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Kuwait – Net Migration 1989

Net migration over five-year periods. Difference between immigration and emigration, including both citizens and non-citizens. · World Bank
34,643 +3,188 from 1988 G20 rank: 188th

Kuwait's net migration was 34,643 in 1989, increased +3,188 from 31,455 in 1988. This was the 188th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1989
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Bangladesh -406,910 -2.9%
2nd Mexico -386,467 -3.2%
3rd China -313,476 -11.1%
4th Somalia, Fed. Rep. -266,281 35.9%
5th Sudan -241,979 -2.9%
6th Philippines -235,884 -59.9%
7th Mozambique -199,509 30.3%
8th South Sudan -130,821 -34.8%
9th Bulgaria -114,705 -53,451.2%
10th Morocco -104,509 -2.0%
11th Azerbaijan -101,986 -303.3%
12th Viet Nam -101,113 -19.9%
13th Georgia -85,690 -603.0%
14th Mali -75,771 13.8%
15th Kazakhstan -72,096 -178.4%
16th Tanzania -71,268 -0.4%
17th Brazil -60,023 17.6%
18th Tajikistan -53,020 -1,060.0%
19th Ghana -52,293 19.3%
20th Poland -49,192 51.6%
21st Burundi -43,561 6.2%
22nd Nepal -39,808 38.0%
23rd Albania -38,835 -6,002.0%
24th El Salvador -38,211 -24.0%
25th Zambia -36,736 -17.5%
26th Romania -33,866 30.8%
27th Peru -33,569 -7.5%
28th Türkiye -33,519 -21.2%
29th Sri Lanka -33,305 43.0%
30th Burkina Faso -31,843 -5.9%
31st Guatemala -30,860 -1.3%
32nd Portugal -30,615 -15.1%
33rd Moldova -29,307 -487.4%
34th Ireland -28,752 34.7%
35th Jamaica -27,049 4.2%
36th Lithuania -26,985 -169.8%
37th Dominican Republic -26,984 -1.6%
38th Myanmar -26,585 -103.8%
39th Spain -25,892 -46.6%
40th Haiti -25,857 -0.8%
41st Kyrgyz Republic -25,723 37.0%
42nd Kenya -24,949 21.8%
43rd Nicaragua -24,364 1.6%
44th Colombia -21,329 14.9%
45th Guyana -20,870 0.0%
46th Hong Kong SAR, China -20,790 4.0%
47th Bolivia, Plurinational State of -20,720 -5.9%
48th Papua New Guinea -19,824 24.4%
49th Bosnia and Herzegovina -19,634 -15.1%
50th Mauritania -17,941 -498.6%
51st Pakistan -17,164 -145.0%
52nd Hungary -16,991 -5.8%
53rd Yemen, Republic of -16,876 6.0%
54th Serbia -16,360 -4.1%
55th Ecuador -16,240 -47.9%
56th Honduras -16,146 4.6%
57th Cuba -14,705 5.0%
58th Kosovo -14,531 8.4%
59th Uzbekistan -13,888 -2,836.2%
60th North Macedonia -13,528 0.7%
61st Uganda -12,576 37.5%
62nd Puerto Rico (US) -12,434 -17.2%
63rd Senegal -12,362 -2.7%
64th Cameroon -11,244 29.8%
65th Lesotho -11,207 -1.6%
66th Fiji -10,685 -5.4%
67th Mongolia -9,757 -496.8%
68th New Zealand -8,818 48.1%
69th Trinidad and Tobago -8,588 4.8%
70th Syrian Arab Republic -8,379 0.6%
71st Guinea-Bissau -8,296 2.1%
72nd Eritrea -7,330 -102.9%
73rd Slovak Republic -7,254 -11.6%
74th Uruguay -7,229 -9.8%
75th Chile -6,186 32.3%
76th Cabo Verde -5,704 11.9%
77th Guinea -5,150 -708.5%
78th Sierra Leone -5,079 -153.6%
79th Latvia -4,960 -131.4%
80th Samoa -4,527 -3.7%
81st Paraguay -4,009 -12.7%
82nd Suriname -3,846 -49.5%
83rd Turkmenistan -3,576 -354.0%
84th West Bank and Gaza -3,026 -0.6%
85th India -2,907 98.1%
86th Rwanda -2,826 46.5%
87th Slovenia -2,718 10.1%
88th Mauritius -2,463 -76.1%
89th Curaçao -2,405 -0.6%
90th Tonga -2,280 -6.6%
91st Timor-Leste -2,246 -482.6%
92nd Czechia -2,175 -60.0%
93rd Virgin Islands (US) -1,942 -23.7%
94th Comoros -1,860 -1.5%
95th Madagascar -1,848 1.9%
96th Lebanon -1,827 4.6%
97th St. Lucia -1,734 -8.0%
98th Montenegro -1,730 20.1%
99th Norway -1,730 -116.7%
100th Belize -1,654 -4.7%
101st Dominica -1,651 0.1%
102nd Barbados -1,400 -7.6%
103rd Panama -1,368 21.8%
104th Lao PDR -1,272 -1,490.0%
105th Grenada -1,254 -0.9%
