Puerto Rico (US) - Net Migration 1997
-8,067
−1,508 from 1996
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration was -8,067 in 1997, decreased +1,508 from -6,559 in 1996. This was the 75th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -527,356 | 32.2% |
| 2nd | Kazakhstan | -481,380 | -2.6% |
| 3rd | Mexico | -340,546 | 0.8% |
| 4th | China | -279,251 | -11.4% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | -273,442 | -7.6% |
| 6th | Türkiye | -208,465 | -16.2% |
| 7th | Uganda | -155,461 | -582.0% |
| 8th | Sudan | -148,368 | 52.2% |
| 9th | Philippines | -145,334 | -13.3% |
| 10th | Georgia | -133,250 | 0.6% |
| 11th | Tajikistan | -110,572 | -257.6% |
| 12th | Korea | -109,130 | 5.7% |
| 13th | Ukraine | -108,735 | 31.2% |
| 14th | Guinea | -107,614 | -2,064.0% |
| 15th | Nepal | -98,454 | -6.7% |
| 16th | South Africa | -98,181 | 49.1% |
| 17th | El Salvador | -96,820 | -0.9% |
| 18th | Morocco | -96,502 | -1.2% |
| 19th | Romania | -88,734 | -25.3% |
| 20th | Burundi | -84,126 | 62.8% |
| 21st | Kenya | -80,443 | -1.5% |
| 22nd | Mozambique | -79,732 | -187.6% |
| 23rd | Brazil | -72,392 | -0.6% |
| 24th | Albania | -66,188 | 2.8% |
| 25th | Malawi | -61,646 | 6.9% |
| 26th | Myanmar | -58,954 | 10.4% |
| 27th | Mali | -55,978 | 17.6% |
| 28th | Pakistan | -55,539 | 8.7% |
| 29th | Croatia | -52,897 | 1.5% |
| 30th | Armenia | -51,640 | -1.2% |
| 31st | Sierra Leone | -48,437 | 7.0% |
| 32nd | Uzbekistan | -48,360 | 3.9% |
| 33rd | Ecuador | -47,287 | -2.6% |
| 34th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -45,599 | -3.0% |
| 35th | Senegal | -44,506 | -13.6% |
| 36th | Poland | -44,230 | 2.5% |
| 37th | Guatemala | -43,377 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Moldova | -41,743 | -25.1% |
| 39th | Burkina Faso | -37,200 | 16.1% |
| 40th | Nicaragua | -36,851 | -4.7% |
| 41st | Yemen, Republic of | -36,694 | -4.7% |
| 42nd | Cuba | -35,712 | -36.8% |
| 43rd | Peru | -32,515 | 16.1% |
| 44th | Lao PDR | -32,288 | -94.8% |
| 45th | Syrian Arab Republic | -31,571 | -4.6% |
| 46th | Eritrea | -30,768 | 41.3% |
| 47th | Dominican Republic | -30,034 | -0.1% |
| 48th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -28,566 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Haiti | -27,492 | -0.5% |
| 50th | Zambia | -26,276 | 31.5% |
| 51st | Colombia | -23,600 | 16.5% |
| 52nd | Jordan | -23,021 | -767.1% |
| 53rd | Bulgaria | -22,963 | -6.7% |
| 54th | Lesotho | -22,396 | -31.4% |
| 55th | Lithuania | -22,324 | 3.9% |
| 56th | Afghanistan | -21,215 | -621.0% |
| 57th | Congo, Republic of | -20,704 | -2,008.2% |
| 58th | Argentina | -20,651 | -0.8% |
| 59th | Jamaica | -17,756 | 2.9% |
| 60th | Oman | -16,998 | -11.2% |
| 61st | Ghana | -15,409 | 58.5% |
| 62nd | France | -15,255 | 28.9% |
| 63rd | Guyana | -14,019 | -1.1% |
| 64th | Cameroon | -13,842 | -8.7% |
| 65th | Niger | -13,680 | -69.8% |
| 66th | Tanzania | -13,400 | 97.2% |
| 67th | Honduras | -13,344 | 5.0% |
| 68th | Kyrgyz Republic | -11,740 | -7.5% |
| 69th | Libya | -10,907 | -29.1% |
| 70th | Latvia | -9,183 | 7.1% |
| 71st | Mongolia | -9,132 | -5.9% |
| 72nd | Paraguay | -8,704 | -5.2% |
| 73rd | Mauritania | -8,187 | 71.6% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | -8,176 | -11.0% |
| 75th | Puerto Rico (US) | -8,067 | -23.0% |
| 76th | Uruguay | -6,938 | 6.2% |
