The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 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 2009 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2009 edition
230
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

-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Angola

1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Benin

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Botswana

5 migrant(s)/1,000 population

country comparison to the world: 21

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso

NA

Burundi

4.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

-11.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Cameroon

  • NA (2009 est.)

Central African Republic

  • NA (2009 est.)

Chad

-4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Comoros

  • NA (2009 est.)

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

1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

-1.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Cote d'Ivoire

  • NA (2009 est.)

Djibouti

  • NA (2009 est.)

Egypt

-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Equatorial Guinea

NA

Eritrea

NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • NA (2009 est.)

Ethiopia

-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population

country comparison to the world: 86

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 (2009 est.)

Gabon

-3.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Gambia, The now The Gambia

0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Ghana

-0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Guinea

-0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Guinea-Bissau

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Kenya

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Lesotho

-0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Liberia

5.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Libya

  • NA (2009 est.)

Madagascar

  • NA (2009 est.)

Malawi

  • NA (2009 est.)

Mali

-5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Mauritania

-0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Mauritius

-0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Mayotte

1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Morocco

-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Mozambique

  • NA (2009 est.)

Namibia

0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Niger

-0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Nigeria

-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Rwanda

2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

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

  • NA (2009 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

-1.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Senegal

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Seychelles

1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Sierra Leone

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

country comparison to the world: 80

note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2009 est.)

Somalia

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

South Africa

-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population

country comparison to the world: 95

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.)

Sudan

0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Tanzania

-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Togo

  • NA (2009 est.)

Tunisia

-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Uganda

-8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Zambia

-2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Zimbabwe

NA

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

-5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Iceland

0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Svalbard

  • NA (2009 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Armenia

-4.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Azerbaijan

-1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Bangladesh

-2.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Bhutan

NA

China

-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Georgia

-4.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

India

-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Japan

  • NA (2009 est.)

Kazakhstan

-3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Korea, North now North Korea

-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Korea, South now South Korea

-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Kyrgyzstan

-2.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Maldives

-12.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Mongolia

  • NA (2009 est.)

Nepal

-3.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Pakistan

-0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Russia

0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Sri Lanka

-1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Tajikistan

-1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Turkmenistan

-1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Uzbekistan

-2.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

14.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Antigua and Barbuda

2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Aruba

9.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-2.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Barbados

-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Belize

  • NA (2009 est.)

British Virgin Islands

8.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Cayman Islands

16.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population

country comparison to the world: 3

note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2009 est.)

Costa Rica

0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Cuba

-1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Dominica

-5.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Dominican Republic

-2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

El Salvador

-3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Grenada

-10.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Guatemala

-2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Haiti

-2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Honduras

-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Jamaica

-5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Montserrat

NA

Netherlands Antilles

-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Nicaragua

-1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Panama

-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Puerto Rico

-0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Saint Lucia

-4.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-11.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Trinidad and Tobago

-7.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Turks and Caicos Islands

9.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Virgin Islands

-5.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Europe

46 entries

Albania

-4.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Andorra

6.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Austria

1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Belarus

0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Belgium

1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Bulgaria

-3.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Croatia

1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Czech Republic now Czechia

0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Denmark

2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Estonia

-3.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

European Union

1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Faroe Islands

-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Finland

0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

France

1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Germany

2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Gibraltar

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Greece

2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Guernsey

3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Hungary

0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Ireland

4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Isle of Man

5.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Italy

2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Jersey

2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Latvia

-2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Liechtenstein

4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Lithuania

-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Luxembourg

8.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Malta

2.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Moldova

-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Monaco

7.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Netherlands

2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Macedonia now North Macedonia

-0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Norway

1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Poland

-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Portugal

3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Romania

-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

San Marino

10.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Serbia

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

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Slovakia

0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Slovenia

0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Spain

0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Sweden

1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Switzerland

1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Ukraine

-0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

United Kingdom

2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Cyprus

0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Gaza Strip

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Iran

-2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Iraq

  • NA (2009 est.)

Israel

2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Jordan

5.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Kuwait

16.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Lebanon

  • NA (2009 est.)

Oman

0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Qatar

-3.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Saudi Arabia

-7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Syria

  • NA (2009 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

United Arab Emirates

22.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

West Bank

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Yemen

  • NA (2009 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Canada

5.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Mexico

-3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

-4.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

United States

4.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

-6.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Australia

6.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Fiji

-2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

French Polynesia

2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Guam

NA

Kiribati

  • NA (2009 est.)

Marshall Islands

-5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

-21.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Nauru

  • NA (2009 est.)

New Caledonia

NA

note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2009 est.)

New Zealand

2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Niue

  • NA (2009 est.)

Norfolk Island

  • NA (2009 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

6.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Palau

0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Papua New Guinea

  • NA (2009 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

  • NA (2009 est.)

Samoa

-8.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Solomon Islands

  • NA (2009 est.)

Tokelau

  • NA (2009 est.)

Tonga

  • NA (2009 est.)

Tuvalu

  • NA (2009 est.)

Vanuatu

  • NA (2009 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

-6.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population

country comparison to the world: 169

note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2009 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Bolivia

-1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Brazil

-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Chile

  • NA (2009 est.)

Colombia

-0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Ecuador

-0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

-7.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Paraguay

-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Peru

-0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Suriname

-0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Uruguay

-0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Venezuela

-0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

2.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

NA

Cambodia

NA

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Indonesia

-1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Laos

  • NA (2009 est.)

Macau

14.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Malaysia

NA

note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2009 est.)

Philippines

-1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Singapore

5.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Taiwan

0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Thailand

  • NA (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste

  • NA (2009 est.)

Vietnam

-0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Net migration rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/net-migration-rate/2009.

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