Ireland - Net migration

Net migration

The value for Net migration in Ireland was 118,020 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 201,467 in 2002 and a minimum value of -125,947 in 1987.

Definition: Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the total number of immigrants less the annual number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. Data are five-year estimates.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1962 -105,837
1967 -57,278
1972 44,335
1977 51,765
1982 -60,929
1987 -125,947
1992 -15,374
1997 84,879
2002 201,467
2007 197,285
2012 -111,819
2017 118,020

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Migration