# Net migration in Laos

Net migration in Laos was -10,003 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -10,003 |
| 2022 | -10,003 |
| 2021 | -10,305 |
| 2020 | -10,305 |
| 2019 | -10,305 |
| 2018 | -10,305 |
| 2017 | -10,400 |
| 2016 | -11,401 |
| 2015 | -12,991 |
| 2014 | -26,881 |
| 2013 | -27,492 |
| 2012 | -28,871 |
| 2011 | -30,538 |
| 2010 | -30,046 |
| 2009 | -29,545 |
| 2008 | -28,318 |
| 2007 | -27,233 |
| 2006 | -25,286 |
| 2005 | -24,138 |
| 2004 | -40,120 |
| 2003 | -36,572 |
| 2002 | -33,595 |
| 2001 | -33,552 |
| 2000 | -33,965 |
| 1999 | -36,632 |
| 1998 | -33,997 |
| 1997 | -32,288 |
| 1996 | -16,574 |
| 1995 | -14,279 |
| 1994 | -11,782 |
| 1993 | -9,390 |
| 1992 | -7,502 |
| 1991 | -5,390 |
| 1990 | -3,100 |
| 1989 | -1,272 |
| 1988 | -80 |
| 1987 | 0 |
| 1986 | -475 |
| 1985 | -1,376 |
| 1984 | -2,698 |
| 1983 | -4,108 |
| 1982 | -6,184 |
| 1981 | -11,061 |
| 1980 | -17,339 |
| 1979 | -23,317 |
| 1978 | -27,208 |
| 1977 | -26,908 |
| 1976 | -21,738 |
| 1975 | -13,858 |
| 1974 | -6,000 |
| 1973 | -774 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 |