Countries by net migration

The United States had the highest net migration of 215 countries in 2016, at 1.89 million. Pakistan had the lowest, at -2.29 million. The median was -65 and the figure for the World was 0. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,889,129United States

Lowest-2,290,411Pakistan

Median-65215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 persons	Change on 2015
1	United States	1,889,129	+9.7%
2	Germany	517,480	-56%
3	Russia	447,645	+16.3%
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	440,748	+2,588.6%
5	Türkiye	352,063	-66.9%
6	Canada	329,455	+46.9%
7	United Kingdom	324,649	-6.7%
8	Japan	314,732	+86.3%
9	Australia	254,648	+19.9%
10	Malaysia	222,141	+18.4%
11	United Arab Emirates	195,317	-43%
12	Vietnam	167,652	+3,529.9%
13	Tanzania	152,194	-24.5%
14	Chile	135,864	+144%
15	Somalia	124,017	+822%
16	Uganda	123,379	+297.8%
17	Qatar	119,725	-32.5%
18	Sweden	119,234	+48.1%
19	Oman	117,538	-12.2%
20	Ethiopia	115,823	+84.5%
21	Thailand	112,978	+247.6%
22	Spain	106,474	+5,480.2%
23	Kuwait	105,818	-18.4%
24	Colombia	104,373	+353.8%
25	Peru	96,740	+3,895.9%
26	Angola	91,614	+23.5%
27	South Korea	91,568	-66.9%
28	Netherlands	88,743	+59.7%
29	Sudan	84,728	+27.5%
30	Italy	84,568	+114.7%
31	India	81,248	+112.4%
32	New Zealand	75,512	+6.6%
33	Nigeria	75,265	+164.8%
34	Switzerland	71,009	-1.2%
35	Iran	66,630	+244.1%
36	Austria	65,976	-42.7%
37	Bahrain	46,833	+27.2%
38	Ecuador	35,461	+140.8%
39	Denmark	33,391	-21%
40	Jordan	31,046	-93.7%
41	Senegal	29,498	-14.2%
42	Papua New Guinea	28,473	-6.9%
43	Belgium	28,090	-55.8%
44	Norway	26,417	-12.6%
45	Zambia	25,860	+59%
46	Israel	24,308	-18.3%
47	Chad	21,540	+144%
48	Ireland	18,967	+41.8%
49	Côte d’Ivoire	18,568	+3,457.1%
50	Finland	17,321	+36.9%
51	Equatorial Guinea	17,107	-3.3%
52	France	15,548	+4,606.7%
53	Niger	14,833	-13%
54	Namibia	14,002	+9.8%
55	Singapore	13,737	-67.2%
56	Turkmenistan	13,365	+34.5%
57	Cameroon	13,255	-68.4%
58	Luxembourg	12,760	+12.2%
59	Cyprus	10,951	-2.9%
60	Greece	10,484	+124.1%
61	Hong Kong	10,262	-2.7%
62	Panama	10,109	+16.9%
63	Kazakhstan	9,478	+571.3%
64	Maldives	9,421	+1%
65	Malta	8,624	-10.1%
66	Belarus	8,272	-54.3%
67	Macao	7,676	+1.9%
68	Gabon	7,398	-38.6%
69	Ghana	7,009	+152.7%
70	Solomon Islands	6,146	+5%
71	Mongolia	5,633	+30.8%
72	Czechia	5,465	+8.5%
73	Argentina	5,215	-4.6%
74	Azerbaijan	4,671	+335.3%
75	Sierra Leone	4,657	+1,408.1%
76	Iceland	4,128	+175.4%
77	Benin	3,837	+13.9%
78	Malawi	3,505	+154.2%
79	Slovakia	3,487	+36.8%
80	Belize	3,313	+107.6%
81	Seychelles	1,682	-2.2%
82	Costa Rica	1,649	+2%
83	Djibouti	1,623	-5.8%
84	Andorra	1,415	+175.5%
85	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,309	-21%
86	Slovenia	1,195	+67.8%
87	Kyrgyzstan	1,187	+123.4%
88	Bhutan	1,116	+148%
89	Cayman Islands	1,094	-1.2%
90	Estonia	1,081	-74.6%
91	Bahamas	1,002	0%
92	Monaco	798	-15%
93	Curaçao	645	-23.4%
94	Sint Maarten	545	+1.7%
95	Faroe Islands	541	+8.4%
96	Brunei	415	+16.6%
97	Aruba	405	+8.6%
98	Gibraltar	401	+134.5%
99	San Marino	291	+6.6%
100	Timor-Leste	208	+1,140%
101	Isle of Man	113	+135.9%
102	Hungary	68	-99.5%
103	Liechtenstein	63	-61.3%
104	Antigua and Barbuda	0	-100%
104	Bermuda	0	+100%
106	Palau	-35	-218.2%
107	Saint Lucia	-57	+17.4%
108	Barbados	-65	0%
109	Trinidad and Tobago	-86	+85%
110	Nauru	-105	-22.1%
111	Grenada	-181	0%
112	Tuvalu	-200	-11.7%
