Germany - Net Migration 2018
403,908
−49,080 from 2017
Germany's net migration was 403,908 in 2018, decreased +49,080 from 452,988 in 2017. This was the 211th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -1.3M | 16.8% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -1.0M | 0.8% |
| 3rd | Saudi Arabia | -988,751 | -7.4% |
| 4th | India | -589,794 | -134.4% |
| 5th | Nepal | -295,151 | 20.0% |
| 6th | Lebanon | -259,700 | -2.4% |
| 7th | Brazil | -230,334 | -47.4% |
| 8th | China | -198,206 | -109.5% |
| 9th | Mexico | -175,356 | 22.9% |
| 10th | Philippines | -163,602 | 37.9% |
| 11th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -124,246 | -170.5% |
| 12th | Zimbabwe | -117,758 | 8.2% |
| 13th | Kenya | -115,436 | -68.0% |
| 14th | Myanmar | -114,598 | -8.7% |
| 15th | Morocco | -88,159 | -45.8% |
| 16th | Cambodia | -86,702 | -16.6% |
| 17th | Nigeria | -76,565 | -197.3% |
| 18th | Guatemala | -56,487 | -32.0% |
| 19th | Tanzania | -55,444 | -146.5% |
| 20th | El Salvador | -54,163 | -7.0% |
| 21st | Central African Republic | -52,954 | 9.6% |
| 22nd | Oman | -52,630 | -547.9% |
| 23rd | Mozambique | -50,224 | -100.6% |
| 24th | Mali | -40,710 | -19.9% |
| 25th | Azerbaijan | -37,559 | -231.7% |
| 26th | Afghanistan | -36,753 | 48.6% |
| 27th | Moldova | -36,085 | 17.7% |
| 28th | Dominican Republic | -35,934 | 0.4% |
| 29th | Haiti | -34,976 | -0.7% |
| 30th | Romania | -33,018 | 0.2% |
| 31st | Ukraine | -32,220 | 10.9% |
| 32nd | Indonesia | -29,911 | -1.5% |
| 33rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -29,147 | 4.9% |
| 34th | Sri Lanka | -28,607 | -28.1% |
| 35th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -27,946 | -180.2% |
| 36th | Algeria | -27,146 | -88.5% |
| 37th | Yemen, Republic of | -26,335 | -117.9% |
| 38th | Bahrain | -25,978 | -218.3% |
| 39th | Rwanda | -25,323 | 1.2% |
| 40th | West Bank and Gaza | -25,141 | 1.2% |
| 41st | Croatia | -25,016 | 43.9% |
| 42nd | North Macedonia | -24,878 | -2.7% |
| 43rd | Burkina Faso | -23,938 | -62.0% |
| 44th | Cuba | -23,779 | -1.6% |
| 45th | Liberia | -23,199 | 6.5% |
| 46th | Eritrea | -21,403 | 44.5% |
| 47th | Kosovo | -21,386 | -294.0% |
| 48th | Tunisia | -21,012 | 6.0% |
| 49th | Nicaragua | -20,742 | 5.1% |
| 50th | Ghana | -19,375 | -294.4% |
| 51st | Serbia | -18,883 | -1.2% |
| 52nd | Paraguay | -16,472 | 1.0% |
| 53rd | Albania | -15,032 | -0.9% |
| 54th | Armenia | -13,129 | 7.4% |
| 55th | Fiji | -11,738 | -1.1% |
| 56th | Botswana | -11,623 | -6.5% |
| 57th | Uzbekistan | -11,516 | 13.8% |
| 58th | Jamaica | -10,335 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Lao PDR | -10,305 | 0.9% |
| 60th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -9,344 | 3.4% |
| 61st | Guinea | -9,187 | 33.0% |
| 62nd | Cameroon | -9,184 | 75.8% |
| 63rd | Congo, Republic of | -8,856 | 23.7% |
| 64th | Eswatini | -8,546 | 1.3% |
| 65th | Lesotho | -6,892 | -0.6% |
| 66th | Honduras | -6,764 | 0.2% |
| 67th | Kazakhstan | -6,644 | -131.3% |
| 68th | Tajikistan | -6,111 | -49.3% |
| 69th | Georgia | -5,176 | 34.4% |
| 70th | Mauritius | -5,084 | 4.5% |
| 71st | Montenegro | -5,058 | -2.2% |
| 72nd | Latvia | -4,972 | 36.8% |
| 73rd | Cabo Verde | -4,679 | 15.7% |
| 74th | Gambia, The | -3,944 | -6.7% |
| 75th | Bulgaria | -3,873 | 36.6% |
| 76th | Niger | -3,830 | 43.9% |
| 77th | French Polynesia | -3,802 | -74.2% |
| 78th | Lithuania | -3,459 | 87.7% |
