Country Comparison > Net migration rate

Rank	Country	Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)
1	United Arab Emirates	22.98
2	Afghanistan	21
3	Cayman Islands	16.48
4	Kuwait	16.02
5	Macau	14.56
6	Anguilla	14.06
7	San Marino	10.32
8	Aruba	9.7
9	Turks and Caicos Islands	9.02
10	Luxembourg	8.44
11	British Virgin Islands	8.13
12	Monaco	7.58
13	Andorra	6.89
14	Northern Mariana Islands	6.47
15	Australia	6.23
16	Jordan	5.83
17	Singapore	5.82
18	Canada	5.63
19	Man, Isle of	5.23
20	Liberia	5.13
21	Botswana	5
22	Ireland	4.71
23	Liechtenstein	4.66
24	Hong Kong	4.38
25	United States	4.31
26	Burundi	4.04
27	Guernsey	3.8
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.17
29	Portugal	3.14
30	Jersey	2.73
31	French Polynesia	2.73
32	Brunei	2.69
33	Denmark	2.48
34	New Zealand	2.46
35	Netherlands	2.46
36	Antigua and Barbuda	2.38
37	Israel	2.37
38	Greece	2.33
39	Bermuda	2.2
40	Germany	2.19
41	Rwanda	2.17
42	United Kingdom	2.16
43	Italy	2.06
44	Malta	2.02
45	Austria	1.85
46	Switzerland	1.76
47	Norway	1.71
48	Sweden	1.66
49	Croatia	1.59
50	France	1.48
51	Angola	1.34
52	Belgium	1.22
53	Mayotte	1.11
54	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.07
55	Seychelles	1.05
56	Spain	0.99
57	Czech Republic	0.97
58	Palau	0.96
59	Hungary	0.87
60	Iceland	0.83
61	Finland	0.68
62	Sudan	0.63
63	Turkey	0.56
64	Slovenia	0.52
65	Costa Rica	0.47
66	Belarus	0.38
67	Slovakia	0.3
68	Namibia	0.3
69	Gambia, The	0.3
70	Russia	0.28
71	Oman	0.24
72	Bahrain	0.2
73	Taiwan	0.03
74	Somalia	0
75	Guinea-Bissau	0
76	Sierra Leone	0
77	Senegal	0
78	Argentina	0
79	Benin	0
80	Kenya	0
81	Gibraltar	0
82	West Bank	0
83	Gaza Strip	0
84	Ethiopia	-0.02
85	India	-0.05
86	Mauritius	-0.06
87	Paraguay	-0.07
88	Korea, North	-0.09
89	Brazil	-0.09
90	Nigeria	-0.1
91	Ukraine	-0.11
92	South Africa	-0.13
93	Romania	-0.13
94	Uruguay	-0.16
95	Egypt	-0.2
96	Suriname	-0.26
97	Colombia	-0.26
98	Algeria	-0.29
99	Barbados	-0.31
100	Korea, South	-0.33
101	Vietnam	-0.38
102	Netherlands Antilles	-0.39
103	China	-0.39
104	Tunisia	-0.41
105	Faroe Islands	-0.41
106	Venezuela	-0.42
107	Poland	-0.47
108	Pakistan	-0.48
109	Panama	-0.49
110	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-0.52
111	Ghana	-0.53
112	Niger	-0.57
113	Morocco	-0.72
114	Lithuania	-0.72
115	Lesotho	-0.78
116	Guinea	-0.8
117	Ecuador	-0.81
118	Peru	-0.95
119	Puerto Rico	-0.96
120	Mauritania	-0.96
121	Bolivia	-1.05
122	Sri Lanka	-1.09
123	Nicaragua	-1.11
124	Moldova	-1.13
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-1.15
126	Indonesia	-1.24
127	Tajikistan	-1.28
128	Tanzania	-1.3
129	Honduras	-1.3
130	Philippines	-1.34
131	Cuba	-1.56
132	Azerbaijan	-1.69
133	Sao Tome and Principe	-1.81
134	Congo, Republic of the	-1.82
135	Turkmenistan	-1.97
136	Haiti	-2.07
137	Bahamas, The	-2.13
138	Guatemala	-2.21
139	Dominican Republic	-2.22
140	Latvia	-2.3
141	Fiji	-2.47
142	Bangladesh	-2.53
143	Kyrgyzstan	-2.57
144	Zambia	-2.59
145	Iran	-2.62
146	Uzbekistan	-2.94
147	Bulgaria	-3.11
148	Estonia	-3.26
149	El Salvador	-3.27
150	Kazakhstan	-3.3
151	Nepal	-3.39
152	Gabon	-3.48
153	Qatar	-3.58
154	Mexico	-3.61
155	Chad	-4.08
156	Saint Lucia	-4.14
157	Georgia	-4.26
158	Albania	-4.28
159	Armenia	-4.56
160	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-4.96
161	Marshall Islands	-5.41
162	Dominica	-5.45
163	Virgin Islands	-5.49
164	Mali	-5.67
165	Jamaica	-5.7
166	Greenland	-5.99
167	Wallis and Futuna	-6.08
168	American Samoa	-6.99
169	Trinidad and Tobago	-7.28
170	Guyana	-7.44
171	Saudi Arabia	-7.6
172	Samoa	-8.81
173	Uganda	-8.83
174	Grenada	-10.55
175	Cape Verde	-11.67
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-11.8
177	Maldives	-12.58
178	Micronesia, Federated States of	-21.03

Definition: This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009