Countries by Net Migration 2026
🇺🇸 United States has the highest net migration in the world at +1,177,848 people per year, while 🇵🇰 Pakistan has the lowest at -1,144,738 people per year. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.
Net migration is the yearly balance of people moving in minus people moving out. Positive numbers mean net immigration (the United States consistently leads in absolute terms); negative numbers mean net emigration, common in countries with large diasporas or ongoing crises. For shrinking-fertility countries, migration increasingly decides whether the population grows at all.
Highest
+1,177,848
🇺🇸 United States
Median country
-360
🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands
Lowest
-1,144,738
🇵🇰 Pakistan
Countries ranked
237
2026 values
| # | Country | Net migration (people per year) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | +1,177,848 | 349,035,494 |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | +364,099 | 69,931,528 |
| 3 | 🇷🇺 Russia | +324,924 | 143,394,458 |
| 4 | 🇸🇾 Syria | +305,822 | 26,472,497 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦 Canada | +291,403 | 40,467,728 |
| 6 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | +252,038 | 53,282,719 |
| 7 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | +159,001 | 36,385,115 |
| 8 | 🇩🇪 Germany | +158,442 | 83,644,258 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺 Australia | +131,706 | 27,227,096 |
| 10 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | +131,684 | 65,453,084 |
| 11 | 🇯🇵 Japan | +128,619 | 122,427,731 |
| 12 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | +115,815 | 53,936,226 |
| 13 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | +108,660 | 35,165,787 |
| 14 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | +89,379 | 18,448,775 |
| 15 | 🇫🇷 France | +88,533 | 66,746,401 |
| 16 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | +87,401 | 11,574,682 |
| 17 | 🇪🇸 Spain | +85,305 | 47,850,793 |
| 18 | 🇴🇲 Oman | +79,740 | 5,671,458 |
| 19 | 🇮🇷 Iran | +66,848 | 93,168,497 |
| 20 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | +62,644 | 51,600,388 |
| 21 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | +60,699 | 11,589,532 |
| 22 | 🇮🇹 Italy | +58,272 | 58,926,166 |
| 23 | 🇨🇱 Chile | +48,106 | 19,945,850 |
| 24 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | +42,755 | 10,701,046 |
| 25 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | +34,096 | 9,007,798 |
| 26 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | +32,022 | 5,356,950 |
| 27 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | +30,696 | 5,102,773 |
| 28 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | +29,607 | 11,774,642 |
| 29 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | +29,200 | 71,559,614 |
| 30 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | +27,298 | 138,902,185 |
| 31 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | +24,791 | 3,173,559 |
| 32 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | +18,360 | 6,023,520 |
| 33 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | +16,968 | 10,395,362 |
| 34 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | +16,435 | 5,287,479 |
| 35 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | +15,364 | 20,305,907 |
| 36 | 🇬🇷 Greece | +14,649 | 9,897,116 |
| 37 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | +14,280 | 1,675,572 |
| 38 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | +13,400 | 10,527,780 |
| 39 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | +13,379 | 5,905,748 |
| 40 | 🇦🇹 Austria | +13,212 | 9,107,266 |
| 41 | 🇮🇱 Israel | +13,023 | 9,647,689 |
| 42 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | +12,936 | 9,585,818 |
| 43 | 🇫🇮 Finland | +12,666 | 5,621,739 |
| 44 | 🇳🇴 Norway | +12,047 | 5,652,989 |
| 45 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | +11,792 | 7,736,632 |
| 46 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | +7,974 | 12,436,037 |
| 47 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | +7,708 | 10,454,855 |
| 48 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | +7,210 | 1,382,334 |
| 49 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | +6,939 | 22,521,915 |
| 50 | 🇵🇪 Peru | +6,707 | 34,922,148 |
| 51 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | +6,535 | 33,494,346 |
| 52 | 🇵🇦 Panama | +5,665 | 4,625,718 |
| 53 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | +4,938 | 687,448 |
| 54 | 🇪🇭 Western Sahara | +4,689 | 610,813 |
| 55 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | +3,533 | 1,984,468 |
| 56 | 🇱🇾 Libya | +2,610 | 7,539,852 |
| 57 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | +2,609 | 2,114,574 |
| 58 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | +2,316 | 46,003,734 |
| 59 | 🇲🇹 Malta | +2,157 | 549,011 |
| 60 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | +2,027 | 402,329 |
| 61 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | +1,570 | 858,288 |
| 62 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | +1,367 | 134,959 |
| 63 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | +1,348 | 22,785,535 |
| 64 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | +1,215 | 3,804,642 |
| 65 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | +1,152 | 2,647,400 |
| 66 | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | +1,056 | 3,222,688 |
| 67 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | +966 | 5,174,789 |
| 68 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | +902 | 404,628 |
| 69 | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | +888 | 77,196 |
| 70 | 🇲🇴 Macau | +826 | 723,188 |
| 71 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | +751 | 83,753 |
| 72 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | +633 | 802,214 |
| 73 | 🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands | +509 | 31,913 |
| 74 | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | +485 | 44,447 |
| 75 | 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | +480 | 40,867 |
| 76 | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | +462 | 185,440 |
