Countries by net migration

The United States had the highest net migration of 215 countries in 2012, at 1.63 million. Pakistan had the lowest, at -1.65 million. The median was -880 and the figure for the World was 0. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,632,007United States

Lowest-1,647,989Pakistan

Median-880215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2012

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 persons	Change on 2011
1	United States	1,632,007	+0.5%
2	Iraq	753,907	+187.9%
3	Saudi Arabia	479,206	-2.5%
4	Oman	322,812	-34.5%
5	Russia	285,977	-7.6%
6	South Korea	281,866	+4.4%
7	South Africa	264,091	+305.3%
8	Türkiye	258,623	+275.6%
9	Italy	252,524	+27.2%
10	Canada	243,748	+7.3%
11	Australia	235,776	+19.3%
12	United Arab Emirates	225,921	+5%
13	Germany	199,143	-32.6%
14	United Kingdom	172,088	-24.8%
15	Malaysia	134,975	+10.4%
16	Angola	130,643	+1.4%
17	Kuwait	127,777	-27.7%
18	South Sudan	125,771	-35.3%
19	Lebanon	124,427	+5,439.9%
20	Ethiopia	119,517	+2.3%
21	France	103,287	+47.2%
22	Philippines	95,702	+139.9%
23	Singapore	78,501	-12.6%
24	Qatar	77,091	-0.2%
25	Thailand	74,033	+11.1%
26	Nigeria	71,138	+4.9%
27	Afghanistan	68,628	-82.2%
28	Japan	67,904	-30.5%
29	Switzerland	67,840	+1%
30	Ukraine	66,768	+152.4%
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	53,668	+31.2%
32	Sweden	52,879	+14.8%
33	Norway	47,883	+0.9%
34	Austria	45,014	+41.2%
35	Belgium	45,001	-14.2%
36	Papua New Guinea	37,893	-6.9%
37	Hong Kong	35,557	+64.2%
38	Chile	30,870	+9.9%
39	Burundi	22,617	+215.9%
40	Yemen	22,349	-17.8%
41	Gabon	19,973	+5.3%
42	Niger	18,714	+369.6%
43	Finland	17,894	+6.5%
44	Equatorial Guinea	17,860	+1.5%
45	Denmark	16,871	+25%
46	Israel	16,549	+58.1%
47	Hungary	15,286	+722.3%
48	Netherlands	14,861	-52.4%
49	Bahrain	12,801	+149%
50	Cyprus	12,237	-2.6%
51	Namibia	10,957	+369.4%
52	Belarus	10,903	+91.8%
53	Luxembourg	10,273	-5.9%
54	Chad	9,514	-67.5%
55	Zambia	8,958	-34%
56	Turkmenistan	7,125	+1.9%
57	Macao	6,820	-21.3%
58	Maldives	6,800	+2.9%
59	Panama	5,447	+5.4%
60	Solomon Islands	5,420	+3.9%
61	Czechia	5,347	-68.3%
62	Libya	5,211	+100.9%
63	Poland	4,635	-89.9%
64	Mauritania	4,515	+38%
65	Argentina	2,978	+366.6%
66	Djibouti	2,104	+0.7%
67	New Caledonia	2,073	+3%
68	Azerbaijan	1,986	+17.8%
69	Costa Rica	1,587	-6.4%
70	Seychelles	1,538	-0.8%
71	Belize	1,524	-3.7%
72	Curaçao	1,469	-3.1%
73	Benin	1,260	-70.6%
74	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,256	+57.4%
75	Slovenia	1,117	-49%
76	British Virgin Islands	1,088	-43.2%
77	Cayman Islands	1,060	+3.5%
78	Bahamas	1,047	-24.2%
79	Ghana	1,005	+239.6%
80	Sierra Leone	988	-85.7%
81	Malta	911	-8.8%
82	Monaco	906	+4.6%
83	Slovakia	871	+136.4%
84	Sint Maarten	528	+49.6%
85	Mongolia	351	+169.5%
86	Brunei	346	-75.3%
87	Aruba	317	-4.8%
88	Liechtenstein	231	+66.2%
89	Antigua and Barbuda	196	-19.3%
90	Gibraltar	155	-27.2%
91	San Marino	143	-93.8%
92	Bhutan	20	+104.3%
93	Faroe Islands	8	-75%
94	Tuvalu	1	-96.4%
95	Nauru	-38	+81.6%
96	Barbados	-64	-18.5%
97	Saint Lucia	-135	+10%
98	Grenada	-197	+30.9%
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-202	n/a
100	Bermuda	-237	-20.9%
101	Iceland	-277	+80.1%
101	Isle of Man	-277	-354.1%
103	Palau	-387	+4.4%
104	Dominica	-461	-250.2%
105	Saint Martin	-470	-30.9%
106	Greenland	-553	-126.6%
107	Timor-Leste	-609	-283%
108	Trinidad and Tobago	-880	+37.6%
