Data for 1950

Net Migration Rate, 1950

Name: Net Migration Rate, 1950
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1950 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 49.478; Gibraltar is lowest, at -26.875. The middle country reads 0.000.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1950

HighestMonaco

49.478

LowestGibraltar

-26.875

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1950the year it describes
189distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Net Migration Rate, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Net Migration Rate, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	49.478
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.140
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42.758
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	41.379
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	28.469
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	20.398
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.718
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.412
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	15.786
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.291
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	14.692
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13.744
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	12.915
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	12.444
Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.444
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10.007
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.596
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8.807
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.551
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.540
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	7.487
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.425
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.407
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.194
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	6.517
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.044
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.742
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	5.522
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.415
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.117
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.045
Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.387
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4.335
Argentina`ARG`South America	3.554
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	3.449
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	3.398
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.272
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.191
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.117
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.094
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.026
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.980
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.807
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.765
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.581
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.564
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.562
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.456
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.365
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.241
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	2.197
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.025
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.942
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.908
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.622
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.516
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.395
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.288
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.204
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.090
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.997
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.800
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.792
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.782
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.671
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.605
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.590
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.550
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.545
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.540
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.538
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.535
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.530
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.524
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.509
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.504
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.490
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.460
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.424
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.421
United States`USA`Northern America	0.340
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.335
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.319
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.293
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.202
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.182
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.182
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.161
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.160
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.130
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.124
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.094
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.000
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.000
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.000
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.000
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	0.000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.011
Peru`PER`South America	-0.013
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.038
Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.053
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.134
India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.181
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.197
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-0.289
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-0.292
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.345
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-0.399
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	-0.428
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-0.464
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-0.549
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-0.594
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.605
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.607
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.669
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.675
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-0.702
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-0.747
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.782
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-0.820
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-0.888
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.937
Uruguay`URY`South America	-1.011
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.028
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	-1.102
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.289
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.343
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-1.508
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	-1.575
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-1.599
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-1.620
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-1.645
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.649
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.669
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-1.701
Mexico`MEX`Central America	-1.775
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-2.045
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-2.073
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.141
Bolivia`BOL`South America	-2.394
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-2.613
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-2.635
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	-2.773
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	-2.902
Colombia`COL`South America	-3.001
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-3.064
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-3.139
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-3.182
Suriname`SUR`South America	-3.225
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-3.247
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	-3.345
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	-3.440
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-3.525
Panama`PAN`Central America	-3.648
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-3.792
Chile`CHL`South America	-3.825
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-3.951
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-4.262
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-4.282
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-4.320
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-4.398
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-4.508
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-4.615
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	-4.958
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-5.027
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-5.466
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-5.606
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	-5.853
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-5.913
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-6.572
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-7.950
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	-8.367
Belize`BLZ`Central America	-8.368
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-8.997
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-9.470
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-10.839
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	-11.708
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	-12.480
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-12.834
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	-13.144
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	-14.147
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-14.516
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	-14.601
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	-16.915
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-17.209
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-17.567
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	-17.580
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-18.775
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-18.929
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	-20.181
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	-21.864
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	-25.603
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	-26.875

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco49.478
Jordan48.140
United Arab Emirates42.758
Sint Maarten41.379
Brunei28.469

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.
189 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 33 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (1950). Net Migration Rate, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1950

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