# Net migration in Sierra Leone

Net migration in Sierra Leone was -4,000 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -4,000 |
| 2022 | -4,000 |
| 2021 | -1,544 |
| 2020 | 1,292 |
| 2019 | -2,238 |
| 2018 | -2,741 |
| 2017 | 1,234 |
| 2016 | 4,657 |
| 2015 | -356 |
| 2014 | 485 |
| 2013 | 2,773 |
| 2012 | 988 |
| 2011 | 6,895 |
| 2010 | 7,983 |
| 2009 | 18,145 |
| 2008 | 1,182 |
| 2007 | -6,042 |
| 2006 | -34,052 |
| 2005 | -1,805 |
| 2004 | 23,897 |
| 2003 | 69,185 |
| 2002 | 86,578 |
| 2001 | 227,791 |
| 2000 | 83,013 |
| 1999 | -84,926 |
| 1998 | -76,766 |
| 1997 | -48,437 |
| 1996 | -52,110 |
| 1995 | -112,857 |
| 1994 | -77,371 |
| 1993 | -95,476 |
| 1992 | -129,565 |
| 1991 | -238,965 |
| 1990 | 131,587 |
| 1989 | -5,079 |
| 1988 | 9,470 |
| 1987 | 9,558 |
| 1986 | 7,992 |
| 1985 | -7,873 |
| 1984 | -8,708 |
| 1983 | -8,783 |
| 1982 | -11,379 |
| 1981 | -12,699 |
| 1980 | -11,641 |
| 1979 | -13,095 |
| 1978 | -13,073 |
| 1977 | -12,399 |
| 1976 | -15,686 |
| 1975 | -13,058 |
| 1974 | -11,473 |
| 1973 | -9,322 |
| 1972 | -8,267 |
| 1971 | -8,162 |
| 1970 | -4,957 |
| 1969 | -4,485 |
| 1968 | -3,743 |
| 1967 | -2,819 |
| 1966 | -2,911 |
| 1965 | -1,851 |
| 1964 | -2,308 |
| 1963 | -2,480 |
| 1962 | -2,658 |
| 1961 | -2,947 |
| 1960 | -3,528 |