Ireland - Net Migration 2009
-18,524
−37,503 from 2008
Ireland's net migration was -18,524 in 2009, decreased +37,503 from 18,979 in 2008. This was the 57th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bangladesh | -1.2M | 0.7% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | -324,478 | -75.6% |
| 3rd | India | -312,905 | 69.3% |
| 4th | Nepal | -266,144 | -1.8% |
| 5th | Brazil | -220,207 | -56.1% |
| 6th | Peru | -219,314 | 6.8% |
| 7th | China | -177,135 | 76.8% |
| 8th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -175,191 | 8.8% |
| 9th | Côte d'Ivoire | -168,027 | -12.0% |
| 10th | Uganda | -164,553 | -3.6% |
| 11th | Philippines | -164,411 | 67.0% |
| 12th | Myanmar | -158,542 | 12.2% |
| 13th | Romania | -137,953 | 4.4% |
| 14th | Zimbabwe | -108,689 | 4.5% |
| 15th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -101,795 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Mozambique | -100,625 | 1.9% |
| 17th | Moldova | -83,546 | -5.0% |
| 18th | Morocco | -82,203 | -4.2% |
| 19th | Sri Lanka | -81,130 | 16.5% |
| 20th | Sudan | -80,159 | -9.5% |
| 21st | Indonesia | -73,655 | 9.5% |
| 22nd | Senegal | -69,239 | -2.1% |
| 23rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -68,182 | -0.1% |
| 24th | Afghanistan | -60,602 | -128.1% |
| 25th | El Salvador | -55,966 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Syrian Arab Republic | -52,703 | 86.9% |
| 27th | Albania | -51,657 | -2.1% |
| 28th | Jordan | -49,687 | -6,578.1% |
| 29th | Cambodia | -49,354 | 2.9% |
| 30th | Colombia | -46,901 | 25.9% |
| 31st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -46,009 | 44.1% |
| 32nd | Guatemala | -43,046 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Burkina Faso | -40,148 | 1.4% |
| 34th | Paraguay | -40,112 | 10.2% |
| 35th | Tajikistan | -36,677 | -5.2% |
| 36th | Dominican Republic | -36,561 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Cuba | -35,063 | -19.2% |
| 38th | Latvia | -34,807 | -55.1% |
| 39th | Mali | -34,383 | -40.3% |
| 40th | Guinea | -34,007 | -3.3% |
| 41st | Georgia | -32,757 | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | -32,186 | -95.3% |
| 43rd | Kosovo | -31,556 | 1.6% |
| 44th | Mexico | -30,809 | 38.8% |
| 45th | Armenia | -30,357 | -2.1% |
| 46th | Rwanda | -30,128 | 5.6% |
| 47th | Nicaragua | -29,913 | 2.5% |
| 48th | Lao PDR | -29,545 | -4.3% |
| 49th | Central African Republic | -28,899 | 0.3% |
| 50th | Haiti | -27,924 | -1.1% |
| 51st | West Bank and Gaza | -25,906 | -8.0% |
| 52nd | Eritrea | -24,348 | -236.4% |
| 53rd | Uzbekistan | -20,378 | 15.2% |
| 54th | Bulgaria | -19,060 | -8.3% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | -18,849 | 13.3% |
| 56th | Viet Nam | -18,560 | -103.2% |
| 57th | Ireland | -18,524 | -197.6% |
| 58th | Nigeria | -18,422 | -35.0% |
| 59th | Pakistan | -18,298 | 87.0% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | -15,455 | 12.4% |
| 61st | Mongolia | -15,007 | 13.1% |
| 62nd | Jamaica | -14,941 | 7.7% |
| 63rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -14,325 | 77.8% |
| 64th | Tunisia | -13,512 | 23.8% |
| 65th | Guyana | -13,425 | -2.1% |
| 66th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -13,055 | 2.7% |
| 67th | Eswatini | -10,989 | -11.9% |
| 68th | Cameroon | -10,203 | 4.8% |
| 69th | Fiji | -10,052 | -2.4% |
| 70th | Niger | -9,014 | 8.5% |
| 71st | Namibia | -8,626 | 1.7% |
