Kuwait - Net Migration 2022
368,560
+348,882 from 2021
Kuwait's net migration was 368,560 in 2022, increased +348,882 from 19,678 in 2021. This was the 206th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ukraine | -5.7M | -504,722.4% |
| 2nd | India | -1.4M | -287.9% |
| 3rd | Pakistan | -1.3M | -133.8% |
| 4th | Afghanistan | -647,402 | -18.0% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | -549,990 | 44.7% |
| 6th | Nepal | -379,321 | -391.8% |
| 7th | Türkiye | -301,544 | -1,586.7% |
| 8th | China | -293,846 | 22.6% |
| 9th | Brazil | -253,639 | -21.6% |
| 10th | Philippines | -221,754 | -160.3% |
| 11th | Uganda | -118,843 | -373.4% |
| 12th | Mexico | -108,438 | 11.7% |
| 13th | Zimbabwe | -102,828 | -37.8% |
| 14th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -92,434 | -360.3% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | -78,977 | -1,357.7% |
| 16th | Greece | -53,997 | 66.3% |
| 17th | Nigeria | -51,680 | 40.0% |
| 18th | Mali | -39,951 | -79.9% |
| 19th | Morocco | -38,594 | 19.4% |
| 20th | Tanzania | -37,557 | -387.5% |
| 21st | Indonesia | -37,501 | -233.4% |
| 22nd | Dominican Republic | -35,153 | -95.8% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | -34,988 | 1.1% |
| 24th | Mozambique | -34,936 | -51.2% |
| 25th | Haiti | -32,220 | 2.2% |
| 26th | Cambodia | -31,350 | -16.0% |
| 27th | Kosovo | -28,588 | 25.9% |
| 28th | Lebanon | -27,507 | -0.8% |
| 29th | Sri Lanka | -27,435 | 7.3% |
| 30th | Sudan | -26,668 | -184.2% |
| 31st | Burkina Faso | -24,960 | -90.8% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | -23,255 | 15.0% |
| 33rd | Cuba | -23,149 | -93.3% |
| 34th | Ecuador | -23,090 | 19.0% |
| 35th | Jordan | -17,445 | -365.4% |
| 36th | Central African Republic | -17,430 | 79.6% |
| 37th | Eritrea | -17,134 | -14.5% |
| 38th | Tajikistan | -17,001 | -377.0% |
| 39th | Albania | -16,426 | 50.0% |
| 40th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -14,991 | 76.8% |
| 41st | Algeria | -14,684 | -35.9% |
| 42nd | Tunisia | -14,001 | -52.4% |
| 43rd | Paraguay | -12,500 | -52.0% |
| 44th | Yemen, Republic of | -10,448 | 87.1% |
| 45th | Ghana | -10,003 | 11.2% |
| 46th | Jamaica | -10,003 | -114.4% |
| 47th | Kenya | -10,003 | 81.0% |
| 48th | Lao PDR | -10,003 | 2.9% |
| 49th | Rwanda | -9,001 | 58.1% |
| 50th | Zambia | -8,566 | -205.2% |
| 51st | Eswatini | -8,549 | -101.5% |
| 52nd | Guatemala | -8,463 | 71.7% |
| 53rd | Belarus | -8,000 | 76.4% |
| 54th | Nicaragua | -7,996 | 23.0% |
| 55th | Botswana | -7,306 | -78.9% |
| 56th | Guyana | -6,161 | -794.2% |
| 57th | Lesotho | -6,023 | -74.6% |
| 58th | Timor-Leste | -5,519 | -277.4% |
| 59th | Honduras | -5,374 | 7.0% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | -5,296 | 3.4% |
| 61st | Malawi | -5,231 | -96.2% |
| 62nd | Uzbekistan | -5,007 | 45.6% |
| 63rd | West Bank and Gaza | -5,006 | 59.5% |
| 64th | Liberia | -5,003 | 57.8% |
| 65th | Cameroon | -4,798 | 51.5% |
| 66th | Sierra Leone | -4,000 | -159.1% |
| 67th | Guinea | -3,997 | 8.6% |
| 68th | Fiji | -3,557 | 40.8% |
| 69th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -3,427 | 0.0% |
| 70th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -3,008 | 35.5% |
| 71st | Gambia, The | -3,000 | -53.9% |
| 72nd | Samoa | -2,837 | 0.8% |
| 73rd | Mauritius | -2,824 | 34.7% |
| 74th | Maldives | -2,674 | -128.4% |
| 75th | Tonga | -2,218 | 0.1% |
| 76th | Comoros | -2,002 | -13.4% |
