Net migration in North Korea in 2025 — -2,787 people. Ranked 124 in the world out of 217.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2,787 | −314 | −12.7% |
| 2024 | -2,473 | −476 | −23.84% |
| 2023 | -1,997 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | -1,997 | −412 | −25.99% |
| 2021 | -1,585 | +0 | +0% |
| 2020 | -1,585 | +1,557 | +49.55% |
| 2019 | -3,142 | +83 | +2.57% |
| 2018 | -3,225 | −1 | −0.03% |
| 2017 | -3,224 | −2 | −0.06% |
| 2016 | -3,222 | −14 | −0.44% |
| 2015 | -3,208 | −166 | −5.46% |
| 2014 | -3,042 | −109 | −3.72% |
| 2013 | -2,933 | −14 | −0.48% |
| 2012 | -2,919 | +38 | +1.29% |
| 2011 | -2,957 | +96 | +3.14% |
| 2010 | -3,053 | +5 | +0.16% |
| 2009 | -3,058 | −7 | −0.23% |
| 2008 | -3,051 | −30 | −0.99% |
| 2007 | -3,021 | −73 | −2.48% |
| 2006 | -2,948 | −87 | −3.04% |
| 2005 | -2,861 | −103 | −3.73% |
| 2004 | -2,758 | −41 | −1.51% |
| 2003 | -2,717 | +46 | +1.66% |
| 2002 | -2,763 | +121 | +4.2% |
| 2001 | -2,884 | +258 | +8.21% |
| 2000 | -3,142 | +301 | +8.74% |
| 1999 | -3,443 | +263 | +7.1% |
| 1998 | -3,706 | +39 | +1.04% |
| 1997 | -3,745 | −233 | −6.63% |
| 1996 | -3,512 | −418 | −13.51% |
| 1995 | -3,094 | −2,577 | −498.45% |
| 1994 | -517 | −517 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1987 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Japan
140,579
South Korea
65,731
Hong Kong
17,863
Mongolia
79
Macao
-328
North Korea
-2,787
China
-268,126
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.
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