Puerto Rico (US) - Net Migration 1972
-1,444
+3,473 from 1971
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration was -1,444 in 1972, increased +3,473 from -4,917 in 1971. This was the 95th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1972▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Philippines | -321,491 | -1.9% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -269,033 | -219.9% |
| 3rd | China | -215,650 | -19.7% |
| 4th | Mexico | -193,965 | -4.8% |
| 5th | Türkiye | -119,850 | -26.3% |
| 6th | Burundi | -118,457 | -1,465.0% |
| 7th | Russian Federation | -111,168 | 17.6% |
| 8th | Uganda | -86,409 | -102.6% |
| 9th | India | -82,816 | 91.5% |
| 10th | Colombia | -77,708 | 8.3% |
| 11th | Japan | -73,980 | 31.4% |
| 12th | Pakistan | -69,209 | -1.2% |
| 13th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -55,282 | 2.2% |
| 14th | Cuba | -50,031 | -16.2% |
| 15th | Kenya | -48,466 | 2.4% |
| 16th | Morocco | -47,226 | -19.9% |
| 17th | Cambodia | -40,764 | 49.2% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | -33,679 | 2.4% |
| 19th | Algeria | -32,832 | 6.6% |
| 20th | Chile | -32,584 | 4.6% |
| 21st | Zambia | -31,672 | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Sri Lanka | -27,071 | -22.9% |
| 23rd | Guatemala | -25,807 | -9.8% |
| 24th | Peru | -24,100 | -19.3% |
| 25th | Brazil | -23,584 | -0.7% |
| 26th | Yemen, Republic of | -21,826 | -2.1% |
| 27th | Malaysia | -21,305 | -3.7% |
| 28th | Zimbabwe | -20,959 | 7.7% |
| 29th | Papua New Guinea | -20,303 | -7.2% |
| 30th | Mali | -19,594 | 11.4% |
| 31st | Haiti | -18,916 | -2.2% |
| 32nd | Jamaica | -17,934 | 11.8% |
| 33rd | Syrian Arab Republic | -17,610 | -16.1% |
| 34th | El Salvador | -17,317 | -5.7% |
| 35th | Guinea | -15,782 | -36.7% |
| 36th | Poland | -15,004 | 52.8% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -14,807 | 6.5% |
| 38th | Dominican Republic | -14,262 | -0.7% |
| 39th | Uruguay | -13,817 | -4.0% |
| 40th | Equatorial Guinea | -13,576 | -26.2% |
| 41st | Sweden | -13,519 | -679.2% |
| 42nd | Nigeria | -12,962 | 63.6% |
| 43rd | Bulgaria | -11,296 | -47.6% |
| 44th | Georgia | -11,097 | -0.9% |
| 45th | Guyana | -10,448 | -3.0% |
| 46th | Suriname | -10,285 | -389.6% |
| 47th | Tunisia | -9,790 | 1.6% |
| 48th | Central African Republic | -9,634 | -32.7% |
| 49th | Chad | -9,526 | -4.1% |
| 50th | Honduras | -9,403 | -5.4% |
| 51st | Sierra Leone | -8,267 | -1.3% |
| 52nd | Belarus | -7,966 | -36.9% |
| 53rd | West Bank and Gaza | -7,848 | 54.5% |
| 54th | Togo | -7,661 | -1,689.4% |
| 55th | Paraguay | -7,642 | 26.8% |
| 56th | Trinidad and Tobago | -7,346 | 2.0% |
| 57th | Croatia | -7,277 | -29.8% |
| 58th | Nicaragua | -7,219 | -14.1% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | -6,316 | -54.6% |
| 60th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -5,224 | -3.3% |
| 61st | Benin | -4,970 | -1.0% |
| 62nd | Fiji | -4,848 | -4.8% |
| 63rd | Ghana | -4,589 | 62.5% |
| 64th | Rwanda | -4,156 | 1.7% |
| 65th | Afghanistan | -4,050 | 68.4% |
| 66th | Azerbaijan | -3,847 | 0.0% |
| 67th | Barbados | -3,665 | 16.6% |
| 68th | Greece | -3,589 | 71.8% |
| 69th | Madagascar | -3,583 | -14.9% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | -3,516 | -0.6% |
| 71st | Eswatini | -3,435 | -3.3% |
| 72nd | Libya | -3,418 | 19.9% |
| 73rd | Oman | -2,996 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Kosovo | -2,834 | -73.0% |