109	Suriname	-1,011	+4.6%
110	New Zealand	-1,015	+53.8%
111	Kiribati	-1,093	-7.3%
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-1,221	+7.4%
113	American Samoa	-1,332	-2.6%
114	U.S. Virgin Islands	-1,346	+0.9%
115	Vanuatu	-1,369	+1.9%
116	Northern Mariana Islands	-1,416	-8.2%
117	Guinea-Bissau	-1,442	+18.1%
118	Montenegro	-1,583	n/a
119	Micronesia	-1,631	+5%
120	São Tomé and Príncipe	-1,739	-7.6%
121	Marshall Islands	-1,759	-16.3%
122	French Polynesia	-2,182	+16.1%
123	Andorra	-2,201	-506.3%
124	Gambia	-2,332	+1.2%
125	Madagascar	-2,334	-5.2%
126	Tonga	-2,578	-17.3%
127	Egypt	-2,626	-102.1%
128	North Korea	-2,919	+1.3%
129	Guam	-2,996	-15.1%
130	Samoa	-3,089	-1.1%
131	Mauritius	-3,663	-48.6%
132	Estonia	-3,674	+6.8%
133	Comoros	-3,835	+1.6%
134	Kazakhstan	-4,512	-42.8%
135	Croatia	-4,794	+72.5%
136	Vietnam	-4,851	-5.4%
137	Honduras	-5,891	-4%
138	Uruguay	-6,317	+9.5%
139	Lesotho	-6,425	-5%
140	Botswana	-6,636	-551.2%
141	Cape Verde	-6,779	+6.2%
142	Guyana	-7,152	+48.6%
143	Cameroon	-7,523	+40.6%
144	Ecuador	-7,883	+3.5%
145	Fiji	-10,114	+2.7%
146	Jamaica	-10,498	+9.3%
147	Bolivia	-11,689	+3.4%
148	Latvia	-11,914	+41%
149	Tajikistan	-12,132	+60.6%
150	Eswatini	-12,294	-6%
151	Kyrgyzstan	-12,503	-22.9%
152	Malawi	-13,561	-11.4%
153	Armenia	-16,782	+3%
154	Paraguay	-17,763	+13%
155	Serbia	-18,513	-3,130%
156	North Macedonia	-19,083	-6.8%
157	Albania	-19,845	-6.5%
158	Uzbekistan	-20,381	-0%
159	Burkina Faso	-20,930	+37.3%
160	Lithuania	-21,387	+44.5%
161	Ireland	-22,411	+15.5%
162	Rwanda	-25,260	+9.5%
163	Liberia	-25,710	-128%
164	Tunisia	-26,059	-18.8%
165	Bulgaria	-26,334	-12.7%
166	Republic of the Congo	-26,643	-606.3%
167	Algeria	-26,763	-33.1%
168	Palestine	-26,916	-1%
169	Togo	-27,315	-44.1%
170	Nicaragua	-27,389	+2.9%
171	Indonesia	-28,869	+28.8%
172	Laos	-28,871	+5.5%
173	Haiti	-29,658	-2.2%
174	Guatemala	-32,624	+1.8%
175	Guinea	-32,808	-12.9%
176	Cuba	-36,101	-2.2%
177	Dominican Republic	-36,737	-0.1%
178	Portugal	-37,083	-17.7%
179	Romania	-37,589	+63.4%
180	Georgia	-39,290	-3.8%
181	Puerto Rico	-41,108	-6.6%
182	Sri Lanka	-41,955	+53.8%
183	Kenya	-42,928	+4.2%
184	Senegal	-42,978	+0.9%
185	Eritrea	-43,269	-31.3%
186	Tanzania	-49,875	+41%
187	El Salvador	-50,546	+5.4%
188	Somalia	-51,833	+84.1%
189	Cambodia	-52,874	-3.8%
190	Venezuela	-55,131	-1.4%
191	Colombia	-56,070	-20.9%
192	Iran	-57,823	+12.3%
193	China	-58,864	+85.9%
194	Myanmar	-61,536	+25.6%
195	Mozambique	-63,131	+0.8%
196	Morocco	-65,251	+3.3%
197	Greece	-65,364	-105.6%
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-66,378	-2.3%
199	Moldova	-81,215	+1.3%
200	Central African Republic	-111,764	-29.5%
201	Peru	-118,863	+19.9%
202	Mexico	-128,485	-239.7%
203	Mali	-140,507	-225.5%
204	Jordan	-146,181	-2,171.4%
205	Spain	-153,486	-352.6%
206	Uganda	-175,936	-1.7%
207	Zimbabwe	-177,061	-62.9%
208	Brazil	-179,707	+23.8%
209	India	-198,935	+19.5%
210	Sudan	-232,196	+33.1%
211	Côte d’Ivoire	-232,712	-16.4%
212	Nepal	-371,707	-7%
213	Bangladesh	-829,875	+2.2%
214	Syria	-999,267	-289%
215	Pakistan	-1,647,989	-85%

Other periods

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 1.63 million in 2012, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest net migration?

Pakistan, with -1.65 million in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

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