World ranking · 2026

Net migration rate by country, 2026

Net migration is people arriving minus people leaving, here per 1,000 residents a year. Positive means more arrivals; negative, more departures. Worldwide it sums to zero.

Highest

1. Oman+14.1
2. Syria+11.6
3. Bahrain+8.5
4. Qatar+7.8
5. United Arab Emirates+7.6

Lowest

1. Nepal−9.9
2. Armenia−9.2
3. Kosovo−8.4
4. Albania−8.2
5. Moldova−5.7

63 countries of a million people or more gain people through migration in 2026; 92 lose them.
By number of people, United States gains the most (1.2 million a year).

Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.

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Orange: more people leave than arrive. Teal: more arrive than leave.

Net migration per 1,000 people a year

−5−20+1+3+6

All 237 countries and areas

Net migration rate by country, 2026
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1	Vatican	+25.7	506
2	Tokelau	+16.1	2,691
3	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	+15.9	31,913
4	Oman	+14.1	5,671,458
5	Saint Barthelemy	+12.4	11,550
6	Gibraltar	+11.8	40,867
7	Syria	+11.6	26,472,497
8	Cayman Islands	+11.5	77,196
9	Sint Maarten	+10.9	44,447
10	Seychelles	+10.1	134,959
11	Andorra	+9.0	83,753
12	Bahrain	+8.5	1,675,572
13	Qatar	+7.8	3,173,559
14	Western Sahara	+7.7	610,813
15	United Arab Emirates	+7.6	11,574,682
16	Canada	+7.2	40,467,728
17	Luxembourg	+7.2	687,448
18	Ireland	+6.0	5,356,950
19	Kuwait	+6.0	5,102,773
20	Faroe Islands	+5.5	56,526
21	United Kingdom	+5.2	69,931,528
22	Jordan	+5.2	11,589,532
23	Cyprus	+5.2	1,382,334
24	Iceland	+5.0	402,329
25	Australia	+4.8	27,227,096
26	Netherlands	+4.8	18,448,775
27	Liechtenstein	+4.8	40,368
28	Sudan	+4.7	53,282,719
29	Malaysia	+4.4	36,385,115
30	Sweden	+4.0	10,701,046
31	Malta	+3.9	549,011
32	Jersey	+3.9	104,106
33	Switzerland	+3.8	9,007,798
34	San Marino	+3.8	33,605
35	United States	+3.4	349,035,494
36	Turks and Caicos Islands	+3.2	47,148
37	Saudi Arabia	+3.1	35,165,787
38	New Zealand	+3.1	5,287,479
39	Denmark	+3.0	6,023,520
40	Guernsey	+3.0	64,610
41	Monaco	+2.8	38,087
42	British Virgin Islands	+2.6	39,936
43	Belgium	+2.5	11,774,642
44	Curacao	+2.5	185,440
45	Chile	+2.4	19,945,850
46	Russia	+2.3	143,394,458
47	Singapore	+2.3	5,905,748
48	Finland	+2.3	5,621,739
49	Anguilla	+2.3	14,817
50	Bahamas	+2.2	404,628
51	Colombia	+2.1	53,936,226
52	Norway	+2.1	5,652,989
53	South Africa	+2.0	65,453,084
54	Germany	+1.9	83,644,258
55	Isle of Man	+1.9	84,054
56	Spain	+1.8	47,850,793
57	Equatorial Guinea	+1.8	1,984,468
58	Solomon Islands	+1.8	858,288
59	Portugal	+1.6	10,395,362
60	Greece	+1.5	9,897,116
61	Austria	+1.5	9,107,266
62	Turkmenistan	+1.5	7,736,632
63	Israel	+1.4	9,647,689
64	Hungary	+1.4	9,585,818
65	France	+1.3	66,746,401
66	Czechia	+1.3	10,527,780
67	South Korea	+1.2	51,600,388
68	Panama	+1.2	4,625,718
