Net migration in Réunion

Net migration in Réunion was -3,625 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 5.5% from 2022.

2023, persons-3,625 Estimated
Change on 2022-5.5%
Series high4,7822014
Series low-14,2222017
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Net migration in Réunion, 1950 to 2023

-15K-10K-5,00005,00019501961197219831994200520231950: 1,730 persons1951: 1,187 persons1952: 1,726 persons1953: 1,191 persons1954: 2,493 persons1955: 1,336 persons1956: 1,601 persons1957: 2,068 persons1958: 2,201 persons1959: 2,331 persons1960: 2,256 persons1961: 1,298 persons1962: -348 persons1963: -503 persons1964: -317 persons1965: -1,660 persons1966: -1,807 persons1967: -2,321 persons1968: -2,532 persons1969: -2,475 persons1970: -1,762 persons1971: -1,797 persons1972: -1,994 persons1973: -2,276 persons1974: -2,650 persons1975: -2,585 persons1976: -2,538 persons1977: -2,546 persons1978: -2,546 persons1979: -2,514 persons1980: -2,463 persons1981: -2,149 persons1982: -305 persons1983: 504 persons1984: 713 persons1985: 840 persons1986: 899 persons1987: 907 persons1988: 863 persons1989: 949 persons1990: 1,624 persons1991: 1,984 persons1992: 2,111 persons1993: 2,200 persons1994: 2,243 persons1995: 2,262 persons1996: 2,240 persons1997: 2,208 persons1998: 1,786 persons1999: -812 persons2000: -1,750 persons2001: -1,797 persons2002: -1,747 persons2003: -1,687 persons2004: -7,975 persons2005: -8,690 persons2006: -1,363 persons2007: 2,821 persons2008: -2,255 persons2009: -4,425 persons2010: -4,567 persons2011: -10,679 persons2012: -12,758 persons2013: -1,978 persons2014: 4,782 persons2015: -10,921 persons2016: -11,620 persons2017: -14,222 persons2018: -5,627 persons2019: -8,411 persons2020: 2,272 persons2021: -2,921 persons2022: -3,435 persons2023: -3,625 persons-15K-10K-5,00005,00019501975200020232023: -3,625 persons
persons. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodpersons
2023-3,625 Estimated
2022-3,435 Estimated
2021-2,921 Estimated
20202,272 Estimated
2019-8,411 Estimated
2018-5,627 Estimated
2017-14,222 Estimated
2016-11,620 Estimated
2015-10,921 Estimated
20144,782 Estimated
2013-1,978 Estimated
2012-12,758 Estimated
2011-10,679 Estimated
2010-4,567 Estimated
2009-4,425 Estimated
2008-2,255 Estimated
20072,821 Estimated
2006-1,363 Estimated
2005-8,690 Estimated
2004-7,975 Estimated
2003-1,687 Estimated
2002-1,747 Estimated
2001-1,797 Estimated
2000-1,750 Estimated
1999-812 Estimated
19981,786 Estimated
19972,208 Estimated
19962,240 Estimated
19952,262 Estimated
19942,243 Estimated
19932,200 Estimated
19922,111 Estimated
19911,984 Estimated
19901,624 Estimated
1989949 Estimated
1988863 Estimated
1987907 Estimated
1986899 Estimated
1985840 Estimated
1984713 Estimated
1983504 Estimated
1982-305 Estimated
1981-2,149 Estimated
1980-2,463 Estimated
1979-2,514 Estimated
1978-2,546 Estimated
1977-2,546 Estimated
1976-2,538 Estimated
1975-2,585 Estimated
1974-2,650 Estimated
1973-2,276 Estimated
1972-1,994 Estimated
1971-1,797 Estimated
1970-1,762 Estimated
1969-2,475 Estimated
1968-2,532 Estimated
1967-2,321 Estimated
1966-1,807 Estimated
1965-1,660 Estimated
1964-317 Estimated
1963-503 Estimated
1962-348 Estimated
19611,298 Estimated
19602,256 Estimated
19592,331 Estimated
19582,201 Estimated
19572,068 Estimated
19561,601 Estimated
19551,336 Estimated
19542,493 Estimated
19531,191 Estimated
19521,726 Estimated
19511,187 Estimated
19501,730 Estimated

