The CIA World Factbook Edition 2008 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 2008 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2008 edition
229
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

55 entries

Algeria

-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Angola

1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Benin

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Botswana

5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso

  • NA (2008 est.)

Burundi

5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

-11.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cameroon

  • NA (2008 est.)

Central African Republic

  • NA (2008 est.)

Chad

-3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Comoros

  • NA (2008 est.)

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

1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

-2.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

  • NA (2008 est.)

Djibouti

  • NA (2008 est.)

Egypt

-0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

  • NA (2008 est.)

Eritrea

  • NA (2008 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • NA (2008 est.)

Ethiopia

NA

note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2008 est.)

Gabon

-3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ghana

-0.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guinea

-1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kenya

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lesotho

-0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Liberia

15.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Libya

  • NA (2008 est.)

Madagascar

  • NA (2008 est.)

Malawi

  • NA (2008 est.)

Mali

-5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mauritania

  • NA (2008 est.)

Mauritius

-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mayotte

2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Morocco

-0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mozambique

  • NA (2008 est.)

Namibia

0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Niger

-0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nigeria

-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Rwanda

2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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

  • NA (2008 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

-1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Senegal

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Seychelles

-5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sierra Leone

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2008 est.)

Somalia

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

South Africa

4.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

Sudan

0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tanzania

-1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Togo

  • NA (2008 est.)

Tunisia

-0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uganda

0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Zambia

-2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe

NA

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

-5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iceland

1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Svalbard

  • NA (2008 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Armenia

-4.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan

-1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bangladesh

-0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bhutan

  • NA (2008 est.)

China

-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Georgia

-4.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

India

-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Japan

  • NA (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan

-3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

  • NA (2008 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

  • NA (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

-2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Maldives

  • NA (2008 est.)

Mongolia

  • NA (2008 est.)

Nepal

  • NA (2008 est.)

Pakistan

-0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Russia

0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka

-1.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tajikistan

-1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan

-3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan

-3.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

14.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

2.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Aruba

9.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Barbados

-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belize

  • NA (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands

8.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cayman Islands

16.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population

note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2008 est.)

Costa Rica

0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cuba

-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Dominica

-5.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Dominican Republic

-2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

El Salvador

-3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Grenada

-11.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guatemala

-2.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Haiti

-0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Honduras

-1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jamaica

-5.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Montserrat

  • NA (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nicaragua

-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Panama

-0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Puerto Rico

-1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-2.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Lucia

-4.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-7.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

-11.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

9.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Virgin Islands

-5.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

-4.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Andorra

13.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Austria

1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belarus

0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belgium

1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bulgaria

-3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Croatia

1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Denmark

2.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Estonia

-3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

European Union

1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands

-0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Finland

0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

France

1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Germany

2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gibraltar

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Greece

2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guernsey

3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Hungary

0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ireland

4.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Isle of Man

5.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Italy

2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jersey

2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Latvia

-2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein

4.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lithuania

-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Luxembourg

8.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Malta

2.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Moldova

-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Monaco

7.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Netherlands

2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

-0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Norway

1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Poland

-0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Portugal

3.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Romania

-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

San Marino

10.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Slovakia

0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Slovenia

0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Spain

0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sweden

1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Switzerland

2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ukraine

-0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United Kingdom

2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cyprus

0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gaza Strip

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iran

-3.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iraq

  • NA (2008 est.)

Israel

2.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jordan

5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kuwait

16.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lebanon

  • NA (2008 est.)

Oman

0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Qatar

-2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saudi Arabia

-6.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Syria

  • NA (2008 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates

24.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

West Bank

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Yemen

  • NA (2008 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Canada

5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mexico

-3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

-4.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United States

2.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

-7.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Australia

6.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Fiji

-2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

French Polynesia

2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guam

  • NA (2008 est.)

Kiribati

  • NA (2008 est.)

Marshall Islands

-5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

-21.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nauru

  • NA (2008 est.)

New Caledonia

NA

note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2008 est.)

New Zealand

2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Niue

  • NA (2008 est.)

Norfolk Island

  • NA (2008 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

7.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Palau

0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea

  • NA (2008 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

  • NA (2008 est.)

Samoa

-9.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands

  • NA (2008 est.)

Tokelau

  • NA (2008 est.)

Tonga

  • NA (2008 est.)

Tuvalu

  • NA (2008 est.)

Vanuatu

  • NA (2008 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

NA

note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2008 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bolivia

-1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Brazil

-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Chile

  • NA (2008 est.)

Colombia

-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ecuador

-7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • NA (2008 est.)

Guyana

-7.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Paraguay

-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Peru

-0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Suriname

-0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uruguay

-0.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Venezuela

-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • NA (2008 est.)

Cambodia

  • NA (2008 est.)

Christmas Island

  • NA (2008 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • NA (2008 est.)

Hong Kong

4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Indonesia

-1.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Laos

  • NA (2008 est.)

Macau

26.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Malaysia

NA

note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2008 est.)

Philippines

-1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Singapore

6.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Taiwan

0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Thailand

  • NA (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste

  • NA (2008 est.)

Vietnam

-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2008, “Net migration rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/net-migration-rate/2008.

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