| 75th | Czechia | -2,755 | -6.0% |
| 76th | Jordan | -2,622 | -129.2% |
| 77th | Iraq | -2,600 | 59.9% |
| 78th | Grenada | -2,562 | -4.0% |
| 79th | Niger | -2,525 | -10.9% |
| 80th | Samoa | -2,483 | -0.8% |
| 81st | Panama | -2,448 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Mauritius | -2,408 | -150.8% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -2,116 | 3.1% |
| 84th | Nepal | -2,107 | 71.1% |
| 85th | Belize | -2,029 | -19.8% |
| 86th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,985 | 85.1% |
| 87th | Montenegro | -1,922 | -3.6% |
| 88th | Viet Nam | -1,920 | -102.5% |
| 89th | North Macedonia | -1,834 | 11.1% |
| 90th | Singapore | -1,631 | -384.6% |
| 91st | Albania | -1,588 | -74.3% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | -1,566 | 3.6% |
| 93rd | Curaçao | -1,553 | -10.8% |
| 94th | Solomon Islands | -1,520 | 7.7% |
| 95th | Puerto Rico (US) | -1,444 | 70.6% |
| 96th | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,428 | -18.7% |
| 97th | United Kingdom | -1,406 | -219.7% |
| 98th | Malta | -1,316 | 0.8% |
| 99th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1,163 | -144.0% |
| 100th | Tonga | -1,153 | -1.3% |
| 101st | Mauritania | -1,139 | -12.3% |
| 102nd | Ecuador | -1,078 | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Cyprus | -1,037 | 34.6% |
| 104th | Dominica | -971 | 5.0% |
| 105th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -782 | 1.9% |
| 106th | Aruba | -548 | 54.5% |
| 107th | São Tomé and Principe | -517 | -20.2% |
| 108th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -484 | 0.2% |
| 109th | Cameroon | -473 | -7.7% |
| 110th | American Samoa | -381 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -351 | 81.0% |
| 112th | Serbia | -348 | -121.0% |
| 113th | Bermuda | -341 | -17.2% |
| 114th | Marshall Islands | -306 | -31.9% |
| 115th | Kiribati | -290 | -9.4% |
| 116th | Namibia | -236 | -13.5% |
| 117th | British Virgin Islands | -117 | -5.4% |
| 118th | Tuvalu | -102 | -20.0% |
| 119th | Guam | -101 | 7.3% |
| 120th | Gibraltar | -94 | 7.8% |
| 121st | Faroe Islands | -74 | -80.5% |
| 122nd | Vanuatu | -28 | 30.0% |
| 123rd | St. Martin (French part) | -21 | 12.5% |
| 124th | Hungary | -8 | 46.7% |
| 125th | Congo, Republic of | 0 | - |
| 126th | Lao PDR | 0 | - |
| 127th | Nauru | 0 | - |
| 128th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 129th | Timor-Leste | 0 | - |
| 130th | Malawi | 48 | 106.8% |
| 131st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 54 | 28.6% |
| 132nd | Greenland | 84 | 55.6% |
| 133rd | Palau | 147 | -5.8% |
| 134th | Liechtenstein | 183 | 2.2% |
| 135th | San Marino | 191 | -5.0% |
| 136th | South Sudan | 193 | -51.0% |
| 137th | Seychelles | 266 | 160.8% |
| 138th | Maldives | 269 | -21.1% |
| 139th | Lebanon | 294 | -90.3% |
| 140th | Monaco | 294 | -17.9% |
| 141st | Bahamas, The | 296 | -64.1% |
| 142nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 347 | 8.4% |
| 143rd | Iceland | 362 | 256.7% |
| 144th | Cayman Islands | 375 | -25.0% |
| 145th | Moldova | 481 | 888.5% |
| 146th | French Polynesia | 512 | 6.9% |
| 147th | Gabon | 639 | -43.5% |
| 148th | Northern Mariana Islands | 952 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Brunei Darussalam | 1,053 | 321.2% |
| 150th | Channel Islands | 1,067 | -0.6% |
| 151st | Isle of Man | 1,079 | -9.1% |
| 152nd | Andorra | 1,177 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Turkmenistan | 1,293 | -4.1% |