| 77 | 🇯🇪 Jersey | +402 | 104,106 |
| 78 | 🇧🇿 Belize | +392 | 428,644 |
| 79 | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | +348 | 297,892 |
| 80 | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | +311 | 56,526 |
| 81 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | +302 | 1,199,459 |
| 82 | 🇬🇬 Guernsey | +196 | 64,610 |
| 83 | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | +193 | 40,368 |
| 84 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | +160 | 1,513,268 |
| 85 | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | +158 | 84,054 |
| 86 | 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | +151 | 47,148 |
| 87 | 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy | +143 | 11,550 |
| 88 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | +134 | 5,451,342 |
| 89 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | +127 | 33,605 |
| 90 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | +106 | 38,087 |
| 91 | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | +105 | 39,936 |
| 92 | 🇦🇼 Aruba | +73 | 108,164 |
| 93 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | +47 | 3,153,246 |
| 94 | 🇹🇰 Tokelau | +43 | 2,691 |
| 95 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | +39 | 7,400,464 |
| 96 | 🇦🇮 Anguilla | +33 | 14,817 |
| 97 | 🇻🇦 Vatican City | +13 | 506 |
| 98 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | +12 | 3,556,798 |
| 99 | 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | +11 | 46,992 |
| 100 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | +8 | 469,775 |
| 101 | 🇳🇺 Niue | +2 | 1,822 |
| 102 | 🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0 | 5,148 |
| 103 | 🇾🇹 Mayotte | -2 | 347,536 |
| 104 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | -2 | 94,626 |
| 105 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | -9 | 64,459 |
| 106 | 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -9 | 5,513 |
| 107 | 🇲🇸 Montserrat | -10 | 4,328 |
| 108 | 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | -16 | 3,465 |
| 109 | 🇵🇼 Palau | -22 | 17,614 |
| 110 | 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | -49 | 180,488 |
| 111 | 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna | -80 | 11,113 |
| 112 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | -98 | 282,724 |
| 113 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | -111 | 12,101 |
| 114 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | -113 | 342,564 |
| 115 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | -199 | 117,362 |
| 116 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | -225 | 9,362 |
| 117 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | -241 | 65,511 |
| 118 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | -249 | 55,629 |
| 119 | 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands | -360 | 83,400 |
| 120 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | -360 | 1,835,935 |
| 121 | 🇨🇰 Cook Islands | -419 | 12,826 |
| 122 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | -441 | 138,445 |
| 123 | 🇬🇺 Guam | -471 | 170,185 |
| 124 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | -534 | 10,947,848 |
| 125 | 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -671 | 99,244 |
| 126 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | -691 | 244,994 |
| 127 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | -716 | 1,331,062 |
| 128 | 🇬🇫 French Guiana | -765 | 318,872 |
| 129 | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | -790 | 42,914 |
| 130 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | -965 | 645,256 |
| 131 | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | -1,004 | 45,318 |
| 132 | 🇲🇫 Saint Martin | -1,034 | 23,898 |
| 133 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | -1,051 | 5,853,949 |
| 134 | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | -1,121 | 114,182 |
| 135 | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | -1,158 | 283,076 |
| 136 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | -1,338 | 529,630 |
| 137 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | -1,413 | 3,382,537 |
| 138 | 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | -1,442 | 372,453 |
| 139 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | -1,575 | 35,075 |
| 140 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | -1,695 | 1,436,923 |
| 141 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | -1,893 | 2,297,808 |
| 142 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | -2,079 | 531,517 |
| 143 | 🇷🇪 Réunion | -2,079 | 886,298 |
| 144 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | -2,117 | 103,291 |
| 145 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | -2,225 | 899,010 |
| 146 | 🇲🇶 Martinique | -2,264 | 337,711 |
| 147 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | -2,491 | 3,822,345 |
| 148 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | -2,665 | 33,522,052 |
| 149 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | -2,679 | 1,265,059 |
| 150 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | -2,792 | 220,528 |
| 151 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | -2,809 | 26,633,691 |
| 152 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | -2,810 | 242,431,832 |
| 153 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | -2,824 | 626,233 |
| 154 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | -2,894 | 2,884,079 |
| 155 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | -3,157 | 12,749,291 |
| 156 | 🇨🇬 Congo | -3,298 | 6,637,786 |
| 157 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | -3,385 | 937,282 |
| 158 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | -3,608 | 8,937,018 |
| 159 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | -4,169 | 2,603,388 |
| 160 | 🇦🇴 Angola | -4,270 | 40,215,180 |
| 161 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | -4,517 | 37,724,223 |
| 162 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | -4,603 | 11,184,760 |
| 163 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | -4,787 | 840,890 |