| 77th | Trinidad and Tobago | -6,865 | -0.6% |
| 78th | Eswatini | -5,911 | -93.9% |
| 79th | Serbia | -5,817 | -3.9% |
| 80th | Turkmenistan | -5,600 | 35.1% |
| 81st | Fiji | -5,318 | 46.3% |
| 82nd | Tunisia | -4,756 | 13.6% |
| 83rd | Kosovo | -4,655 | -11.2% |
| 84th | Comoros | -4,508 | 6.2% |
| 85th | Indonesia | -4,334 | -133.8% |
| 86th | Estonia | -4,066 | 61.4% |
| 87th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,745 | -6.6% |
| 88th | Samoa | -3,658 | -5.2% |
| 89th | Cabo Verde | -3,211 | 2.6% |
| 90th | Gambia, The | -3,098 | -5.1% |
| 91st | Montenegro | -3,077 | -0.9% |
| 92nd | Curaçao | -2,900 | -1.0% |
| 93rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -2,468 | -4.8% |
| 94th | São Tomé and Principe | -2,153 | -9.1% |
| 95th | Bhutan | -1,994 | 0.2% |
| 96th | Switzerland | -1,939 | -1,380.2% |
| 97th | Tonga | -1,589 | 32.0% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,487 | 5.6% |
| 99th | Benin | -1,322 | 92.0% |
| 100th | Slovenia | -1,298 | 47.1% |
| 101st | Mauritius | -1,199 | -9.8% |
| 102nd | Vanuatu | -1,166 | -1.0% |
| 103rd | Barbados | -1,122 | 3.6% |
| 104th | Marshall Islands | -1,097 | -4.5% |
| 105th | Guam | -1,036 | -1.9% |
| 106th | Virgin Islands (US) | -1,023 | -8.7% |
| 107th | Madagascar | -986 | 15.1% |
| 108th | Solomon Islands | -931 | 1.7% |
| 109th | St. Martin (French part) | -834 | -10.6% |
| 110th | Dominica | -803 | 4.2% |
| 111th | Grenada | -772 | 8.6% |
| 112th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -740 | 0.7% |
| 113th | Kiribati | -693 | 1.1% |
| 114th | Greenland | -521 | -12.5% |
| 115th | St. Lucia | -519 | 9.1% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | -477 | -20.2% |
| 117th | French Polynesia | -455 | 54.2% |
| 118th | American Samoa | -412 | -1.2% |
| 119th | Belarus | -235 | -104.5% |
| 120th | Nauru | -209 | -2.5% |
| 121st | Gibraltar | -131 | -13.9% |
| 122nd | Tuvalu | -120 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Maldives | -60 | 67.2% |
| 124th | Seychelles | -11 | 95.9% |
| 125th | Faroe Islands | 81 | 58.8% |
| 126th | Bermuda | 118 | 249.4% |
| 127th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 157 | -6.5% |
| 128th | Monaco | 212 | -7.4% |
| 129th | Iceland | 225 | 144.0% |
| 130th | Liechtenstein | 232 | -0.4% |
| 131st | British Virgin Islands | 244 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Slovak Republic | 247 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | San Marino | 255 | -0.8% |
| 134th | Channel Islands | 296 | 25.4% |
| 135th | Palau | 297 | -4.8% |
| 136th | Andorra | 343 | 122.7% |
| 137th | Zimbabwe | 395 | -59.6% |
| 138th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 407 | -0.5% |
| 139th | Bahamas, The | 445 | -2.0% |
| 140th | Antigua and Barbuda | 489 | -3.2% |
| 141st | India | 880 | 103.3% |
| 142nd | New Caledonia | 940 | -11.9% |
| 143rd | Isle of Man | 999 | 22.3% |
| 144th | Malta | 1,003 | -12.2% |
| 145th | Cayman Islands | 1,004 | -2.1% |
| 146th | Suriname | 1,164 | -0.1% |
| 147th | Lebanon | 1,313 | -58.5% |
| 148th | Brunei Darussalam | 1,533 | 4.7% |
| 149th | Austria | 1,589 | -61.0% |
| 150th | Gabon | 1,786 | 14.9% |
| 151st | Timor-Leste | 1,804 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Panama | 1,820 | 18.7% |
| 153rd | Aruba | 1,867 | 3.0% |
| 154th | Central African Republic | 2,034 | -24.6% |
| 155th | Belize | 2,072 | 51.8% |