| 154th | Costa Rica | 1,366 | 5.4% |
| 155th | Comoros | 1,461 | 20.1% |
| 156th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1,611 | 0.1% |
| 157th | Eritrea | 1,953 | 11.1% |
| 158th | Liberia | 2,018 | 56.1% |
| 159th | Sudan | 2,238 | 162.6% |
| 160th | New Caledonia | 2,415 | 3.0% |
| 161st | Bhutan | 2,700 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2,840 | 151.7% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 2,861 | 1.6% |
| 164th | Slovenia | 2,924 | 27.9% |
| 165th | Luxembourg | 4,143 | -3.1% |
| 166th | Mongolia | 4,999 | 18.0% |
| 167th | Tajikistan | 5,123 | 19.3% |
| 168th | Norway | 5,603 | 84.9% |
| 169th | Botswana | 5,937 | 296.9% |
| 170th | Bahrain | 6,190 | 95.9% |
| 171st | Estonia | 6,432 | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | 6,690 | 8.2% |
| 173rd | Denmark | 7,053 | 708.5% |
| 174th | Lithuania | 7,185 | 0.8% |
| 175th | Spain | 7,935 | 7.8% |
| 176th | Belgium | 8,384 | 4.9% |
| 177th | Lesotho | 10,386 | -1.7% |
| 178th | Qatar | 10,663 | 0.2% |
| 179th | Myanmar | 10,735 | 70.2% |
| 180th | Latvia | 11,077 | 2.1% |
| 181st | Macao SAR, China | 12,607 | 215.0% |
| 182nd | Finland | 12,613 | 2.7% |
| 183rd | Ireland | 12,858 | 119.8% |
| 184th | Senegal | 13,852 | -8.5% |
| 185th | Armenia | 15,836 | 12.4% |
| 186th | Netherlands | 17,470 | -46.7% |
| 187th | New Zealand | 17,779 | 135.6% |
| 188th | Switzerland | 19,991 | 658.4% |
| 189th | Kuwait | 21,984 | -0.9% |
| 190th | Korea | 25,382 | 501.2% |
| 191st | Uzbekistan | 26,748 | 11.3% |
| 192nd | Israel | 27,415 | -47.9% |
| 193rd | Mozambique | 35,023 | 210.0% |
| 194th | Argentina | 36,050 | 1.7% |
| 195th | Austria | 36,703 | 13.3% |
| 196th | South Africa | 38,163 | 15.8% |
| 197th | Portugal | 39,058 | -20.2% |
| 198th | United Arab Emirates | 41,888 | 1.1% |
| 199th | Italy | 43,182 | 173.7% |
| 200th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 47,078 | -50.0% |
| 201st | Angola | 47,611 | 985.5% |
| 202nd | Kazakhstan | 53,914 | -17.4% |
| 203rd | Australia | 54,895 | -75.5% |
| 204th | Saudi Arabia | 55,439 | 26.0% |
| 205th | Ukraine | 56,928 | -23.7% |
| 206th | Tanzania | 57,489 | 37.2% |
| 207th | Romania | 61,920 | -16.9% |
| 208th | Indonesia | 72,007 | -9.2% |
| 209th | Thailand | 73,082 | 68.4% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 77,213 | 10.7% |
| 211th | Canada | 89,880 | -57.2% |
| 212th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 96,614 | 24.3% |
| 213th | France | 101,223 | -29.9% |
| 214th | Germany | 336,015 | -25.4% |
| 215th | European Union | 656,858 | -9.2% |
| 216th | United States | 833,543 | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration in 1972?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration in 1972 was -1,444. This ranked 95th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration change in 1972?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration increased by 70.6% in 1972 compared to 1971.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1972?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1972 at 833,543.
What is the net migration of Puerto Rico (US) in 1972?▾
The net migration of Puerto Rico (US) in 1972 was -1,444. This ranked 95th globally.
How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration went from -4,917 in 1971 to -1,444 in 1972, a 70.6% increase.
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