Countries by net migration, 2023

The United States had the highest net migration of 215 countries in 2023, at 1.32 million. Pakistan had the lowest, at -1.62 million. The median was -318 and the figure for the World was 0. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,322,668United States

Lowest-1,619,557Pakistan

Median-318215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2023

persons. Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 persons	Change on 2022
1	United States	1,322,668	+0.3%
2	Syria	757,309	+3%
3	Germany	609,553	-37.9%
4	Chad	496,830	+1,254.9%
5	South Sudan	455,000	+1,030.2%
6	United Kingdom	445,523	-8.5%
7	Canada	433,842	-5.7%
8	Saudi Arabia	325,691	-66.7%
9	Egypt	305,006	+2,125.2%
10	United Arab Emirates	300,004	-7.1%
11	Iran	262,044	-35%
12	South Africa	228,222	-2.2%
13	Malaysia	181,071	-3.8%
14	Japan	175,003	0%
15	Oman	156,285	-53.9%
16	Colombia	154,521	-15.6%
17	Italy	150,189	-35%
18	Netherlands	144,558	-35.6%
19	Australia	140,232	-0.5%
20	Spain	119,099	-60.3%
21	France	91,862	-48.8%
22	South Korea	87,800	0%
23	Armenia	75,000	+97.4%
24	Chile	62,679	+5.6%
25	Sweden	55,209	-6.4%
26	Norway	53,806	-7.3%
27	Kuwait	50,008	-86.4%
28	Hungary	49,213	+17.5%
29	Somalia	46,217	+150%
30	Switzerland	45,098	-53.2%
31	Lithuania	44,935	-37.7%
32	Ireland	43,873	-53.1%
33	Belgium	41,679	-64.9%
34	Qatar	39,995	-50%
35	Finland	38,156	-36.8%
36	Denmark	31,006	-48.5%
37	Portugal	29,102	-57.6%
38	Russia	27,807	-96.4%
39	Singapore	26,996	-87.4%
40	Peru	24,783	-27.1%
41	New Zealand	21,404	0%
42	Bahrain	20,002	+5.4%
43	Puerto Rico	19,833	+18.7%
44	Thailand	19,648	-9.4%
45	Turkmenistan	15,005	+6.1%
46	Montenegro	12,000	-54.4%
47	Namibia	11,675	-47.4%
48	Croatia	10,202	-12.7%
49	Israel	9,999	-80%
50	Zambia	9,521	+211.1%
51	Macao	8,807	+0.7%
52	Cyprus	8,697	-3.5%
53	Latvia	7,966	-63.8%
54	Panama	7,262	-8.8%
55	Malta	6,591	+165.8%
56	Côte d’Ivoire	6,002	-77.6%
57	Luxembourg	5,905	-55.2%
58	Estonia	5,717	-85.6%
59	Kyrgyzstan	5,601	-55.5%
60	Slovenia	5,339	-40.8%
61	Bulgaria	5,173	-80.5%
62	Slovakia	4,933	-94.7%
63	Austria	4,819	-96.9%
64	Iceland	4,630	-29.2%
65	Serbia	4,348	-89.2%
66	Argentina	4,133	-26.1%
67	Equatorial Guinea	3,997	0%
68	Mauritania	2,999	0%
69	Trinidad and Tobago	2,126	-49.9%
70	Georgia	2,003	-92.6%
71	Burundi	1,995	0%
72	Seychelles	1,809	+1.2%
73	Solomon Islands	1,636	+4.4%
74	Andorra	1,061	-3.7%
75	Bahamas	1,001	0%
76	Costa Rica	995	-1.1%
76	Niger	995	0%
78	Gabon	987	0%
79	Cayman Islands	921	-2.2%
80	Gibraltar	689	+12.4%
81	Faroe Islands	599	-2.4%
82	Belize	595	-90%
83	British Virgin Islands	587	+6.7%
84	Sint Maarten	567	+0.5%
85	Curaçao	518	0%
86	Djibouti	500	0%
87	New Caledonia	485	0%
88	Bhutan	291	0%
89	Liechtenstein	214	+0.9%
90	Isle of Man	196	-1.5%
91	Turks and Caicos Islands	193	0%
92	Aruba	147	-3.3%
93	Monaco	88	-91.2%
94	Antigua and Barbuda	0	n/a
94	Bermuda	0	n/a
94	Brunei	0	n/a
94	Mongolia	0	n/a
94	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	n/a
94	Saint Lucia	0	n/a
94	Vanuatu	0	n/a
101	Palau	-19	+5%
102	Barbados	-80	0%
103	Nauru	-148	-2.8%
104	Grenada	-190	0%
104	San Marino	-190	+52.9%
106	Benin	-192	0%
107	Dominica	-199	+1.5%
108	Greenland	-318	+1.5%
109	Tuvalu	-323	-0.9%
110	U.S. Virgin Islands	-444	0%
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-485	0%
111	Kiribati	-485	-22.8%
