# Net migration in Portugal

Net migration in Portugal was 29,102 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 29,102 |
| 2022 | 68,696 |
| 2021 | 69,606 |
| 2020 | 54,076 |
| 2019 | 63,031 |
| 2018 | 22,495 |
| 2017 | 13,979 |
| 2016 | -775 |
| 2015 | -3,209 |
| 2014 | -26,447 |
| 2013 | -36,342 |
| 2012 | -37,083 |
| 2011 | -31,513 |
| 2010 | -5,627 |
| 2009 | 14,532 |
| 2008 | 9,478 |
| 2007 | 21,064 |
| 2006 | 16,754 |
| 2005 | 15,537 |
| 2004 | 13,928 |
| 2003 | 24,740 |
| 2002 | 42,169 |
| 2001 | 55,565 |
| 2000 | 60,586 |
| 1999 | 49,572 |
| 1998 | 40,931 |
| 1997 | 36,922 |
| 1996 | 32,640 |
| 1995 | 26,971 |
| 1994 | 20,761 |
| 1993 | 8,561 |
| 1992 | -11,847 |
| 1991 | -37,914 |
| 1990 | -34,855 |
| 1989 | -30,615 |
| 1988 | -26,595 |
| 1987 | -23,142 |
| 1986 | -20,000 |
| 1985 | -19,183 |
| 1984 | -16,658 |
| 1983 | -16,568 |
| 1982 | -15,006 |
| 1981 | -7,938 |
| 1980 | 29,881 |
| 1979 | 32,434 |
| 1978 | 34,345 |
| 1977 | 37,779 |
| 1976 | 40,490 |
| 1975 | 42,262 |
| 1974 | 41,254 |
| 1973 | 39,748 |
| 1972 | 39,058 |
| 1971 | 48,944 |
| 1970 | -191,862 |
| 1969 | -161,114 |
| 1968 | -145,200 |
| 1967 | -136,232 |
| 1966 | -129,233 |
| 1965 | -123,855 |
| 1964 | -118,763 |
| 1963 | -116,874 |
| 1962 | -113,947 |
| 1961 | -112,768 |
| 1960 | -95,886 |