# Net migration in Malaysia

Net migration in Malaysia was 181,071 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 181,071 |
| 2022 | 188,154 |
| 2021 | 188,506 |
| 2020 | 101,907 |
| 2019 | 203,284 |
| 2018 | 221,965 |
| 2017 | 227,677 |
| 2016 | 222,141 |
| 2015 | 187,663 |
| 2014 | 159,791 |
| 2013 | 149,637 |
| 2012 | 134,975 |
| 2011 | 122,269 |
| 2010 | 157,164 |
| 2009 | 178,410 |
| 2008 | 202,481 |
| 2007 | 229,784 |
| 2006 | 232,971 |
| 2005 | 225,864 |
| 2004 | 212,278 |
| 2003 | 199,510 |
| 2002 | 196,227 |
| 2001 | 173,613 |
| 2000 | 125,499 |
| 1999 | 89,335 |
| 1998 | 99,639 |
| 1997 | 79,266 |
| 1996 | 73,040 |
| 1995 | 72,393 |
| 1994 | 66,685 |
| 1993 | 61,079 |
| 1992 | 66,286 |
| 1991 | 97,111 |
| 1990 | 135,020 |
| 1989 | 143,544 |
| 1988 | 133,478 |
| 1987 | 137,759 |
| 1986 | 127,081 |
| 1985 | 120,215 |
| 1984 | 106,248 |
| 1983 | 97,862 |
| 1982 | 89,942 |
| 1981 | 84,142 |
| 1980 | 80,617 |
| 1979 | -13,980 |
| 1978 | -15,059 |
| 1977 | -16,601 |
| 1976 | -18,316 |
| 1975 | -20,480 |
| 1974 | -21,919 |
| 1973 | -21,995 |
| 1972 | -21,305 |
| 1971 | -20,535 |
| 1970 | -31,839 |
| 1969 | -39,420 |
| 1968 | -40,996 |
| 1967 | -42,108 |
| 1966 | -33,993 |
| 1965 | -36,456 |
| 1964 | -38,785 |
| 1963 | -40,952 |
| 1962 | -43,033 |
| 1961 | -44,916 |
| 1960 | -46,948 |