Greenland - Net Migration 1987
-126
−11 from 1986
Greenland's net migration was -126 in 1987, decreased +11 from -115 in 1986. This was the 112th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1987▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | -441,710 | -264.0% |
| 2nd | Mexico | -415,521 | 8.0% |
| 3rd | Bangladesh | -367,475 | -10.7% |
| 4th | Afghanistan | -345,535 | -0.6% |
| 5th | Sudan | -228,756 | 7.0% |
| 6th | India | -219,150 | 12.2% |
| 7th | China | -169,170 | -113.6% |
| 8th | Viet Nam | -128,095 | 22.0% |
| 9th | Iraq | -108,426 | -377.0% |
| 10th | Morocco | -104,029 | -4.1% |
| 11th | Mali | -90,940 | -10.9% |
| 12th | Ghana | -84,648 | 13.7% |
| 13th | Brazil | -77,800 | 14.5% |
| 14th | Nepal | -72,437 | -54.1% |
| 15th | Azerbaijan | -69,061 | -13.5% |
| 16th | Philippines | -68,149 | 67.5% |
| 17th | Sri Lanka | -63,105 | -138.5% |
| 18th | Kenya | -48,633 | 8.6% |
| 19th | Central African Republic | -47,428 | -0.2% |
| 20th | Romania | -42,868 | 15.0% |
| 21st | Türkiye | -40,772 | -39.9% |
| 22nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -39,678 | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Ireland | -38,426 | -81.8% |
| 24th | Colombia | -36,040 | 14.9% |
| 25th | Peru | -34,651 | -2.2% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | -32,724 | -40.5% |
| 27th | Poland | -32,310 | -43.5% |
| 28th | El Salvador | -32,308 | -0.4% |
| 29th | Guatemala | -31,539 | 0.3% |
| 30th | Burkina Faso | -29,081 | -16.1% |
| 31st | Jamaica | -27,958 | -10.3% |
| 32nd | Armenia | -26,879 | 3.1% |
| 33rd | Zambia | -26,338 | -58.6% |
| 34th | Dominican Republic | -25,850 | -4.4% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | -25,720 | -0.9% |
| 36th | Haiti | -25,518 | -1.0% |
| 37th | Nicaragua | -25,127 | -1.3% |
| 38th | Portugal | -23,142 | -15.7% |
| 39th | Uganda | -22,415 | -15.0% |
| 40th | Burundi | -21,179 | 62.0% |
| 41st | Guyana | -20,848 | -1.0% |
| 42nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -18,948 | -3.6% |
| 43rd | Ukraine | -18,275 | -47.7% |
| 44th | Honduras | -17,423 | 2.2% |
| 45th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -17,391 | -123.4% |
| 46th | Serbia | -16,686 | 7.2% |
| 47th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -16,390 | -138.7% |
| 48th | Cuba | -16,290 | 5.0% |
| 49th | Hungary | -16,175 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -14,853 | -14.8% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | -13,635 | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Spain | -12,681 | 6.3% |
| 53rd | Belarus | -12,462 | -8.4% |
| 54th | Senegal | -12,086 | 4.5% |
| 55th | South Sudan | -11,976 | -9.1% |
| 56th | Chile | -11,958 | 30.3% |
| 57th | Myanmar | -11,642 | -58.4% |
| 58th | Puerto Rico (US) | -11,183 | 6.7% |
| 59th | Georgia | -10,966 | 22.4% |
| 60th | Lesotho | -10,946 | -45.9% |
| 61st | Moldova | -10,796 | -23.1% |
| 62nd | Fiji | -9,602 | -143.5% |
| 63rd | Yemen, Republic of | -9,097 | 18.4% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | -9,002 | -4.4% |
| 65th | Guinea-Bissau | -8,622 | 1.4% |
| 66th | Syrian Arab Republic | -8,335 | 12.1% |
| 67th | New Zealand | -7,631 | 25.4% |
| 68th | Rwanda | -7,062 | 21.4% |
| 69th | Uruguay | -6,833 | 15.1% |
| 70th | Cabo Verde | -6,418 | -1.6% |
| 71st | Slovak Republic | -6,401 | -4.2% |
| 72nd | Suriname | -5,467 | -39.5% |
| 73rd | Ecuador | -4,886 | -46.1% |
| 74th | Samoa | -4,056 | 12.5% |
