Botswana - Net Migration 2023
-6,487
+819 from 2022
Botswana's net migration was -6,487 in 2023, increased +819 from -7,306 in 2022. This was the 58th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -1.6M | -22.5% |
| 2nd | Sudan | -1.3M | -4,962.2% |
| 3rd | India | -979,179 | 27.7% |
| 4th | China | -567,724 | -93.2% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | -549,918 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Nepal | -409,782 | -8.0% |
| 7th | Türkiye | -318,070 | -5.5% |
| 8th | Ukraine | -299,961 | 94.7% |
| 9th | Brazil | -240,059 | 5.4% |
| 10th | Philippines | -164,284 | 25.9% |
| 11th | Greece | -159,430 | -195.3% |
| 12th | Uganda | -126,181 | -6.2% |
| 13th | Mexico | -101,044 | 6.8% |
| 14th | Zimbabwe | -97,380 | 5.3% |
| 15th | Azerbaijan | -84,122 | -1,025.8% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | -81,789 | -3.6% |
| 17th | Nigeria | -57,936 | -12.1% |
| 18th | Afghanistan | -48,958 | 92.4% |
| 19th | Mali | -39,953 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Morocco | -39,650 | -2.7% |
| 21st | Tanzania | -39,388 | -4.9% |
| 22nd | Indonesia | -37,501 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Mozambique | -36,276 | -3.8% |
| 24th | Myanmar | -34,989 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Dominican Republic | -34,915 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Lebanon | -34,193 | -24.3% |
| 27th | Cambodia | -31,837 | -1.6% |
| 28th | Haiti | -31,786 | 1.3% |
| 29th | Kosovo | -28,754 | -0.6% |
| 30th | Sri Lanka | -28,011 | -2.1% |
| 31st | Romania | -27,780 | -131.2% |
| 32nd | Algeria | -25,963 | -76.8% |
| 33rd | Albania | -25,357 | -54.4% |
| 34th | West Bank and Gaza | -24,996 | -399.3% |
| 35th | Burkina Faso | -24,957 | 0.0% |
| 36th | El Salvador | -23,253 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Cuba | -22,797 | 1.5% |
| 38th | Ecuador | -21,948 | 4.9% |
| 39th | Tajikistan | -19,999 | -17.6% |
| 40th | Moldova | -18,570 | -120.8% |
| 41st | Jordan | -17,445 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Eritrea | -15,284 | 10.8% |
| 43rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -14,992 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Central African Republic | -14,682 | 15.8% |
| 45th | Czechia | -14,638 | -104.4% |
| 46th | Tunisia | -14,001 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Paraguay | -12,500 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Ghana | -10,003 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Jamaica | -10,003 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Kenya | -10,003 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Lao PDR | -10,003 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Senegal | -9,999 | -160.9% |
| 53rd | Rwanda | -9,001 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Guatemala | -8,940 | -5.6% |
| 55th | Eswatini | -8,549 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Nicaragua | -7,996 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Poland | -7,824 | -100.8% |
| 58th | Botswana | -6,487 | 11.2% |
| 59th | Guyana | -6,161 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Uzbekistan | -6,004 | -19.9% |
| 61st | Malawi | -5,811 | -11.1% |
| 62nd | Iraq | -5,710 | -107.4% |
| 63rd | Timor-Leste | -5,620 | -1.8% |
| 64th | North Macedonia | -5,597 | -5.7% |
| 65th | Yemen, Republic of | -5,233 | 49.9% |
| 66th | Lesotho | -5,168 | 14.2% |
| 67th | Honduras | -5,044 | 6.1% |
| 68th | Liberia | -5,002 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Kazakhstan | -4,822 | -110.5% |
| 70th | Cameroon | -4,798 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Sierra Leone | -4,000 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Guinea | -3,997 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | -3,427 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Fiji | -3,289 | 7.5% |
| 75th | Belarus | -3,034 | 62.1% |
| 76th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -3,008 | 0.0% |
| 77th | Gambia, The | -3,000 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Maldives | -2,877 | -7.6% |
| 79th | Mauritius | -2,824 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Samoa | -2,810 | 1.0% |
| 81st | Tonga | -2,173 | 2.0% |
| 82nd | Comoros | -2,002 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Libya | -2,001 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1,997 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Togo | -1,997 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Marshall Islands | -1,832 | -0.2% |
| 87th | St. Martin (French part) | -1,697 | -15.1% |
| 88th | Uruguay | -1,501 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Madagascar | -1,487 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,400 | 0.0% |
| 91st | French Polynesia | -1,348 | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,321 | 2.0% |
| 93rd | Cabo Verde | -1,226 | 2.2% |
| 94th | American Samoa | -1,159 | 11.2% |
| 95th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,134 | 2.2% |
| 96th | Angola | -995 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Congo, Republic of | -995 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Suriname | -988 | 0.0% |
| 99th | Papua New Guinea | -787 | 0.0% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -784 | 5.1% |
| 101st | São Tomé and Principe | -592 | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Guam | -500 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -485 | 0.0% |
| 104th | Kiribati | -485 | -22.8% |
| 105th | Virgin Islands (US) | -444 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Tuvalu | -323 | -0.9% |
