# Net migration in Sri Lanka

Net migration in Sri Lanka was -28,011 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -28,011 |
| 2022 | -27,435 |
| 2021 | -29,586 |
| 2020 | -29,875 |
| 2019 | -28,426 |
| 2018 | -28,607 |
| 2017 | -22,324 |
| 2016 | -18,388 |
| 2015 | -29,797 |
| 2014 | -33,672 |
| 2013 | -37,754 |
| 2012 | -41,955 |
| 2011 | -90,839 |
| 2010 | -98,060 |
| 2009 | -81,130 |
| 2008 | -97,144 |
| 2007 | -109,695 |
| 2006 | -107,045 |
| 2005 | -118,594 |
| 2004 | -84,795 |
| 2003 | -107,573 |
| 2002 | -105,718 |
| 2001 | 19,273 |
| 2000 | 123,894 |
| 1999 | 138,799 |
| 1998 | 150,724 |
| 1997 | 135,636 |
| 1996 | 127,236 |
| 1995 | 117,416 |
| 1994 | 8,323 |
| 1993 | 36,232 |
| 1992 | 88,542 |
| 1991 | -1,047 |
| 1990 | -195,736 |
| 1989 | -33,305 |
| 1988 | -58,415 |
| 1987 | -63,105 |
| 1986 | -26,460 |
| 1985 | -80,950 |
| 1984 | -225,450 |
| 1983 | -209,362 |
| 1982 | -163,987 |
| 1981 | -89,824 |
| 1980 | -63,541 |
| 1979 | -57,683 |
| 1978 | -50,189 |
| 1977 | -45,383 |
| 1976 | -41,258 |
| 1975 | -37,475 |
| 1974 | -33,979 |
| 1973 | -30,582 |
| 1972 | -27,071 |
| 1971 | -22,021 |
| 1970 | -16,299 |
| 1969 | -10,152 |
| 1968 | -7,163 |
| 1967 | -6,696 |
| 1966 | -6,794 |
| 1965 | -7,249 |
| 1964 | -7,614 |
| 1963 | -8,118 |
| 1962 | -8,909 |
| 1961 | -10,144 |
| 1960 | -12,610 |