| 164 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | -4,846 | 2,797,338 |
| 165 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | -4,876 | 2,389,336 |
| 166 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | -5,493 | 1,269,859 |
| 167 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | -5,722 | 6,667,660 |
| 168 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | -5,731 | 1,804,062 |
| 169 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | -5,842 | 5,461,319 |
| 170 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | -5,883 | 6,641,964 |
| 171 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -6,229 | 39,535,848 |
| 172 | 🇧🇯 Benin | -6,318 | 15,170,420 |
| 173 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | -6,685 | 5,897,467 |
| 174 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | -7,003 | 14,889,693 |
| 175 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | -7,432 | 18,967,978 |
| 176 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | -7,520 | 3,682,669 |
| 177 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | -7,581 | 3,114,242 |
| 178 | 🇵🇱 Poland | -7,971 | 37,843,188 |
| 179 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | -8,485 | 7,097,329 |
| 180 | 🇳🇪 Niger | -10,620 | 28,814,878 |
| 181 | 🇱🇦 Laos | -11,125 | 7,974,018 |
| 182 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | -11,683 | 2,833,404 |
| 183 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | -12,243 | 7,095,279 |
| 184 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | -12,277 | 8,996,744 |
| 185 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | -12,576 | 7,378,602 |
| 186 | 🇹🇬 Togo | -12,642 | 9,930,918 |
| 187 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | -12,814 | 21,083,626 |
| 188 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | -13,102 | 48,007,437 |
| 189 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | -13,429 | 19,366,548 |
| 190 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | -13,851 | 18,444,506 |
| 191 | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | -14,025 | 1,666,992 |
| 192 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | -14,794 | 12,415,138 |
| 193 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | -15,041 | 23,011,292 |
| 194 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | -15,608 | 5,698,984 |
| 195 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | -16,732 | 2,961,253 |
| 196 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | -18,922 | 30,640,817 |
| 197 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | -19,725 | 15,441,992 |
| 198 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | -20,055 | 5,692,790 |
| 199 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | -20,198 | 10,978,598 |
| 200 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | -22,086 | 10,892,659 |
| 201 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | -22,178 | 42,961,653 |
| 202 | 🇦🇱 Albania | -22,595 | 2,751,025 |
| 203 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | -23,530 | 6,391,254 |
| 204 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | -24,195 | 35,697,557 |
| 205 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | -25,275 | 72,563,780 |
| 206 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | -27,000 | 2,930,915 |
| 207 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | -28,309 | 24,601,700 |
| 208 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | -28,841 | 48,028,334 |
| 209 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | -28,843 | 116,452,162 |
| 210 | 🇷🇴 Romania | -28,982 | 18,800,605 |
| 211 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | -30,760 | 23,348,315 |
| 212 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | -31,968 | 12,037,506 |
| 213 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | -34,323 | 18,051,219 |
| 214 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | -34,838 | 58,636,412 |
| 215 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | -35,038 | 11,609,500 |
| 216 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | -35,108 | 14,729,157 |
| 217 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | -39,472 | 287,886,782 |
| 218 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | -40,682 | 55,184,819 |
| 219 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | -51,045 | 102,177,431 |
| 220 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | -52,287 | 120,101,175 |
| 221 | 🇲🇱 Mali | -52,609 | 25,932,275 |
| 222 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | -53,884 | 45,047,068 |
| 223 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | -54,620 | 17,273,580 |
| 224 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | -55,988 | 36,639,850 |
| 225 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | -60,886 | 38,762,441 |
| 226 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | -92,869 | 28,633,711 |
| 227 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | -109,844 | 132,997,658 |
| 228 | 🇹🇩 Chad | -112,304 | 21,560,380 |
| 229 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | -121,799 | 52,761,470 |
| 230 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | -144,275 | 117,724,472 |
| 231 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | -205,642 | 213,562,666 |
| 232 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | -217,896 | 87,926,082 |
| 233 | 🇨🇳 China | -232,107 | 1,412,914,089 |
| 234 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | -292,014 | 29,629,410 |
| 235 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | -371,398 | 177,818,044 |
| 236 | 🇮🇳 India | -440,456 | 1,476,625,576 |
| 237 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | -1,144,738 | 259,299,792 |
FAQ
Which country has the highest net migration in the world?
United States has the highest net migration in the world at +1,177,848 people per year (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).
Which country has the lowest net migration?
Pakistan has the lowest net migration at -1,144,738 people per year (2026).
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
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