The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 People

Net migration rate In 36 editions of 36.

Net migration rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1997 edition: 233
the first edition with it: 1990
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Net migration rate” (1990 to 2025).

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Africa

57 entries

Algeria

-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Angola

3.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Benin

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Botswana

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Burkina Faso

-1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Burundi

-6.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

-12.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cameroon

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Central African Republic

-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Chad

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Comoros

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

-7.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: in 1994, about a million refugees fled into Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, to escape the fighting between the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi; the outbreak of widespread fighting between rebels and government forces in October 1996 spurred about 720,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997; additionally, Democratic Republic of the Congo is host to about 100,000 Angolan, and about 100,000 Sudanese refugees

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

-1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note : since 1989, over 350,000 refugees have fled to Cote d'Ivoire to escape the civil war in Liberia

Djibouti

-12.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Egypt

-0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Eritrea

34.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: it is estimated that between 200,000 and 350,000 Eritrean refugees were still living in Sudan in mid-1997

Swaziland now Eswatini

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ethiopia

-1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan, Kenya and Somalia for refuge from war and famine in earlier years, is expected to continue in 1997; entry into Ethiopia of Sudanese and Somalis fleeing the fighting in their own countries is also continuing in 1997

Gabon

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

The Gambia

4.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ghana

-0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Guinea

-12.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: in prior years Guinea received several hundred thousand refugees from the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, some of whom are now returning to their own countries

Guinea-Bissau

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Kenya

-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Lesotho

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Liberia

38.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: until domestic peace is restored, many Liberian refugees will not return from exile

Libya

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Madagascar

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Malawi

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: the return of refugees to Mozambique is apparently complete

Mali

1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mauritania

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mauritius

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mayotte

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Morocco

-1.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Mozambique

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Namibia

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Niger

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Nigeria

0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Reunion

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Rwanda

64.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note: following the outbreak of genocidal strife in Rwanda in April 1994 between Tutsi and Hutu factions, more than 2 million refugees fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire; according to the UN High Commission on Refugees, in 1996 and early 1997 nearly 1,300,000 Hutus returned to Rwanda; of these 720,000 returned from Democratic Republic of the Congo, 480,000 from Tanzania, 88,000 from Burundi, and 10,000 from Uganda

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Senegal

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Seychelles

-6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sierra Leone

6.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Somalia

3.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

South Africa

0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sudan

1.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tanzania

-5.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Togo

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Tunisia

-0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Uganda

-2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

note : Uganda is host to refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including Sudan, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire; probably in excess of 100,000 southern Sudanese fled to Uganda during the past year; many of the 10,000 Rwandans who took refuge in Uganda have returned home

Arctic Region

3 entries

Asia

22 entries

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

-9.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Europe

45 entries

Czech Republic now Czechia

0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

8.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

-1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Montenegro:: -6.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population;

Middle East

17 entries

Turkey now Turkiye

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

North America

5 entries

Oceania

24 entries

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

11.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Western Samoa now Samoa

-1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

South America

14 entries

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

4.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

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