Countries by net migration

The United States had the highest net migration of 215 countries in 2022, at 1.32 million. Ukraine had the lowest, at -5.7 million. The median was -80 and the figure for the World was 0. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,319,009United States

Lowest-5,699,445Ukraine

Median-80215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	United States	1,319,009	+95.5%
2	Germany	981,552	+216.4%
3	Saudi Arabia	977,072	+1,019.3%
4	Poland	967,744	+42,891.7%
5	Russia	765,629	+143.7%
6	Syria	735,142	+248%
7	United Kingdom	487,029	+5.2%
8	Canada	459,988	+131.3%
9	Iran	403,190	+20.4%
10	Kuwait	368,560	+1,773%
11	Oman	339,063	+2,127.2%
12	Czechia	329,739	+7,920.9%
13	United Arab Emirates	322,773	-23.5%
14	Spain	299,779	+107.6%
15	South Africa	233,284	-49.1%
16	Italy	231,228	+47%
17	Netherlands	224,472	+110.9%
18	Singapore	214,842	+587.9%
19	Malaysia	188,154	-0.2%
20	Colombia	183,180	-8%
21	France	179,377	+36.4%
22	Japan	175,003	+600.1%
23	Austria	157,365	+201.8%
24	Australia	140,972	+20.7%
25	Belgium	118,615	+393.9%
26	Switzerland	96,424	+90.3%
27	Ireland	93,535	+241.1%
28	Slovakia	92,314	+1,229.6%
29	Moldova	89,154	+366.9%
30	Romania	89,076	+602.4%
31	South Korea	87,800	+623.3%
32	Qatar	80,004	+226.5%
33	Iraq	76,821	+339.6%
34	Lithuania	72,100	+266.8%
35	Portugal	68,696	-1.3%
36	Finland	60,353	+168.4%
37	Denmark	60,219	+124%
38	Chile	59,374	-9.3%
39	Sweden	58,955	+13.5%
40	Norway	58,040	+193.1%
41	Israel	50,004	+196.6%
42	Kazakhstan	45,755	+566.7%
43	Hungary	41,871	+105.5%
44	South Sudan	40,259	+126.1%
45	Serbia	40,118	+547%
46	Estonia	39,754	+464.4%
47	Armenia	38,001	+295.3%
48	Chad	36,670	-50.8%
49	Peru	33,982	-18.8%
50	Georgia	26,999	+1,086.1%
51	Côte d’Ivoire	26,777	+1,925.5%
52	Bulgaria	26,498	+125.4%
53	Montenegro	26,332	+1,223.4%
54	Namibia	22,212	-29.1%
55	Latvia	22,027	+7,966.8%
56	Thailand	21,683	+1,136%
57	New Zealand	21,404	+243.2%
58	Bahrain	18,975	+59.7%
59	Puerto Rico	16,704	+325.4%
60	Senegal	16,425	-35.6%
61	Turkmenistan	14,141	-19.7%
62	Egypt	13,707	+122.5%
63	Luxembourg	13,194	+51.2%
64	Kyrgyzstan	12,596	-72.7%
65	Croatia	11,681	+358.6%
66	Azerbaijan	9,086	+746.8%
67	Cyprus	9,014	-3.5%
67	Slovenia	9,014	+263.9%
69	Macao	8,748	+2.1%
70	Panama	7,967	+45.6%
71	Iceland	6,535	+33.1%
72	Belize	5,936	+3,531.2%
73	Argentina	5,589	+1,679.9%
74	Trinidad and Tobago	4,247	-26.1%
75	Equatorial Guinea	3,997	-38.4%
76	Mauritania	2,999	+302.2%
77	Malta	2,480	-46.5%
78	Burundi	1,995	+113.8%
79	Seychelles	1,788	-14.3%
80	Solomon Islands	1,567	+4.5%
81	Andorra	1,102	-27.2%
82	Costa Rica	1,006	-1.2%
83	Bahamas	1,001	+108.1%
84	Monaco	995	-0.4%
84	Niger	995	+122.6%
86	Gabon	987	-34.3%
87	Cayman Islands	942	-2.4%
88	Faroe Islands	614	-7.3%
89	Gibraltar	613	+9.3%
90	Sint Maarten	564	+13.3%
91	British Virgin Islands	550	+68.7%
92	Curaçao	518	+3%
93	Djibouti	500	-61.5%
94	New Caledonia	485	+141.1%
95	Bhutan	291	+1.4%
96	Liechtenstein	212	+13.4%
97	Isle of Man	199	+3.6%
98	Turks and Caicos Islands	193	-71.7%
99	Aruba	152	-69.8%
100	Antigua and Barbuda	0	n/a
100	Bermuda	0	-100%
100	Brunei	0	n/a
100	Mongolia	0	n/a
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	+100%
100	Saint Lucia	0	n/a
100	Vanuatu	0	+100%
107	Palau	-20	+4.8%
108	Barbados	-80	-185.7%
109	Nauru	-144	-5.1%
110	Grenada	-190	-175.4%
111	Benin	-192	-111.1%
