The CIA World Factbook Edition 2002 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 2002 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2002 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
56 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
-2.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: one million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC) in 1994 as a result of the ethnic fighting in Rwanda; fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 caused 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997 and additional refugees have returned in subsequent years; fighting between the Congolese government and Uganda- and Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels spawned a regional war in DROC in August 1998, which left 1.8 million Congolese displaced in DROC and caused 300,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding countries (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: after Liberia's civil war started in 1990, more than 350,000 refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire; by the end of 1999 most Liberian refugees were assumed to have returned (2002 est.)
Eritrea
7.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: UNHCR began repatriating about 150,000 Eritrean refugees from Sudan in 2001 following the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2000 (2002 est.)
Ethiopia
0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2002 est.)
Guinea
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: as a result of civil war in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to approximately 150,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees (2002 est.)
Kenya
-1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: according to UNHCR, by the end of 2001 Kenya was host to 220,000 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 145,000 and Sudan 68,000 (2002 est.)
Liberia
-10.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: by the end of 1999, all Liberian refugees who had fled the domestic strife were assumed to have returned (2002 est.)
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone
6.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: by the end of 1999 refugees from Sierra Leone are assumed to be returning (2002 est.)
Uganda
-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: according to the UNHCR, by the end of 2001, Uganda was host to 178,815 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 155,996, Rwanda 14,375, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,459 (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe
NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment (2002 est.)
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesCentral America and the Caribbean
31 entriesCayman Islands
12.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2002 est.)
Europe
45 entriesMacedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
-1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesNorth America
5 entriesOceania
24 entriesSouth America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
16 entriesMalaysia
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2002 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2002, “Net migration rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/net-migration-rate/2002.