| 72nd | Malawi | -8,590 | 7.3% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | -8,510 | 10.0% |
| 74th | Ecuador | -8,491 | 3.5% |
| 75th | Poland | -8,283 | 80.4% |
| 76th | Argentina | -7,882 | 37.0% |
| 77th | Kazakhstan | -7,758 | 79.5% |
| 78th | Lesotho | -5,599 | -3.8% |
| 79th | Honduras | -5,196 | -3.1% |
| 80th | Iceland | -4,785 | -520.5% |
| 81st | Algeria | -4,458 | -112.2% |
| 82nd | Solomon Islands | -4,360 | 21.3% |
| 83rd | Comoros | -3,553 | -7.9% |
| 84th | Montenegro | -3,456 | -3.9% |
| 85th | Samoa | -3,093 | 3.2% |
| 86th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,058 | -0.2% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | -3,056 | 15.7% |
| 88th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -2,997 | 2.4% |
| 89th | French Polynesia | -2,886 | 1.8% |
| 90th | Guinea-Bissau | -2,821 | 14.9% |
| 91st | Northern Mariana Islands | -2,821 | 4.8% |
| 92nd | Lebanon | -2,700 | -727.9% |
| 93rd | Cabo Verde | -2,618 | -11.9% |
| 94th | Mauritius | -2,467 | 4.7% |
| 95th | Gambia, The | -2,259 | -2.5% |
| 96th | Tonga | -2,204 | -1.2% |
| 97th | Estonia | -2,089 | -2.7% |
| 98th | Guam | -2,040 | 6.3% |
| 99th | Togo | -1,985 | -113.9% |
| 100th | Mauritania | -1,481 | 61.6% |
| 101st | Madagascar | -1,429 | -13.9% |
| 102nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,407 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Marshall Islands | -1,361 | 7.2% |
| 104th | São Tomé and Principe | -1,328 | -10.4% |
| 105th | Bhutan | -1,305 | 15.1% |
| 106th | American Samoa | -1,281 | 4.5% |
| 107th | Suriname | -1,204 | 4.1% |
| 108th | Andorra | -885 | -193.5% |
| 109th | Grenada | -675 | 1.2% |
| 110th | Virgin Islands (US) | -664 | 30.6% |
| 111th | Greenland | -562 | -7.7% |
| 112th | Slovak Republic | -542 | -9.5% |
| 113th | Vanuatu | -467 | -25.5% |
| 114th | Palau | -382 | -1.1% |
| 115th | Kiribati | -289 | 0.0% |
| 116th | St. Lucia | -276 | 16.6% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -263 | -33.5% |
| 118th | Nauru | -249 | -2.5% |
| 119th | Dominica | -198 | 25.0% |
| 120th | Faroe Islands | -187 | 9.2% |
| 121st | St. Martin (French part) | -82 | -382.4% |
| 122nd | Bermuda | -2 | -106.3% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | 15 | 50.0% |
| 124th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 64 | -9.9% |
| 125th | Seychelles | 105 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Timor-Leste | 117 | -88.4% |
| 127th | Liechtenstein | 150 | 72.4% |
| 128th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 211 | 101.7% |
| 129th | Gibraltar | 248 | -3.1% |
| 130th | Barbados | 296 | -43.7% |
| 131st | San Marino | 311 | 16.0% |
| 132nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 338 | -8.4% |
| 133rd | Curaçao | 484 | -10.5% |
| 134th | Aruba | 743 | 5.7% |
| 135th | British Virgin Islands | 756 | -4.7% |
| 136th | Channel Islands | 764 | 2.6% |
| 137th | Isle of Man | 770 | -0.9% |
| 138th | Monaco | 785 | 281.1% |
| 139th | New Caledonia | 821 | 1,902.4% |
| 140th | Malta | 836 | -3.8% |
| 141st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 855 | 0.8% |
| 142nd | Azerbaijan | 883 | -94.1% |
| 143rd | Cayman Islands | 951 | -2.5% |
| 144th | Liberia | 1,187 | -93.2% |
| 145th | Croatia | 1,358 | -79.1% |
| 146th | Bahamas, The | 1,613 | 9.4% |
| 147th | Brunei Darussalam | 2,489 | 3.3% |
| 148th | Belize | 2,728 | 3.8% |
