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Net Migration Rate, 1958

1958, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1958 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 78.244; Macau is lowest, at -52.644. The middle country reads -0.304. Against 1957, 198 values changed (71 up, 127 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1958

HighestKuwait

78.244

LowestMacau

-52.644

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Net Migration Rate, 1958, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Net Migration Rate, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia78.244
AndorraANDSouthern Europe75.116
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean44.801
JordanJORWestern Asia29.502
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia26.254
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia25.021
NauruNRUMicronesia17.221
BahamasBHSCaribbean16.161
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia15.512
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.211
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa15.138
QatarQATWestern Asia12.262
MonacoMCOWestern Europe11.213
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia10.369
IsraelISRWestern Asia9.492
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia9.165
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8.661
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe8.641
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe7.572
GreenlandGRLNorthern America7.405
BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.369
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.303
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia6.923
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6.625
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia6.536

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait78.244
  2. Andorra75.116
  3. Sint Maarten44.801
  4. Jordan29.502
  5. United Arab Emirates26.254

Lowest

  1. Macau-52.644
  2. Saint Lucia-38.074
  3. American Samoa-36.126
  4. Anguilla-32.445
  5. Niue-27.705

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.304. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 198values changed, of 222 in both
  • 71 · 127rose · fell
  • 24unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1958.

  • 197 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 25 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1958). Net Migration Rate, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1958

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1958?

Kuwait, at 78.244, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1958 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1958?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Net Migration Rate, 1958 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Net Migration Rate, 2023.

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