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Annual Net Migrations by Country in 2022

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In 2022, 🇵🇱Poland was the country with the highest annual net migrations of 3,366,387 people for the year. Followed by 🇺🇸United States of America with 998,540 , and 🇷🇺Russian Federation were 942,445 more people immigrated to than emigrated from the country.

The country with the lowest annual net migrations was 🇺🇦Ukraine with -6,673,580 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India with a net migrations of -487,303, and 🇨🇳China with -311,380 net migrations recorded.

The geographic region with the highest net migrations was Northern America with a total of 1,247,030 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a net migrations 788.581, and Oceania with 142,462 net migrations recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest net migrations of 340,735 people. Closely followed by Northern Europe with a net migrations of 254,697, and Australia/New Zealand with 152,983 net migrations recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest net migrations of 7,674,484. While the lowest net migrations is recorded by Lower-middle-income countries were -8,636,202 more people emigrated than immigrated in that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Net Migrations in 2022

Rank Country Net Migrations Population Change +/-
1 🇵🇱Poland 3,366,387 3,240,923
2 🇺🇸United States of America 998,540 1,580,756
3 🇷🇺Russian Federation 942,445 -38,404
4 🇷🇴Romania 916,813 792,987
5 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 734,304 1,071,325
6 🇭🇺Hungary 616,038 557,521
7 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 462,866 449,306
8 🇸🇰Slovakia 425,001 408,036
9 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 297,713 508,075
10 🇨🇦Canada 248,586 326,962
11 🇬🇧United Kingdom 165,790 229,261
12 🇩🇪Germany 154,592 -113,892
13 🇦🇺Australia 139,991 262,315
14 🇯🇵Japan 99,994 -653,236
15 🇫🇷France 66,601 132,172
16 🇿🇦South Africa 58,496 494,171
17 🇮🇹Italy 58,496 -163,852
18 🇲🇾Malaysia 48,997 373,645
19 🇸🇪Sweden 39,998 63,356
20 🇪🇸Spain 39,998 -35,161
21 🇨🇭Switzerland 39,998 56,908
22 🇧🇾Belarus 30,308 -29,887
23 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 29,998 -26,431
24 🇳🇱Netherlands 29,998 54,922
25 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 28,998 544,538
26 🇳🇴Norway 27,998 40,000
27 🇸🇬Singapore 26,998 39,575
28 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 23,999 31,207
29 🇧🇪Belgium 23,999 30,502
30 🇨🇿Czechia 22,011 -7,038
31 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 19,999 -568
32 🇩🇰Denmark 19,999 28,569
33 🇦🇹Austria 19,999 19,802
34 🇹🇭Thailand 18,999 113,557
35 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 16,702 6,526
36 🇫🇮Finland 13,999 4,965
37 🇳🇿New Zealand 12,999 43,209
38 🇰🇼Kuwait 11,999 42,346
39 🇮🇱Israel 9,999 135,152
40 🇮🇪Ireland 9,999 34,441
41 🇵🇹Portugal 9,999 -22,714
42 🇵🇦Panama 7,967 58,597
43 🇧🇷Brazil 6,425 977,448
44 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 6,000 700,103
45 🇪🇭Western Sahara 5,600 11,349
46 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,222 7,354
47 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5,000 9,003
48 🇨🇾Cyprus 5,000 8,817
49 🇬🇷Greece 5,000 -49,282
50 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4,000 39,402
51 🇦🇷Argentina 3,886 240,762
52 🇨🇷Costa Rica 3,850 27,532
53 🇧🇼Botswana 3,000 45,426
54 🇲🇷Mauritania 3,000 124,930
55 🇧🇮Burundi 2,000 347,413
56 🇸🇮Slovenia 2,000 110
57 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,200 7,576
58 🇬🇦Gabon 1,000 47,571
59 🇳🇪Niger 1,000 976,239
60 🇧🇸Bahamas 1,000 2,674
61 🇩🇯Djibouti 900 15,403
62 🇲🇹Malta 850 1,822
63 🇯🇪Jersey 800 1,010
64 🇧🇿Belize 600 5,251
65 🇨🇼Curaçao 515 921
66 🇳🇨New Caledonia 500 3,075
67 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 400 625
68 🇮🇸Iceland 380 2,453
69 🇮🇲Isle of Man 340 171
70 🇧🇹Bhutan 300 4,980
71 🇦🇩Andorra 200 272
72 🇲🇨Monaco 200 -184
73 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 200 241
74 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 200 347
75 🇦🇼Aruba 164 -254
76 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 150 262
77 🇬🇬Guernsey 100 247
78 🇸🇲San Marino 100 -17
79 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 100 115
80 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 20 97
81 🇻🇦Holy See 14 5
82 🇲🇺Mauritius 0 670
83 🇾🇹Mayotte 0 9,791
84 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0 -56
85 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0 204,992
86 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0 3,625
87 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0 56,928
88 🇧🇭Bahrain 0 13,214
89 🇴🇲Oman 0 66,034
90 🇶🇦Qatar 0 21,584
91 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0 75,735
92 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0 189
93 🇦🇮Anguilla 0 52
94 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0 550
95 🇲🇸Montserrat 0 2
96 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0 24
