Puerto Rico (US) - Net Migration 1979
681
+4,018 from 1978
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration was 681 in 1979, increased +4,018 from -3,337 in 1978. This was the 149th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1979▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Afghanistan | -525,413 | -348.4% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -507,354 | -4.2% |
| 3rd | Viet Nam | -337,597 | -5,021.3% |
| 4th | Mexico | -246,034 | -1.0% |
| 5th | Türkiye | -218,509 | -19.5% |
| 6th | Philippines | -154,684 | -10.2% |
| 7th | Korea | -139,566 | -62.8% |
| 8th | Uganda | -98,863 | -185.7% |
| 9th | Zimbabwe | -67,937 | 60.2% |
| 10th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -64,757 | 12.1% |
| 11th | Colombia | -63,657 | 6.2% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | -60,198 | -145.9% |
| 13th | Japan | -57,692 | -20.2% |
| 14th | Sri Lanka | -57,683 | -14.9% |
| 15th | Kenya | -56,280 | 7.3% |
| 16th | Guatemala | -47,278 | 2.1% |
| 17th | El Salvador | -44,302 | -40.8% |
| 18th | Myanmar | -44,174 | -22.5% |
| 19th | Burundi | -40,126 | -586.6% |
| 20th | Central African Republic | -39,850 | -5.2% |
| 21st | Cuba | -35,473 | -18.9% |
| 22nd | Senegal | -35,022 | 4.2% |
| 23rd | Syrian Arab Republic | -32,793 | -7.3% |
| 24th | Brazil | -32,503 | -38.8% |
| 25th | Mali | -32,353 | -2.6% |
| 26th | Chile | -29,873 | -0.8% |
| 27th | Romania | -29,600 | 5.8% |
| 28th | Zambia | -29,515 | 2.5% |
| 29th | Guinea | -28,770 | 7.0% |
| 30th | Morocco | -27,374 | 10.5% |
| 31st | Yemen, Republic of | -27,090 | -2.1% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | -26,694 | 7.3% |
| 33rd | Papua New Guinea | -25,618 | -1.6% |
| 34th | Azerbaijan | -24,019 | -261.9% |
| 35th | Tunisia | -23,688 | 12.2% |
| 36th | Lao PDR | -23,317 | 14.3% |
| 37th | Armenia | -22,659 | -142.5% |
| 38th | Haiti | -22,280 | -2.2% |
| 39th | Poland | -22,162 | 64.8% |
| 40th | Iraq | -20,617 | -377.3% |
| 41st | Burkina Faso | -18,559 | 3.7% |
| 42nd | Peru | -17,148 | 14.0% |
| 43rd | Jamaica | -17,143 | 7.2% |
| 44th | Dominican Republic | -16,296 | 3.6% |
| 45th | West Bank and Gaza | -16,058 | 3.6% |
| 46th | Rwanda | -15,669 | -13.2% |
| 47th | Honduras | -14,979 | -3.0% |
| 48th | Uruguay | -14,552 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Congo, Republic of | -14,378 | -7.7% |
| 50th | Georgia | -14,281 | -46.4% |
| 51st | Nicaragua | -14,152 | -15.3% |
| 52nd | Malaysia | -13,980 | 7.2% |
| 53rd | Guinea-Bissau | -13,801 | -141.9% |
| 54th | China | -13,704 | -38.2% |
| 55th | Togo | -13,519 | 29.5% |
| 56th | Sierra Leone | -13,095 | -0.2% |
| 57th | Guyana | -12,138 | -2.5% |
| 58th | Cameroon | -12,108 | -844.5% |
| 59th | Suriname | -11,375 | 0.1% |
| 60th | Argentina | -10,213 | 30.4% |
| 61st | Chad | -9,974 | 71.4% |
| 62nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -9,923 | -17.3% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -9,106 | -8.4% |
| 64th | Jordan | -7,706 | 43.8% |
| 65th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -7,454 | 20.5% |
| 66th | Moldova | -6,912 | -298.4% |
| 67th | Cabo Verde | -6,875 | -0.6% |
| 68th | Kyrgyz Republic | -6,672 | 4.5% |
| 69th | Finland | -6,612 | 29.3% |
| 70th | Spain | -5,929 | -136.8% |
| 71st | Russian Federation | -5,791 | -105.3% |
| 72nd | Croatia | -5,740 | 21.7% |
| 73rd | Madagascar | -5,126 | 12.7% |
| 74th | Namibia | -4,818 | 78.9% |