69	Slovenia	+1.2	2,114,574
70	New Caledonia	+1.2	297,892
71	Japan	+1.1	122,427,731
72	Macao	+1.1	723,188
73	Italy	+1.0	58,926,166
74	Niue	+1.0	1,822
75	Belize	+0.9	428,644
76	Somalia	+0.8	20,305,907
77	Bhutan	+0.8	802,214
78	Iran	+0.7	93,168,497
79	Azerbaijan	+0.7	10,454,855
80	Aruba	+0.7	108,164
81	South Sudan	+0.6	12,436,037
82	Thailand	+0.4	71,559,614
83	Gabon	+0.4	2,647,400
84	Zambia	+0.3	22,521,915
85	Libya	+0.3	7,539,852
86	Georgia	+0.3	3,804,642
87	Puerto Rico	+0.3	3,222,688
88	Djibouti	+0.3	1,199,459
89	Ethiopia	+0.2	138,902,185
90	Peru	+0.2	34,922,148
91	Côte d'Ivoire	+0.2	33,494,346
92	Costa Rica	+0.2	5,174,789
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.2	46,992
94	Argentina	+0.1	46,003,734
95	Malawi	+0.1	22,785,535
96	Trinidad and Tobago	+0.1	1,513,268
97	Nigeria	0.0	242,431,832
98	Papua New Guinea	0.0	10,947,848
99	Kyrgyzstan	0.0	7,400,464
100	Slovakia	0.0	5,451,342
101	Mongolia	0.0	3,556,798
102	Namibia	0.0	3,153,246
103	Brunei	0.0	469,775
104	Mayotte	0.0	347,536
105	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0	94,626
106	Saint Helena	0.0	5,148
107	Indonesia	−0.1	287,886,782
108	Angola	−0.1	40,215,180
109	Uzbekistan	−0.1	37,724,223
110	Madagascar	−0.1	33,522,052
111	North Korea	−0.1	26,633,691
112	Bermuda	−0.1	64,459
113	China	−0.2	1,412,914,089
114	DR Congo	−0.2	116,452,162
115	Ukraine	−0.2	39,535,848
116	Poland	−0.2	37,843,188
117	Bolivia	−0.2	12,749,291
118	Liberia	−0.2	5,853,949
119	Latvia	−0.2	1,835,935
120	India	−0.3	1,476,625,576
121	Tanzania	−0.3	72,563,780
122	Iraq	−0.3	48,007,437
123	Vanuatu	−0.3	342,564
124	Barbados	−0.3	282,724
125	Saint Lucia	−0.3	180,488
126	Egypt	−0.4	120,101,175
127	Niger	−0.4	28,814,878
128	Guatemala	−0.4	18,967,978
129	Benin	−0.4	15,170,420
130	Honduras	−0.4	11,184,760
131	Belarus	−0.4	8,937,018
132	Uruguay	−0.4	3,382,537
133	Vietnam	−0.5	102,177,431
134	Yemen	−0.5	42,961,653
135	Rwanda	−0.5	14,889,693
136	Congo	−0.5	6,637,786
137	Estonia	−0.5	1,331,062
138	Kenya	−0.6	58,636,412
139	Algeria	−0.6	48,028,334
140	Cameroon	−0.6	30,640,817
141	Kazakhstan	−0.6	21,083,626
142	Myanmar	−0.7	55,184,819
143	Ghana	−0.7	35,697,557
144	Taiwan	−0.7	23,011,292
145	Senegal	−0.7	19,366,548
146	Croatia	−0.7	3,822,345
147	Mexico	−0.8	132,997,658
148	Ecuador	−0.8	18,444,506
149	Guinea-Bissau	−0.8	2,297,808
150	Bulgaria	−0.9	6,667,660
151	Serbia	−0.9	6,641,964
152	Brazil	−1.0	213,562,666
153	Gambia	−1.0	2,884,079
154	Lebanon	−1.1	5,897,467
155	Mauritania	−1.1	5,461,319
156	Philippines	−1.2	117,724,472
157	Afghanistan	−1.2	45,047,068
158	Burkina Faso	−1.2	24,601,700
159	Tunisia	−1.2	12,415,138
160	Nicaragua	−1.2	7,097,329
161	Timor Leste	−1.2	1,436,923
162	Palau	−1.2	17,614
163	Sri Lanka	−1.3	23,348,315
164	Guinea	−1.3	15,441,992
165	Togo	−1.3	9,930,918
166	Sierra Leone	−1.4	8,996,744
167	Laos	−1.4	7,974,018
