Net migration in Western Africa in 2025 — -187,524 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 24,222.2%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -187,524 | +626 | +0.33% |
| 2024 | -188,150 | −21,075 | −12.61% |
| 2023 | -167,075 | −3,006 | −1.83% |
| 2022 | -164,069 | +24,016 | +12.77% |
| 2021 | -188,085 | −118,199 | −169.13% |
| 2020 | -69,886 | +148,358 | +67.98% |
| 2019 | -218,244 | −4,309 | −2.01% |
| 2018 | -213,935 | −144,232 | −206.92% |
| 2017 | -69,703 | −70,761 | −6,688.19% |
| 2016 | 1,058 | +239,771 | +100.44% |
| 2015 | -238,713 | −59,269 | −33.03% |
| 2014 | -179,444 | +173,610 | +49.17% |
| 2013 | -353,054 | +82,839 | +19% |
| 2012 | -435,893 | −223,185 | −104.93% |
| 2011 | -212,708 | +89,136 | +29.53% |
| 2010 | -301,844 | +7,662 | +2.48% |
| 2009 | -309,506 | −37,940 | −13.97% |
| 2008 | -271,566 | −65,374 | −31.71% |
| 2007 | -206,192 | +22,011 | +9.65% |
| 2006 | -228,203 | −60,835 | −36.35% |
| 2005 | -167,368 | −5,347 | −3.3% |
| 2004 | -162,021 | +40,166 | +19.87% |
| 2003 | -202,187 | −175,127 | −647.18% |
| 2002 | -27,060 | −43,792 | −261.73% |
| 2001 | 16,732 | +88,197 | +123.41% |
| 2000 | -71,465 | +65,822 | +47.94% |
| 1999 | -137,287 | −252,051 | −219.63% |
| 1998 | 114,764 | −38,829 | −25.28% |
| 1997 | 153,593 | +224,882 | +315.45% |
| 1996 | -71,289 | −46,607 | −188.83% |
| 1995 | -24,682 | +55,599 | +69.26% |
| 1994 | -80,281 | +81,351 | +50.33% |
| 1993 | -161,632 | −194,545 | −591.09% |
| 1992 | 32,913 | +185,746 | +121.54% |
| 1991 | -152,833 | +268,439 | +63.72% |
| 1990 | -421,272 | −392,964 | −1,388.17% |
| 1989 | -28,308 | +14,086 | +33.23% |
| 1988 | -42,394 | +60,624 | +58.85% |
| 1987 | -103,018 | +39,405 | +27.67% |
| 1986 | -142,423 | −32,252 | −29.27% |
| 1985 | -110,171 | −30,313 | −37.96% |
| 1984 | -79,858 | +491,013 | +86.01% |
| 1983 | -570,871 | −584,219 | −4,376.83% |
| 1982 | 13,348 | −1,120 | −7.74% |
| 1981 | 14,468 | −81,344 | −84.9% |
| 1980 | 95,812 | +60,898 | +174.42% |
| 1979 | 34,914 | +442 | +1.28% |
| 1978 | 34,472 | −9,760 | −22.07% |
| 1977 | 44,232 | +82,230 | +216.41% |
| 1976 | -37,998 | −90,396 | −172.52% |
| 1975 | 52,398 | +15,003 | +40.12% |
| 1974 | 37,395 | +54,686 | +316.27% |
| 1973 | -17,291 | +6,234 | +26.5% |
| 1972 | -23,525 | +36,856 | +61.04% |
| 1971 | -60,381 | −84,269 | −352.77% |
| 1970 | 23,888 | −32,903 | −57.94% |
| 1969 | 56,791 | +88,104 | +281.37% |
| 1968 | -31,313 | −11,102 | −54.93% |
| 1967 | -20,211 | +23,975 | +54.26% |
| 1966 | -44,186 | −16,219 | −57.99% |
| 1965 | -27,967 | +19,179 | +40.68% |
| 1964 | -47,146 | −14,958 | −46.47% |
| 1963 | -32,188 | −401 | −1.26% |
| 1962 | -31,787 | +5,302 | +14.3% |
| 1961 | -37,089 | −36,318 | −4,710.51% |
| 1960 | -771 | — | — |
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.
Annual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
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Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
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Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.