Costa Rica - Net Migration 1998
15,556
−1,398 from 1997
Costa Rica's net migration was 15,556 in 1998, decreased +1,398 from 16,954 in 1997. This was the 178th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Germany | -754,469 | -908.8% |
| 2nd | Kazakhstan | -488,075 | -1.4% |
| 3rd | European Union | -469,967 | -287.1% |
| 4th | Mexico | -321,385 | 5.6% |
| 5th | Kosovo | -294,789 | -6,232.7% |
| 6th | Bangladesh | -286,966 | -4.9% |
| 7th | Türkiye | -231,744 | -11.2% |
| 8th | Sudan | -150,271 | -1.3% |
| 9th | Rwanda | -129,089 | -131.5% |
| 10th | Georgia | -127,962 | 4.0% |
| 11th | Tajikistan | -119,621 | -8.2% |
| 12th | Pakistan | -112,191 | -102.0% |
| 13th | Nepal | -108,400 | -10.1% |
| 14th | Tanzania | -105,184 | -685.0% |
| 15th | El Salvador | -99,293 | -2.6% |
| 16th | Korea | -98,044 | 10.2% |
| 17th | South Africa | -82,722 | 15.7% |
| 18th | Romania | -81,366 | 8.3% |
| 19th | Ukraine | -80,684 | 25.8% |
| 20th | Morocco | -80,286 | 16.8% |
| 21st | Sierra Leone | -76,766 | -58.5% |
| 22nd | Mozambique | -74,952 | 6.0% |
| 23rd | Kenya | -70,023 | 13.0% |
| 24th | Albania | -66,087 | 0.2% |
| 25th | Myanmar | -62,281 | -5.6% |
| 26th | Armenia | -55,171 | -6.8% |
| 27th | Uzbekistan | -49,862 | -3.1% |
| 28th | Croatia | -47,931 | 9.4% |
| 29th | Senegal | -45,189 | -1.5% |
| 30th | Ecuador | -42,550 | 10.0% |
| 31st | Moldova | -41,975 | -0.6% |
| 32nd | China | -40,472 | 85.5% |
| 33rd | Poland | -39,509 | 10.7% |
| 34th | Malawi | -39,491 | 35.9% |
| 35th | Guatemala | -39,104 | 9.9% |
| 36th | Yemen, Republic of | -39,096 | -6.5% |
| 37th | Nicaragua | -38,260 | -3.8% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | -33,997 | -5.3% |
| 39th | Cuba | -33,863 | 5.2% |
| 40th | Cambodia | -33,781 | -106.7% |
| 41st | Eritrea | -31,951 | -3.8% |
| 42nd | Guinea | -30,903 | 71.3% |
| 43rd | Mali | -30,255 | 46.0% |
| 44th | Dominican Republic | -30,108 | -0.2% |
| 45th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -28,378 | 0.7% |
| 46th | Haiti | -27,476 | 0.1% |
| 47th | Jordan | -27,036 | -17.4% |
| 48th | Zambia | -26,796 | -2.0% |
| 49th | Syrian Arab Republic | -26,025 | 17.6% |
| 50th | Peru | -24,388 | 25.0% |
| 51st | Lesotho | -23,299 | -4.0% |
| 52nd | Bulgaria | -23,262 | -1.3% |
| 53rd | Lithuania | -22,002 | 1.4% |
| 54th | Argentina | -20,326 | 1.6% |
| 55th | Kyrgyz Republic | -17,690 | -50.7% |
| 56th | Oman | -17,626 | -3.7% |
| 57th | Jamaica | -17,623 | 0.7% |
| 58th | Ghana | -17,564 | -14.0% |
| 59th | Guyana | -14,155 | -1.0% |
| 60th | Algeria | -13,991 | -116.0% |
| 61st | West Bank and Gaza | -13,146 | -226.2% |
| 62nd | Honduras | -12,638 | 5.3% |
| 63rd | Cameroon | -12,446 | 10.1% |
| 64th | Libya | -11,479 | -5.2% |
| 65th | Indonesia | -11,356 | -162.0% |
| 66th | Mongolia | -10,315 | -13.0% |
| 67th | Paraguay | -9,276 | -6.6% |
| 68th | Eswatini | -8,505 | -43.9% |
| 69th | Mauritania | -8,504 | -3.9% |
| 70th | Colombia | -8,186 | 65.3% |
| 71st | Guinea-Bissau | -8,163 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Niger | -7,298 | 46.7% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | -7,048 | -1.6% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | -6,730 | 2.0% |
| 75th | Serbia | -5,665 | 2.6% |
| 76th | Fiji | -5,654 | -6.3% |
| 77th | Latvia | -5,504 | 40.1% |
| 78th | Burkina Faso | -5,367 | 85.6% |
