Population
Net migration
SM.POP.NETM ยท people
Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
Countries compared
7 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: -334,072 people for Germany in 2025, over a series running from 1960 to 2025 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 1.23 m people) to the lowest (Germany, -334,072 people).
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Year by year values
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| Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | United States | China | Serbia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -334,072 people | 389,911 people | 75,448 people | 96,630 people | 1.23 m people | -268,126 people | -13,086 people |
| 2024 | 36,954 people | 417,114 people | 95,246 people | 111,674 people | 1.29 m people | -318,992 people | -8,132 people |
| 2023 | 609,553 people | 445,523 people | 150,189 people | 119,099 people | 1.32 m people | -567,724 people | 4,348 people |
| 2022 | 981,552 people | 487,029 people | 231,228 people | 299,779 people | 1.32 m people | -293,846 people | 40,118 people |
| 2021 | 310,264 people | 462,967 people | 157,327 people | 144,385 people | 674,787 people | -379,749 people | -8,974 people |
| 2020 | 203,468 people | 144,221 people | 85,281 people | 236,854 people | 329,769 people | -91,577 people | -10,220 people |
| 2019 | 319,082 people | 232,727 people | 46,634 people | 464,783 people | 1.77 m people | -656,091 people | -18,891 people |
| 2018 | 403,908 people | 259,744 people | 83,686 people | 337,467 people | 1.76 m people | -198,206 people | -18,883 people |
| 2017 | 452,988 people | 272,311 people | 95,147 people | 201,135 people | 1.86 m people | -94,625 people | -18,651 people |
| 2016 | 517,480 people | 324,649 people | 84,568 people | 106,474 people | 1.89 m people | -153,056 people | -18,322 people |
| 2015 | 1.18 m people | 347,839 people | 39,389 people | -1,979 people | 1.72 m people | -646,941 people | -18,789 people |
| 2014 | 592,338 people | 306,091 people | 52,679 people | -97,870 people | 1.67 m people | -371,108 people | -18,846 people |
| 2013 | 462,384 people | 237,272 people | 158,090 people | -250,741 people | 1.66 m people | -188,951 people | -17,866 people |
| 2012 | 199,143 people | 172,088 people | 252,524 people | -153,486 people | 1.63 m people | -58,864 people | -18,513 people |
| 2011 | 295,282 people | 228,773 people | 198,544 people | 60,761 people | 1.62 m people | -416,189 people | 611 people |
| 2010 | 130,116 people | 274,811 people | 274,387 people | 69,406 people | 1.59 m people | -184,144 people | 3,632 people |
| 2009 | 46,533 people | 249,639 people | 283,676 people | 129,557 people | 1.39 m people | -177,135 people | 6,043 people |
| 2008 | -23,341 people | 263,390 people | 422,534 people | 434,135 people | 1.42 m people | -764,370 people | 7,070 people |
| 2007 | -24,772 people | 309,385 people | 495,092 people | 772,317 people | 1.37 m people | -1.04 m people | 7,045 people |
| 2006 | -489,056 people | 288,923 people | 215,995 people | 659,720 people | 1.35 m people | -759,559 people | 8,018 people |
| 2005 | 81,351 people | 308,279 people | 258,702 people | 629,803 people | 1.37 m people | -103,701 people | 7,945 people |
| 2004 | 81,735 people | 276,077 people | 417,970 people | 661,158 people | 1.31 m people | -770,977 people | 7,300 people |
| 2003 | 142,009 people | 211,846 people | 478,578 people | 658,428 people | 1.33 m people | -613,223 people | 6,854 people |
| 2002 | 218,795 people | 203,577 people | 223,861 people | 737,880 people | 1.34 m people | -761,291 people | 1,562 people |
| 2001 | 272,875 people | 175,133 people | 48,903 people | 181,307 people | 1.31 m people | -176,419 people | -12,007 people |
| 2000 | 174,594 people | 153,917 people | 56,065 people | 176,269 people | 1.25 m people | -62,622 people | -14,368 people |
| 1999 | 219,280 people | 152,653 people | 54,405 people | 178,559 people | 1.16 m people | -96,102 people | -4,073 people |
| 1998 | -754,469 people | 125,541 people | 67,985 people | 182,926 people | 1.23 m people | -40,472 people | -5,665 people |
| 1997 | 93,281 people | 59,723 people | 50,539 people | 165,345 people | 1.12 m people | -279,251 people | -5,817 people |
| 1996 | 281,280 people | 54,964 people | 53,450 people | 162,704 people | 1.14 m people | -250,750 people | -5,598 people |
| 1995 | 398,077 people | 61,385 people | -460,287 people | 162,434 people | 1.17 m people | -365,986 people | -6,019 people |