| 149th | Djibouti | 2,770 | 29.0% |
| 150th | Costa Rica | 3,432 | -9.5% |
| 151st | Benin | 4,279 | 33.8% |
| 152nd | Panama | 4,765 | 4.3% |
| 153rd | Botswana | 4,960 | 14.2% |
| 154th | Korea | 5,308 | 127.0% |
| 155th | Serbia | 6,043 | -14.5% |
| 156th | Maldives | 6,093 | 1.0% |
| 157th | Turkmenistan | 6,656 | -1.2% |
| 158th | Luxembourg | 6,855 | -14.0% |
| 159th | Kenya | 7,096 | -76.0% |
| 160th | Oman | 7,226 | -26.8% |
| 161st | Israel | 7,269 | -8.8% |
| 162nd | Chad | 9,108 | -75.0% |
| 163rd | Macao SAR, China | 10,741 | -4.3% |
| 164th | Cyprus | 11,555 | -2.8% |
| 165th | Slovenia | 11,594 | 290.2% |
| 166th | Libya | 11,670 | -23.5% |
| 167th | New Zealand | 12,700 | 164.4% |
| 168th | Belarus | 13,610 | 2,849.5% |
| 169th | Portugal | 14,532 | 53.3% |
| 170th | Finland | 14,877 | -4.8% |
| 171st | Gabon | 15,277 | 13.7% |
| 172nd | Denmark | 15,551 | -39.7% |
| 173rd | Hungary | 17,281 | 6.9% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | 18,145 | 1,435.1% |
| 175th | Greece | 18,182 | -32.9% |
| 176th | Austria | 18,222 | -28.3% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 19,080 | -25.0% |
| 178th | Equatorial Guinea | 21,235 | 6.6% |
| 179th | Ghana | 22,416 | -26.5% |
| 180th | Türkiye | 24,276 | -49.3% |
| 181st | Chile | 24,324 | 8.2% |
| 182nd | Ukraine | 26,796 | 187.8% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | 30,919 | 36.7% |
| 184th | Czechia | 31,270 | 4.9% |
| 185th | Norway | 39,316 | -10.6% |
| 186th | Netherlands | 39,832 | 22.9% |
| 187th | South Africa | 41,528 | 12.6% |
| 188th | Zambia | 44,867 | 14.3% |
| 189th | Bahrain | 46,467 | -2.5% |
| 190th | Germany | 46,533 | 299.4% |
| 191st | Papua New Guinea | 49,647 | 1.4% |
| 192nd | France | 58,032 | -27.0% |
| 193rd | Sweden | 63,638 | 12.7% |
| 194th | Switzerland | 69,324 | -26.6% |
| 195th | Congo, Republic of | 86,014 | 4,748.6% |
| 196th | Kuwait | 95,483 | -0.8% |
| 197th | Singapore | 95,841 | -45.6% |
| 198th | Belgium | 97,175 | 46.2% |
| 199th | Angola | 105,077 | 4.7% |
| 200th | Thailand | 110,883 | 3.3% |
| 201st | Iraq | 120,092 | -69.7% |
| 202nd | Qatar | 123,217 | -25.6% |
| 203rd | Japan | 125,450 | -12.0% |
| 204th | Spain | 129,557 | -70.2% |
| 205th | South Sudan | 139,129 | -16.0% |
| 206th | United Arab Emirates | 163,643 | -68.7% |
| 207th | Malaysia | 178,410 | -11.9% |
| 208th | Burundi | 184,359 | 132.4% |
| 209th | Australia | 235,628 | -14.6% |
| 210th | Canada | 244,463 | 2.7% |
| 211th | United Kingdom | 249,639 | -5.2% |
| 212th | Italy | 283,676 | -32.9% |
| 213th | Russian Federation | 350,206 | -2.9% |
| 214th | Saudi Arabia | 496,229 | 1.0% |
| 215th | European Union | 627,112 | -38.6% |
| 216th | United States | 1.4M | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's net migration in 2009?▾
Ireland's net migration in 2009 was -18,524. This ranked 57th globally.
How did Ireland's net migration change in 2009?▾
Ireland's net migration decreased by 197.6% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2009?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2009 at 1.4M.
What is the net migration of Ireland in 2009?▾
The net migration of Ireland in 2009 was -18,524. This ranked 57th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Ireland's net migration?▾
Ireland's net migration went from 18,979 in 2008 to -18,524 in 2009, a 197.6% decrease.
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