| 79th | Slovenia | -5,280 | -306.8% |
| 80th | Puerto Rico (US) | -4,606 | 42.9% |
| 81st | Comoros | -4,194 | 7.0% |
| 82nd | Tunisia | -4,111 | 13.6% |
| 83rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,706 | 1.0% |
| 84th | Samoa | -3,702 | -1.2% |
| 85th | Cabo Verde | -3,332 | -3.8% |
| 86th | Montenegro | -3,326 | -8.1% |
| 87th | Estonia | -3,296 | 18.9% |
| 88th | Gambia, The | -3,291 | -6.2% |
| 89th | Turkmenistan | -3,239 | 42.2% |
| 90th | Curaçao | -2,931 | -1.1% |
| 91st | Micronesia, Federated States of | -2,505 | -1.5% |
| 92nd | São Tomé and Principe | -2,364 | -9.8% |
| 93rd | Tonga | -1,665 | -4.8% |
| 94th | New Zealand | -1,387 | -111.5% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,308 | 12.0% |
| 96th | Mauritius | -1,292 | -7.8% |
| 97th | Madagascar | -1,222 | -23.9% |
| 98th | Vanuatu | -1,178 | -1.0% |
| 99th | Marshall Islands | -1,124 | -2.5% |
| 100th | Barbados | -1,068 | 4.8% |
| 101st | Guam | -1,049 | -1.3% |
| 102nd | India | -1,049 | -219.2% |
| 103rd | Solomon Islands | -1,019 | -9.5% |
| 104th | St. Martin (French part) | -934 | -12.0% |
| 105th | Virgin Islands (US) | -864 | 15.5% |
| 106th | Dominica | -805 | -0.2% |
| 107th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -720 | 2.7% |
| 108th | Kiribati | -716 | -3.3% |
| 109th | North Macedonia | -589 | -23.5% |
| 110th | Grenada | -490 | 36.5% |
| 111th | Greenland | -486 | 6.7% |
| 112th | American Samoa | -459 | -11.4% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | -430 | 5.5% |
| 114th | St. Lucia | -268 | 48.4% |
| 115th | Nauru | -217 | -3.8% |
| 116th | Gibraltar | -160 | -22.1% |
| 117th | Tuvalu | -122 | -1.7% |
| 118th | Maldives | -94 | -56.7% |
| 119th | Slovak Republic | -12 | -104.9% |
| 120th | Bermuda | 89 | -24.6% |
| 121st | Andorra | 94 | -72.6% |
| 122nd | Faroe Islands | 109 | 34.6% |
| 123rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 170 | 8.3% |
| 124th | Monaco | 173 | -18.4% |
| 125th | Liechtenstein | 198 | -14.7% |
| 126th | San Marino | 257 | 0.8% |
| 127th | Channel Islands | 267 | -9.8% |
| 128th | Palau | 280 | -5.7% |
| 129th | British Virgin Islands | 334 | 36.9% |
| 130th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 409 | 0.5% |
| 131st | Bahamas, The | 437 | -1.8% |
| 132nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 456 | -6.7% |
| 133rd | Bhutan | 486 | 124.4% |
| 134th | Seychelles | 512 | 4,754.5% |
| 135th | Cayman Islands | 974 | -3.0% |
| 136th | New Caledonia | 981 | 4.4% |
| 137th | Isle of Man | 986 | -1.3% |
| 138th | Iceland | 1,014 | 350.7% |
| 139th | Lebanon | 1,062 | -19.1% |
| 140th | Suriname | 1,241 | 6.6% |
| 141st | Malta | 1,260 | 25.6% |
| 142nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1,566 | 2.2% |
| 143rd | Timor-Leste | 1,806 | 0.1% |
| 144th | Aruba | 1,958 | 4.9% |
| 145th | Benin | 2,051 | 255.1% |
| 146th | Gabon | 2,055 | 15.1% |
| 147th | Panama | 2,084 | 14.5% |
| 148th | Belize | 2,153 | 3.9% |
| 149th | Chad | 2,232 | -38.5% |
| 150th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3,643 | 1.5% |
| 151st | Bahrain | 3,733 | -7.5% |
| 152nd | Luxembourg | 3,874 | 4.4% |
| 153rd | Finland | 4,417 | -10.3% |
| 154th | Central African Republic | 4,479 | 120.2% |
| 155th | Macao SAR, China | 4,725 | 2.6% |
| 156th | Namibia | 6,180 | 2.6% |