112	Dominica	-202	+9.8%
113	Tuvalu	-320	+12.6%
114	Greenland	-323	+0.3%
115	Kiribati	-395	-13.5%
116	San Marino	-403	-9.5%
117	U.S. Virgin Islands	-444	-107.5%
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-485	+98.1%
119	Guam	-500	-104.9%
120	São Tomé and Príncipe	-592	+24.3%
121	Papua New Guinea	-787	-107.4%
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-826	+2.9%
123	Suriname	-988	-103.3%
124	Angola	-995	-103.4%
124	Republic of the Congo	-995	+77.8%
126	Micronesia	-1,159	+2.6%
127	Cape Verde	-1,253	n/a
128	American Samoa	-1,305	+2.1%
129	French Polynesia	-1,348	0%
129	Northern Mariana Islands	-1,348	+1.8%
131	Guinea-Bissau	-1,400	-0.4%
132	Saint Martin	-1,475	-22%
133	Madagascar	-1,487	-0.5%
134	Uruguay	-1,501	-1.3%
135	Marshall Islands	-1,829	+9.3%
136	North Korea	-1,997	-26%
137	Libya	-2,001	-188.3%
138	Comoros	-2,002	-13.4%
139	Tonga	-2,218	+0.1%
140	Maldives	-2,674	-128.4%
141	Mauritius	-2,824	+34.7%
142	Samoa	-2,837	+0.8%
143	Gambia	-3,000	-53.9%
144	Bolivia	-3,008	+35.5%
145	Hong Kong	-3,427	0%
146	Fiji	-3,557	+40.8%
147	Guinea	-3,997	+8.6%
148	Sierra Leone	-4,000	-159.1%
149	Cameroon	-4,798	+51.5%
150	Liberia	-5,003	+57.8%
151	Palestine	-5,006	+59.5%
152	Uzbekistan	-5,007	+45.6%
153	Malawi	-5,231	-96.2%
154	North Macedonia	-5,296	+3.4%
155	Honduras	-5,374	+7%
156	Timor-Leste	-5,519	-277.4%
157	Lesotho	-6,023	-74.6%
158	Guyana	-6,161	-794.2%
159	Botswana	-7,306	-78.9%
160	Nicaragua	-7,996	+23%
161	Belarus	-8,000	+76.4%
162	Guatemala	-8,463	+71.7%
163	Eswatini	-8,549	-101.5%
164	Zambia	-8,566	-205.2%
165	Rwanda	-9,001	+58.1%
166	Ghana	-10,003	+11.2%
166	Jamaica	-10,003	-114.4%
166	Kenya	-10,003	+81%
166	Laos	-10,003	+2.9%
170	Yemen	-10,448	+87.1%
171	Ethiopia	-11,996	-771.2%
172	Paraguay	-12,500	-52%
173	Tunisia	-14,001	-52.4%
174	Algeria	-14,684	-35.9%
175	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-14,991	+76.8%
176	Albania	-16,426	+50%
177	Tajikistan	-17,001	-377%
178	Eritrea	-17,134	-14.5%
179	Central African Republic	-17,430	+79.6%
180	Jordan	-17,445	-365.4%
181	Ecuador	-23,090	+19%
182	Cuba	-23,149	-93.3%
183	El Salvador	-23,255	+15%
184	Burkina Faso	-24,960	-90.8%
185	Sudan	-26,668	-184.2%
186	Sri Lanka	-27,435	+7.3%
187	Lebanon	-27,507	-0.8%
188	Cambodia	-31,350	-16%
189	Haiti	-32,220	+2.2%
190	Mozambique	-34,936	-51.2%
191	Myanmar	-34,988	+1.1%
192	Dominican Republic	-35,153	-95.8%
193	Indonesia	-37,501	-233.4%
194	Tanzania	-37,557	-387.5%
195	Morocco	-38,594	+19.4%
196	Mali	-39,951	-79.9%
197	Nigeria	-51,680	+40%
198	Greece	-53,997	+66.3%
199	Togo	-65,826	-15.5%
200	Vietnam	-78,977	-1,357.7%
201	Somalia	-92,434	-360.3%
202	Zimbabwe	-102,828	-37.8%
203	Mexico	-108,438	+11.7%
204	Uganda	-118,843	-373.4%
205	Venezuela	-141,107	+57.6%
206	Philippines	-221,754	-160.3%
207	Brazil	-253,639	-21.6%
208	China	-293,846	+22.6%
209	Türkiye	-301,544	-1,586.7%
210	Nepal	-379,321	-391.8%
211	Bangladesh	-549,990	+44.7%
212	Afghanistan	-647,402	-18%
213	Pakistan	-1,322,625	-133.8%
214	India	-1,353,478	-287.9%
215	Ukraine	-5,699,445	-504,722.4%

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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 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest net migration?

Ukraine, with -5.7 million in 2022.

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