The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 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 1998 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 234
- 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 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
-1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: in 1994, about a million refugees fled into Zaire (now called Democratic Republic of the Congo), 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 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997; additionally, Democratic Republic of the Congo is host to about 200,000 Angolan, about 110,000 Burundi, about 100,000 Sudanese, about 15,000 Ugandan, and about 18,000 Republic of the Congo refugees
Cote d'Ivoire
-1.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: of the more than 350,000 refugees that fled to Cote d'Ivoire since 1989 to escape the civil war in Liberia, only about 210,000 remained in Cote d'Ivoire according to a 1997 census
Eritrea
3.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: it is estimated that between 200,000 and 350,000 Eritrean refugees were still living in Sudan in mid-1997
Ethiopia
-1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 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 slowly in 1998; small numbers of Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting in their own countries, began returning to their homes in 1998
Guinea
-15.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 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
Liberia
27.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: until domestic peace is restored, many Liberian refugees will not return from exile
Rwanda
5.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 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; probably fewer than 100,000 Rwandans remained outside of Rwanda at the end of 1997
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Uganda
-1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: Uganda is host to refugees from a number of neighboring
- countries, including:
- Sudan 175,000, Rwanda possibly 10,000, and Democratic Republic of the Congo about 5,000
Zimbabwe
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesCentral America and the Caribbean
31 entriesCayman Islands
33.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US
Europe
45 entriesMacedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
-0.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesNorth America
5 entriesOceania
25 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
11.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
15 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Net migration rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/net-migration-rate/1998.