| 77th | Libya | -2,001 | -188.3% |
| 78th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1,997 | -26.0% |
| 79th | Togo | -1,997 | -102.5% |
| 80th | Marshall Islands | -1,829 | 9.3% |
| 81st | Uruguay | -1,501 | -1.3% |
| 82nd | Madagascar | -1,487 | -0.5% |
| 83rd | St. Martin (French part) | -1,475 | -22.0% |
| 84th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,400 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,348 | 1.8% |
| 86th | French Polynesia | -1,348 | 0.0% |
| 87th | American Samoa | -1,305 | 2.1% |
| 88th | Cabo Verde | -1,253 | - |
| 89th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,159 | 2.6% |
| 90th | Angola | -995 | -103.4% |
| 91st | Congo, Republic of | -995 | 77.8% |
| 92nd | Suriname | -988 | -103.3% |
| 93rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -826 | 2.9% |
| 94th | Papua New Guinea | -787 | -107.4% |
| 95th | São Tomé and Principe | -592 | 24.3% |
| 96th | Guam | -500 | -104.9% |
| 97th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -485 | 98.1% |
| 98th | Virgin Islands (US) | -444 | -107.5% |
| 99th | San Marino | -403 | -9.5% |
| 100th | Kiribati | -395 | -13.5% |
| 101st | Greenland | -323 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Tuvalu | -320 | 12.6% |
| 103rd | Dominica | -202 | 9.8% |
| 104th | Benin | -192 | -111.1% |
| 105th | Grenada | -190 | -175.4% |
| 106th | Nauru | -144 | -5.1% |
| 107th | Barbados | -80 | -185.7% |
| 108th | Palau | -20 | 4.8% |
| 109th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | - |
| 110th | Bermuda | 0 | -100.0% |
| 111th | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | - |
| 112th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 100.0% |
| 113th | St. Lucia | 0 | - |
| 114th | Mongolia | 0 | - |
| 115th | Vanuatu | 0 | 100.0% |
| 116th | Aruba | 152 | -69.8% |
| 117th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 193 | -71.7% |
| 118th | Isle of Man | 199 | 3.6% |
| 119th | Liechtenstein | 212 | 13.4% |
| 120th | Bhutan | 291 | 1.4% |
| 121st | New Caledonia | 485 | 141.1% |
| 122nd | Djibouti | 500 | -61.5% |
| 123rd | Curaçao | 518 | 3.0% |
| 124th | British Virgin Islands | 550 | 68.7% |
| 125th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 564 | 13.3% |
| 126th | Gibraltar | 613 | 9.3% |
| 127th | Faroe Islands | 614 | -7.3% |
| 128th | Channel Islands | 820 | -12.1% |
| 129th | Cayman Islands | 942 | -2.4% |
| 130th | Gabon | 987 | -34.3% |
| 131st | Monaco | 995 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Niger | 995 | 122.6% |
| 133rd | Bahamas, The | 1,001 | 108.1% |
| 134th | Costa Rica | 1,006 | -1.2% |
| 135th | Andorra | 1,102 | -27.2% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | 1,567 | 4.5% |
| 137th | Seychelles | 1,788 | -14.3% |
| 138th | Burundi | 1,995 | 113.8% |
| 139th | Malta | 2,480 | -46.5% |
| 140th | Mauritania | 2,999 | 302.2% |
| 141st | Equatorial Guinea | 3,997 | -38.4% |
| 142nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,247 | -26.1% |
| 143rd | Argentina | 5,589 | 1,679.9% |
| 144th | Belize | 5,936 | 3,531.2% |
| 145th | Iceland | 6,535 | 33.1% |
| 146th | Panama | 7,967 | 45.6% |
| 147th | Macao SAR, China | 8,748 | 2.1% |
| 148th | Cyprus | 9,014 | -3.5% |
| 149th | Slovenia | 9,014 | 263.9% |
| 150th | Azerbaijan | 9,086 | 746.8% |
| 151st | Croatia | 11,681 | 358.6% |
| 152nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 12,596 | -72.7% |
