# Net migration in Namibia

Net migration in Namibia was 11,675 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,675 |
| 2022 | 22,212 |
| 2021 | 31,327 |
| 2020 | 27,056 |
| 2019 | 19,676 |
| 2018 | 17,920 |
| 2017 | 16,080 |
| 2016 | 14,002 |
| 2015 | 12,755 |
| 2014 | 11,134 |
| 2013 | 10,748 |
| 2012 | 10,957 |
| 2011 | -4,067 |
| 2010 | -8,518 |
| 2009 | -8,626 |
| 2008 | -8,775 |
| 2007 | -8,905 |
| 2006 | -8,792 |
| 2005 | -8,195 |
| 2004 | -7,192 |
| 2003 | -6,153 |
| 2002 | -1,913 |
| 2001 | 2,869 |
| 2000 | 5,709 |
| 1999 | 6,333 |
| 1998 | 6,180 |
| 1997 | 6,023 |
| 1996 | 5,866 |
| 1995 | 5,712 |
| 1994 | 5,578 |
| 1993 | 5,464 |
| 1992 | 2,487 |
| 1991 | 309 |
| 1990 | 3,969 |
| 1989 | 75,072 |
| 1988 | 10,916 |
| 1987 | 4,559 |
| 1986 | 3,953 |
| 1985 | 2,090 |
| 1984 | -267 |
| 1983 | -481 |
| 1982 | -889 |
| 1981 | -18,901 |
| 1980 | -15,041 |
| 1979 | -4,818 |
| 1978 | -22,827 |
| 1977 | -3,907 |
| 1976 | -5,048 |
| 1975 | -553 |
| 1974 | -744 |
| 1973 | -1,066 |
| 1972 | -236 |
| 1971 | -208 |
| 1970 | -244 |
| 1969 | -57 |
| 1968 | -636 |
| 1967 | -339 |
| 1966 | -1,023 |
| 1965 | -1,327 |
| 1964 | -1,660 |
| 1963 | -2,016 |
| 1962 | -2,403 |
| 1961 | -2,807 |
| 1960 | -3,227 |