106th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -1,244 -0.1%
107th Antigua and Barbuda -1,124 3.8%
108th Vanuatu -1,006 -4.9%
109th Micronesia, Federated States of -994 0.0%
110th Iceland -994 -163.2%
111th French Polynesia -889 -28.1%
112th St. Kitts and Nevis -788 -2.9%
113th Maldives -610 -8.2%
114th Gibraltar -580 -9.0%
115th São Tomé and Principe -571 -22.8%
116th Marshall Islands -479 -242.1%
117th Estonia -368 -107.0%
118th Kiribati -338 -5.3%
119th Benin -315 83.1%
120th Solomon Islands -270 -37.1%
121st Greenland -250 -22.0%
122nd Algeria -234 -101.0%
123rd Seychelles -206 -5.1%
124th Aruba -185 79.6%
125th Tuvalu -71 1.4%
126th Andorra -38 -102.2%
127th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 0
128th Togo 0 100.0%
129th Bermuda 24 -33.3%
130th Nauru 24 -17.2%
131st Faroe Islands 28 27.3%
132nd Guam 72 24.1%
133rd Palau 113 -10.3%
134th American Samoa 152 -30.0%
135th Liechtenstein 152 -22.1%
136th Turks and Caicos Islands 174 0.6%
137th Malta 248 51.2%
138th Monaco 285 -6.3%
139th San Marino 285 6.3%
140th British Virgin Islands 334 2.8%
141st Central African Republic 409 101.3%
142nd Bahamas, The 523 26.6%
143rd Niger 613 153.8%
144th Cayman Islands 700 8.4%
145th New Caledonia 891 417.1%
146th Libya 981 -6.8%
147th Gabon 990 0.0%
148th Brunei Darussalam 1,002 4.2%
149th Channel Islands 1,096 1.4%
150th Bhutan 1,180 -8.2%
151st Congo, Republic of 1,214 5,418.2%
152nd Isle of Man 1,291 -0.8%
153rd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,375 4.7%
154th Botswana 1,495 795.3%
155th Cyprus 1,903 10.2%
156th St. Martin (French part) 1,954 -1.3%
157th Northern Mariana Islands 1,977 0.3%
158th Luxembourg 2,999 3.1%
159th Equatorial Guinea 3,545 -6.1%
160th Denmark 3,720 449.5%
161st Zimbabwe 3,736 -67.0%
162nd Costa Rica 3,758 55.7%
163rd Tunisia 4,100 4.2%
164th Chad 4,924 -69.4%
165th Qatar 5,045 -1.4%
166th Bahrain 5,220 -1.4%
167th Eswatini 5,477 -63.2%
168th Belarus 5,639 204.0%
169th Finland 5,775 227.2%
170th Macao SAR, China 6,847 -4.2%
171st Belgium 7,301 85.8%
172nd Liberia 8,156 5.5%
173rd Croatia 8,471 17.0%
174th Iran, Islamic Republic of 9,460 -69.2%
175th Gambia, The 10,765 5.7%
176th Israel 14,192 747.3%
177th Afghanistan 18,296 132.5%
178th Greece 18,862 -8.2%
179th Iraq 19,392 123.8%
180th Italy 19,540 5.3%
181st Indonesia 19,905 -21.6%
182nd Argentina 26,555 -29.4%
183rd Netherlands 31,165 0.4%
184th Japan 31,202 -39.0%
185th Oman 31,528 0.2%
186th Djibouti 33,465 94.1%
187th Switzerland 34,432 -0.5%
188th Kuwait 34,643 10.1%
189th Ukraine 36,978 -51.1%
190th Sweden 44,565 48.2%
191st Austria 46,232 234.8%
192nd United Kingdom 49,586 255.4%
193rd Jordan 50,941 27.8%
194th Egypt, Arab Republic of 52,648 -20.4%
195th Cambodia 55,125 476.9%
196th Angola 63,586 -2.2%
197th Côte d'Ivoire 67,324 26.6%
198th Singapore 68,031 66.0%
199th United Arab Emirates 68,132 -1.2%
200th Namibia 75,072 587.7%
201st France 82,052 17.3%
202nd Congo, Democratic Republic of 84,415 -16.7%
203rd Russian Federation 89,400 -66.9%
204th Thailand 90,497 -29.6%
205th Armenia 98,517 839.3%
206th Nigeria 99,588 6.5%
207th Malaysia 143,544 7.5%
208th Australia 144,042 -6.1%
209th Saudi Arabia 159,273 8.4%
210th Malawi 180,031 -10.4%
211th Korea 186,120 -3.3%
212th South Africa 255,605 3.7%
213th Canada 258,094 8.4%
214th United States 400,998 -13.0%
215th European Union 689,362 34.5%
216th Germany 761,002 47.5%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Kuwait matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1989. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: -41.0%. View full analysis →