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
9 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 389,911 people for United Kingdom in 2025, over a series running from 1960 to 2025 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 1.23 m people) to the lowest (China, -268,126 people).
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Year by year values
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| United Kingdom | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sudan | Croatia | Iceland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 389,911 people | 96,630 people | 104,681 people | 1.23 m people | -268,126 people | 6,145 people | 291,469 people | -3,481 people | 2,709 people |
| 2024 | 417,114 people | 111,674 people | 121,628 people | 1.29 m people | -318,992 people | 15,374 people | -544,257 people | -5,186 people | 3,543 people |
| 2023 | 445,523 people | 119,099 people | 144,558 people | 1.32 m people | -567,724 people | 455,000 people | -1.35 m people | 10,202 people | 4,630 people |
| 2022 | 487,029 people | 299,779 people | 224,472 people | 1.32 m people | -293,846 people | 40,259 people | -26,668 people | 11,681 people | 6,535 people |
| 2021 | 462,967 people | 144,385 people | 106,416 people | 674,787 people | -379,749 people | -154,359 people | 31,664 people | -4,517 people | 4,911 people |
| 2020 | 144,221 people | 236,854 people | 67,598 people | 329,769 people | -91,577 people | 62,935 people | -65,933 people | -8,552 people | 2,498 people |
| 2019 | 232,727 people | 464,783 people | 109,003 people | 1.77 m people | -656,091 people | 65,198 people | -39,491 people | -13,239 people | 5,030 people |
| 2018 | 259,744 people | 337,467 people | 87,197 people | 1.76 m people | -198,206 people | 157,408 people | 125,499 people | -25,016 people | 6,638 people |
| 2017 | 272,311 people | 201,135 people | 86,332 people | 1.86 m people | -94,625 people | -670,477 people | 441,623 people | -44,557 people | 8,348 people |
| 2016 | 324,649 people | 106,474 people | 88,743 people | 1.89 m people | -153,056 people | -654,225 people | 84,728 people | -32,144 people | 4,128 people |
| 2015 | 347,839 people | -1,979 people | 55,585 people | 1.72 m people | -646,941 people | -159,822 people | 66,476 people | -27,501 people | 1,499 people |
| 2014 | 306,091 people | -97,870 people | 36,591 people | 1.67 m people | -371,108 people | -471,523 people | 92,504 people | -13,127 people | 1,139 people |
| 2013 | 237,272 people | -250,741 people | 19,973 people | 1.66 m people | -188,951 people | 65,337 people | -194,001 people | -6,245 people | 1,666 people |
| 2012 | 172,088 people | -153,486 people | 14,861 people | 1.63 m people | -58,864 people | 125,771 people | -232,196 people | -4,794 people | -277 people |
| 2011 | 228,773 people | 60,761 people | 31,224 people | 1.62 m people | -416,189 people | 194,325 people | -347,024 people | -17,463 people | -1,393 people |
| 2010 | 274,811 people | 69,406 people | 33,703 people | 1.59 m people | -184,144 people | 299,402 people | -339,466 people | -3,995 people | -2,055 people |
| 2009 | 249,639 people | 129,557 people | 39,832 people | 1.39 m people | -177,135 people | 139,129 people | -80,159 people | 1,358 people | -4,785 people |
| 2008 | 263,390 people | 434,135 people | 32,406 people | 1.42 m people | -764,370 people | 165,557 people | -73,188 people | 6,495 people | 1,138 people |
| 2007 | 309,385 people | 772,317 people | -304 people | 1.37 m people | -1.04 m people | 167,350 people | -201,769 people | 8,893 people | 5,254 people |
