Papua New Guinea - Net Migration 2025
-284
+423 from 2024
Papua New Guinea's net migration was -284 in 2025, increased +423 from -707 in 2024. This was the 119th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -1.2M | 11.8% |
| 2nd | India | -495,753 | 21.4% |
| 3rd | Bangladesh | -402,100 | 15.1% |
| 4th | Nepal | -364,699 | 9.1% |
| 5th | Germany | -334,072 | -1,004.0% |
| 6th | Poland | -330,820 | -39.0% |
| 7th | European Union | -317,019 | -262.9% |
| 8th | Jordan | -303,267 | -93.9% |
| 9th | China | -268,126 | 15.9% |
| 10th | Türkiye | -258,205 | 6.4% |
| 11th | Russian Federation | -251,822 | -41.4% |
| 12th | Brazil | -217,283 | 3.6% |
| 13th | Philippines | -149,315 | 6.9% |
| 14th | Chad | -123,104 | -160.3% |
| 15th | Uganda | -119,059 | -1.0% |
| 16th | Czechia | -112,188 | -30.2% |
| 17th | Mexico | -108,037 | -3.3% |
| 18th | Afghanistan | -74,404 | -68.8% |
| 19th | Mozambique | -65,573 | -68.4% |
| 20th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -57,305 | -146.3% |
| 21st | Morocco | -56,254 | -20.2% |
| 22nd | Zimbabwe | -54,555 | 9.9% |
| 23rd | Viet Nam | -48,171 | 19.2% |
| 24th | Mali | -48,019 | -2.4% |
| 25th | Myanmar | -39,661 | -4.4% |
| 26th | Indonesia | -39,509 | -2.7% |
| 27th | Dominican Republic | -35,306 | -1.4% |
| 28th | Burundi | -34,727 | -28.3% |
| 29th | Haiti | -32,052 | -1.0% |
| 30th | Cambodia | -31,469 | 4.5% |
| 31st | Slovak Republic | -31,377 | -49.2% |
| 32nd | Sri Lanka | -30,724 | -12.8% |
| 33rd | Moldova | -29,766 | -9.9% |
| 34th | Romania | -29,041 | -2.0% |
| 35th | Armenia | -29,013 | 3.2% |
| 36th | Algeria | -27,531 | 11.9% |
| 37th | Kenya | -27,330 | -38.2% |
| 38th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -27,309 | -1.3% |
| 39th | Burkina Faso | -27,130 | -5.1% |
| 40th | Lithuania | -24,618 | -1,040.7% |
| 41st | Albania | -24,230 | 1.0% |
| 42nd | El Salvador | -23,934 | -3.6% |
| 43rd | West Bank and Gaza | -23,156 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Cuba | -22,244 | 0.5% |
| 45th | Tajikistan | -21,606 | -1.7% |
| 46th | Kosovo | -18,380 | 17.1% |
| 47th | Ecuador | -17,219 | 12.6% |
| 48th | Ghana | -17,079 | -30.2% |
| 49th | Hungary | -16,331 | -200.7% |
| 50th | Yemen, Republic of | -16,291 | -55.4% |
| 51st | Guinea | -16,282 | -35.4% |
| 52nd | Cameroon | -15,379 | -10.7% |
| 53rd | Nigeria | -15,258 | 56.7% |
| 54th | Togo | -15,010 | -7.1% |
| 55th | Central African Republic | -14,693 | 4.3% |
| 56th | Tunisia | -14,523 | 4.6% |
| 57th | Estonia | -13,350 | -72.4% |
| 58th | Serbia | -13,086 | -60.9% |
| 59th | Tanzania | -12,730 | 57.4% |
| 60th | Senegal | -12,636 | -22.6% |
| 61st | Paraguay | -12,423 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Sierra Leone | -11,309 | -2.8% |
| 63rd | Jamaica | -11,053 | -5.2% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | -10,645 | -3.5% |
| 65th | Lebanon | -10,230 | 40.8% |
| 66th | Liberia | -9,870 | -26.9% |
| 67th | Montenegro | -9,279 | -450.4% |
| 68th | Kazakhstan | -8,834 | -19.9% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | -8,371 | -2.2% |
| 70th | Guatemala | -7,959 | -3.0% |
| 71st | Benin | -7,847 | -1.6% |
| 72nd | Niger | -7,704 | -90.6% |
| 73rd | Latvia | -7,330 | -229.4% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -6,994 | -55.5% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | -6,987 | 1.1% |
| 76th | Eritrea | -6,698 | 47.2% |
| 77th | Eswatini | -5,775 | 14.5% |
