Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Uruguay

Net migration in Uruguay in 2025 — -1,338 people. Ranked 115 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 165%.

2025 -1,338 people +0.74% vs 2024
World rank 115of 217
Period maximum 2,057 people1960
Period minimum -17,105 people2003

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Uruguay, 1960–2025-20,000-15,000-10,000-5,00005,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,057 people1962: -623 people1964: -2,623 people1966: -4,599 people1968: -8,028 people1970: -12,727 people1972: -13,817 people1974: -14,512 people1976: -14,096 people1978: -14,611 people1980: -14,252 people1982: -12,131 people1984: -9,730 people1986: -8,046 people1988: -6,582 people1990: -7,499 people1992: -7,850 people1994: -7,955 people1996: -7,397 people1998: -7,048 people2000: -11,076 people2002: -16,957 people2004: -15,668 people2006: -13,161 people2008: -9,458 people2010: -7,696 people2012: -6,317 people2014: -4,919 people2016: -3,506 people2018: -2,963 people2020: -1,482 people2022: -1,501 people2024: -1,348 people2025: -1,338 people
Change over the period: −3,395 (−165.05%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Uruguay -1,338 people
World 0 people
Latin America & Caribbean -401,848 people
South America computed -162,327 people
High-income countries computed 2.41M people
Net migration — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -1,338 +10 +0.74%
2024 -1,348 +153 +10.19%
2023 -1,501 +0 +0%
2022 -1,501 −19 −1.28%
2021 -1,482 +0 +0%
2020 -1,482 +1,417 +48.88%
2019 -2,899 +64 +2.16%
2018 -2,963 +128 +4.14%
2017 -3,091 +415 +11.84%
2016 -3,506 +651 +15.66%
2015 -4,157 +762 +15.49%
2014 -4,919 +728 +12.89%
2013 -5,647 +670 +10.61%
2012 -6,317 +665 +9.52%
2011 -6,982 +714 +9.28%
2010 -7,696 +814 +9.57%
2009 -8,510 +948 +10.02%
2008 -9,458 +1,292 +12.02%
2007 -10,750 +2,411 +18.32%
2006 -13,161 +2,925 +18.18%
2005 -16,086 −418 −2.67%
2004 -15,668 +1,437 +8.4%
2003 -17,105 −148 −0.87%
2002 -16,957 −2,337 −15.98%
2001 -14,620 −3,544 −32%
2000 -11,076 −3,635 −48.85%
1999 -7,441 −393 −5.58%
1998 -7,048 −110 −1.59%
1997 -6,938 +459 +6.21%
1996 -7,397 +942 +11.3%
1995 -8,339 −384 −4.83%
1994 -7,955 −33 −0.42%
1993 -7,922 −72 −0.92%
1992 -7,850 −136 −1.76%
1991 -7,714 −215 −2.87%
1990 -7,499 −270 −3.73%
1989 -7,229 −647 −9.83%
1988 -6,582 +251 +3.67%
1987 -6,833 +1,213 +15.08%
1986 -8,046 +786 +8.9%
1985 -8,832 +898 +9.23%
1984 -9,730 +941 +8.82%
1983 -10,671 +1,460 +12.04%
1982 -12,131 +1,446 +10.65%
1981 -13,577 +675 +4.74%
1980 -14,252 +300 +2.06%
1979 -14,552 +59 +0.4%
1978 -14,611 −331 −2.32%
1977 -14,280 −184 −1.31%
1976 -14,096 +254 +1.77%
1975 -14,350 +162 +1.12%
1974 -14,512 −200 −1.4%
1973 -14,312 −495 −3.58%
1972 -13,817 −529 −3.98%
1971 -13,288 −561 −4.41%
1970 -12,727 −1,578 −14.15%
1969 -11,149 −3,121 −38.88%
1968 -8,028 −2,090 −35.2%
1967 -5,938 −1,339 −29.12%
1966 -4,599 −1,057 −29.84%
1965 -3,542 −919 −35.04%
1964 -2,623 −916 −53.66%
1963 -1,707 −1,084 −174%
1962 -623 −1,326 −188.62%
1961 703 −1,354 −65.82%
1960 2,057

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.