Net migration — all countries

Net migration — OECD

Net migration in the OECD in 2025 — 1,909,989 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 589.9%.

2025 1.91M people −26.28% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.8M people2022
Period minimum 65,182 people1982

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — OECD, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 276,837 people1962: 779,676 people1964: 390,628 people1966: 864,817 people1968: 738,728 people1970: 490,678 people1972: 1,192,587 people1974: 684,454 people1976: 301,734 people1978: 273,235 people1980: 898,047 people1982: 65,182 people1984: 176,471 people1986: 775,502 people1988: 1,258,980 people1990: 2,405,369 people1992: 2,307,677 people1994: 2,143,215 people1996: 1,473,881 people1998: 734,998 people2000: 2,009,988 people2002: 3,129,937 people2004: 3,035,699 people2006: 2,507,152 people2008: 3,593,650 people2010: 3,383,262 people2012: 3,340,578 people2014: 4,537,892 people2016: 4,775,975 people2018: 5,388,364 people2020: 2,244,004 people2022: 6,803,692 people2024: 2,590,723 people2025: 1,909,989 people
Change over the period: +1.63M (+589.93%) Average annual rate: 3.02 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 1.91M people
World 0 people
Net migration — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.91M −680,734 −26.28%
2024 2.59M −1.25M −32.54%
2023 3.84M −2.96M −43.56%
2022 6.8M +4.14M +155.56%
2021 2.66M +418,239 +18.64%
2020 2.24M −2.79M −55.41%
2019 5.03M −355,367 −6.6%
2018 5.39M −251,206 −4.45%
2017 5.64M +863,595 +18.08%
2016 4.78M −725,612 −13.19%
2015 5.5M +963,695 +21.24%
2014 4.54M +762,488 +20.2%
2013 3.78M +434,826 +13.02%
2012 3.34M −180,146 −5.12%
2011 3.52M +137,462 +4.06%
2010 3.38M +266,946 +8.57%
2009 3.12M −477,334 −13.28%
2008 3.59M −68,416 −1.87%
2007 3.66M +1.15M +46.06%
2006 2.51M −491,850 −16.4%
2005 3M −36,697 −1.21%
2004 3.04M −111,302 −3.54%
2003 3.15M +17,064 +0.55%
2002 3.13M +738,893 +30.9%
2001 2.39M +381,056 +18.96%
2000 2.01M +119,329 +6.31%
1999 1.89M +1.16M +157.23%
1998 734,998 −520,465 −41.46%
1997 1.26M −218,418 −14.82%
1996 1.47M +372,767 +33.85%
1995 1.1M −1.04M −48.62%
1994 2.14M +327,396 +18.03%
1993 1.82M −491,858 −21.31%
1992 2.31M +229,547 +11.05%
1991 2.08M −327,239 −13.6%
1990 2.41M +914,677 +61.36%
1989 1.49M +231,712 +18.4%
1988 1.26M +452,329 +56.07%
1987 806,651 +31,149 +4.02%
1986 775,502 +242,395 +45.47%
1985 533,107 +356,636 +202.09%
1984 176,471 −97,749 −35.65%
1983 274,220 +209,038 +320.7%
1982 65,182 −44,639 −40.65%
1981 109,821 −788,226 −87.77%
1980 898,047 +527,133 +142.12%
1979 370,914 +97,679 +35.75%
1978 273,235 +5,949 +2.23%
1977 267,286 −34,448 −11.42%
1976 301,734 +110,171 +57.51%
1975 191,563 −492,891 −72.01%
1974 684,454 −490,687 −41.76%
1973 1.18M −17,446 −1.46%
1972 1.19M −295,454 −19.86%
1971 1.49M +997,363 +203.26%
1970 490,678 −335,698 −40.62%
1969 826,376 +87,648 +11.86%
1968 738,728 +509,453 +222.2%
1967 229,275 −635,542 −73.49%
1966 864,817 +258,304 +42.59%
1965 606,513 +215,885 +55.27%
1964 390,628 −268,760 −40.76%
1963 659,388 −120,288 −15.43%
1962 779,676 +400,425 +105.58%
1961 379,251 +102,414 +36.99%
1960 276,837

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.