020 | 29,858 |
| 2019 | -43,919 |
| 2018 | 15,775 |
| 2017 | -21,998 |
| 2016 | -113,980 |
| 2015 | -22,338 |
| 2014 | -5,033 |
| 2013 | 474,379 |
| 2012 | 753,907 |
| 2011 | 261,880 |
| 2010 | 92,779 |
| 2009 | 120,092 |
| 2008 | 396,792 |
| 2007 | -824,428 |
| 2006 | -1,206,850 |
| 2005 | 51,019 |
| 2004 | 69,948 |
| 2003 | -27,236 |
| 2002 | 133,839 |
| 2001 | 14,451 |
| 2000 | 87,624 |
| 1999 | 69,491 |
| 1998 | 48,446 |
| 1997 | 15,429 |
| 1996 | 14,652 |
| 1995 | 40,424 |
| 1994 | 54,355 |
| 1993 | 581,818 |
| 1992 | 20,292 |
| 1991 | -95,155 |
| 1990 | -601,469 |
| 1989 | 19,392 |
| 1988 | -81,562 |
| 1987 | -108,426 |
| 1986 | 39,136 |
| 1985 | -199,505 |
| 1984 | 21,709 |
| 1983 | 23,115 |
| 1982 | -22,302 |
| 1981 | -23,640 |
| 1980 | 15,757 |
| 1979 | -20,617 |
| 1978 | 7,434 |
| 1977 | 8,204 |
| 1976 | -13,915 |
| 1975 | -6,237 |
| 1974 | -4,090 |
| 1973 | -1,507 |
| 1972 | -2,600 |
| 1971 | -6,479 |
| 1970 | 1,377 |
| 1969 | 312 |
| 1968 | 928 |
| 1967 | 2,531 |
| 1966 | 1,298 |
| 1965 | 4,555 |
| 1964 | 3,224 |
| 1963 | 3,197 |
| 1962 | 3,343 |
| 1961 | 2,981 |
| 1960 | 1,573 |