# Net migration in Zambia

Net migration in Zambia was 9,521 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9,521 |
| 2022 | -8,566 |
| 2021 | 8,143 |
| 2020 | 8,156 |
| 2019 | 18,385 |
| 2018 | 18,431 |
| 2017 | 25,789 |
| 2016 | 25,860 |
| 2015 | 16,261 |
| 2014 | 16,574 |
| 2013 | 15,542 |
| 2012 | 8,958 |
| 2011 | 13,569 |
| 2010 | 22,761 |
| 2009 | 44,867 |
| 2008 | 39,249 |
| 2007 | 49,945 |
| 2006 | 29,517 |
| 2005 | 35,316 |
| 2004 | 7,819 |
| 2003 | 20,845 |
| 2002 | 3,206 |
| 2001 | 23,582 |
| 2000 | -4,338 |
| 1999 | -16,888 |
| 1998 | -26,796 |
| 1997 | -26,276 |
| 1996 | -38,358 |
| 1995 | -45,423 |
| 1994 | -45,504 |
| 1993 | -47,739 |
| 1992 | -43,656 |
| 1991 | -44,203 |
| 1990 | -38,619 |
| 1989 | -36,736 |
| 1988 | -31,270 |
| 1987 | -26,338 |
| 1986 | -16,610 |
| 1985 | -18,474 |
| 1984 | -18,652 |
| 1983 | -11,849 |
| 1982 | -3,676 |
| 1981 | -16,072 |
| 1980 | -24,664 |
| 1979 | -29,515 |
| 1978 | -30,284 |
| 1977 | -30,423 |
| 1976 | -30,612 |
| 1975 | -30,886 |
| 1974 | -31,178 |
| 1973 | -31,472 |
| 1972 | -31,672 |
| 1971 | -31,651 |
| 1970 | -31,370 |
| 1969 | -11,469 |
| 1968 | -5,447 |
| 1967 | -5,298 |
| 1966 | -5,129 |
| 1965 | -5,023 |
| 1964 | -4,851 |
| 1963 | -4,676 |
| 1962 | -4,428 |
| 1961 | -4,043 |
| 1960 | -3,898 |