Countries by net migration

South Africa had the highest net migration of 215 countries in 2020, at 369,901. Bangladesh had the lowest, at -1 million. The median was -202 and the figure for the World was 0. Source: the World Bank.

Highest369,901South Africa

Lowest-1,002,522Bangladesh

Median-202215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2020 persons	Change on 2019
1	South Africa	369,901	+11.7%
2	Russia	334,094	-0.7%
3	United States	329,769	-81.4%
4	Syria	269,050	-46.3%
5	Canada	256,592	-33.8%
6	Spain	236,854	-49%
7	Colombia	227,130	-42.8%
8	Germany	203,468	-36.2%
9	Nepal	162,139	-11%
10	France	145,593	+102.3%
11	United Kingdom	144,221	-38%
12	Afghanistan	143,634	+1,468.2%
13	South Korea	112,631	-12.4%
14	Malaysia	101,907	-49.9%
15	United Arab Emirates	92,541	+173.9%
16	Italy	85,281	+82.9%
17	Somalia	77,259	+45.4%
18	Netherlands	67,598	-38%
19	South Sudan	62,935	-3.5%
20	Switzerland	55,523	+24.7%
21	Peru	55,375	-25.4%
22	Kyrgyzstan	54,704	+15.6%
23	Portugal	54,076	-14.2%
24	Australia	44,447	-78.5%
25	Belgium	43,777	-25.1%
26	Uganda	43,464	-59.5%
27	New Zealand	42,124	-39.6%
28	Japan	42,001	-86.8%
29	Austria	39,601	-3.6%
30	Ethiopia	38,866	+459.6%
31	Türkiye	37,934	+341.8%
32	Sweden	37,302	-48.6%
33	Chad	36,605	+224.3%
34	Senegal	33,848	-11.8%
35	Thailand	32,277	+518.2%
36	Bulgaria	30,167	+1,499.2%
37	Iraq	29,858	+168%
38	Slovenia	28,514	+74.4%
39	Namibia	27,056	+37.5%
40	Chile	26,042	-85.6%
41	Turkmenistan	19,913	+0.9%
42	Lithuania	19,884	+86.4%
43	Finland	17,504	+11.7%
44	Israel	16,573	+2.7%
45	Ireland	15,746	-46.9%
46	Norway	11,277	-56.1%
47	Denmark	10,851	+14.4%
48	Papua New Guinea	10,703	-53.4%
49	Cyprus	9,653	-3.3%
50	Maldives	9,642	-0.1%
51	Hungary	9,147	-73.4%
52	Macao	8,842	-1.4%
53	Zambia	8,156	-55.6%
54	Angola	7,556	-87.2%
55	Luxembourg	6,967	-33.7%
56	Malta	6,904	-66%
57	Jordan	6,745	+129.1%
58	Greece	6,353	-82.7%
59	Egypt	6,016	-14.7%
60	Panama	5,473	-48.5%
61	Slovakia	4,350	+39.1%
62	Czechia	4,336	-21.9%
63	Poland	3,920	-49.1%
64	Timor-Leste	3,793	-3.8%
65	Estonia	3,694	-31.4%
66	Iceland	2,498	-50.3%
67	Benin	1,729	-48.6%
68	Seychelles	1,726	-2.5%
69	Solomon Islands	1,556	+178.2%
70	Gabon	1,506	-32.6%
71	Djibouti	1,300	-1.7%
72	Sierra Leone	1,292	+157.7%
73	Azerbaijan	1,073	+179.4%
74	Costa Rica	1,029	-37.7%
75	Monaco	999	+604.5%
76	Curaçao	992	+110.3%
77	British Virgin Islands	888	+111.9%
78	Cayman Islands	810	-5.7%
79	Turks and Caicos Islands	682	-49.8%
80	Andorra	572	-54.1%
81	Faroe Islands	548	-18.2%
82	Sint Maarten	519	-1.3%
83	Gibraltar	514	+8.2%
84	Brunei	462	+1.3%
85	Trinidad and Tobago	427	+102.2%
86	Argentina	292	-94.6%
87	Bhutan	287	0%
88	Bermuda	286	0%
89	Liechtenstein	269	-0.7%
90	San Marino	247	+32.1%
91	Isle of Man	219	-7.6%
92	Belize	64	+110.6%
93	Antigua and Barbuda	0	n/a
93	Aruba	0	-100%
93	Bahamas	0	-100%
93	Barbados	0	+100%
93	Cambodia	0	+100%
93	Equatorial Guinea	0	-100%
93	Grenada	0	+100%
93	Jamaica	0	+100%
93	Kiribati	0	+100%
93	Mongolia	0	-100%
93	Palau	0	+100%
93	Saint Lucia	0	n/a
93	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	+100%
93	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	+100%
107	Vanuatu	-201	+69.2%
108	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-202	0%
109	Nauru	-214	-25.1%
110	Dominica	-225	+1.3%
111	Guam	-244	+91.8%
112	Ghana	-291	+98.7%
113	Suriname	-296	-255%
