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Rank	Country	Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)
1	Qatar	40.62
2	Zimbabwe	23.77
3	British Virgin Islands	18.56
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.27
5	United Arab Emirates	16.82
6	Singapore	15.62
7	Cayman Islands	15.37
8	Bahrain	14.74
9	Anguilla	12.97
10	Aruba	9.29
11	San Marino	8.96
12	Luxembourg	8.15
13	Isle of Man	7.41
14	Djibouti	6.02
15	Australia	5.93
16	Canada	5.65
17	Spain	5.02
18	Botswana	4.75
19	Jersey	4.7
20	Italy	4.67
21	New Caledonia	4.18
22	Liechtenstein	3.98
23	Hong Kong	3.9
24	United States	3.62
25	Macau	3.46
26	Portugal	2.9
27	United Kingdom	2.59
28	Guernsey	2.59
29	Nepal	2.58
30	Brunei	2.55
31	Denmark	2.36
32	Greece	2.32
33	Antigua and Barbuda	2.29
34	New Zealand	2.26
35	Bermuda	2.04
36	Netherlands	2.02
37	Malta	2
38	Israel	1.94
39	Austria	1.79
40	Ireland	1.69
41	Norway	1.69
42	Sweden	1.65
43	Croatia	1.51
44	Hungary	1.37
45	Switzerland	1.27
46	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.24
47	Belgium	1.22
48	France	1.1
49	Monaco	1.02
50	Seychelles	1.02
51	Rwanda	1
52	Czech Republic	0.97
53	Suriname	0.96
54	Costa Rica	0.86
55	Germany	0.71
56	Palau	0.71
57	Finland	0.62
58	Angola	0.55
59	Iceland	0.53
60	Turkey	0.5
61	Kazakhstan	0.43
62	Slovenia	0.39
63	Belarus	0.38
64	Chile	0.35
65	Slovakia	0.29
66	Russia	0.29
67	Namibia	0.15
68	Taiwan	0.03
69	Togo	0
70	Thailand	0
71	West Bank	0
72	Venezuela	0
73	East Timor	0
74	Burkina Faso	0
75	Saint Helena	0
76	Guinea-Bissau	0
77	Papua New Guinea	0
78	Serbia	0
79	Swaziland	0
80	Yemen	0
81	Mauritius	0
82	Niger	0
83	Vanuatu	0
84	Liberia	0
85	Libya	0
86	Madagascar	0
87	Mongolia	0
88	Montserrat	0
89	Malawi	0
90	Guinea	0
91	Gaza Strip	0
92	Guam	0
93	Cote d'Ivoire	0
94	Iraq	0
95	Japan	0
96	Korea, South	0
97	Kuwait	0
98	Cameroon	0
99	Central African Republic	0
100	Equatorial Guinea	0
101	Eritrea	0
102	Faroe Islands	0
103	Benin	0
104	Belize	0
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
106	Bhutan	0
107	Andorra	0
108	Azerbaijan	0
109	Bahamas, The	0
110	Argentina	0
111	Ethiopia	-0.01
112	Uganda	-0.02
113	Korea, North	-0.04
114	India	-0.05
115	Ukraine	-0.08
116	Paraguay	-0.08
117	Brazil	-0.09
118	Iran	-0.11
119	Burundi	-0.18
120	Egypt	-0.2
121	Nigeria	-0.22
122	Kenya	-0.23
123	Romania	-0.26
124	Algeria	-0.27
125	Tanzania	-0.29
126	Barbados	-0.3
127	Burma	-0.3
128	Cambodia	-0.33
129	China	-0.33
130	Vietnam	-0.34
131	Congo, Republic of the	-0.35
132	Malaysia	-0.37
133	Panama	-0.38
134	Ecuador	-0.39
135	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	-0.47
136	Oman	-0.47
137	Poland	-0.47
138	Macedonia	-0.48
139	Ghana	-0.56
140	Saudi Arabia	-0.64
141	Colombia	-0.66
142	Cape Verde	-0.66
143	Lithuania	-0.73
144	Zambia	-0.76
145	Puerto Rico	-0.82
146	Bolivia	-0.84
147	Mauritania	-0.89
148	French Polynesia	-0.94
149	Bangladesh	-1.04
150	Indonesia	-1.08
151	Laos	-1.14
152	Tajikistan	-1.21
153	Honduras	-1.22
154	Philippines	-1.27
155	Uruguay	-1.45
156	Tunisia	-1.78
157	Senegal	-1.82
158	Solomon Islands	-1.86
159	Turkmenistan	-1.9
160	Sri Lanka	-1.95
161	Dominican Republic	-1.98
162	Pakistan	-2
163	Guatemala	-2.08
164	Mozambique	-2.13
165	Gabon	-2.16
166	Latvia	-2.34
167	Gambia, The	-2.46
168	Afghanistan	-2.51
169	Uzbekistan	-2.65
170	Comoros	-2.68
171	Bulgaria	-2.84
172	Kiribati	-2.85
173	Peru	-3.03
174	Mexico	-3.11
175	Gibraltar	-3.31
176	Albania	-3.33
177	Estonia	-3.33
178	Armenia	-3.35
179	Nicaragua	-3.4
180	Grenada	-3.45
181	Saint Lucia	-3.54
182	Cuba	-3.59
183	Morocco	-3.67
184	Chad	-3.74
185	Sierra Leone	-3.86
186	Georgia	-3.96
187	Sudan	-4.52
188	Virgin Islands	-4.8
189	Mali	-5.08
190	Marshall Islands	-5.1
191	Jamaica	-5.17
192	Dominica	-5.42
193	Wallis and Futuna	-5.57
194	Greenland	-5.98
195	South Africa	-6.22
196	American Samoa	-6.46
197	Trinidad and Tobago	-6.76
198	Haiti	-6.9
199	Tuvalu	-6.97
200	Fiji	-7.11
201	Kyrgyzstan	-8.1
202	Lesotho	-8.15
203	El Salvador	-8.78
204	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-8.92
205	Sao Tome and Principe	-9.14
206	Moldova	-10.02
207	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-10.47
208	Samoa	-10.81
209	Somalia	-11.62
210	Lebanon	-12.08
211	Maldives	-12.64
212	Guyana	-12.78
213	Nauru	-15.04
214	Tonga	-17.9
215	Micronesia, Federated States of	-20.97
216	Syria	-27.82
217	Jordan	-33.42
218	Northern Mariana Islands	-41.32

Definition: This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Net migration rate map

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