97 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0 211
98 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 0 304
99 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 14
100 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 17
101 🇧🇲Bermuda 0 -104
102 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 -20
103 🇻🇺Vanuatu 0 7,731
104 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0 430
105 🇳🇺Niue 0 5
106 🇹🇰Tokelau 0 20
107 🇵🇼Palau -20 7
108 🇬🇮Gibraltar -24 48
109 🇩🇲Dominica -40 275
110 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -50 262
111 🇹🇻Tuvalu -60 89
112 🇧🇧Barbados -80 390
113 🇬🇱Greenland -100 198
114 🇨🇰Cook Islands -100 43
115 🇵🇫French Polynesia -100 2,624
116 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -136 -81
117 🇳🇷Nauru -140 118
118 🇸🇨Seychelles -200 463
119 🇧🇯Benin -200 357,002
120 🇬🇩Grenada -200 769
121 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -200 -327
122 🇰🇮Kiribati -400 2,309
123 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -450 -750
124 🇲🇪Montenegro -480 -859
125 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -500 -25,037
126 🇬🇺Guam -500 1,185
127 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe -600 4,449
128 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) -600 1,052
129 🇷🇪Réunion -630 7,841
130 🇲🇶Martinique -650 -506
131 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -800 -329
132 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -800 4,225
133 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea -800 188,413
134 🇹🇴Tonga -800 917
135 🇦🇸American Samoa -810 -347
136 🇲🇳Mongolia -850 50,016
137 🇦🇴Angola -1,000 1,078,830
138 🇨🇬Congo -1,000 135,744
139 🇪🇪Estonia -1,000 -3,076
140 🇲🇰North Macedonia -1,000 -9,885
141 🇸🇷Suriname -1,000 4,793
142 🇨🇻Cabo Verde -1,256 5,293
143 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau -1,400 44,953
144 🇲🇬Madagascar -1,500 703,262
145 🇺🇾Uruguay -1,500 353
146 🇼🇸Samoa -1,500 3,308
147 🇸🇧Solomon Islands -1,600 16,109
148 🇰🇲Comoros -2,000 15,057
149 🇹🇩Chad -2,000 548,105
150 🇱🇾Libya -2,000 75,286
151 🇹🇬Togo -2,000 203,929
152 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea -2,000 94,599
153 🇭🇷Croatia -2,000 -21,627
154 🇬🇲Gambia -3,000 66,204
155 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -3,000 150,288
156 🇫🇯Fiji -3,557 6,600
157 🇬🇾Guyana -3,900 4,307
158 🇹🇳Tunisia -4,000 94,840
159 🇱🇸Lesotho -4,000 23,025
160 🇬🇳Guinea -4,000 328,495
161 🇸🇱Sierra Leone -4,000 184,336
162 🇹🇲Turkmenistan -4,000 87,141
163 🇳🇦Namibia -4,061 35,661
164 🇨🇲Cameroon -4,800 724,649
165 🇧🇬Bulgaria -4,800 -103,336
166 🇲🇿Mozambique -5,000 902,201
167 🇿🇲Zambia -5,000 543,874
168 🇱🇷Liberia -5,000 113,656
169 🇹🇱Timor-Leste -5,000 19,296
170 🇦🇲Armenia -5,000 -5,514
171 🇵🇸State of Palestine -5,000 120,212
172 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -5,000 3,907
173 🇭🇳Honduras -5,374 155,809
174 🇸🇿Eswatini -5,733 8,433
175 🇲🇼Malawi -6,000 518,147
176 🇮🇶Iraq -6,000 999,905
177 🇨🇺Cuba -6,000 -16,788
178 🇦🇱Albania -8,000 -11,064
179 🇳🇮Nicaragua -8,000 98,796
180 🇲🇻Maldives -8,011 -2,284
181 🇱🇻Latvia -8,466 -20,654
182 🇷🇼Rwanda -8,999 316,629
183 🇬🇹Guatemala -9,128 242,412
184 🇿🇼Zimbabwe -9,999 335,190
185 🇩🇿Algeria -9,999 719,266
186 🇸🇩Sudan -9,999 1,225,410
187 🇬🇭Ghana -9,999 642,729
188 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan -9,999 105,108
189 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic -9,999 105,010
190 🇬🇪Georgia -9,999 -17,867
191 🇷🇸Serbia -9,999 -80,451
192 🇰🇪Kenya -10,000 1,055,216
193 🇯🇲Jamaica -10,999 -3,228
194 🇪🇹Ethiopia -11,999 3,114,669
195 🇵🇾Paraguay -12,499 74,994
196 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo -14,999 3,192,708
197 🇱🇹Lithuania -15,192 -37,226
198 🇪🇷Eritrea -17,152 62,981
199 🇨🇫Central African Republic -17,463 157,697
200 🇸🇳Senegal -19,999 439,564
201 🇹🇯Tajikistan -19,999 192,512
202 🇺🇿Uzbekistan -19,999 549,209
203 🇪🇨Ecuador -20,206 191,108
204 🇸🇻El Salvador -23,249 25,194
205 🇧🇫Burkina Faso -24,998 571,508
206 🇩🇴Dominican Republic -29,294 106,108
207 🇪🇬Egypt -29,998 1,714,594
208 🇰🇭Cambodia -29,998 174,473
209 🇾🇪Yemen -29,998 748,586
210 🇸🇴Somalia -30,000 535,038
211 🇸🇸South Sudan -30,694 167,263
212 🇭🇹Haiti -32,248 137,905
213 🇲🇲Myanmar -34,998 403,124
214 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania -39,997 1,916,300
215 🇲🇦Morocco -39,998 387,003
216 🇲🇱Mali -39,998 689,847
217 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) -39,998 587,856
218 🇮🇩Indonesia -49,997 1,770,100
219 🇲🇽Mexico -51,399 959,983
220 🇳🇬Nigeria -59,996 5,225,561
221 🇵🇪Peru -60,652 275,753
222 🇳🇵Nepal -62,012 351,258
223 🇦🇫Afghanistan -65,846 1,096,562
224 🇨🇱Chile -66,850 22,610
225 🇵🇭Philippines -69,996 1,785,370
226 🇱🇰Sri Lanka -77,495 64,518
227 🇻🇳Viet Nam -82,700 689,146
228 🇺🇬Uganda -118,846 1,330,776
229 🇯🇴Jordan -141,192 59,357
230 🇱🇧Lebanon -160,237 -128,396
231 🇵🇰Pakistan -165,988 4,602,501
232 🇨🇴Colombia -167,924 170,394
233 🇹🇷Türkiye -301,586 499,216
234 🇧🇩Bangladesh -309,977 1,777,557
235 🇨🇳China -311,380 -76,098
236 🇮🇳India -487,303 9,706,711
237 🇺🇦Ukraine -6,673,580 -7,264,930

