Australia - Net Migration 1981
121,921
+32,732 from 1980
Australia's net migration was 121,921 in 1981, increased +32,732 from 89,189 in 1980. This was the 209th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Afghanistan | -2.0M | -70.2% |
| 2nd | Mexico | -361,791 | -43.5% |
| 3rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -332,129 | -606.9% |
| 4th | Japan | -278,525 | -201.7% |
| 5th | Türkiye | -213,889 | -40.7% |
| 6th | Bangladesh | -184,884 | 64.2% |
| 7th | Philippines | -134,484 | 25.2% |
| 8th | Viet Nam | -109,259 | -46.1% |
| 9th | El Salvador | -97,365 | -36.5% |
| 10th | Sri Lanka | -89,824 | -41.4% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | -83,876 | -233.0% |
| 12th | Uganda | -83,010 | 21.6% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | -74,624 | -10.2% |
| 14th | Brazil | -65,971 | -69.5% |
| 15th | Burundi | -58,723 | -139.3% |
| 16th | Mozambique | -58,347 | 61.0% |
| 17th | Myanmar | -52,839 | -40.2% |
| 18th | Kenya | -52,761 | -32.2% |
| 19th | Colombia | -50,351 | -13.9% |
| 20th | Guatemala | -45,490 | -5.4% |
| 21st | Central African Republic | -42,872 | -3.2% |
| 22nd | Tanzania | -42,485 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Mali | -34,130 | -13.2% |
| 24th | Senegal | -29,959 | 8.1% |
| 25th | Armenia | -28,487 | -9.1% |
| 26th | Azerbaijan | -28,276 | -1.8% |
| 27th | Chile | -28,096 | -0.1% |
| 28th | China | -28,016 | -39.2% |
| 29th | Yemen, Republic of | -25,499 | 4.6% |
| 30th | Papua New Guinea | -25,383 | 1.0% |
| 31st | Syrian Arab Republic | -24,536 | 25.9% |
| 32nd | Tunisia | -24,242 | -25.5% |
| 33rd | Iraq | -23,640 | -250.0% |
| 34th | Haiti | -23,106 | -0.9% |
| 35th | Cambodia | -22,982 | 82.8% |
| 36th | Morocco | -22,553 | -62.3% |
| 37th | Cuba | -22,159 | 40.3% |
| 38th | Guinea | -21,367 | 15.5% |
| 39th | Romania | -20,870 | -25.2% |
| 40th | Dominican Republic | -19,809 | -13.3% |
| 41st | Namibia | -18,901 | -25.7% |
| 42nd | Burkina Faso | -17,797 | -16.0% |
| 43rd | Nicaragua | -17,353 | -14.7% |
| 44th | Hungary | -16,869 | 5.2% |
| 45th | Guyana | -16,648 | -19.3% |
| 46th | Rwanda | -16,453 | -0.6% |
| 47th | Poland | -16,155 | 61.9% |
| 48th | Zambia | -16,072 | 34.8% |
| 49th | Honduras | -15,986 | -3.5% |
| 50th | Congo, Republic of | -15,630 | -4.4% |
| 51st | West Bank and Gaza | -13,892 | 7.8% |
| 52nd | Jamaica | -13,619 | 10.9% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | -13,577 | 4.7% |
| 54th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -13,476 | -14.6% |
| 55th | Chad | -13,232 | 93.7% |
| 56th | Georgia | -12,822 | -1.8% |
| 57th | Sierra Leone | -12,699 | -9.1% |
| 58th | Ghana | -12,296 | 9.3% |
| 59th | Trinidad and Tobago | -12,086 | -12.9% |
| 60th | Peru | -11,123 | 2.8% |
| 61st | Lao PDR | -11,061 | 36.2% |
| 62nd | Ireland | -10,834 | -276.7% |
| 63rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -9,384 | -27.4% |
| 64th | Serbia | -8,531 | -3,072.5% |
| 65th | Guinea-Bissau | -8,291 | -2.5% |
| 66th | Portugal | -7,938 | -126.6% |
| 67th | New Zealand | -7,606 | 50.7% |
| 68th | Niger | -7,559 | -35.9% |
| 69th | Puerto Rico (US) | -7,391 | -45.1% |
| 70th | Suriname | -6,991 | 5.4% |
| 71st | Kyrgyz Republic | -6,725 | -32.1% |
| 72nd | Moldova | -6,452 | -74.7% |
| 73rd | Tajikistan | -6,221 | -11.9% |
| 74th | South Sudan | -5,994 | -20.0% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | -5,821 | -5.4% |
