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
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NZ the most mobile country in the world
New Zealand Herald - 5/17/2013 7:34:44 AM
New Zealanders are the most transient people in the world ... another city or area within their country in the past five years. While countries with advanced economies were found to have the highest rates of internal migration, nations where people ...
Migration gain as fewer head for Oz and more come back
New Zealand Herald - 5/21/2013 6:21:23 PM
The turnaround in net migration flows gathered pace last month as fewer people left the country for Australia. While the actual net gain ... to rise to 12,000 on an annual basis by the start of 2015.
Research Reveals New Positive Insight into Girls’ Migration
San Francisco Gate - 5/15/2013 6:54:09 AM
Migration for majority of girls leads to greater autonomy and prosperity; Strong safety nets needed WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 The Population Council today released Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls & Migration in the Developing World, examining ...
International Migration is Projected to Become Primary Driver of U.S. Population Growth for First Time in Nearly Two Centuries
Yahoo! News - 5/15/2013 2:17:58 PM
This scenario would mark the first time that natural increase was not the leading cause of population increase since at least 1850, when the census began collecting information about residents' country ... the levels of net international migration they ...
World Bank’s Kim Says Health Coverage Can End Poverty
Bloomberg - 5/21/2013 8:44:33 PM
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said universal health insurance coverage in all countries can help achieve a goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030. “Every country in the world can improve the performance of its health system in the three ...
Quake migration to Australia slows
Stuff - 5/21/2013 12:41:58 AM
More people are arriving to live in New Zealand long-term than leaving the country, with April seeing the biggest net migration ... Statistics NZ said today that the net gain of 1600 in April reflected more people arriving from around the world and fewer ...
Kiwis world's most transient people
odt.co.nz - 5/17/2013 12:25:14 AM
New Zealanders are the most transient people in the world ... another city or area within their country in the past five years. While countries with advanced economies were found to have the highest rates of internal migration, nations where people ...
Int'l migration to lead U.S. population growth in decades: census
Xinhua News Agency - 5/15/2013 9:20:18 PM
population growth by the middle of this century ... when the census began collecting information about residents' country of birth. "Our nation has had higher immigration rates in the past, particularly during the great waves of the late ...
Migration: a threat or a development resource?
vestnikkavkaza.net - 5/21/2013 8:05:47 AM
there is no country which could say that it has found a perfect strategy of management of migration flows. There is more successful experience and there are obvious failures, but in the end we all learn how to manage migration in the modern world ...
Developing World to Dominate Global Investment by 2030
ipsnews.net - 5/17/2013 12:39:33 AM
According to new scenarios released Thursday by the World Bank, developing countries could control some 158 trillion dollars (at 2010 rates) by 2030, particularly in East Asia and Latin America. By that time, the developing world could account for 87 to 93 ...
Tide turns on Aussie exodus
Stuff - 5/21/2013 7:04:20 PM
Economists said the overall level of net migration gain remained "mild" but was rising ... lured back from overseas because of better job prospects than in Australia, especially with skills shortages for the Canterbury rebuild. The job market here is ...
World’s Biggest Volatility Jump Spurs Fund Outflow
Bloomberg - 5/20/2013 5:58:07 AM
Investors are starting to flee what used to be the slowest-moving major debt market after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s stimulus caused price swings to increase by the most in the world this year. Price volatility for Japanese ...
Corruption influences migration of skilled workers
Science Codex - 5/17/2013 2:01:17 PM
Qualified workers are in demand in many countries around the world ... the immigration rate of highly qualified individuals it may have a negative impact on the economic performance of a country. The authors studied the migration of highly skilled workers ...
World Bank injects $30 million into Lebanon poverty program
Lebanon Daily Star - 5/20/2013 12:57:28 AM
The $30 million loan will mature in 30 years and will have an 18-year grace period, according the World Bank’s website. The loan aims to strengthen the capacity of the Social Affairs Ministry and targets 200 ministry-run social development centers ...
Israel has highest poverty rate in developed world: OECD
PanARMENIAN Network - 5/15/2013 10:36:03 AM
PanARMENIAN.Net - Israel has the highest rate of poverty of all developed countries, according to a report released by the 33-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday, May 15. The OECD found that Israel's poverty ...