| 153rd | Luxembourg | 13,194 | 51.2% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 13,707 | 122.5% |
| 155th | Turkmenistan | 14,141 | -19.7% |
| 156th | Senegal | 16,425 | -35.6% |
| 157th | Puerto Rico (US) | 16,704 | 325.4% |
| 158th | Bahrain | 18,975 | 59.7% |
| 159th | New Zealand | 21,404 | 243.2% |
| 160th | Thailand | 21,683 | 1,136.0% |
| 161st | Latvia | 22,027 | 7,966.8% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 22,212 | -29.1% |
| 163rd | Montenegro | 26,332 | 1,223.4% |
| 164th | Bulgaria | 26,498 | 125.4% |
| 165th | Côte d'Ivoire | 26,777 | 1,925.5% |
| 166th | Georgia | 26,999 | 1,086.1% |
| 167th | Peru | 33,982 | -18.8% |
| 168th | Chad | 36,670 | -50.8% |
| 169th | Armenia | 38,001 | 295.3% |
| 170th | Estonia | 39,754 | 464.4% |
| 171st | Serbia | 40,118 | 547.0% |
| 172nd | South Sudan | 40,259 | 126.1% |
| 173rd | Hungary | 41,871 | 105.5% |
| 174th | Kazakhstan | 45,755 | 566.7% |
| 175th | Israel | 50,004 | 196.6% |
| 176th | Norway | 58,040 | 193.1% |
| 177th | Sweden | 58,955 | 13.5% |
| 178th | Chile | 59,374 | -9.3% |
| 179th | Denmark | 60,219 | 124.0% |
| 180th | Finland | 60,353 | 168.4% |
| 181st | Portugal | 68,696 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Lithuania | 72,100 | 266.8% |
| 183rd | Iraq | 76,821 | 339.6% |
| 184th | Qatar | 80,004 | 226.5% |
| 185th | Korea | 87,800 | 623.3% |
| 186th | Romania | 89,076 | 602.4% |
| 187th | Moldova | 89,154 | 366.9% |
| 188th | Slovak Republic | 92,314 | 1,229.6% |
| 189th | Ireland | 93,535 | 241.1% |
| 190th | Switzerland | 96,424 | 90.3% |
| 191st | Belgium | 118,615 | 393.9% |
| 192nd | Australia | 140,972 | 20.7% |
| 193rd | Austria | 157,365 | 201.8% |
| 194th | Japan | 175,003 | 600.1% |
| 195th | France | 179,377 | 36.4% |
| 196th | Colombia | 183,180 | -8.0% |
| 197th | Malaysia | 188,154 | -0.2% |
| 198th | Singapore | 214,842 | 587.9% |
| 199th | Netherlands | 224,472 | 110.9% |
| 200th | Italy | 231,228 | 47.0% |
| 201st | South Africa | 233,284 | -49.1% |
| 202nd | Spain | 299,779 | 107.6% |
| 203rd | United Arab Emirates | 322,773 | -23.5% |
| 204th | Czechia | 329,739 | 7,920.9% |
| 205th | Oman | 339,063 | 2,127.2% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 368,560 | 1,773.0% |
| 207th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 403,190 | 20.4% |
| 208th | Canada | 459,988 | 131.3% |
| 209th | United Kingdom | 487,029 | 5.2% |
| 210th | Syrian Arab Republic | 735,142 | 248.0% |
| 211th | Russian Federation | 765,629 | 143.7% |
| 212th | Poland | 967,744 | 42,891.7% |
| 213th | Saudi Arabia | 977,072 | 1,019.3% |
| 214th | Germany | 981,552 | 216.4% |
| 215th | United States | 1.3M | 95.5% |
| 216th | European Union | 4.2M | 310.9% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's net migration in 2022?▾
Kuwait's net migration in 2022 was 368,560. This ranked 206th globally.
How did Kuwait's net migration change in 2022?▾
Kuwait's net migration increased by 1,773.0% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2022?▾
European Union had the highest net migration in 2022 at 4.2M.
What is the net migration of Kuwait in 2022?▾
The net migration of Kuwait in 2022 was 368,560. This ranked 206th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Kuwait's net migration?▾
Kuwait's net migration went from 19,678 in 2021 to 368,560 in 2022, a 1,773.0% increase.
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