| 75th | Tanzania | -4,792 | -117.5% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | -4,712 | -0.5% |
| 77th | South Sudan | -3,997 | -33.3% |
| 78th | Paraguay | -3,570 | 12.2% |
| 79th | Niger | -3,495 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Benin | -3,365 | 9.8% |
| 81st | Eswatini | -3,210 | -5.6% |
| 82nd | Samoa | -3,177 | -5.1% |
| 83rd | Mauritania | -2,997 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Panama | -2,772 | 1.4% |
| 85th | Grenada | -2,743 | -3.6% |
| 86th | Barbados | -2,691 | 1.2% |
| 87th | Tonga | -2,604 | -6.0% |
| 88th | Singapore | -2,384 | -646.8% |
| 89th | Mauritius | -2,363 | 24.5% |
| 90th | Lebanon | -2,103 | - |
| 91st | Curaçao | -2,001 | -1.5% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,925 | -5.1% |
| 93rd | Albania | -1,871 | -157.9% |
| 94th | Belize | -1,844 | 5.9% |
| 95th | Austria | -1,785 | 78.0% |
| 96th | Ecuador | -1,749 | -15.2% |
| 97th | Tajikistan | -1,703 | -134.0% |
| 98th | St. Lucia | -1,625 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Fiji | -1,502 | 6.7% |
| 100th | New Caledonia | -1,357 | -1.7% |
| 101st | Malta | -1,311 | -0.7% |
| 102nd | Mongolia | -1,296 | -170.7% |
| 103rd | Cyprus | -1,232 | -67.6% |
| 104th | Serbia | -960 | 35.2% |
| 105th | Maldives | -958 | -33.8% |
| 106th | Bulgaria | -872 | 98.6% |
| 107th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -856 | -4.8% |
| 108th | Antigua and Barbuda | -854 | 3.9% |
| 109th | Vanuatu | -845 | -5,533.3% |
| 110th | Dominica | -802 | -13.8% |
| 111th | Aruba | -758 | -1.7% |
| 112th | Montenegro | -718 | 34.9% |
| 113th | Turkmenistan | -677 | -93.4% |
| 114th | Iceland | -572 | 26.8% |
| 115th | Kiribati | -516 | 72.2% |
| 116th | Seychelles | -509 | 13.3% |
| 117th | São Tomé and Principe | -491 | -76.0% |
| 118th | Greenland | -465 | 5.1% |
| 119th | North Macedonia | -426 | 7.8% |
| 120th | American Samoa | -390 | -9.9% |
| 121st | Marshall Islands | -316 | -10.5% |
| 122nd | Bermuda | -300 | -2.4% |
| 123rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Palau | -291 | -2.1% |
| 125th | Equatorial Guinea | -235 | 94.8% |
| 126th | Gibraltar | -213 | -17.7% |
| 127th | British Virgin Islands | -140 | 2.8% |
| 128th | Guam | -107 | 53.5% |
| 129th | Northern Mariana Islands | -68 | 42.9% |
| 130th | Czechia | -13 | 98.4% |
| 131st | St. Martin (French part) | -4 | -136.4% |
| 132nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 37 | -68.9% |
| 134th | Nauru | 48 | 20.0% |
| 135th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 64 | -13.5% |
| 136th | Faroe Islands | 80 | -24.5% |
| 137th | Nepal | 88 | -74.6% |
| 138th | San Marino | 164 | -17.6% |
| 139th | Liechtenstein | 177 | 41.6% |
| 140th | Solomon Islands | 188 | 8.0% |
| 141st | Channel Islands | 241 | -3.2% |
| 142nd | Monaco | 306 | -13.8% |
| 143rd | Belarus | 395 | 103.5% |
| 144th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 416 | -0.5% |
| 145th | Cayman Islands | 425 | 2.9% |
| 146th | Comoros | 468 | -48.5% |
| 147th | Bahamas, The | 484 | -14.0% |
| 148th | Luxembourg | 670 | -78.8% |
| 149th | Puerto Rico (US) | 681 | 120.4% |
| 150th | Brunei Darussalam | 899 | 13.7% |
| 151st | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 1,076 | 14.5% |
| 153rd | Isle of Man | 1,112 | 0.5% |
| 154th | Andorra | 1,162 | -6.8% |
| 155th | French Polynesia | 1,193 | 5.0% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 1,285 | 22.7% |
| 157th | Ireland | 1,486 | -90.4% |