| 157th | Uganda | 6,277 | 104.0% |
| 158th | Czechia | 6,374 | -4.4% |
| 159th | Zimbabwe | 6,645 | 1,582.3% |
| 160th | Equatorial Guinea | 7,307 | 9.1% |
| 161st | Afghanistan | 7,380 | 134.8% |
| 162nd | Austria | 8,702 | 447.6% |
| 163rd | Botswana | 9,685 | 0.9% |
| 164th | Djibouti | 10,352 | -24.0% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 10,500 | 150.7% |
| 166th | Cyprus | 10,942 | 2.3% |
| 167th | Chile | 10,984 | 213.5% |
| 168th | Denmark | 11,098 | -9.5% |
| 169th | Switzerland | 11,325 | 684.1% |
| 170th | Sweden | 11,325 | 87.3% |
| 171st | Togo | 12,362 | 3.9% |
| 172nd | Belgium | 12,517 | 22.0% |
| 173rd | Azerbaijan | 13,101 | -46.5% |
| 174th | Belarus | 13,192 | 5,713.6% |
| 175th | Norway | 13,519 | 38.7% |
| 176th | Hungary | 13,568 | -4.4% |
| 177th | Burundi | 13,840 | 116.5% |
| 178th | Costa Rica | 15,556 | -8.2% |
| 179th | Ireland | 16,615 | -4.6% |
| 180th | Kuwait | 16,878 | -3.3% |
| 181st | France | 20,216 | 232.5% |
| 182nd | Brazil | 21,666 | 129.9% |
| 183rd | Qatar | 22,618 | 15.7% |
| 184th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,335 | -69.6% |
| 185th | Portugal | 40,931 | 10.9% |
| 186th | Papua New Guinea | 43,091 | 0.7% |
| 187th | Japan | 45,912 | 5.9% |
| 188th | Greece | 47,856 | 4.8% |
| 189th | Iraq | 48,446 | 214.0% |
| 190th | Singapore | 51,905 | -45.5% |
| 191st | Netherlands | 52,058 | 66.3% |
| 192nd | Israel | 52,713 | -12.6% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 55,426 | 11.5% |
| 194th | South Sudan | 64,285 | 33.2% |
| 195th | Italy | 67,985 | 34.5% |
| 196th | Angola | 70,527 | 3.8% |
| 197th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 73,563 | -4.8% |
| 198th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 78,858 | 272.9% |
| 199th | Australia | 81,310 | 20.2% |
| 200th | Liberia | 99,203 | -64.8% |
| 201st | Malaysia | 99,639 | 25.7% |
| 202nd | Viet Nam | 106,091 | 102.5% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 109,961 | -11.6% |
| 204th | United Kingdom | 125,541 | 110.2% |
| 205th | Canada | 142,346 | -1.6% |
| 206th | Nigeria | 145,575 | 50.3% |
| 207th | Sri Lanka | 150,724 | 11.1% |
| 208th | Saudi Arabia | 159,898 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Philippines | 178,274 | 222.7% |
| 210th | Spain | 182,926 | 10.6% |
| 211th | United Arab Emirates | 183,329 | 0.0% |
| 212th | Thailand | 183,471 | 22.0% |
| 213th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 218,171 | 122.6% |
| 214th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 295,560 | 156.0% |
| 215th | Russian Federation | 528,135 | -2.4% |
| 216th | United States | 1.2M | 9.7% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's net migration in 1998?▾
Costa Rica's net migration in 1998 was 15,556. This ranked 178th globally.
How did Costa Rica's net migration change in 1998?▾
Costa Rica's net migration decreased by 8.2% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1998?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1998 at 1.2M.
What is the net migration of Costa Rica in 1998?▾
The net migration of Costa Rica in 1998 was 15,556. This ranked 178th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Costa Rica's net migration?▾
Costa Rica's net migration went from 16,954 in 1997 to 15,556 in 1998, a 8.2% decrease.
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