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Net migration rate (Country profile category: People)

Afghanistan:
11.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Albania:
-10.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Algeria:
-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

American Samoa:
3.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Andorra:
6.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Angola:
-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Anguilla:
19.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
-6.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Argentina:
0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Armenia:
-4.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Aruba:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Australia:
4.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Austria:
2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan:
-5.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:
-2.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bahrain:
1.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bangladesh:
-0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Barbados:
-0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Belarus:
3.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Belgium:
0.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Belize:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Benin:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bermuda:
2.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bhutan:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bolivia:
-1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
25.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Botswana:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Brazil:
-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands:
12.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Brunei:
4.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Bulgaria:
-5.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso:
-1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Burma:
-1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Burundi:
7.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cambodia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cameroon:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Canada:
6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cape Verde:
-12.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands:
13.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US

Central African Republic:
-1.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Chad:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Chile:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

China:
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Christmas Island:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Colombia:
-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Comoros:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: in 1994, about a million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC), to escape the fighting between the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi; the outbreak of widespread fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 spurred about 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997; an additional 173,000 Rwandan refugees disappeared in early 1997 and are assumed to have been killed by DROC forces; fighting renewed in August 1998 and has continued sporadically into 2000 resulting in further internal displacement and refugee movements within the Great Lakes region

Congo, Republic of the:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cook Islands:
-0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Costa Rica:
0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: after Liberia's civil war started in 1990, more than 350,000 refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire; by the end of 1999 all Liberian refugees were assumed to have returned; the 2000 rate reflects labor in migration

Croatia:
7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cuba:
-1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Cyprus:
0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Czech Republic:
0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Denmark:
1.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Djibouti:
-11.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Dominica:
-22.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic:
-4.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Ecuador:
-0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Egypt:
-0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

El Salvador:
-4.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Eritrea:
8.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: according to the UNHCR, about 150,000 Eritrean refugees in Sudan have registered for voluntary repatriation, following the restoration of diplomatic relations between Eritrea and Sudan in January 2000

Estonia:
-0.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Ethiopia:
0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; small numbers of Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Faroe Islands:
3.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Fiji:
-3.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Finland:
0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

France:
0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

French Guiana:
11.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

French Polynesia:
3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Gabon:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Gambia, The:
2.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Gaza Strip:
0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Georgia:
-2.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Germany:
4.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Ghana:
-0.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Gibraltar:
3.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Greece:
1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Greenland:
-8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Grenada:
-16.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Guadeloupe:
-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Guam:
-5.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Guatemala:
-1.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Guernsey:
3.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Guinea:
-2.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: over the years Guinea has received several hundred thousand refugees from the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone; by the end of 1999 all Liberian refugees were assumed to have returned; refugees from Sierra Leone are assumed to be returning

Guinea-Bissau:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Guyana:
-10.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Haiti:
-2.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Honduras:
-2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Hong Kong:
8.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Hungary:
0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Iceland:
-2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

India:
-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indonesia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Iran:
-4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Iraq:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Ireland:
5.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Israel:
3.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Italy:
1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Jamaica:
-8.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Japan:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Jersey:
2.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Jordan:
7.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Kazakhstan:
-6.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Kenya:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Kiribati:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Korea, North:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Korea, South:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Kuwait:
14.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
-2.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Laos:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Latvia:
-1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Lebanon:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Lesotho:
-0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Liberia:
-11.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: by the end of 1999, all Liberian refugees, who had fled the domestic strife, were assumed to have returned

Libya:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein:
5.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Lithuania:
0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Luxembourg:
9.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Macau:
9.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
-5.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Madagascar:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Malawi:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Malaysia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region

Maldives:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mali:
-0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Malta:
2.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Man, Isle of:
5.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Marshall Islands:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Martinique:
-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mauritania:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mauritius:
-0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mayotte:
11.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mexico:
-2.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
11.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Moldova:
-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Monaco:
7.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mongolia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Montserrat:
195.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Morocco:
-1.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Mozambique:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Namibia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Nauru:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Nepal:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Netherlands:
2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
-0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

New Caledonia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

New Zealand:
4.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Nicaragua:
-1.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Niger:
-0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Nigeria:
0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Niue:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Norfolk Island:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Northern Mariana Islands:
19.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Norway:
2.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Oman:
0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Pakistan:
-0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Palau:
5.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Panama:
-1.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Paraguay:
-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Peru:
-1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Philippines:
-1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Poland:
-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Portugal:
0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico:
-2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Qatar:
21.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Reunion:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Romania:
-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Russia:
1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Rwanda:
-2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Saint Helena:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
-11.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Saint Lucia:
-4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
-4.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
-7.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Samoa:
-11.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

San Marino:
11.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:
-3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Senegal:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro:
Serbia - 6.26 migrants/1,000 population; Montenegro - -29.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Seychelles:
-6.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sierra Leone:
10.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: by the end of 1999 refugees from Sierra Leone are assumed to be returning

Singapore:
26.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Slovakia:
0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Slovenia:
1.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Solomon Islands:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Somalia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

South Africa:
-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Spain:
0.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka:
-1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sudan:
0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Suriname:
-8.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Svalbard:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Swaziland:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sweden:
0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Switzerland:
1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Syria:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Tajikistan:
-3.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Tanzania:
-1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Thailand:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Togo:
0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Tokelau:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Tonga:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
-9.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Tunisia:
-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Turkey:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan:
-1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
14.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Tuvalu:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Uganda:
-2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: according to the UNHCR, by the end of 1998, Uganda was host to 205,000 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 190,000, Rwanda 7,500, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,400; refugees began returning to their countries of origin in 2000

Ukraine:
-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
1.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

United Kingdom:
1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

United States:
3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Uruguay:
-0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan:
-2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Vanuatu:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Venezuela:
-0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Vietnam:
-0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Virgin Islands:
0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

West Bank:
1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Western Sahara:
-6.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Yemen:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Zambia:
-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment

Taiwan:
-0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

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