# Net migration in South Africa

Net migration in South Africa was 228,222 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 228,222 |
| 2022 | 233,284 |
| 2021 | 458,246 |
| 2020 | 369,901 |
| 2019 | 331,124 |
| 2018 | 318,260 |
| 2017 | 343,146 |
| 2016 | -879,235 |
| 2015 | 641,150 |
| 2014 | 272,697 |
| 2013 | 232,230 |
| 2012 | 264,091 |
| 2011 | 65,166 |
| 2010 | 68,563 |
| 2009 | 41,528 |
| 2008 | 36,869 |
| 2007 | 36,339 |
| 2006 | 33,159 |
| 2005 | 31,286 |
| 2004 | 58,924 |
| 2003 | 65,604 |
| 2002 | 50,313 |
| 2001 | -60,793 |
| 2000 | -136,794 |
| 1999 | -126,011 |
| 1998 | -82,722 |
| 1997 | -98,181 |
| 1996 | -193,007 |
| 1995 | -98,403 |
| 1994 | -268,849 |
| 1993 | 194,977 |
| 1992 | -71,342 |
| 1991 | -39,131 |
| 1990 | 259,718 |
| 1989 | 255,605 |
| 1988 | 246,382 |
| 1987 | 231,009 |
| 1986 | 234,378 |
| 1985 | 244,940 |
| 1984 | 290,789 |
| 1983 | 310,172 |
| 1982 | 293,195 |
| 1981 | 279,985 |
| 1980 | 258,127 |
| 1979 | 56,323 |
| 1978 | 62,121 |
| 1977 | 63,739 |
| 1976 | 27,333 |
| 1975 | 38,809 |
| 1974 | 38,518 |
| 1973 | 41,125 |
| 1972 | 38,163 |
| 1971 | 32,961 |
| 1970 | 61,514 |
| 1969 | 73,225 |
| 1968 | 78,932 |
| 1967 | 81,932 |
| 1966 | 77,417 |
| 1965 | 82,514 |
| 1964 | 76,298 |
| 1963 | 72,844 |
| 1962 | 69,771 |
| 1961 | 57,728 |
| 1960 | 18,891 |