113	Guam	-500	0%
114	São Tomé and Príncipe	-592	0%
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-784	+5.1%
116	Papua New Guinea	-787	0%
117	Suriname	-988	0%
118	Angola	-995	0%
118	Republic of the Congo	-995	0%
120	Micronesia	-1,134	+2.2%
121	American Samoa	-1,159	+11.2%
122	Cape Verde	-1,226	+2.2%
123	Northern Mariana Islands	-1,321	+2%
124	French Polynesia	-1,348	0%
125	Guinea-Bissau	-1,400	0%
126	Madagascar	-1,487	0%
127	Uruguay	-1,501	0%
128	Saint Martin	-1,697	-15.1%
129	Marshall Islands	-1,832	-0.2%
130	North Korea	-1,997	0%
131	Libya	-2,001	0%
132	Comoros	-2,002	0%
133	Tonga	-2,173	+2%
134	Samoa	-2,810	+1%
135	Mauritius	-2,824	0%
136	Maldives	-2,877	-7.6%
137	Gambia	-3,000	0%
138	Bolivia	-3,008	0%
139	Belarus	-3,034	+62.1%
140	Fiji	-3,289	+7.5%
141	Hong Kong	-3,427	0%
142	Guinea	-3,997	0%
143	Sierra Leone	-4,000	0%
144	Cameroon	-4,798	0%
145	Kazakhstan	-4,822	-110.5%
146	Liberia	-5,002	0%
147	Honduras	-5,044	+6.1%
148	Lesotho	-5,168	+14.2%
149	Yemen	-5,233	+49.9%
150	North Macedonia	-5,597	-5.7%
151	Timor-Leste	-5,620	-1.8%
152	Iraq	-5,710	-107.4%
153	Malawi	-5,811	-11.1%
154	Uzbekistan	-6,004	-19.9%
155	Guyana	-6,161	0%
156	Botswana	-6,487	+11.2%
157	Poland	-7,824	-100.8%
158	Nicaragua	-7,996	0%
159	Eswatini	-8,549	0%
160	Guatemala	-8,940	-5.6%
161	Rwanda	-9,001	0%
162	Senegal	-9,999	-160.9%
163	Ghana	-10,003	0%
163	Jamaica	-10,003	0%
163	Kenya	-10,003	0%
163	Laos	-10,003	0%
167	Ethiopia	-11,996	0%
168	Paraguay	-12,500	0%
169	Tunisia	-14,001	0%
170	Czechia	-14,638	-104.4%
171	Central African Republic	-14,682	+15.8%
172	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-14,992	-0%
173	Eritrea	-15,284	+10.8%
174	Togo	-15,406	+76.6%
175	Jordan	-17,445	0%
176	Moldova	-18,570	-120.8%
177	Tajikistan	-19,999	-17.6%
178	Ecuador	-21,948	+4.9%
179	Cuba	-22,797	+1.5%
180	El Salvador	-23,253	0%
181	Burkina Faso	-24,957	0%
182	Palestine	-24,996	-399.3%
183	Albania	-25,357	-54.4%
184	Algeria	-25,963	-76.8%
185	Romania	-27,780	-131.2%
186	Sri Lanka	-28,011	-2.1%
187	Haiti	-31,786	+1.3%
188	Cambodia	-31,837	-1.6%
189	Lebanon	-34,193	-24.3%
190	Dominican Republic	-34,915	+0.7%
191	Myanmar	-34,989	-0%
192	Mozambique	-36,276	-3.8%
193	Indonesia	-37,501	0%
194	Tanzania	-39,388	-4.9%
195	Morocco	-39,650	-2.7%
196	Mali	-39,953	-0%
197	Afghanistan	-48,958	+92.4%
198	Nigeria	-57,936	-12.1%
199	Vietnam	-81,789	-3.6%
200	Azerbaijan	-84,122	-1,025.8%
201	Zimbabwe	-97,380	+5.3%
202	Mexico	-101,044	+6.8%
203	Venezuela	-112,899	+20%
204	Uganda	-126,181	-6.2%
205	Greece	-159,430	-195.3%
206	Philippines	-164,284	+25.9%
207	Brazil	-240,059	+5.4%
208	Ukraine	-299,961	+94.7%
209	Türkiye	-318,070	-5.5%
210	Nepal	-409,782	-8%
211	Bangladesh	-549,918	0%
212	China	-567,724	-93.2%
213	India	-979,179	+27.7%
214	Sudan	-1,349,998	-4,962.2%
215	Pakistan	-1,619,557	-22.5%

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About this ranking

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

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest net migration?

The United States, with 1.32 million in 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest net migration?

Pakistan, with -1.62 million in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Net migration: other rankings

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