| 79th | Malawi | -3,267 | -432.7% |
| 80th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,225 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Guam | -3,021 | 3.2% |
| 82nd | Mauritania | -2,987 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Uruguay | -2,963 | 4.1% |
| 84th | Comoros | -2,917 | 0.1% |
| 85th | Madagascar | -2,887 | -3.7% |
| 86th | Virgin Islands (US) | -2,743 | -1.9% |
| 87th | Sierra Leone | -2,741 | -322.1% |
| 88th | New Caledonia | -2,650 | -1.4% |
| 89th | Samoa | -2,425 | 4.5% |
| 90th | Marshall Islands | -2,058 | -0.9% |
| 91st | Togo | -1,985 | 0.0% |
| 92nd | St. Martin (French part) | -1,764 | -85.5% |
| 93rd | São Tomé and Principe | -1,757 | 1.2% |
| 94th | Tonga | -1,723 | -4.9% |
| 95th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,527 | -0.7% |
| 96th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,396 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,281 | 0.0% |
| 98th | American Samoa | -1,256 | 3.8% |
| 99th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -1,225 | -115.4% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,026 | 2.9% |
| 101st | Suriname | -851 | 9.0% |
| 102nd | Kiribati | -741 | 1.2% |
| 103rd | Vanuatu | -638 | -4.6% |
| 104th | Greenland | -330 | 5.7% |
| 105th | Tuvalu | -329 | -33.7% |
| 106th | Dominica | -231 | 1.3% |
| 107th | Poland | -223 | 99.0% |
| 108th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -202 | 0.0% |
| 109th | Grenada | -181 | 0.0% |
| 110th | Nauru | -131 | -13.9% |
| 111th | Barbados | -65 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Palau | -35 | -6.1% |
| 113th | St. Lucia | -18 | 52.6% |
| 114th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | - |
| 115th | Liechtenstein | 155 | -24.8% |
| 116th | San Marino | 172 | -26.5% |
| 117th | Belize | 187 | -89.0% |
| 118th | Isle of Man | 266 | -6.3% |
| 119th | Bhutan | 287 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Bermuda | 302 | 36.7% |
| 121st | Aruba | 431 | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Gibraltar | 442 | 5.0% |
| 123rd | Brunei Darussalam | 450 | 2.3% |
| 124th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 535 | -1.8% |
| 125th | Faroe Islands | 676 | 6.6% |
| 126th | Channel Islands | 890 | 33.6% |
| 127th | Monaco | 999 | 25.2% |
| 128th | Bahamas, The | 1,002 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Cayman Islands | 1,011 | -5.1% |
| 130th | Andorra | 1,143 | -15.8% |
| 131st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,400 | -1.5% |
| 132nd | Djibouti | 1,435 | -6.5% |
| 133rd | Costa Rica | 1,673 | 0.1% |
| 134th | Seychelles | 1,733 | 2.4% |
| 135th | Gabon | 2,886 | -28.1% |
| 136th | British Virgin Islands | 2,913 | 226.9% |
| 137th | Timor-Leste | 3,062 | 83.8% |
| 138th | Benin | 3,372 | -9.3% |
| 139th | Slovak Republic | 3,446 | 5.1% |
| 140th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3,494 | -53.7% |
| 141st | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,395 | 777.8% |
| 142nd | Argentina | 5,742 | 16.4% |
| 143rd | Libya | 5,841 | -36.6% |
| 144th | Czechia | 5,849 | 1.8% |
| 145th | Iceland | 6,638 | -20.5% |
| 146th | Solomon Islands | 6,653 | 2.1% |
| 147th | Estonia | 7,089 | 36.3% |
| 148th | Mongolia | 7,811 | 14.3% |
| 149th | Belarus | 8,615 | 158.2% |
| 150th | Macao SAR, China | 8,917 | 5.8% |
| 151st | Maldives | 9,637 | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Luxembourg | 10,145 | 5.2% |