| 78th | Botswana | -5,665 | 2.0% |
| 79th | North Macedonia | -5,645 | 1.4% |
| 80th | Malawi | -5,628 | -273.5% |
| 81st | Lesotho | -5,192 | -1.7% |
| 82nd | Guyana | -5,092 | 5.8% |
| 83rd | Mauritania | -5,044 | -130.8% |
| 84th | Honduras | -4,778 | 0.9% |
| 85th | Angola | -3,524 | -34.0% |
| 86th | Croatia | -3,481 | 32.9% |
| 87th | Fiji | -3,288 | -0.3% |
| 88th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -3,179 | -6.0% |
| 89th | Belarus | -3,020 | 3.2% |
| 90th | Congo, Republic of | -2,999 | -20.4% |
| 91st | Gambia, The | -2,984 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Bulgaria | -2,961 | -665.1% |
| 93rd | Samoa | -2,815 | -2.2% |
| 94th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2,787 | -12.7% |
| 95th | Mauritius | -2,784 | 0.1% |
| 96th | Timor-Leste | -2,550 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Maldives | -2,283 | 5.7% |
| 98th | Madagascar | -2,227 | -24.1% |
| 99th | Tonga | -2,150 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Comoros | -2,127 | -3.7% |
| 101st | Marshall Islands | -1,698 | 3.8% |
| 102nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1,373 | 19.8% |
| 103rd | Uruguay | -1,338 | 0.7% |
| 104th | Cabo Verde | -1,284 | -6.2% |
| 105th | French Polynesia | -1,199 | 4.9% |
| 106th | St. Martin (French part) | -1,170 | 17.8% |
| 107th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,125 | -1.9% |
| 108th | Iraq | -1,064 | 94.0% |
| 109th | American Samoa | -1,051 | 5.3% |
| 110th | Suriname | -967 | 17.1% |
| 111th | Northern Mariana Islands | -963 | 12.2% |
| 112th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -714 | 3.1% |
| 113th | São Tomé and Principe | -650 | -7.6% |
| 114th | Djibouti | -581 | -5,181.8% |
| 115th | Guam | -493 | 2.2% |
| 116th | Kiribati | -462 | 1.9% |
| 117th | Virgin Islands (US) | -357 | 15.0% |
| 118th | Macao SAR, China | -328 | -120.2% |
| 119th | Papua New Guinea | -284 | 59.8% |
| 120th | Greenland | -265 | 6.7% |
| 121st | Tuvalu | -255 | 8.9% |
| 122nd | Dominica | -242 | -21.0% |
| 123rd | Grenada | -185 | 3.6% |
| 124th | Libya | -172 | -105.0% |
| 125th | Nauru | -122 | -0.8% |
| 126th | Barbados | -87 | -24.3% |
| 127th | Vanuatu | -52 | -20.9% |
| 128th | St. Lucia | -23 | -228.6% |
| 129th | Palau | -16 | -14.3% |
| 130th | Bermuda | -2 | 60.0% |
| 131st | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | - |
| 132nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 33.3% |
| 133rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 18 | 357.1% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 79 | -4.8% |
| 135th | Monaco | 100 | -9.1% |
| 136th | Aruba | 111 | -21.3% |
| 137th | San Marino | 122 | 229.7% |
| 138th | British Virgin Islands | 153 | -27.8% |
| 139th | Isle of Man | 166 | -6.2% |
| 140th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 177 | 0.6% |
| 141st | Liechtenstein | 194 | -5.8% |
| 142nd | Belize | 360 | -26.5% |
| 143rd | Faroe Islands | 386 | -20.9% |
| 144th | New Caledonia | 440 | -3.3% |
| 145th | Bhutan | 455 | 264.3% |
| 146th | Curaçao | 470 | -8.4% |
| 147th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 530 | -5.0% |
| 148th | Gibraltar | 549 | -8.2% |
| 149th | Channel Islands | 675 | -9.6% |
| 150th | Trinidad and Tobago | 691 | -48.2% |
| 151st | Andorra | 843 | -14.7% |
| 152nd | Cayman Islands | 888 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Bahamas, The | 935 | -8.2% |
