Net migration in Southern Africa in 2025 — 131,604 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,070.9%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131,604 | −21,940 | −14.29% |
| 2024 | 153,544 | −66,149 | −30.11% |
| 2023 | 219,693 | −13,925 | −5.96% |
| 2022 | 233,618 | −244,181 | −51.11% |
| 2021 | 477,799 | +99,863 | +26.42% |
| 2020 | 377,936 | +54,241 | +16.76% |
| 2019 | 323,695 | +14,576 | +4.72% |
| 2018 | 309,119 | −23,683 | −7.12% |
| 2017 | 332,802 | +1.23M | +137.19% |
| 2016 | -894,766 | −1.52M | −243.25% |
| 2015 | 624,637 | +369,300 | +144.63% |
| 2014 | 255,337 | +39,518 | +18.31% |
| 2013 | 215,819 | −33,874 | −13.57% |
| 2012 | 249,693 | +207,327 | +489.37% |
| 2011 | 42,366 | −5,610 | −11.69% |
| 2010 | 47,976 | +26,702 | +125.51% |
| 2009 | 21,274 | +4,051 | +23.52% |
| 2008 | 17,223 | +313 | +1.85% |
| 2007 | 16,910 | +10,612 | +168.5% |
| 2006 | 6,298 | +24,933 | +133.8% |
| 2005 | -18,635 | −31,288 | −247.28% |
| 2004 | 12,653 | −9,968 | −44.07% |
| 2003 | 22,621 | +8,607 | +61.42% |
| 2002 | 14,014 | +100,609 | +116.18% |
| 2001 | -86,595 | +69,475 | +44.52% |
| 2000 | -156,070 | −13,123 | −9.18% |
| 1999 | -142,947 | −44,286 | −44.89% |
| 1998 | -98,661 | +12,207 | +11.01% |
| 1997 | -110,868 | +86,996 | +43.97% |
| 1996 | -197,864 | −97,026 | −96.22% |
| 1995 | -100,838 | +215,622 | +68.14% |
| 1994 | -316,460 | −505,303 | −267.58% |
| 1993 | 188,843 | +256,368 | +379.66% |
| 1992 | -67,525 | −28,396 | −72.57% |
| 1991 | -39,129 | −300,967 | −114.94% |
| 1990 | 261,838 | −64,604 | −19.79% |
| 1989 | 326,442 | +65,508 | +25.11% |
| 1988 | 260,934 | +31,271 | +13.62% |
| 1987 | 229,663 | −5,078 | −2.16% |
| 1986 | 234,741 | −17,986 | −7.12% |
| 1985 | 252,727 | −37,438 | −12.9% |
| 1984 | 290,165 | −19,330 | −6.25% |
| 1983 | 309,495 | +17,731 | +6.08% |
| 1982 | 291,764 | +25,227 | +9.46% |
| 1981 | 266,537 | +36,289 | +15.76% |
| 1980 | 230,248 | +164,750 | +251.53% |
| 1979 | 65,498 | +2,182 | +3.45% |
| 1978 | 63,316 | −8,132 | −11.38% |
| 1977 | 71,448 | +37,732 | +111.91% |
| 1976 | 33,716 | −21,555 | −39% |
| 1975 | 55,271 | +2,336 | +4.41% |
| 1974 | 52,935 | −4,367 | −7.62% |
| 1973 | 57,302 | +6,487 | +12.77% |
| 1972 | 50,815 | +13,840 | +37.43% |
| 1971 | 36,975 | −15,616 | −29.69% |
| 1970 | 52,591 | −12,045 | −18.64% |
| 1969 | 64,636 | −5,058 | −7.26% |
| 1968 | 69,694 | −3,231 | −4.43% |
| 1967 | 72,925 | +5,980 | +8.93% |
| 1966 | 66,945 | −150 | −0.22% |
| 1965 | 67,095 | −3,566 | −5.05% |
| 1964 | 70,661 | +3,971 | +5.95% |
| 1963 | 66,690 | +3,568 | +5.65% |
| 1962 | 63,122 | +12,539 | +24.79% |
| 1961 | 50,583 | +39,343 | +350.03% |
| 1960 | 11,240 | — | — |
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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