# Net migration in Japan

Net migration in Japan was 175,003 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 175,003 |
| 2022 | 175,003 |
| 2021 | -34,996 |
| 2020 | 42,001 |
| 2019 | 318,190 |
| 2018 | 320,601 |
| 2017 | 322,564 |
| 2016 | 314,732 |
| 2015 | 168,896 |
| 2014 | 58,109 |
| 2013 | 66,449 |
| 2012 | 67,904 |
| 2011 | 97,720 |
| 2010 | 131,860 |
| 2009 | 125,450 |
| 2008 | 142,605 |
| 2007 | 138,024 |
| 2006 | 130,065 |
| 2005 | 113,017 |
| 2004 | 69,014 |
| 2003 | 74,875 |
| 2002 | 60,864 |
| 2001 | 59,563 |
| 2000 | 23,468 |
| 1999 | 56,901 |
| 1998 | 45,912 |
| 1997 | 43,366 |
| 1996 | 25,030 |
| 1995 | 87,714 |
| 1994 | 154,214 |
| 1993 | 168,836 |
| 1992 | 170,878 |
| 1991 | 161,331 |
| 1990 | 124,582 |
| 1989 | 31,202 |
| 1988 | 51,154 |
| 1987 | 28,001 |
| 1986 | 27,987 |
| 1985 | -141,323 |
| 1984 | -273,686 |
| 1983 | -269,755 |
| 1982 | -288,550 |
| 1981 | -278,525 |
| 1980 | -92,314 |
| 1979 | -57,692 |
| 1978 | -47,996 |
| 1977 | -49,082 |
| 1976 | -34,976 |
| 1975 | 107 |
| 1974 | -10,145 |
| 1973 | -34,674 |
| 1972 | -73,980 |
| 1971 | -107,778 |
| 1970 | 33,731 |
| 1969 | 49,447 |
| 1968 | 43,593 |
| 1967 | 29,632 |
| 1966 | 68,934 |
| 1965 | -50,667 |
| 1964 | -100,696 |
| 1963 | -100,742 |
| 1962 | -57,075 |
| 1961 | -58,882 |
| 1960 | -150,371 |