Regions with the Highest Net Migrations in 2022

Rank Region Net Migrations Population Change +/-
1 Northern America 1,247,030 1,907,792
2 Europe 788,581 -1,877,054
3 Oceania 142,462 539,393
4 Latin America and the Caribbean -175,469 4,442,245
5 Africa -540,455 33,336,095
6 Asia -1,461,999 28,545,207

Sub-regions with the Highest Net Migrations in 2022

Rank Sub-region Net Migrations Population Change +/-
1 Western Europe 340,735 187,846
2 Northern Europe 254,697 343,707
3 Australia/New Zealand 152,983 305,524
4 Western Asia 131,292 4,311,173
5 Eastern Europe 103,474 -1,994,822
6 Southern Europe 89,675 -413,785
7 Southern Africa 47,715 606,716
8 Micronesia -1,642 5,363
9 Polynesia -3,429 6,578
10 Melanesia -5,450 221,928
11 South America -28,275 2,628,478
12 Middle Africa -36,866 5,929,155
13 Central Asia -53,994 1,138,962
14 Caribbean -62,466 240,193
15 Central America -84,728 1,573,574
16 Northern Africa -90,383 4,227,748
17 Eastern Asia -135,243 -571,508
18 Western Africa -165,826 10,674,293
19 South-Eastern Asia -187,700 5,476,921
20 Eastern Africa -295,095 11,898,184
21 Southern Asia -1,216,354 18,189,659

Income Groups with the Highest Net Migrations in 2022

Rank Income Groupe Net Migrations Population Change +/-
1 High-income countries 7,674,484 7,887,086
2 Upper-middle-income countries 383,261 6,454,908
3 No income group available 303,207 519,546
4 Low-income countries 275,400 19,856,412
5 Middle-income countries -8,252,942 38,630,635
6 Lower-middle-income countries -8,636,202 32,175,727

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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