| 156th | Chile | 3,504 | 19.1% |
| 157th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3,590 | -5.6% |
| 158th | Chad | 3,631 | 188.4% |
| 159th | Luxembourg | 3,711 | 3.0% |
| 160th | Bahrain | 4,036 | -3.0% |
| 161st | Macao SAR, China | 4,606 | -0.2% |
| 162nd | Finland | 4,925 | 31.1% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 6,023 | 2.7% |
| 164th | Sweden | 6,047 | 4.7% |
| 165th | Czechia | 6,664 | 1.9% |
| 166th | Equatorial Guinea | 6,696 | 11.5% |
| 167th | Botswana | 9,597 | 2.4% |
| 168th | Norway | 9,744 | 71.8% |
| 169th | Belgium | 10,262 | -34.6% |
| 170th | West Bank and Gaza | 10,417 | 6.2% |
| 171st | Cyprus | 10,696 | 1.8% |
| 172nd | Togo | 11,898 | -70.9% |
| 173rd | New Zealand | 12,040 | -52.2% |
| 174th | Denmark | 12,269 | -30.0% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 13,625 | 413.8% |
| 176th | Hungary | 14,186 | -2.9% |
| 177th | Iraq | 15,429 | 5.3% |
| 178th | Costa Rica | 16,954 | -2.5% |
| 179th | Ireland | 17,425 | 75.0% |
| 180th | Kuwait | 17,457 | -2.6% |
| 181st | Qatar | 19,547 | 254.3% |
| 182nd | Azerbaijan | 24,475 | -42.6% |
| 183rd | Netherlands | 31,302 | 43.6% |
| 184th | Portugal | 36,922 | 13.1% |
| 185th | Papua New Guinea | 42,787 | 1.9% |
| 186th | Japan | 43,366 | 73.3% |
| 187th | Greece | 45,671 | 5.1% |
| 188th | South Sudan | 48,280 | 168.9% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 49,692 | 207.3% |
| 190th | Italy | 50,539 | -5.4% |
| 191st | Viet Nam | 52,382 | 208.6% |
| 192nd | United Kingdom | 59,723 | 8.7% |
| 193rd | Israel | 60,297 | -9.7% |
| 194th | Australia | 67,661 | -18.4% |
| 195th | Angola | 67,944 | 10.2% |
| 196th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 77,293 | -5.6% |
| 197th | Malaysia | 79,266 | 8.5% |
| 198th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80,133 | -53.7% |
| 199th | Algeria | 87,582 | 23.1% |
| 200th | Germany | 93,281 | -66.8% |
| 201st | Singapore | 95,241 | -6.6% |
| 202nd | Nigeria | 96,885 | 14.7% |
| 203rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 98,009 | 206.0% |
| 204th | Côte d'Ivoire | 124,443 | -0.9% |
| 205th | Sri Lanka | 135,636 | 6.6% |
| 206th | Canada | 144,678 | -6.4% |
| 207th | Thailand | 150,411 | -1.3% |
| 208th | Saudi Arabia | 160,066 | -0.3% |
| 209th | Spain | 165,345 | 1.6% |
| 210th | United Arab Emirates | 183,310 | 1.7% |
| 211th | European Union | 251,134 | -41.6% |
| 212th | Liberia | 281,480 | 842.3% |
| 213th | Rwanda | 410,106 | -70.0% |
| 214th | Cambodia | 504,742 | -0.7% |
| 215th | Russian Federation | 541,387 | -7.8% |
| 216th | United States | 1.1M | -2.2% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration in 1997?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration in 1997 was -8,067. This ranked 75th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration change in 1997?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration decreased by 23.0% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1997?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1997 at 1.1M.
What is the net migration of Puerto Rico (US) in 1997?▾
The net migration of Puerto Rico (US) in 1997 was -8,067. This ranked 75th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s net migration went from -6,559 in 1996 to -8,067 in 1997, a 23.0% decrease.
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