114	Greenland	-328	-6.5%
115	Tuvalu	-355	-3.5%
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-493	+49.8%
117	American Samoa	-653	+46.1%
118	Micronesia	-680	+50%
119	Libya	-694	+48.7%
120	Northern Mariana Islands	-755	+51.3%
121	New Caledonia	-1,181	+49.4%
122	Guinea-Bissau	-1,394	+0.1%
123	French Polynesia	-1,443	+48.8%
124	Madagascar	-1,480	+50.3%
125	Uruguay	-1,482	+48.9%
126	Mauritania	-1,483	+50.9%
127	North Korea	-1,585	+49.6%
128	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1,633	+98.9%
129	Guyana	-1,743	+91.5%
130	Comoros	-1,766	+39.4%
131	Hong Kong	-1,800	+74.9%
132	Tonga	-1,807	-1.6%
133	Gambia	-1,949	+53.4%
134	Marshall Islands	-2,004	+1.3%
135	Samoa	-2,299	+0.6%
136	Malawi	-2,655	-44.5%
137	Georgia	-2,738	+49.4%
138	Saint Martin	-2,853	-6.4%
139	Latvia	-3,147	+7.9%
140	Montenegro	-3,310	+18.9%
141	Cape Verde	-3,362	+16%
142	Lesotho	-3,449	+50%
143	Tajikistan	-3,564	+60.6%
144	Ukraine	-4,167	+39.7%
145	Eswatini	-4,242	+49.7%
146	Guinea	-4,365	-34.7%
147	Niger	-4,402	+72.1%
148	Republic of the Congo	-4,472	+28.7%
149	Bolivia	-4,663	+48.1%
150	Bahrain	-5,048	+84.2%
151	Burkina Faso	-5,661	+77.6%
152	Mauritius	-5,895	-13.3%
153	Fiji	-6,008	+49.4%
154	Honduras	-6,199	+5.3%
155	Vietnam	-6,457	-214.8%
156	Puerto Rico	-7,410	-169.8%
157	Paraguay	-8,226	+49.4%
158	Croatia	-8,552	+35.4%
159	Kazakhstan	-8,716	-436%
160	Uzbekistan	-9,208	+1.4%
161	Cameroon	-9,888	+19.3%
162	Liberia	-10,107	+48.6%
163	Burundi	-10,189	-171.5%
164	Serbia	-10,220	+45.9%
165	Laos	-10,305	0%
166	Ecuador	-10,320	-118.8%
167	Nicaragua	-10,383	+47.4%
168	Algeria	-10,798	+61.1%
169	Botswana	-11,330	+3.7%
170	Cuba	-11,976	+50%
171	Palestine	-12,369	+50%
172	Côte d’Ivoire	-12,390	-706.5%
173	Armenia	-13,046	+9%
174	Romania	-13,202	+52.7%
175	Nigeria	-14,497	+85.5%
176	Mali	-14,962	+66.3%
177	Eritrea	-14,967	+49.8%
178	Albania	-16,680	+27.8%
179	Kenya	-17,111	+72.4%
180	Dominican Republic	-17,957	+49.8%
181	Tanzania	-18,587	+70.8%
182	Indonesia	-18,743	+38.4%
183	Tunisia	-19,188	+2.2%
184	Rwanda	-22,251	+9.1%
185	North Macedonia	-23,458	+3.1%
186	Guatemala	-23,927	+58.6%
187	Central African Republic	-24,745	+32.8%
188	El Salvador	-25,213	+54.3%
189	Mozambique	-25,864	+47.3%
190	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-26,840	+3.6%
191	Sri Lanka	-29,875	-5.1%
192	Togo	-31,892	-84.2%
193	Moldova	-33,405	+19%
194	Haiti	-33,850	+2.2%
195	Belarus	-33,954	0%
196	Morocco	-35,474	+61.1%
197	Philippines	-47,014	-657.3%
198	Lebanon	-47,787	+82.1%
199	Qatar	-50,433	-577.7%
200	Sudan	-65,933	-67%
201	Myanmar	-66,213	+34.3%
202	India	-73,806	+92.5%
203	Saudi Arabia	-74,725	-139%
204	Brazil	-78,437	+39.3%
205	Zimbabwe	-89,440	+13.3%
206	China	-91,577	+86%
207	Yemen	-97,982	-4,702.3%
208	Singapore	-145,556	-16,830.6%
209	Mexico	-147,456	+13.1%
210	Kuwait	-168,379	-93,127.1%
211	Oman	-171,635	-46.1%
212	Iran	-180,680	-451%
213	Venezuela	-524,649	+46.2%
214	Pakistan	-559,291	+52.5%
215	Bangladesh	-1,002,522	+1.4%

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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?

South Africa, with 369,901 in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest net migration?

Bangladesh, with -1 million in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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