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  Field Listing - Net migration rate


Country
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Albania -4.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Algeria -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
American Samoa -21.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Andorra 6.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Angola 1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Anguilla 14.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda -6.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Argentina 0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Armenia -4.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Aruba 9.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Australia 3.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Austria 1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan -1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The -2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bahrain 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bangladesh -0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Barbados -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Belarus 0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Belgium 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Belize NA
Benin 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bermuda 2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bhutan NA
Bolivia -1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Botswana 5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)
Brazil -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands 8.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Brunei 2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bulgaria -3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso NA
Burma NA
Burundi 5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cambodia NA
Cameroon NA
Canada 5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cape Verde -11.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands 16.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2008 est.)
Central African Republic NA
Chad -3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Chile NA
China -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Christmas Island NA (2008 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia -0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Comoros NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the -2.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Costa Rica 0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire NA
Croatia 1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cuba -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cyprus 0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Czech Republic 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Denmark 2.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Djibouti NA
Dominica -5.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic -2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ecuador -7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Egypt -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
El Salvador -3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA
Eritrea NA
Estonia -3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ethiopia NA
note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2008 est.)
European Union 1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands -0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Fiji -2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Finland 0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
France 1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
French Polynesia 2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gabon -3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gambia, The 0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip 1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Georgia -4.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Germany 2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ghana -0.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gibraltar 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Greece 2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Greenland -8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Grenada -11.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guam NA
Guatemala -2.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guernsey 3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guinea -3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau -2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Guyana -7.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Haiti -0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Honduras -1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Hong Kong 4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Hungary 0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Iceland 1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
India -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Indonesia -1.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Iran -3.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Iraq NA
Ireland 4.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Isle of Man 5.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Israel 2.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Italy 2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Jamaica -5.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Japan NA
Jersey 2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Jordan 5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan -3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kenya -1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South NA
Kuwait 16.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan -2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Laos NA
Latvia -2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Lebanon NA
Lesotho -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Liberia 15.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Libya NA
Liechtenstein 4.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Lithuania -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Luxembourg 8.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Macau 4.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Macedonia -0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Madagascar NA
Malawi NA
Malaysia NA
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2008 est.)
Maldives NA
Mali -5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Malta 2.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands -5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mauritania NA
Mauritius -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mayotte 2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mexico -3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of -21.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Moldova -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Monaco 7.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mongolia NA
Montserrat NA
Morocco -0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mozambique NA
Namibia 0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nauru NA
Nepal NA
Netherlands 2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
New Caledonia NA
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2008 est.)
New Zealand 2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nicaragua -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Niger -0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nigeria 0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands 7.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Norway 1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Oman 0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Pakistan -1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Palau 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Panama -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea NA
Paraguay -0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Peru -0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Philippines -1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland -0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Portugal 3.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico -1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Qatar 12.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Romania -0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Russia 0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Rwanda 2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Helena NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis -2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon -4.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -7.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Samoa -9.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
San Marino 10.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe -1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia -6.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Senegal 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Seychelles -5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone 1 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly returning (2005 est.)
Singapore 6.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Slovakia 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Slovenia 0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands NA
Somalia 5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
South Africa -0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)
Spain 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka -1.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sudan 0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Suriname -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland NA
Sweden 1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Switzerland 2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Syria NA
Taiwan 0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tajikistan -1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tanzania -1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Thailand NA
Timor-Leste NA
Togo NA
Tokelau NA
Tonga NA
Trinidad and Tobago -11.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tunisia -0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Turkey 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan -3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 9.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ukraine -0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates 24.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
United Kingdom 2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
United States 2.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Uruguay -0.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan -1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Vietnam -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands -9.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2008 est.)
West Bank 2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Yemen NA
Zambia -2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe NA
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

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