| 1994 | 315,585 people | 45,339 people | 502,750 people | 160,407 people | 1.18 m people | -723,641 people | -5,934 people |
| 1993 | 462,096 people | 27,403 people | 24,321 people | 160,907 people | 1.23 m people | -373,316 people | -5,972 people |
| 1992 | 811,606 people | 17,846 people | 51,747 people | 177,544 people | 1.3 m people | -142,985 people | -4,415 people |
| 1991 | 602,638 people | 27,601 people | 19,721 people | 122,841 people | 1.2 m people | -544,650 people | -8,483 people |
| 1990 | 679,702 people | 57,132 people | 35,317 people | -30,684 people | 1.08 m people | -11,187 people | -16,260 people |
| 1989 | 761,002 people | 49,586 people | 19,540 people | -25,892 people | 400,998 people | -313,476 people | -16,360 people |
| 1988 | 515,962 people | 13,952 people | 18,553 people | -17,663 people | 460,778 people | -282,194 people | -15,715 people |
| 1987 | 174,272 people | 8,266 people | 7,825 people | -12,681 people | 480,815 people | -169,170 people | -16,686 people |
| 1986 | 212,822 people | 41,836 people | -6,206 people | -13,540 people | 493,082 people | -79,190 people | -17,990 people |
| 1985 | 103,556 people | 83,164 people | 6,911 people | -589 people | 598,777 people | -60,929 people | -17,646 people |
| 1984 | -150,771 people | 71,107 people | 203 people | 2,754 people | 622,793 people | -51,961 people | -15,567 people |
| 1983 | -81,349 people | 27,063 people | -3,733 people | 1,241 people | 662,840 people | -43,756 people | -15,301 people |
| 1982 | -58,121 people | -61,152 people | -24,223 people | -7,384 people | 600,149 people | -36,181 people | -13,550 people |
| 1981 | 130,713 people | -83,876 people | 7,182 people | 2,563 people | 583,070 people | -28,016 people | -8,531 people |
| 1980 | 324,203 people | -25,187 people | 295,642 people | 20,166 people | 595,916 people | -20,129 people | 287 people |
| 1979 | 237,705 people | 11,255 people | 42,637 people | -5,929 people | 503,559 people | -13,704 people | -960 people |
| 1978 | 117,167 people | 3,783 people | 43,932 people | -2,504 people | 556,521 people | -9,916 people | -1,481 people |
| 1977 | 33,881 people | -21,636 people | 42,246 people | -1,332 people | 577,060 people | -15,323 people | -1,953 people |
| 1976 | -79,761 people | -19,135 people | 40,885 people | 2,804 people | 635,590 people | -55,109 people | -2,744 people |
| 1975 | -207,740 people | -40,241 people | 43,051 people | -218 people | 655,078 people | -115,173 people | -3,490 people |
| 1974 | -15,126 people | -65,710 people | 42,487 people | 105,838 people | 706,978 people | -175,239 people | -3,525 people |
| 1973 | 386,881 people | -33,840 people | 41,631 people | 8,624 people | 783,163 people | -214,997 people | -2,396 people |
| 1972 | 336,015 people | -1,406 people | 43,182 people | 7,935 people | 833,543 people | -215,650 people | -348 people |
| 1971 | 450,328 people | 1,175 people | -58,627 people | 7,363 people | 833,549 people | -180,153 people | 1,655 people |
| 1970 | -273,498 people | -15,254 people | -62,216 people | -60,580 people | 744,902 people | -126,510 people | 1,861 people |
| 1969 | 584,017 people | -60,655 people | -45,346 people | -49,956 people | 523,740 people | -72,836 people | 4,112 people |
| 1968 | 293,307 people | -38,852 people | -50,149 people | -46,088 people | 594,514 people | -37,290 people | 5,430 people |
| 1967 | -174,155 people | -39,659 people | -37,992 people | -42,344 people | 585,410 people | 1.25 m people | 6,114 people |
| 1966 | 134,107 people | -27,935 people | -35,352 people | -41,467 people | 637,692 people | 4,165 people | 7,037 people |
| 1965 | 338,258 people | -24,955 people | -36,267 people | -42,476 people | 644,902 people | -130,900 people | 7,957 people |
| 1964 | 69,825 people | -23,885 people | -27,368 people | -41,461 people | 618,635 people | -1.25 m people | 8,045 people |
| 1963 | 205,976 people | 8,271 people | -28,198 people | -44,446 people | 639,495 people | -31,383 people | 8,276 people |
| 1962 | 276,505 people | 76,443 people | -25,840 people | -45,211 people | 625,617 people | -31,305 people | 6,064 people |
| 1961 | 27,534 people | 52,295 people | -129,761 people | -46,517 people | 580,333 people | -25,578 people | 6,422 people |
| 1960 | 212,666 people | 19,953 people | -140,765 people | -154,869 people | 422,708 people | -16,927 people | 4,377 people |
World Bank definition
Net migration
Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens.
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