| 153rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 10,304 | 106.9% |
| 154th | Cyprus | 10,311 | -3.0% |
| 155th | Thailand | 10,984 | -83.6% |
| 156th | Panama | 11,130 | 0.6% |
| 157th | Finland | 11,822 | -11.5% |
| 158th | Qatar | 12,465 | -73.3% |
| 159th | United Arab Emirates | 14,611 | -57.2% |
| 160th | Slovenia | 14,640 | 977.3% |
| 161st | Equatorial Guinea | 15,581 | -5.0% |
| 162nd | Israel | 15,615 | 7.6% |
| 163rd | Iraq | 15,775 | 171.7% |
| 164th | Malta | 16,961 | 18.0% |
| 165th | Namibia | 17,920 | 11.4% |
| 166th | Greece | 17,938 | 71.1% |
| 167th | Zambia | 18,431 | -28.5% |
| 168th | Norway | 18,473 | -14.7% |
| 169th | Denmark | 18,919 | -23.0% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 19,293 | 15.7% |
| 171st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 20,788 | 126.0% |
| 172nd | Singapore | 21,820 | 345.7% |
| 173rd | Portugal | 22,495 | 60.9% |
| 174th | Papua New Guinea | 24,684 | -6.9% |
| 175th | Curaçao | 25,592 | 4,665.7% |
| 176th | Guyana | 30,213 | 594.7% |
| 177th | Jordan | 32,062 | 149.1% |
| 178th | Ireland | 33,387 | 15.6% |
| 179th | Senegal | 33,567 | 13.4% |
| 180th | Hungary | 34,190 | 69.3% |
| 181st | Austria | 35,296 | -22.4% |
| 182nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 35,502 | 2,356.9% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 40,844 | 7.3% |
| 184th | Switzerland | 41,253 | -9.6% |
| 185th | Chad | 46,661 | 175.8% |
| 186th | Belgium | 50,604 | 33.2% |
| 187th | New Zealand | 59,139 | -13.5% |
| 188th | Uganda | 60,724 | -34.6% |
| 189th | Angola | 61,632 | -20.7% |
| 190th | Burundi | 68,141 | 199.7% |
| 191st | Italy | 83,686 | -12.0% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | 87,197 | 1.0% |
| 193rd | Sweden | 87,517 | -14.8% |
| 194th | Ecuador | 95,482 | 77.8% |
| 195th | Viet Nam | 96,650 | -30.6% |
| 196th | Korea | 118,220 | 13.6% |
| 197th | Sudan | 125,499 | -71.6% |
| 198th | France | 132,925 | 29.1% |
| 199th | Kuwait | 145,973 | 57.4% |
| 200th | South Sudan | 157,408 | 123.5% |
| 201st | Türkiye | 187,570 | -71.6% |
| 202nd | Malaysia | 221,965 | -2.5% |
| 203rd | Australia | 226,412 | -11.2% |
| 204th | Chile | 237,807 | 7.8% |
| 205th | United Kingdom | 259,744 | -4.6% |
| 206th | South Africa | 318,260 | -7.3% |
| 207th | Japan | 320,601 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Spain | 337,467 | 67.8% |
| 209th | Peru | 339,067 | 196.4% |
| 210th | Russian Federation | 339,972 | -14.3% |
| 211th | Germany | 403,908 | -10.8% |
| 212th | Canada | 420,224 | 12.8% |
| 213th | Colombia | 495,524 | 15.0% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 514,102 | 278.8% |
| 215th | European Union | 1.4M | 18.3% |
| 216th | United States | 1.8M | -5.4% |
FAQ
What was Germany's net migration in 2018?▾
Germany's net migration in 2018 was 403,908. This ranked 211th globally.
How did Germany's net migration change in 2018?▾
Germany's net migration decreased by 10.8% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2018?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2018 at 1.8M.
What is the net migration of Germany in 2018?▾
The net migration of Germany in 2018 was 403,908. This ranked 211th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Germany's net migration?▾
Germany's net migration went from 452,988 in 2017 to 403,908 in 2018, a 10.8% decrease.
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