| 154th | Costa Rica | 1,000 | 3.4% |
| 155th | Gabon | 1,116 | 1.0% |
| 156th | Georgia | 1,283 | -26.5% |
| 157th | Seychelles | 1,590 | -9.0% |
| 158th | Solomon Islands | 1,631 | 1.3% |
| 159th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1,815 | -50.2% |
| 160th | Namibia | 1,866 | -55.7% |
| 161st | Iceland | 2,709 | -23.5% |
| 162nd | Slovenia | 2,711 | -18.3% |
| 163rd | Argentina | 2,859 | -17.2% |
| 164th | Equatorial Guinea | 3,812 | -2.0% |
| 165th | Malta | 5,161 | -18.4% |
| 166th | Luxembourg | 5,237 | -7.8% |
| 167th | Puerto Rico (US) | 5,495 | -52.5% |
| 168th | South Sudan | 6,145 | -60.0% |
| 169th | Panama | 6,151 | -8.3% |
| 170th | Rwanda | 6,282 | 140.3% |
| 171st | Zambia | 6,562 | -11.1% |
| 172nd | Cyprus | 7,749 | -4.8% |
| 173rd | Azerbaijan | 8,731 | -19.6% |
| 174th | Austria | 11,254 | 27.7% |
| 175th | Côte d'Ivoire | 11,305 | 44.2% |
| 176th | Israel | 11,466 | 8.0% |
| 177th | Peru | 11,931 | -35.2% |
| 178th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12,077 | -55.0% |
| 179th | Turkmenistan | 13,268 | -9.4% |
| 180th | Portugal | 16,472 | -20.2% |
| 181st | Greece | 16,636 | 113.6% |
| 182nd | Singapore | 16,892 | -15.6% |
| 183rd | New Zealand | 17,403 | -7.3% |
| 184th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 17,863 | 192.7% |
| 185th | Bahrain | 18,128 | -20.1% |
| 186th | Finland | 18,246 | -32.2% |
| 187th | Denmark | 22,103 | -13.8% |
| 188th | Thailand | 27,509 | 18.0% |
| 189th | Norway | 29,798 | -32.8% |
| 190th | Belgium | 31,989 | -11.7% |
| 191st | Ireland | 35,417 | -9.3% |
| 192nd | Qatar | 36,288 | -21.3% |
| 193rd | Switzerland | 37,253 | -7.1% |
| 194th | Kuwait | 42,775 | -30.6% |
| 195th | Sweden | 47,079 | -6.1% |
| 196th | Chile | 51,712 | -11.3% |
| 197th | Korea | 65,731 | -13.5% |
| 198th | Italy | 75,448 | -20.8% |
| 199th | France | 91,737 | 1.3% |
| 200th | Spain | 96,630 | -13.5% |
| 201st | Netherlands | 104,681 | -13.9% |
| 202nd | Oman | 113,734 | -26.3% |
| 203rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 116,786 | -38.6% |
| 204th | Saudi Arabia | 119,738 | -2.0% |
| 205th | Colombia | 129,139 | -8.8% |
| 206th | Australia | 137,109 | -1.0% |
| 207th | Japan | 140,579 | -8.3% |
| 208th | South Africa | 146,370 | -12.3% |
| 209th | United Arab Emirates | 158,634 | -43.0% |
| 210th | Malaysia | 166,615 | -4.7% |
| 211th | Sudan | 291,469 | 153.6% |
| 212th | Canada | 326,204 | -11.5% |
| 213th | United Kingdom | 389,911 | -6.5% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 421,693 | -22.8% |
| 215th | United States | 1.2M | -4.3% |
| 216th | Ukraine | 1.7M | 48.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's net migration in 2025?▾
Papua New Guinea's net migration in 2025 was -284. This ranked 119th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's net migration change in 2025?▾
Papua New Guinea's net migration increased by 59.8% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2025?▾
Ukraine had the highest net migration in 2025 at 1.7M.
What is the net migration of Papua New Guinea in 2025?▾
The net migration of Papua New Guinea in 2025 was -284. This ranked 119th globally.
How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Papua New Guinea's net migration?▾
Papua New Guinea's net migration went from -707 in 2024 to -284 in 2025, a 59.8% increase.
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