| 2006 | 288,923 people | 659,720 people | -25,401 people | 1.35 m people | -759,559 people | 153,926 people | -211,387 people | 10,852 people | 5,300 people |
| 2005 | 308,279 people | 629,803 people | -22,496 people | 1.37 m people | -103,701 people | 132,869 people | -199,378 people | 10,629 people | 3,925 people |
| 2004 | 276,077 people | 661,158 people | -9,230 people | 1.31 m people | -770,977 people | 110,182 people | -185,392 people | 15,445 people | 610 people |
| 2003 | 211,846 people | 658,428 people | 7,937 people | 1.33 m people | -613,223 people | 91,951 people | -281,001 people | 12,556 people | -204 people |
| 2002 | 203,577 people | 737,880 people | 28,824 people | 1.34 m people | -761,291 people | 82,847 people | -180,603 people | 10,306 people | -333 people |
| 2001 | 175,133 people | 181,307 people | 56,096 people | 1.31 m people | -176,419 people | 77,856 people | -173,745 people | 19,298 people | 867 people |
| 2000 | 153,917 people | 176,269 people | 59,308 people | 1.25 m people | -62,622 people | 74,227 people | -165,030 people | -47,629 people | 1,877 people |
| 1999 | 152,653 people | 178,559 people | 47,179 people | 1.16 m people | -96,102 people | 70,271 people | -157,090 people | -47,418 people | 1,165 people |
| 1998 | 125,541 people | 182,926 people | 52,058 people | 1.23 m people | -40,472 people | 64,285 people | -150,271 people | -47,931 people | 1,014 people |
| 1997 | 59,723 people | 165,345 people | 31,302 people | 1.12 m people | -279,251 people | 48,280 people | -148,368 people | -52,897 people | 225 people |
| 1996 | 54,964 people | 162,704 people | 21,792 people | 1.14 m people | -250,750 people | 17,953 people | -310,221 people | -53,688 people | -511 people |
| 1995 | 61,385 people | 162,434 people | 15,056 people | 1.17 m people | -365,986 people | 17,077 people | -144,670 people | -51,882 people | -1,354 people |
| 1994 | 45,339 people | 160,407 people | 20,193 people | 1.18 m people | -723,641 people | 16,407 people | -144,324 people | -50,444 people | -804 people |
| 1993 | 27,403 people | 160,907 people | 44,514 people | 1.23 m people | -373,316 people | 15,772 people | -166,861 people | -49,615 people | -194 people |
| 1992 | 17,846 people | 177,544 people | 50,148 people | 1.3 m people | -142,985 people | 15,077 people | -271,093 people | -47,865 people | -225 people |
| 1991 | 27,601 people | 122,841 people | 51,670 people | 1.2 m people | -544,650 people | 14,327 people | -261,341 people | -31,968 people | 1,145 people |
| 1990 | 57,132 people | -30,684 people | 53,564 people | 1.08 m people | -11,187 people | 12,988 people | -254,825 people | 9,538 people | -971 people |
| 1989 | 49,586 people | -25,892 people | 31,165 people | 400,998 people | -313,476 people | -130,821 people | -241,979 people | 8,471 people | -994 people |
| 1988 | 13,952 people | -17,663 people | 31,026 people | 460,778 people | -282,194 people | -97,065 people | -235,213 people | 7,242 people | 1,572 people |
| 1987 | 8,266 people | -12,681 people | 39,559 people | 480,815 people | -169,170 people | -11,976 people | -228,756 people | 6,956 people | 944 people |
| 1986 | 41,836 people | -13,540 people | 30,380 people | 493,082 people | -79,190 people | -10,973 people | -245,968 people | 6,261 people | -335 people |
| 1985 | 83,164 people | -589 people | 27,356 people | 598,777 people | -60,929 people | -9,986 people | -222,315 people | 5,550 people | -628 people |
| 1984 | 71,107 people | 2,754 people | 12,902 people | 622,793 people | -51,961 people | -8,984 people | -219,755 people | 5,757 people | -328 people |
| 1983 | 27,063 people | 1,241 people | 11,007 people | 662,840 people | -43,756 people | -7,986 people | -54,325 people | 6,323 people | 170 people |
