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Korea – Net Migration 2016

Net migration over five-year periods. Difference between immigration and emigration, including both citizens and non-citizens. · World Bank
91,568 −184,859 from 2015 G20 rank: 190th

Korea's net migration was 91,568 in 2016, decreased +184,859 from 276,427 in 2015. This was the 190th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2016
Net Migration by Country – 2016
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Pakistan -2.3M -5.4%
2nd Bangladesh -918,770 -1.1%
3rd South Africa -879,235 -237.1%
4th South Sudan -654,225 -309.3%
5th Nepal -341,748 -54.6%
6th Philippines -309,251 20.8%
7th Mexico -304,472 -4.6%
8th Lebanon -247,921 -3.4%
9th China -153,056 76.3%
10th Afghanistan -143,049 50.0%
11th Zimbabwe -140,181 13.6%
12th Syrian Arab Republic -124,063 85.0%
13th Iraq -113,980 -410.3%
14th Burundi -109,296 53.7%
15th Brazil -92,989 46.4%
16th Myanmar -87,907 6.6%
17th Egypt, Arab Republic of -71,604 63.0%
18th Eritrea -55,431 -4.7%
19th Central African Republic -52,607 16.6%
20th Moldova -51,642 13.1%
21st Cambodia -51,324 11.7%
22nd El Salvador -47,491 7.4%
23rd Mozambique -43,398 17.1%
24th Puerto Rico (US) -41,237 3.9%
25th Morocco -39,302 51.6%
26th Dominican Republic -36,219 0.4%
27th Haiti -33,879 -3.7%
28th Romania -33,073 7.5%
29th Bosnia and Herzegovina -32,173 5.2%
30th Croatia -32,144 -16.9%
31st Ukraine -31,340 -42.5%
32nd Guatemala -30,980 35.7%
33rd Lithuania -30,612 -35.7%
34th Mali -30,251 38.1%
35th Kenya -29,728 69.0%
36th Indonesia -28,991 -1.8%
37th Saudi Arabia -26,997 -105.8%
38th Liberia -26,796 -76.5%
39th Rwanda -24,474 -11.9%
40th Cuba -24,146 3.1%
41st North Macedonia -24,144 -4.9%
42nd Tunisia -23,827 5.6%
43rd Nicaragua -23,076 5.2%
44th West Bank and Gaza -22,774 0.6%
45th Sri Lanka -18,388 38.3%
46th Serbia -18,322 2.5%
47th Paraguay -16,737 0.6%
48th Uzbekistan -14,839 10.3%
49th Congo, Republic of -14,783 18.8%
50th Armenia -14,697 3.5%
51st Guinea -14,189 6.1%
52nd Eswatini -12,481 0.8%
53rd Latvia -12,327 -13.9%
54th Lao PDR -11,401 12.2%
55th Georgia -10,588 20.5%
56th Fiji -10,441 -0.4%
57th Jamaica -10,335 0.0%
58th Botswana -10,286 -7.2%
59th Bolivia, Plurinational State of -10,071 4.3%
60th Bulgaria -9,482 -124.3%
61st Albania -9,347 54.4%
62nd Kosovo -8,937 83.9%
63rd Tajikistan -8,210 -7.2%
64th Burkina Faso -7,598 61.5%
65th Lesotho -6,766 4.5%
66th Honduras -6,681 -2.6%
67th Yemen, Republic of -6,492 34.3%
68th Algeria -6,438 76.7%
69th Guyana -6,309 3.3%
70th Cabo Verde -6,004 3.6%
71st Poland -5,675 -246.0%
72nd Montenegro -5,274 -8.5%
73rd Libya -5,081 33.7%
74th Mauritius -4,483 -23.0%
75th Uruguay -3,506 15.7%
76th Gambia, The -3,486 -8.1%
77th British Virgin Islands -3,433 -280.3%
78th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of -3,222 -0.4%
79th Guam -3,212 -9.4%
80th Mauritania -3,008 0.4%
81st Samoa -3,008 2.1%
82nd Comoros -2,938 -4.4%
83rd Madagascar -2,687 -3.6%
84th New Caledonia -2,605 -3.0%
85th Tonga -2,591 0.7%
86th Virgin Islands (US) -2,591 -6.5%
87th Dominica -2,032 -2,308.7%
88th Marshall Islands -2,003 -2.0%
89th Togo -1,979 -0.2%
90th French Polynesia -1,802 5.1%
91st São Tomé and Principe -1,793 0.9%
92nd Northern Mariana Islands -1,517 0.8%
93rd Guinea-Bissau -1,392 0.1%
94th American Samoa -1,349 1.2%
95th Micronesia, Federated States of -1,346 4.7%
96th Vanuatu -1,235 6.7%
97th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -1,089 3.1%
98th Suriname -906 6.3%
99th St. Martin (French part) -825 -12.9%