Réunion compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 300,004 personsAfghanistan: -48,958 personsAntigua and Barbuda: 0 personsAlbania: -25,357 personsArmenia: 75,000 personsAngola: -995 personsArgentina: 4,133 personsAustria: 4,819 personsAustralia: 140,232 personsAzerbaijan: -84,122 personsBosnia and Herzegovina: -485 personsBangladesh: -549,918 personsBelgium: 41,679 personsBurkina Faso: -24,957 personsBulgaria: 5,173 personsBurundi: 1,995 personsBenin: -192 personsBrunei: 0 personsBolivia: -3,008 personsBrazil: -240,059 personsBahamas: 1,001 personsBhutan: 291 personsBotswana: -6,487 personsBelarus: -3,034 personsBelize: 595 personsCanada: 433,842 personsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: -14,992 personsCentral African Republic: -14,682 personsRepublic of the Congo: -995 personsSwitzerland: 45,098 personsCôte d’Ivoire: 6,002 personsChile: 62,679 personsCameroon: -4,798 personsChina: -567,724 personsColombia: 154,521 personsCosta Rica: 995 personsCuba: -22,797 personsCape Verde: -1,226 personsCyprus: 8,697 personsCzechia: -14,638 personsGermany: 609,553 personsDjibouti: 500 personsDenmark: 31,006 personsDominican Republic: -34,915 personsAlgeria: -25,963 personsEcuador: -21,948 personsEstonia: 5,717 personsEgypt: 305,006 personsWestern Sahara: 5,606 personsEritrea: -15,284 personsSpain: 119,099 personsEthiopia: -11,996 personsFinland: 38,156 personsFiji: -3,289 personsFalkland Islands: -21 personsFaroe Islands: 599 personsFrance: 91,862 personsGabon: 987 personsUnited Kingdom: 445,523 personsGeorgia: 2,003 personsGhana: -10,003 personsGreenland: -318 personsGambia: -3,000 personsGuinea: -3,997 personsEquatorial Guinea: 3,997 personsGreece: -159,430 personsGuatemala: -8,940 personsGuinea-Bissau: -1,400 personsGuyana: -6,161 personsHong Kong: -3,427 personsHonduras: -5,044 personsCroatia: 10,202 personsHaiti: -31,786 personsHungary: 49,213 personsIndonesia: -37,501 personsIreland: 43,873 personsIsrael: 9,999 personsIsle of Man: 196 personsIndia: -979,179 personsIraq: -5,710 personsIran: 262,044 personsIceland: 4,630 personsItaly: 150,189 personsJamaica: -10,003 personsJordan: -17,445 personsJapan: 175,003 personsKenya: -10,003 personsKyrgyzstan: 5,601 personsCambodia: -31,837 personsKiribati: -485 personsNorth Korea: -1,997 personsSouth Korea: 87,800 personsKuwait: 50,008 personsCayman Islands: 921 personsKazakhstan: -4,822 personsLaos: -10,003 personsLebanon: -34,193 personsSri Lanka: -28,011 personsLiberia: -5,002 personsLesotho: -5,168 personsLithuania: 44,935 personsLuxembourg: 5,905 personsLatvia: 7,966 personsLibya: -2,001 personsMorocco: -39,650 personsMoldova: -18,570 personsMontenegro: 12,000 personsMadagascar: -1,487 personsNorth Macedonia: -5,597 personsMali: -39,953 personsMyanmar: -34,989 personsMongolia: 0 personsMauritania: 2,999 personsMauritius: -2,824 personsMalawi: -5,811 personsMexico: -101,044 personsMalaysia: 181,071 personsMozambique: -36,276 personsNamibia: 11,675 personsNew Caledonia: 485 personsNiger: 995 personsNigeria: -57,936 personsNicaragua: -7,996 personsNetherlands: 144,558 personsNorway: 53,806 personsNepal: -409,782 personsNew Zealand: 21,404 personsOman: 156,285 personsPanama: 7,262 personsPeru: 24,783 personsFrench Polynesia: -1,348 personsPapua New Guinea: -787 personsPhilippines: -164,284 personsPakistan: -1,619,557 personsPoland: -7,824 personsPuerto Rico: 19,833 personsPalestine: -24,996 personsPortugal: 29,102 personsPalau: -19 personsParaguay: -12,500 personsQatar: 39,995 personsRomania: -27,780 personsSerbia: 4,348 personsRussia: 27,807 personsRwanda: -9,001 personsSaudi Arabia: 325,691 personsSolomon Islands: 1,636 personsSudan: -1,349,998 personsSweden: 55,209 personsSingapore: 26,996 personsSlovenia: 5,339 personsSlovakia: 4,933 personsSierra Leone: -4,000 personsSenegal: -9,999 personsSomalia: 46,217 personsSuriname: -988 personsSouth Sudan: 455,000 personsEl Salvador: -23,253 personsSyria: 757,309 personsEswatini: -8,549 personsChad: 496,830 personsTogo: -1,997 personsThailand: 19,648 personsTajikistan: -19,999 personsTimor-Leste: -5,620 personsTurkmenistan: 15,005 personsTunisia: -14,001 personsTürkiye: -318,070 personsTrinidad and Tobago: 2,126 personsTaiwan: -32,777 personsTanzania: -39,388 personsUkraine: -299,961 personsUganda: -126,181 personsUnited States: 1,322,668 personsUruguay: -1,501 personsUzbekistan: -6,004 personsVenezuela: -112,899 personsVietnam: -81,789 personsVanuatu: 0 personsSamoa: -2,810 personsYemen: -5,233 personsSouth Africa: 228,222 personsZambia: 9,521 personsZimbabwe: -97,380 persons
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Net migration, 2023, persons. Réunion is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations) (Net migration, Réunion, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations), Net migration, Réunion, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/reunion. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). Net migration, Réunion, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/reunion.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations), Net migration, Réunion, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/reunion (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the net migration in Réunion?

Net migration in Réunion was -3,625 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 5.5% from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest net migration in Réunion?

4,782 in 2014, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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