Kuwait - Net migration

Net migration

The value for Net migration in Kuwait was 197,600 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 580,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of -655,000 in 1992.

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 137,000
1967 146,600
1972 95,836
1977 141,100
1982 115,340
1987 119,768
1992 -655,000
1997 242,000
2002 26,500
2007 479,500
2012 580,000
2017 197,600

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Migration