🇨🇳 Migration to & from China

Historic Net Migration for China (1950-2024)

China has seen a decrease in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
1950	-20,646	9,708,705
1951	-14,036	9,719,074
1952	-9,170	13,027,307
1953	-5,792	11,824,094
1954	-3,632	13,289,347
1955	-2,402	13,576,951
1956	-1,850	12,446,199
1957	-1,699	15,149,053
1958	-2,545	12,577,488
1959	-8,276	4,399,988
1960	-16,927	-212,285
1961	-25,578	2,155,120
1962	-31,305	16,445,289
1963	-31,383	22,512,621
1964	-1,250,441	17,978,618
1965	-130,900	19,256,318
1966	4,165	18,716,642
1967	1,246,654	18,530,984
1968	-37,290	21,439,013
1969	-72,836	20,819,602
1970	-126,510	21,517,668
1971	-180,153	20,004,132
1972	-215,650	19,211,762
1973	-214,997	18,586,502
1974	-175,239	16,874,770
1975	-115,173	14,743,652
1976	-55,109	13,767,347
1977	-15,323	12,580,817
1978	-9,916	12,649,403
1979	-13,704	13,603,767
1980	-20,129	14,147,179
1981	-28,016	14,967,879
1982	-36,181	16,766,337
1983	-43,756	14,187,216
1984	-51,961	15,382,148
1985	-60,929	16,534,217
1986	-79,190	18,317,356
1987	-169,170	19,650,322
1988	-282,194	18,403,117
1989	-313,476	19,090,568
1990	-11,187	20,092,864
1991	-544,650	14,318,744
1992	-142,985	13,252,674
1993	-373,316	12,216,002
1994	-723,641	11,173,041
1995	-365,986	11,088,621
1996	-250,750	10,533,148
1997	-279,251	9,856,472
1998	-40,472	9,558,537
1999	-96,102	9,100,520
2000	-62,622	9,708,521
2001	-176,419	8,579,253
2002	-761,291	7,704,299
2003	-613,223	7,596,676
2004	-770,977	7,569,303
2005	-103,701	8,284,337
2006	-759,559	7,769,464
2007	-1,042,019	7,749,627
2008	-764,370	8,265,242
2009	-177,135	9,138,158
2010	-184,144	8,939,438
2011	-416,189	8,438,863
2012	-58,864	10,101,537
2013	-188,951	8,872,815
2014	-371,108	9,015,048
2015	-646,941	7,349,355
2016	-153,056	8,487,562
2017	-94,625	8,116,628
2018	-198,206	5,191,830
2019	-656,091	3,830,973
2020	-91,577	1,340,498
2021	-379,749	-678,150
2022	-293,846	-1,837,246
2023	-567,724	-3,352,027
2024	-318,992	-3,175,283

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to China for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for China (2024-2100)

China will see an increase of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
2024	-318,992	-3,175,283
2025	-268,126	-3,275,084
2026	-232,107	-3,088,927
2027	-213,469	-3,380,438
2028	-232,722	-3,704,887
2029	-218,245	-4,003,095
2030	-199,192	-4,254,746
2031	-222,918	-4,555,579
2032	-228,020	-4,821,696
2033	-232,173	-5,105,326
2034	-215,494	-5,333,847
2035	-213,426	-5,564,960
2036	-218,480	-5,804,533
2037	-223,836	-6,020,909
2038	-186,665	-6,193,804
2039	-214,488	-6,462,175
2040	-206,247	-6,693,947
2041	-216,496	-6,958,903
2042	-208,443	-7,203,085
2043	-187,322	-7,433,795
2044	-160,266	-7,715,827
2045	-191,600	-8,088,571
2046	-219,507	-8,503,841
2047	-183,361	-8,890,469
2048	-189,302	-9,365,214
2049	-201,101	-9,857,666
2050	-171,498	-10,326,437
2051	-187,534	-10,866,674
2052	-211,489	-11,404,138
2053	-178,099	-11,850,417
2054	-163,039	-12,302,600
2055	-172,074	-12,719,150
2056	-181,019	-13,084,454
2057	-154,354	-13,360,993
2058	-172,447	-13,629,481
2059	-167,130	-13,811,601
2060	-173,618	-13,938,353
2061	-149,719	-13,966,595
2062	-158,397	-13,968,572
2063	-143,787	-13,892,287
2064	-165,499	-13,845,356
2065	-134,393	-13,705,349
2066	-144,869	-13,581,440
2067	-154,975	-13,451,194
2068	-133,281	-13,287,538
2069	-137,049	-13,162,986
2070	-121,007	-13,024,756
2071	-124,347	-12,930,762
2072	-138,351	-12,871,016
2073	-138,292	-12,829,560
2074	-117,158	-12,782,373
2075	-128,071	-12,783,139
2076	-113,565	-12,794,923
2077	-105,144	-12,811,273
2078	-104,759	-12,850,213
2079	-115,946	-12,903,413
2080	-117,490	-12,925,850
2081	-110,374	-12,921,409
2082	-87,561	-12,857,627
2083	-86,182	-12,811,431
2084	-114,975	-12,767,191
2085	-102,282	-12,633,414
2086	-91,506	-12,478,186
2087	-100,761	-12,332,887
2088	-103,456	-12,176,283
2089	-99,593	-12,003,761
2090	-86,894	-11,808,787
2091	-90,443	-11,637,973
2092	-94,178	-11,495,439
2093	-94,988	-11,358,126
2094	-91,880	-11,226,269
2095	-84,126	-11,113,102
2096	-98,386	-11,013,314
2097	-96,069	-10,917,433
2098	-86,315	-10,822,796
2099	-84,720	-10,729,181
2100	-77,792	-10,633,395

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to China

Causes of Emigration from China

Common Questions

How many people emigrated from China in 2024?

How many people immigrated to China in 2024?

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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