100th Portugal -775 75.8%
101st Kiribati -756 26.0%
102nd Greenland -342 -8.6%
103rd St. Kitts and Nevis -202 0.0%
104th Tuvalu -200 -11.7%
105th Grenada -181 0.0%
106th Nauru -105 -22.1%
107th Trinidad and Tobago -86 85.0%
108th Barbados -65 0.0%
109th St. Lucia -57 17.4%
110th Palau -35 -218.2%
111th Antigua and Barbuda 0 -100.0%
112th Bermuda 0 100.0%
113th Liechtenstein 63 -61.3%
114th Hungary 68 -99.5%
115th Isle of Man 113 135.9%
116th Timor-Leste 208 1,140.0%
117th San Marino 291 6.6%
118th Channel Islands 307 -28.9%
119th Gibraltar 401 134.5%
120th Aruba 405 8.6%
121st Brunei Darussalam 415 16.6%
122nd Faroe Islands 541 8.4%
123rd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 545 1.7%
124th Curaçao 645 -23.4%
125th Monaco 798 -15.0%
126th Bahamas, The 1,002 0.0%
127th Estonia 1,081 -74.6%
128th Cayman Islands 1,094 -1.2%
129th Bhutan 1,116 148.0%
130th Kyrgyz Republic 1,187 123.4%
131st Slovenia 1,195 67.8%
132nd Turks and Caicos Islands 1,309 -21.0%
133rd Andorra 1,415 175.5%
134th Djibouti 1,623 -5.8%
135th Costa Rica 1,649 2.0%
136th Seychelles 1,682 -2.2%
137th Belize 3,313 107.6%
138th Slovak Republic 3,487 36.8%
139th Malawi 3,505 154.2%
140th Benin 3,837 13.9%
141st Iceland 4,128 175.4%
142nd Sierra Leone 4,657 1,408.1%
143rd Azerbaijan 4,671 335.3%
144th Argentina 5,215 -4.6%
145th Czechia 5,465 8.5%
146th Mongolia 5,633 30.8%
147th Solomon Islands 6,146 5.0%
148th Ghana 7,009 152.7%
149th Gabon 7,398 -38.6%
150th Macao SAR, China 7,676 1.9%
151st Belarus 8,272 -54.3%
152nd Malta 8,624 -10.1%
153rd Maldives 9,421 1.0%
154th Kazakhstan 9,478 571.3%
155th Panama 10,109 16.9%
156th Hong Kong SAR, China 10,262 -2.7%
157th Greece 10,484 124.1%
158th Cyprus 10,951 -2.9%
159th Luxembourg 12,760 12.2%
160th Cameroon 13,255 -68.4%
161st Turkmenistan 13,365 34.5%
162nd Singapore 13,737 -67.2%
163rd Namibia 14,002 9.8%
164th Niger 14,833 -13.0%
165th France 15,548 4,606.7%
166th Equatorial Guinea 17,107 -3.3%
167th Finland 17,321 36.9%
168th Côte d'Ivoire 18,568 3,457.1%
169th Ireland 18,967 41.8%
170th Chad 21,540 144.0%
171st Israel 24,308 -18.3%
172nd Zambia 25,860 59.0%
173rd Norway 26,417 -12.6%
174th Belgium 28,090 -55.8%
175th Papua New Guinea 28,473 -6.9%
176th Senegal 29,498 -14.2%
177th Jordan 31,046 -93.7%
178th Denmark 33,391 -21.0%
179th Ecuador 35,461 140.8%
180th Bahrain 46,833 27.2%
181st Austria 65,976 -42.7%
182nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 66,630 244.1%
183rd Switzerland 71,009 -1.2%
184th Nigeria 75,265 164.8%
185th New Zealand 75,512 6.6%
186th India 81,248 112.4%
187th Italy 84,568 114.7%
188th Sudan 84,728 27.5%
189th Netherlands 88,743 59.7%
190th Korea 91,568 -66.9%
191st Angola 91,614 23.5%
192nd Peru 96,740 3,895.9%
193rd Colombia 104,373 353.8%
194th Kuwait 105,818 -18.4%
195th Spain 106,474 5,480.2%
196th Thailand 112,978 247.6%
197th Oman 117,538 -12.2%
198th Sweden 119,234 48.1%
199th Qatar 119,725 -32.5%
200th Uganda 123,379 297.8%
201st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 124,017 822.0%
202nd Chile 135,864 144.0%
203rd Tanzania 152,194 -24.5%
204th Viet Nam 167,652 3,529.9%
205th United Arab Emirates 195,317 -43.0%
206th Malaysia 222,141 18.4%
207th Australia 254,648 19.9%
208th Japan 314,732 86.3%
209th United Kingdom 324,649 -6.7%
210th Canada 329,455 46.9%
211th Türkiye 352,063 -66.9%
212th Congo, Democratic Republic of 440,748 2,588.6%
213th Russian Federation 447,645 16.3%
214th Germany 517,480 -56.0%
215th European Union 1.0M -32.1%
216th United States 1.9M 9.7%