168	Mozambique	−1.5	36,639,850
169	Romania	−1.5	18,800,605
170	Suriname	−1.5	645,256
171	Morocco	−1.6	38,762,441
172	Botswana	−1.6	2,603,388
173	Hong Kong	−1.7	7,378,602
174	Paraguay	−1.7	7,095,279
175	Lithuania	−1.7	2,797,338
176	Grenada	−1.7	117,362
177	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	−1.7	5,513
178	Tajikistan	−1.8	10,978,598
179	Cambodia	−1.9	18,051,219
180	Mali	−2.0	25,932,275
181	Cuba	−2.0	10,892,659
182	Eritrea	−2.0	3,682,669
183	Lesotho	−2.0	2,389,336
184	Bangladesh	−2.1	177,818,044
185	Mauritius	−2.1	1,265,059
186	Uganda	−2.3	52,761,470
187	Reunion	−2.3	886,298
188	Montserrat	−2.3	4,328
189	Burundi	−2.4	14,729,157
190	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−2.4	3,114,242
191	French Guiana	−2.4	318,872
192	Turkey	−2.5	87,926,082
193	Comoros	−2.5	899,010
194	Cabo Verde	−2.5	529,630
195	Haiti	−2.7	12,037,506
196	Central African Republic	−2.7	5,698,984
197	Sao Tome and Principe	−2.8	244,994
198	Guam	−2.8	170,185
199	Dominican Republic	−3.0	11,609,500
200	Venezuela	−3.2	28,633,711
201	Zimbabwe	−3.2	17,273,580
202	North Macedonia	−3.2	1,804,062
203	Kiribati	−3.2	138,445
204	Palestine	−3.5	5,692,790
205	Fiji	−3.6	937,282
206	El Salvador	−3.7	6,391,254
207	Dominica	−3.7	65,511
208	Maldives	−3.9	531,517
209	Guadeloupe	−3.9	372,453
210	Jamaica	−4.1	2,833,404
211	French Polynesia	−4.1	283,076
212	Eswatini	−4.3	1,269,859
213	U.S. Virgin Islands	−4.3	83,400
214	Pakistan	−4.4	259,299,792
215	Montenegro	−4.5	626,233
216	Greenland	−4.5	55,629
217	Falkland Islands	−4.6	3,465
218	Chad	−5.2	21,560,380
219	Moldova	−5.7	2,961,253
220	Guyana	−5.7	840,890
221	Martinique	−6.7	337,711
222	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	−6.8	99,244
223	Wallis and Futuna	−7.2	11,113
224	Albania	−8.2	2,751,025
225	Kosovo	−8.4	1,666,992
226	Armenia	−9.2	2,930,915
227	Nauru	−9.2	12,101
228	Micronesia	−9.8	114,182
229	Nepal	−9.9	29,629,410
230	Samoa	−12.7	220,528
231	Northern Mariana Islands	−18.4	42,914
232	Tonga	−20.5	103,291
233	American Samoa	−22.1	45,318
234	Tuvalu	−24.0	9,362
235	Cook Islands	−32.6	12,826
236	Saint Martin	−43.3	23,898
237	Marshall Islands	−44.9	35,075

Questions

Which countries have the highest net migration?

Per person, Oman (+14.1 per 1,000 people), then Syria (+11.6), Bahrain (+8.5), Qatar (+7.8). In absolute numbers, United States (1.2 million), United Kingdom (364 thousand), Russia (325 thousand).

Which countries lose the most people to emigration?

Per person, Nepal (−9.9 per 1,000), then Armenia (−9.2), Kosovo (−8.4), Albania (−8.2).

Does migration change the world population?

No. Every emigrant is an immigrant somewhere else, so migration moves people between countries without adding or removing anyone. It does change how fast individual countries grow or shrink.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method