| 107th | Greenland | -318 | 1.5% |
| 108th | Dominica | -199 | 1.5% |
| 109th | Benin | -192 | 0.0% |
| 110th | Grenada | -190 | 0.0% |
| 111th | San Marino | -190 | 52.9% |
| 112th | Nauru | -148 | -2.8% |
| 113th | Barbados | -80 | 0.0% |
| 114th | Palau | -19 | 5.0% |
| 115th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | - |
| 116th | Bermuda | 0 | - |
| 117th | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | - |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 | - |
| 119th | St. Lucia | 0 | - |
| 120th | Mongolia | 0 | - |
| 121st | Vanuatu | 0 | - |
| 122nd | Monaco | 88 | -91.2% |
| 123rd | Aruba | 147 | -3.3% |
| 124th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 193 | 0.0% |
| 125th | Isle of Man | 196 | -1.5% |
| 126th | Liechtenstein | 214 | 0.9% |
| 127th | Bhutan | 291 | 0.0% |
| 128th | New Caledonia | 485 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Djibouti | 500 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Curaçao | 518 | 0.0% |
| 131st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 567 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | British Virgin Islands | 587 | 6.7% |
| 133rd | Belize | 595 | -90.0% |
| 134th | Faroe Islands | 599 | -2.4% |
| 135th | Gibraltar | 689 | 12.4% |
| 136th | Channel Islands | 860 | 4.9% |
| 137th | Cayman Islands | 921 | -2.2% |
| 138th | Gabon | 987 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Costa Rica | 995 | -1.1% |
| 140th | Niger | 995 | 0.0% |
| 141st | Bahamas, The | 1,001 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | Andorra | 1,061 | -3.7% |
| 143rd | Solomon Islands | 1,636 | 4.4% |
| 144th | Seychelles | 1,809 | 1.2% |
| 145th | Burundi | 1,995 | 0.0% |
| 146th | Georgia | 2,003 | -92.6% |
| 147th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,126 | -49.9% |
| 148th | Mauritania | 2,999 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Equatorial Guinea | 3,997 | 0.0% |
| 150th | Argentina | 4,133 | -26.1% |
| 151st | Serbia | 4,348 | -89.2% |
| 152nd | Iceland | 4,630 | -29.2% |
| 153rd | Austria | 4,819 | -96.9% |
| 154th | Slovak Republic | 4,933 | -94.7% |
| 155th | Bulgaria | 5,173 | -80.5% |
| 156th | Slovenia | 5,339 | -40.8% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5,601 | -55.5% |
| 158th | Estonia | 5,717 | -85.6% |
| 159th | Luxembourg | 5,905 | -55.2% |
| 160th | Côte d'Ivoire | 6,002 | -77.6% |
| 161st | Malta | 6,591 | 165.8% |
| 162nd | Panama | 7,262 | -8.8% |
| 163rd | Latvia | 7,966 | -63.8% |
| 164th | Cyprus | 8,697 | -3.5% |
| 165th | Macao SAR, China | 8,807 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Zambia | 9,521 | 211.1% |
| 167th | Israel | 9,999 | -80.0% |
| 168th | Croatia | 10,202 | -12.7% |
| 169th | Namibia | 11,675 | -47.4% |
| 170th | Montenegro | 12,000 | -54.4% |
| 171st | Turkmenistan | 15,005 | 6.1% |
| 172nd | Thailand | 19,648 | -9.4% |
| 173rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 19,833 | 18.7% |
| 174th | Bahrain | 20,002 | 5.4% |
| 175th | New Zealand | 21,404 | 0.0% |
| 176th | Peru | 24,783 | -27.1% |
| 177th | Singapore | 26,996 | -87.4% |
| 178th | Russian Federation | 27,807 | -96.4% |
| 179th | Portugal | 29,102 | -57.6% |
| 180th | Denmark | 31,006 | -48.5% |
| 181st | Finland | 38,156 | -36.8% |
| 182nd | Qatar | 39,995 | -50.0% |
| 183rd | Belgium | 41,679 | -64.9% |
| 184th | Ireland | 43,873 | -53.1% |
| 185th | Lithuania | 44,935 | -37.7% |
| 186th | Switzerland | 45,098 | -53.2% |
| 187th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 46,217 | 150.0% |
| 188th | Hungary | 49,213 | 17.5% |
| 189th | Kuwait | 50,008 | -86.4% |
| 190th | Norway | 53,806 | -7.3% |
| 191st | Sweden | 55,209 | -6.4% |
| 192nd | Chile | 62,679 | 5.6% |
| 193rd | Armenia | 75,000 | 97.4% |
| 194th | Korea | 87,800 | 0.0% |
| 195th | France | 91,862 | -48.8% |
| 196th | Spain | 119,099 | -60.3% |
| 197th | Australia | 140,232 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Netherlands | 144,558 | -35.6% |
| 199th | Italy | 150,189 | -35.0% |
| 200th | Colombia | 154,521 | -15.6% |
| 201st | Oman | 156,285 | -53.9% |
| 202nd | Japan | 175,003 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Malaysia | 181,071 | -3.8% |
| 204th | South Africa | 228,222 | -2.2% |
| 205th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 262,044 | -35.0% |
| 206th | United Arab Emirates | 300,004 | -7.1% |
| 207th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 305,006 | 2,125.2% |
| 208th | Saudi Arabia | 325,691 | -66.7% |
| 209th | Canada | 433,842 | -5.7% |
| 210th | United Kingdom | 445,523 | -8.5% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 455,000 | 1,030.2% |
| 212th | Chad | 496,830 | 1,254.9% |
| 213th | Germany | 609,553 | -37.9% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 757,309 | 3.0% |
| 215th | European Union | 1.3M | -69.0% |
| 216th | United States | 1.3M | 0.3% |
FAQ
What was Botswana's net migration in 2023?▾
Botswana's net migration in 2023 was -6,487. This ranked 58th globally.
How did Botswana's net migration change in 2023?▾
Botswana's net migration increased by 11.2% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2023?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2023 at 1.3M.
What is the net migration of Botswana in 2023?▾
The net migration of Botswana in 2023 was -6,487. This ranked 58th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Botswana's net migration?▾
Botswana's net migration went from -7,306 in 2022 to -6,487 in 2023, a 11.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Botswana matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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