| 1982 | -61,152 people | -7,384 people | 7,644 people | 600,149 people | -36,181 people | -6,983 people | 124,007 people | 7,475 people | 616 people |
| 1981 | -83,876 people | 2,563 people | 17,643 people | 583,070 people | -28,016 people | -5,994 people | 96,697 people | 4,872 people | 157 people |
| 1980 | -25,187 people | 20,166 people | 54,010 people | 595,916 people | -20,129 people | -4,997 people | 208,602 people | -5,486 people | -629 people |
| 1979 | 11,255 people | -5,929 people | 42,772 people | 503,559 people | -13,704 people | -3,997 people | 120,613 people | -5,740 people | -572 people |
| 1978 | 3,783 people | -2,504 people | 26,639 people | 556,521 people | -9,916 people | -2,998 people | 177,153 people | -7,329 people | -781 people |
| 1977 | -21,636 people | -1,332 people | 19,809 people | 577,060 people | -15,323 people | -1,997 people | 58,540 people | -7,339 people | -1,079 people |
| 1976 | -19,135 people | 2,804 people | 18,774 people | 635,590 people | -55,109 people | -995 people | 22,147 people | -7,400 people | -1,181 people |
| 1975 | -40,241 people | -218 people | 68,569 people | 655,078 people | -115,173 people | -395 people | 62,843 people | -7,366 people | -388 people |
| 1974 | -65,710 people | 105,838 people | 31,645 people | 706,978 people | -175,239 people | -192 people | 6,023 people | -8,076 people | 209 people |
| 1973 | -33,840 people | 8,624 people | 18,705 people | 783,163 people | -214,997 people | 0 people | 173,143 people | -8,335 people | -310 people |
| 1972 | -1,406 people | 7,935 people | 17,470 people | 833,543 people | -215,650 people | 193 people | 2,238 people | -7,277 people | 362 people |
| 1971 | 1,175 people | 7,363 people | 32,756 people | 833,549 people | -180,153 people | 394 people | -3,577 people | -5,608 people | -231 people |
| 1970 | -15,254 people | -60,580 people | 32,438 people | 744,902 people | -126,510 people | 587 people | 4,479 people | -2,359 people | -1,754 people |
| 1969 | -60,655 people | -49,956 people | 21,850 people | 523,740 people | -72,836 people | 786 people | 2,476 people | -2,796 people | -1,414 people |
| 1968 | -38,852 people | -46,088 people | 7,243 people | 594,514 people | -37,290 people | 995 people | 2,776 people | -2,799 people | -448 people |
| 1967 | -39,659 people | -42,344 people | -10,673 people | 585,410 people | 1.25 m people | 1,194 people | 4,508 people | -3,518 people | 47 people |
| 1966 | -27,935 people | -41,467 people | 20,740 people | 637,692 people | 4,165 people | 1,386 people | 2,813 people | -6,341 people | 39 people |
| 1965 | -24,955 people | -42,476 people | 19,444 people | 644,902 people | -130,900 people | 1,591 people | 6,367 people | -5,253 people | -194 people |
| 1964 | -23,885 people | -41,461 people | 15,014 people | 618,635 people | -1.25 m people | 1,785 people | 4,505 people | -2,090 people | -67 people |
| 1963 | 8,271 people | -44,446 people | -21 people | 639,495 people | -31,383 people | 1,591 people | 4,263 people | -1,289 people | -113 people |
| 1962 | 76,443 people | -45,211 people | 18,024 people | 625,617 people | -31,305 people | 1,386 people | 4,387 people | -2,176 people | -228 people |
| 1961 | 52,295 people | -46,517 people | 8,258 people | 580,333 people | -25,578 people | 1,194 people | 3,904 people | -6,567 people | 164 people |
| 1960 | 19,953 people | -154,869 people | -13,235 people | 422,708 people | -16,927 people | 995 people | 2,194 people | -21,768 people | -269 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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