| 75th | Cameroon | -3,829 | -4.3% |
| 76th | Eritrea | -3,613 | -236.7% |
| 77th | Paraguay | -3,445 | 0.4% |
| 78th | Albania | -3,250 | -40.8% |
| 79th | Mauritania | -2,998 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Montenegro | -2,569 | 6.5% |
| 81st | Curaçao | -2,381 | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Niger | -2,338 | 14.3% |
| 83rd | Tonga | -1,970 | 25.7% |
| 84th | Panama | -1,953 | 8.6% |
| 85th | Madagascar | -1,896 | 0.9% |
| 86th | Benin | -1,792 | 5.6% |
| 87th | Comoros | -1,687 | -12.3% |
| 88th | Dominica | -1,661 | -1.2% |
| 89th | Grenada | -1,587 | 1.8% |
| 90th | Belize | -1,527 | -3.5% |
| 91st | Czechia | -1,514 | -96.4% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | -1,423 | 2.1% |
| 93rd | Virgin Islands (US) | -1,405 | -17.5% |
| 94th | Barbados | -1,262 | 8.4% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,251 | 2.2% |
| 96th | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,174 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Aruba | -1,052 | -10.3% |
| 98th | Vanuatu | -907 | 3.3% |
| 99th | Uzbekistan | -824 | -2.7% |
| 100th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -767 | 2.0% |
| 101st | Gibraltar | -516 | -5.3% |
| 102nd | São Tomé and Principe | -470 | 23.5% |
| 103rd | Seychelles | -363 | 25.5% |
| 104th | Guinea | -350 | 87.9% |
| 105th | Mauritius | -300 | -135.2% |
| 106th | Kiribati | -298 | -9.2% |
| 107th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 108th | New Caledonia | -273 | -5.4% |
| 109th | Maldives | -265 | -51.4% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | -193 | 7.2% |
| 111th | Solomon Islands | -179 | 33.5% |
| 112th | Greenland | -126 | -9.6% |
| 113th | Timor-Leste | -106 | 66.5% |
| 114th | Tuvalu | -68 | -21.4% |
| 115th | San Marino | -20 | -145.5% |
| 116th | Marshall Islands | -16 | -100.0% |
| 117th | Lao PDR | 0 | 100.0% |
| 118th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 119th | Nauru | 27 | 28.6% |
| 120th | Faroe Islands | 31 | 93.8% |
| 121st | Guam | 70 | -41.2% |
| 122nd | Bermuda | 76 | 252.0% |
| 123rd | Palau | 125 | -7.4% |
| 124th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 172 | -4.4% |
| 125th | Liechtenstein | 178 | 2.9% |
| 126th | American Samoa | 263 | -9.0% |
| 127th | Kosovo | 282 | 162.8% |
| 128th | Malta | 295 | -36.4% |
| 129th | Monaco | 315 | -7.4% |
| 130th | British Virgin Islands | 320 | 2.6% |
| 131st | Bahamas, The | 326 | -16.2% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 357 | -67.7% |
| 133rd | Congo, Republic of | 525 | 43.1% |
| 134th | Lebanon | 607 | -98.2% |
| 135th | Cayman Islands | 663 | 2.2% |
| 136th | Finland | 831 | -44.3% |
| 137th | Togo | 848 | 294.5% |
| 138th | Iceland | 944 | 381.8% |
| 139th | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 140th | Brunei Darussalam | 994 | -47.6% |
| 141st | Andorra | 1,094 | -45.4% |
| 142nd | Channel Islands | 1,116 | -5.8% |
| 143rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,268 | 2.3% |
| 144th | Isle of Man | 1,308 | 31.3% |
| 145th | Austria | 1,434 | -78.4% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 1,481 | -6.6% |
| 147th | Libya | 1,740 | -70.2% |
| 148th | Mongolia | 1,855 | 424.0% |
| 149th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1,969 | -6.3% |
| 150th | St. Martin (French part) | 1,990 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Luxembourg | 2,200 | 3.7% |