| 76th | Cabo Verde | -5,684 | 4.9% |
| 77th | Slovenia | -5,016 | -260.4% |
| 78th | Nepal | -4,855 | -195.5% |
| 79th | Eswatini | -3,464 | -3.4% |
| 80th | Samoa | -3,440 | -6.2% |
| 81st | Mauritania | -2,998 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Madagascar | -2,864 | 28.5% |
| 83rd | Tonga | -2,778 | -2.6% |
| 84th | Panama | -2,620 | 3.0% |
| 85th | Benin | -2,543 | 13.7% |
| 86th | Paraguay | -2,477 | 11.8% |
| 87th | Montenegro | -2,287 | -408.2% |
| 88th | Curaçao | -2,116 | -4.4% |
| 89th | Bulgaria | -1,830 | 10.5% |
| 90th | Barbados | -1,821 | -7.9% |
| 91st | Lebanon | -1,799 | -185.5% |
| 92nd | Denmark | -1,741 | -316.8% |
| 93rd | Mongolia | -1,615 | -27.4% |
| 94th | Ecuador | -1,605 | -210.4% |
| 95th | Grenada | -1,571 | 45.1% |
| 96th | Mauritius | -1,559 | 10.4% |
| 97th | Fiji | -1,558 | 4.5% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,526 | 1.2% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | -1,488 | -5.2% |
| 100th | Dominica | -1,420 | -37.2% |
| 101st | St. Lucia | -1,403 | 1.3% |
| 102nd | Belize | -1,354 | -0.3% |
| 103rd | Cyprus | -1,171 | 48.7% |
| 104th | Kosovo | -1,170 | -116.1% |
| 105th | Turkmenistan | -1,102 | 4.3% |
| 106th | São Tomé and Principe | -1,067 | -38.6% |
| 107th | Maldives | -1,014 | -12.3% |
| 108th | Comoros | -999 | -190.4% |
| 109th | Vanuatu | -896 | 0.0% |
| 110th | Virgin Islands (US) | -885 | -128.1% |
| 111th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -832 | -4.3% |
| 112th | Antigua and Barbuda | -810 | 1.7% |
| 113th | Kiribati | -645 | -5.7% |
| 114th | Seychelles | -565 | 3.7% |
| 115th | Malta | -548 | 38.1% |
| 116th | Aruba | -547 | 27.6% |
| 117th | Timor-Leste | -482 | -108.8% |
| 118th | Albania | -374 | 37.8% |
| 119th | Czechia | -372 | -121.4% |
| 120th | Gibraltar | -298 | -15.1% |
| 121st | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Tuvalu | -46 | - |
| 123rd | St. Martin (French part) | -27 | -58.8% |
| 124th | Greenland | -18 | -550.0% |
| 125th | North Macedonia | 0 | 100.0% |
| 126th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 127th | Marshall Islands | 31 | 120.0% |
| 128th | Bermuda | 41 | 128.3% |
| 129th | Nauru | 44 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Solomon Islands | 99 | -34.4% |
| 131st | Palau | 120 | 167.0% |
| 132nd | Bahamas, The | 125 | -65.9% |
| 133rd | Faroe Islands | 129 | 8.4% |
| 134th | Iceland | 157 | 125.0% |
| 135th | San Marino | 169 | 0.0% |
| 136th | Liechtenstein | 178 | 19.5% |
| 137th | Monaco | 201 | -21.5% |
| 138th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 220 | 45.7% |
| 139th | British Virgin Islands | 285 | 391.4% |
| 140th | Guam | 340 | 51.1% |
| 141st | American Samoa | 344 | 166.7% |
| 142nd | Luxembourg | 443 | -47.3% |
| 143rd | Isle of Man | 463 | -57.5% |
| 144th | Cayman Islands | 578 | -1.7% |
| 145th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 793 | 93.9% |
| 146th | Andorra | 927 | -8.2% |
| 147th | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 148th | French Polynesia | 997 | -10.0% |
| 149th | Channel Islands | 1,012 | 306.4% |
| 150th | Brunei Darussalam | 1,124 | 13.0% |
| 151st | Lesotho | 1,307 | -4.0% |
| 152nd | Eritrea | 1,985 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2,069 | 38.2% |
| 154th | Bhutan | 2,096 | -9.1% |
