Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Maldives

Net migration in the Maldives in 2025 — -2,283 people. Ranked 121 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7,034.4%.

2025 -2,283 people +5.7% vs 2024
World rank 121of 217
Period maximum 9,648 people2019
Period minimum -2,877 people2023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Maldives, 1960–2025-5,00005,00010,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -32 people1962: -80 people1964: -227 people1966: 1,511 people1968: 255 people1970: 330 people1972: 269 people1974: -78 people1976: -101 people1978: -716 people1980: -903 people1982: -1,220 people1984: -1,300 people1986: -175 people1988: -564 people1990: -271 people1992: -522 people1994: -768 people1996: -183 people1998: -94 people2000: 300 people2002: 607 people2004: 668 people2006: 5,006 people2008: 6,035 people2010: 6,369 people2012: 6,800 people2014: 7,700 people2016: 9,421 people2018: 9,637 people2020: 9,642 people2022: -2,674 people2024: -2,421 people2025: -2,283 people
Change over the period: −2,251 (−7,034.38%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Maldives

Maldives -2,283 people
World 0 people
South Asia -1.3M people
Southern Asia computed -2.49M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed -681,750 people
Net migration — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -2,283 +138 +5.7%
2024 -2,421 +456 +15.85%
2023 -2,877 −203 −7.59%
2022 -2,674 −12,086 −128.41%
2021 9,412 −230 −2.39%
2020 9,642 −6 −0.06%
2019 9,648 +11 +0.11%
2018 9,637 +82 +0.86%
2017 9,555 +134 +1.42%
2016 9,421 +97 +1.04%
2015 9,324 +1,624 +21.09%
2014 7,700 +737 +10.58%
2013 6,963 +163 +2.4%
2012 6,800 +189 +2.86%
2011 6,611 +242 +3.8%
2010 6,369 +276 +4.53%
2009 6,093 +58 +0.96%
2008 6,035 −125 −2.03%
2007 6,160 +1,154 +23.05%
2006 5,006 +4,428 +766.09%
2005 578 −90 −13.47%
2004 668 +90 +15.57%
2003 578 −29 −4.78%
2002 607 +47 +8.39%
2001 560 +260 +86.67%
2000 300 +362 +583.87%
1999 -62 +32 +34.04%
1998 -94 −34 −56.67%
1997 -60 +123 +67.21%
1996 -183 +119 +39.4%
1995 -302 +466 +60.68%
1994 -768 −19 −2.54%
1993 -749 −227 −43.49%
1992 -522 −144 −38.1%
1991 -378 −107 −39.48%
1990 -271 +339 +55.57%
1989 -610 −46 −8.16%
1988 -564 −299 −112.83%
1987 -265 −90 −51.43%
1986 -175 +207 +54.19%
1985 -382 +918 +70.62%
1984 -1,300 +308 +19.15%
1983 -1,608 −388 −31.8%
1982 -1,220 −206 −20.32%
1981 -1,014 −111 −12.29%
1980 -903 +55 +5.74%
1979 -958 −242 −33.8%
1978 -716 −303 −73.37%
1977 -413 −312 −308.91%
1976 -101 −87 −621.43%
1975 -14 +64 +82.05%
1974 -78 −138 −230%
1973 60 −209 −77.7%
1972 269 −72 −21.11%
1971 341 +11 +3.33%
1970 330 +17 +5.43%
1969 313 +58 +22.75%
1968 255 −417 −62.05%
1967 672 −839 −55.53%
1966 1,511 −198 −11.59%
1965 1,709 +1,936 +852.86%
1964 -227 −102 −81.6%
1963 -125 −45 −56.25%
1962 -80 −36 −81.82%
1961 -44 −12 −37.5%
1960 -32

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.