113	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-202	0%
114	Greenland	-342	-8.6%
115	Kiribati	-756	+26%
116	Portugal	-775	+75.8%
117	Saint Martin	-825	-12.9%
118	Suriname	-906	+6.3%
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-1,089	+3.1%
120	Vanuatu	-1,235	+6.7%
121	Micronesia	-1,346	+4.7%
122	American Samoa	-1,349	+1.2%
123	Guinea-Bissau	-1,392	+0.1%
124	Northern Mariana Islands	-1,517	+0.8%
125	São Tomé and Príncipe	-1,793	+0.9%
126	French Polynesia	-1,802	+5.1%
127	Marshall Islands	-2,003	-2%
128	Dominica	-2,032	-2,308.7%
129	Tonga	-2,591	+0.7%
129	U.S. Virgin Islands	-2,591	-6.5%
131	New Caledonia	-2,605	-3%
132	Madagascar	-2,687	-3.6%
133	Comoros	-2,938	-4.4%
134	Mauritania	-3,008	+0.4%
134	Samoa	-3,008	+2.1%
136	Guam	-3,212	-9.4%
137	North Korea	-3,222	-0.4%
138	British Virgin Islands	-3,433	-280.3%
139	Gambia	-3,486	-8.1%
140	Uruguay	-3,506	+15.7%
141	Mauritius	-4,483	-23%
142	Libya	-5,081	+33.7%
143	Montenegro	-5,274	-8.5%
144	Poland	-5,675	-246%
145	Cape Verde	-6,004	+3.6%
146	Guyana	-6,309	+3.3%
147	Algeria	-6,438	+76.7%
148	Yemen	-6,492	+34.3%
149	Honduras	-6,681	-2.6%
150	Lesotho	-6,766	+4.5%
151	Burkina Faso	-7,598	+61.5%
152	Tajikistan	-8,210	-7.2%
153	Albania	-9,347	+54.4%
154	Bulgaria	-9,482	-124.3%
155	Bolivia	-10,071	+4.3%
156	Botswana	-10,286	-7.2%
157	Jamaica	-10,335	0%
158	Fiji	-10,441	-0.4%
159	Georgia	-10,588	+20.5%
160	Laos	-11,401	+12.2%
161	Latvia	-12,327	-13.9%
162	Eswatini	-12,481	+0.8%
163	Guinea	-14,189	+6.1%
164	Armenia	-14,697	+3.5%
165	Republic of the Congo	-14,783	+18.8%
166	Uzbekistan	-14,839	+10.3%
167	Paraguay	-16,737	+0.6%
168	Serbia	-18,322	+2.5%
169	Sri Lanka	-18,388	+38.3%
170	Palestine	-22,774	+0.6%
171	Nicaragua	-23,076	+5.2%
172	Tunisia	-23,827	+5.6%
173	North Macedonia	-24,144	-4.9%
174	Cuba	-24,146	+3.1%
175	Rwanda	-24,474	-11.9%
176	Liberia	-26,796	-76.5%
177	Saudi Arabia	-26,997	-105.8%
178	Indonesia	-28,991	-1.8%
179	Kenya	-29,728	+69%
180	Mali	-30,251	+38.1%
181	Lithuania	-30,612	-35.7%
182	Guatemala	-30,980	+35.7%
183	Ukraine	-31,340	-42.5%
184	Croatia	-32,144	-16.9%
185	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-32,173	+5.2%
186	Romania	-33,073	+7.5%
187	Haiti	-33,879	-3.7%
188	Dominican Republic	-36,219	+0.4%
189	Morocco	-39,302	+51.6%
190	Puerto Rico	-41,237	+3.9%
191	Mozambique	-43,398	+17.1%
192	El Salvador	-47,491	+7.4%
193	Cambodia	-51,324	+11.7%
194	Moldova	-51,642	+13.1%
195	Central African Republic	-52,607	+16.6%
196	Eritrea	-55,431	-4.7%
197	Togo	-59,885	-16.4%
198	Egypt	-71,604	+63%
199	Myanmar	-87,907	+6.6%
200	Brazil	-92,989	+46.4%
201	Burundi	-109,296	+53.7%
202	Iraq	-113,980	-410.3%
203	Syria	-124,063	+85%
204	Zimbabwe	-140,181	+13.6%
205	Afghanistan	-143,049	+50%
206	China	-153,056	+76.3%
207	Lebanon	-247,921	-3.4%
208	Venezuela	-283,270	-265.9%
209	Mexico	-304,472	-4.6%
210	Philippines	-309,251	+20.8%
211	Nepal	-341,748	-54.6%
212	South Sudan	-654,225	-309.3%
213	South Africa	-879,235	-237.1%
214	Bangladesh	-918,770	-1.1%
215	Pakistan	-2,290,411	-5.4%

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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 1.89 million in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest net migration?

Pakistan, with -2.29 million in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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