| 152nd | Costa Rica | 2,267 | -1.5% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 2,417 | 78.6% |
| 154th | Cyprus | 2,465 | 4.4% |
| 155th | Botswana | 2,624 | 2.6% |
| 156th | Slovenia | 2,972 | -90.9% |
| 157th | Turkmenistan | 3,161 | 68.3% |
| 158th | Belgium | 3,525 | 18.9% |
| 159th | Tunisia | 3,711 | 7.1% |
| 160th | Equatorial Guinea | 4,482 | -29.0% |
| 161st | Namibia | 4,559 | 15.3% |
| 162nd | Bahrain | 5,152 | 6.8% |
| 163rd | Estonia | 5,389 | 2.5% |
| 164th | Qatar | 5,405 | -17.0% |
| 165th | Denmark | 6,338 | -44.7% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | 6,582 | 9.2% |
| 167th | Liberia | 6,840 | 4.7% |
| 168th | Croatia | 6,956 | 11.1% |
| 169th | Israel | 7,511 | 308.8% |
| 170th | Italy | 7,825 | 226.1% |
| 171st | United Kingdom | 8,266 | -80.2% |
| 172nd | Sierra Leone | 9,558 | 19.6% |
| 173rd | Gambia, The | 9,563 | 7.0% |
| 174th | Tajikistan | 9,923 | 129.6% |
| 175th | Lithuania | 10,820 | 6.3% |
| 176th | Norway | 13,907 | 82.6% |
| 177th | Djibouti | 17,545 | 20.6% |
| 178th | Greece | 19,005 | -0.3% |
| 179th | Latvia | 19,249 | 37.8% |
| 180th | Zimbabwe | 21,308 | 246.2% |
| 181st | Sweden | 21,335 | 40.3% |
| 182nd | Chad | 23,220 | -44.8% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 24,933 | -61.3% |
| 184th | Singapore | 25,411 | 423.4% |
| 185th | Indonesia | 26,705 | -13.8% |
| 186th | Switzerland | 27,081 | 16.5% |
| 187th | Japan | 28,001 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Kuwait | 31,243 | 14.9% |
| 189th | Oman | 31,608 | -2.1% |
| 190th | Jordan | 34,646 | 12.6% |
| 191st | Netherlands | 39,559 | 30.2% |
| 192nd | Argentina | 40,859 | 5.9% |
| 193rd | Cambodia | 44,442 | 2.5% |
| 194th | Côte d'Ivoire | 45,028 | -6.6% |
| 195th | West Bank and Gaza | 50,702 | 340.6% |
| 196th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 58,678 | 87.5% |
| 197th | France | 59,890 | 16.0% |
| 198th | Angola | 62,820 | -3.3% |
| 199th | Nigeria | 64,418 | 117.0% |
| 200th | United Arab Emirates | 69,493 | -0.2% |
| 201st | Tanzania | 94,498 | 292.1% |
| 202nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 111,220 | 56.7% |
| 203rd | Thailand | 122,791 | 9.8% |
| 204th | Australia | 136,421 | 20.7% |
| 205th | Malaysia | 137,759 | 8.4% |
| 206th | Pakistan | 146,364 | 31.8% |
| 207th | Canada | 171,308 | 40.5% |
| 208th | Germany | 174,272 | -18.1% |
| 209th | Saudi Arabia | 175,075 | 1.4% |
| 210th | Korea | 198,057 | 4.4% |
| 211th | European Union | 211,200 | -21.5% |
| 212th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 213,524 | -11.9% |
| 213th | South Africa | 231,009 | -1.4% |
| 214th | Malawi | 271,693 | 333.9% |
| 215th | Russian Federation | 275,611 | -2.8% |
| 216th | United States | 480,815 | -2.5% |
FAQ
What was Greenland's net migration in 1987?▾
Greenland's net migration in 1987 was -126. This ranked 112th globally.
How did Greenland's net migration change in 1987?▾
Greenland's net migration decreased by 9.6% in 1987 compared to 1986.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1987?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1987 at 480,815.
What is the net migration of Greenland in 1987?▾
The net migration of Greenland in 1987 was -126. This ranked 112th globally.
How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Greenland's net migration?▾
Greenland's net migration went from -115 in 1986 to -126 in 1987, a 9.6% decrease.
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