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Countries by Net Migration

Name the countries that have gained and lost the most residents due to migration during the twenty year period from 2001–2020.
Net migration = immigration minus emigration
Source: Our World in Data
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First submittedAugust 19, 2015
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Where People Moved To...
+23.9 m
United States
+6.87 m
Russia
+6.20 m
Germany
+4.29 m
Canada
+3.75 m
Italy
+3.52 m
Spain
+3.08 m
South Africa
+3.04 m
Turkey
+2.80 m
Saudi Arabia
+2.76 m
Australia
+2.16 m
United Arab Emirates
+1.73 m
France
Where People Left ...
-8.03 m
Syria
-7.59 m
India
-6.37 m
Bangladesh
-5.64 m
China
-5.23 m
Mexico
-3.72 m
Venezuela
-3.36 m
Philippines
-3.09 m
Myanmar
-3.07 m
Nepal
-2.43 m
Zimbabwe
-2.43 m
Pakistan
-2.17 m
Indonesia
TenThousand
+12
Level 76
Aug 19, 2015
Fascinating!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Sep 28, 2015
Can't believe I missed Mexico... only one I missed.
fuanacdc
+16
Level 84
Sep 28, 2015
For a second I thought the destinations matched up with the sources and I was trying to figure out why 1,200,000 Mexicans moved to the UK...
CiaraStuart
+6
Level 17
Jul 22, 2017
Would be nice to have some more Mexicans here....
Parinter
+1
Level 43
Jul 25, 2016
100% ! nice quizz !
Findlay
+3
Level 82
Aug 23, 2016
How does Russia still manage to have a shrinking population with such a huge net influx of migrants? Also, where are they coming from that Russia looks like an attractive prospect right now?
Djilas
+9
Level 82
Oct 26, 2016
- It's still a huge country, so to offset the low fertility rate it would need A LOT of immigrants

- I think mainly from Caucasus, Central Asia, China. There are many developed parts of Russia with lots of jobs, plus the first two are Russian speakers.

IgorM1904
+3
Level 25
Jan 13, 2017
Not really, Georgia speaks Georgian, Armenia speaks Armenian, Azerbaijan speaks Azerbaijani, Kazakhstan speaks Kazakh, Uzbekistan speaks Uzbek, Kyrgyzstan speaks Kyrgyz, Tajikistan speaks Tajik and I'm not sure about Turkmenistan
Corrode
+27
Level 60
Jan 15, 2017
All of those countries have their national language as an official first language, but thanks to the legacy of the Soviet Union they also have a high proportion of educated Russian speakers.
Djilas
+11
Level 82
Dec 15, 2018
Right, of course their mother tongue is mostly something else (the most notable exception is Kazakhstan with a quarter of native Russian speakers), but a vast majority speak Russian as a second language, many with practically native level fluency. Foreign movies for example are shown only with Russian dubbing in many countries, no local subtitles or dubbing.

Things have changed the most in Georgia, where many young people don't speak Russian but they're much better in English.

Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2024
My guess...

Ethnic Russians settled in many places during the Soviet era.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, they wanted to return to Russia rather than remain in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, etc...

ChocolateMoose
+4
Level 29
Sep 23, 2016
I bet most of the Mexican immigrants are illegal immigrants and most of the Syrian immigrants are refugees.
wiifly
+14
Level 59
Nov 26, 2020
Not all immigrants from Mexico are illegal, yes there are many who flee to America without actually waiting for asylum and stuff, but you underestimate how many are actually coming in legally. For instance, my aunt was being naturalized as an American citizen, more than half the people in that auditorium (other than the family of the immigrants) stood up when Mexico was called. that was only one group (of like 3000 people), but multiple happen in a day.
EnlightWolif
+1
Level 45
Apr 16, 2024
As someone from Colombia, I þink many of the illegal and legal migrants come from ðe rest of ðe Americas. Just lump in Venezuelan, Central American, Cuban and ðe rest of South America and you'll probably find many illegal migrants.

Also, many "illegal" migrants may just be people whose visa expired while ðey were in the states

jkabq
+1
Level 62
Apr 16, 2024
that would still be illegal.
alieninvasion109
+1
Level 25
Jan 13, 2017
Really? Wow!
Antofagasta
+1
Level 67
Jan 13, 2017
Almost got them all. Didn't expect the Philippines.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
Jan 13, 2017
That was the first one I guessed. The Filipino Diaspora is huge.
anonymousrbarm
+2
Level 30
Jan 13, 2017
Incredibly interesting
Epicx
+1
Level 22
Jan 21, 2017
No Jordan, It has 3 million Syrian refugees there
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Feb 27, 2024
*1.4 million Syrians. Jordan hosts more refugees than this, but many are Palestinian refugees who came after the Nakba.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 68
Oct 16, 2021
I unexpectedly beat this on my first try.
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Apr 16, 2024
How do you beat a quiz?
redpier
+2
Level 56
Sep 12, 2022
whats happening in nepal?? im surprised its up there with afghanistan and sri lanka
Jiaozira
+4
Level 70
Jul 11, 2023
A population of 30 million people and also a very poor economic outlook (25% of GDP comes from remittances).
HydratedMite
+5
Level 65
Sep 15, 2023
My family emigrated because it kinda sucks there. Poor economy, poor infrastructure, lots of corruption. The U.S. is just an easier place to live in I guess.
AlmostAGenius
+3
Level 80
Feb 27, 2024
I’m surprised that Ukraine doesn’t make it.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2024
Check the dates.
milancampion
+7
Level 70
Feb 27, 2024
Funny how so many people in the UK moan about migration and yet the UK's net immigration is considerably less than it's other European counterparts
Kingstonr13
+1
Level 27
Apr 18, 2024
Could be wrong but I think the UK has quite a high emigration rate, so while the net figure is low there is quite a substantial shift in demography which might give the impression of greater change.
yaboimilos
+5
Level 50
Feb 28, 2024
For how much everyone complains about the USA a lot of people sure move here
tbolt
+6
Level 76
Feb 28, 2024
The illegal immigrants are treated better then legal citizens by the biden government.
akipopopopooon
+10
Level 70
Feb 29, 2024
what r u yapping about
ilikebikes
+5
Level 61
Apr 16, 2024
The US always looks impressive on these quizzes due to its massive population for a western nation but relatively speaking, not that many people move there when compared to some other countries on the list. Sure, the current figure of 23.9 million is well above the next country on the list, but if you compare to Canada's 4.29 million, Canada has 3-4% more immigration per capita than the US.
ILoveTurkiye
+3
Level 65
Feb 28, 2024
Very surprised to see Zimbabwe up there, given as it has a population less than 20 million and isn’t currently in a conflict unlike many of these other states.
tooch21
+1
Level 55
Apr 16, 2024
If you know the recent history of Zimbabwe you'll know it's not a surprise at all. Being under a dictatorship for so long and astronomical inflation along with widespread corruption, it's surprising more people haven't fled.
christian28932
+1
Level 50
Apr 16, 2024
its so over
PetJunk001
+1
Level 57
Apr 16, 2024
Venezuela I missed but I kid you not the last 2 seconds I typed Zambia and then Zimbabwe but I misspelled Zimbabwe...that was annoying.
deebte
+1
Level 64
Apr 16, 2024
got the last two at the very last second
BBryant
+1
Level 68
Apr 17, 2024
confused by this source considering the 750,000 net migration rate in the uk in 2022 alone, and in at least the hundreds of thousands every year since 1998
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