| 158th | Eritrea | 1,985 | 0.0% |
| 159th | Slovenia | 2,107 | -0.3% |
| 160th | Costa Rica | 2,349 | 2.3% |
| 161st | Bhutan | 2,493 | -7.7% |
| 162nd | Norway | 2,839 | -25.7% |
| 163rd | Liberia | 3,500 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Hungary | 3,629 | 1,151.4% |
| 165th | Latvia | 3,661 | -50.5% |
| 166th | Switzerland | 4,262 | 165.0% |
| 167th | Macao SAR, China | 4,390 | -12.4% |
| 168th | Estonia | 4,521 | -37.5% |
| 169th | Gambia, The | 4,898 | 9.0% |
| 170th | Denmark | 5,808 | 2.3% |
| 171st | Bahrain | 6,908 | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Lithuania | 6,932 | -5.4% |
| 173rd | Kosovo | 7,565 | 10.4% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | 8,924 | -18.6% |
| 175th | Qatar | 10,466 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Uzbekistan | 10,864 | -60.9% |
| 177th | United Kingdom | 11,255 | 197.5% |
| 178th | Belgium | 11,277 | 4.1% |
| 179th | Oman | 12,511 | 4.7% |
| 180th | Sweden | 13,895 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 14,726 | -17.2% |
| 182nd | Israel | 15,591 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Botswana | 15,918 | -38.8% |
| 184th | Ghana | 20,291 | 12.5% |
| 185th | Algeria | 24,311 | 25.9% |
| 186th | Ukraine | 25,635 | 187.9% |
| 187th | Portugal | 32,434 | -5.6% |
| 188th | France | 34,295 | 83.5% |
| 189th | Kuwait | 37,383 | -4.5% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 40,355 | 26.8% |
| 191st | Italy | 42,637 | -2.9% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | 42,772 | 60.6% |
| 193rd | Indonesia | 43,900 | -4.4% |
| 194th | Malawi | 46,388 | 28.1% |
| 195th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 46,903 | 2.3% |
| 196th | Australia | 52,137 | 13.8% |
| 197th | South Africa | 56,323 | -9.3% |
| 198th | Angola | 64,158 | 4.8% |
| 199th | Libya | 64,821 | 5.1% |
| 200th | Greece | 72,184 | 18.8% |
| 201st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 75,451 | 7.7% |
| 202nd | United Arab Emirates | 82,238 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Mozambique | 83,699 | -12.7% |
| 204th | Thailand | 85,693 | 4.5% |
| 205th | Canada | 86,719 | 64.3% |
| 206th | Saudi Arabia | 112,826 | 7.2% |
| 207th | Cambodia | 118,334 | 239.7% |
| 208th | Sudan | 120,613 | -31.9% |
| 209th | Nigeria | 137,721 | 23.8% |
| 210th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 181,028 | -32.7% |
| 211th | Germany | 237,705 | 102.9% |
| 212th | European Union | 436,045 | 138.3% |
| 213th | Pakistan | 450,003 | 304.0% |
| 214th | United States | 503,559 | -9.5% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 582,746 | 45.0% |
| 216th | India | 774,094 | 467.8% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration in 1979?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration in 1979 was 681. This ranked 149th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration change in 1979?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration increased by 120.4% in 1979 compared to 1978.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1979?▾
India had the highest net migration in 1979 at 774,094.
What is the net migration of Puerto Rico (US) in 1979?▾
The net migration of Puerto Rico (US) in 1979 was 681. This ranked 149th globally.
How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration went from -3,337 in 1978 to 681 in 1979, a 120.4% increase.
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