| 155th | Costa Rica | 2,431 | 1.8% |
| 156th | Spain | 2,563 | -87.3% |
| 157th | Liberia | 2,757 | -31.3% |
| 158th | Belgium | 2,826 | -75.4% |
| 159th | Sweden | 3,209 | -68.0% |
| 160th | Togo | 3,519 | 170.5% |
| 161st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4,140 | 461.0% |
| 162nd | Bahrain | 4,523 | -32.9% |
| 163rd | Estonia | 4,789 | 3.7% |
| 164th | Croatia | 4,872 | 188.8% |
| 165th | Finland | 5,287 | 339.0% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | 5,311 | 61.4% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | 5,438 | 3.2% |
| 168th | Djibouti | 5,502 | -45.6% |
| 169th | Norway | 6,010 | 59.7% |
| 170th | Uzbekistan | 6,223 | -27.1% |
| 171st | Latvia | 6,536 | 110.9% |
| 172nd | Italy | 7,182 | -97.6% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 7,610 | 170.1% |
| 174th | Lithuania | 7,752 | 4.6% |
| 175th | Equatorial Guinea | 9,605 | 95.9% |
| 176th | Jordan | 9,659 | 456.7% |
| 177th | Qatar | 10,644 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 11,523 | -97.0% |
| 179th | Oman | 14,239 | 12.8% |
| 180th | Belarus | 14,998 | -9.7% |
| 181st | Israel | 16,021 | -1.6% |
| 182nd | Argentina | 16,569 | 757.6% |
| 183rd | Netherlands | 17,643 | -67.3% |
| 184th | Korea | 18,442 | 112.4% |
| 185th | Switzerland | 24,229 | 35.8% |
| 186th | Greece | 25,061 | -47.2% |
| 187th | Cameroon | 27,845 | -60.6% |
| 188th | Austria | 29,590 | 201.6% |
| 189th | Kuwait | 29,600 | -8.9% |
| 190th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 31,745 | -29.6% |
| 191st | India | 33,243 | -84.2% |
| 192nd | Russian Federation | 36,686 | 251.4% |
| 193rd | United Arab Emirates | 37,600 | -51.9% |
| 194th | Algeria | 39,043 | 18.7% |
| 195th | Ukraine | 40,807 | -13.9% |
| 196th | Indonesia | 44,710 | 5.8% |
| 197th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51,354 | 9.2% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 54,656 | 5.7% |
| 199th | Malawi | 57,376 | 9.7% |
| 200th | Libya | 69,211 | 3.7% |
| 201st | France | 69,365 | 26.8% |
| 202nd | Angola | 70,910 | -1.8% |
| 203rd | Thailand | 78,337 | -11.5% |
| 204th | Malaysia | 84,142 | 4.4% |
| 205th | Singapore | 85,869 | 102.4% |
| 206th | Sudan | 96,697 | -53.6% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 106,723 | -46.3% |
| 208th | Canada | 113,461 | -7.6% |
| 209th | Australia | 121,921 | 36.7% |
| 210th | Germany | 130,713 | -59.7% |
| 211th | Saudi Arabia | 140,355 | 15.8% |
| 212th | European Union | 228,666 | -70.7% |
| 213th | South Africa | 279,985 | 8.5% |
| 214th | Pakistan | 555,032 | -48.5% |
| 215th | United States | 583,070 | -2.2% |
| 216th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.5M | 1,300.7% |
FAQ
What was Australia's net migration in 1981?▾
Australia's net migration in 1981 was 121,921. This ranked 209th globally.
How did Australia's net migration change in 1981?▾
Australia's net migration increased by 36.7% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1981?▾
Iran, Islamic Republic of had the highest net migration in 1981 at 1.5M.
What is the net migration of Australia in 1981?▾
The net migration of Australia in 1981 was 121,921. This ranked 209th globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Australia's net migration?▾
Australia's net migration went from 89,189 in 1980 to 121,921 in 1981, a 36.7% increase.
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