The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 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 1999 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 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 entriesCameroon
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population; note--there may be some migration but figures are not available
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
-1.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: in 1994, about a million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC), to escape the fighting between the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi; the outbreak of widespread fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 spurred about 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997; additionally,the DROC is host to 200,000 Angolan, 110,000 Burundi, 100,000 Sudanese, and 15,000 Ugandan refugees; renewed fighting in the DROC in August 1998 resulted in more internal displacement and refugee outflows
Cote d'Ivoire
-2.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: after Liberia's civil war started in 1990, more than 350,000 refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire and, by September 1998, according to the UNHCR, about 85,000 remain
Equatorial Guinea
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: migration to Spain is a traditional and continuing factor; between 80% and 90% of Equatorial Guinean nationals going to Spain do not return
Eritrea
8.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: it is estimated that approximately 315,000 Eritrean refugees were still living in Sudan by the end of 1997 according to the UNHCR
Ethiopia
-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 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
-15.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: over the years Guinea has received up to several hundred thousand refugees from the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, some of whom are now returning to their own countries
Liberia
18.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: evidence from UNHCR indicates Liberians are being repatriated
Rwanda
4.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 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 1.3 million 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 by the end of 1997
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Uganda
-1.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: according to the UNHCR, by the end of 1997, Uganda was host to refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 160,000, Democratic Republic of the Congo 14,000, and Rwanda 12,000
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 (1999 est.)
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US
Europe
45 entriesMacedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
-0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia---2.65 migrants/1,000 population; Montenegro---5.09 migrants/1,000 population (1999 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 (1999 est.)
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
15 entriesMalaysia
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
note: does not include illegal immigrants--large numbers from Indonesia and smaller numbers from the Philippines, Bangladesh, Burma, China, and India
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Net migration rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/net-migration-rate/1999.