South Africa - Net Migration 1980
258,127
+201,804 from 1979
South Africa's net migration was 258,127 in 1980, increased +201,804 from 56,323 in 1979. This was the 210th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1980▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Afghanistan | -1.2M | -123.5% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -515,918 | -1.7% |
| 3rd | Mexico | -252,177 | -2.5% |
| 4th | Chad | -210,126 | -2,006.7% |
| 5th | Philippines | -179,832 | -16.3% |
| 6th | Türkiye | -151,969 | 30.5% |
| 7th | Mozambique | -149,650 | -278.8% |
| 8th | Korea | -148,341 | -6.3% |
| 9th | Cambodia | -133,508 | -212.8% |
| 10th | Uganda | -105,900 | -7.1% |
| 11th | Japan | -92,314 | -60.0% |
| 12th | Viet Nam | -74,791 | 77.8% |
| 13th | El Salvador | -71,318 | -61.0% |
| 14th | Kazakhstan | -67,731 | -12.5% |
| 15th | Sri Lanka | -63,541 | -10.2% |
| 16th | Colombia | -44,203 | 30.6% |
| 17th | Guatemala | -43,144 | 8.7% |
| 18th | Tanzania | -42,588 | -788.7% |
| 19th | Poland | -42,420 | -91.4% |
| 20th | Central African Republic | -41,539 | -4.2% |
| 21st | Kenya | -39,920 | 29.1% |
| 22nd | Brazil | -38,918 | -19.7% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | -37,679 | 14.7% |
| 24th | Cuba | -37,114 | -4.6% |
| 25th | Syrian Arab Republic | -33,114 | -1.0% |
| 26th | Senegal | -32,616 | 6.9% |
| 27th | Mali | -30,156 | 6.8% |
| 28th | Chile | -28,060 | 6.1% |
| 29th | Azerbaijan | -27,778 | -15.7% |
| 30th | Yemen, Republic of | -26,740 | 1.3% |
| 31st | Armenia | -26,099 | -15.2% |
| 32nd | Papua New Guinea | -25,638 | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Guinea | -25,287 | 12.1% |
| 34th | United Kingdom | -25,187 | -323.8% |
| 35th | Zambia | -24,664 | 16.4% |
| 36th | Haiti | -22,900 | -2.8% |
| 37th | China | -20,129 | -46.9% |
| 38th | Tunisia | -19,321 | 18.4% |
| 39th | Hungary | -17,795 | -590.4% |
| 40th | Dominican Republic | -17,485 | -7.3% |
| 41st | Lao PDR | -17,339 | 25.6% |
| 42nd | Romania | -16,668 | 43.7% |
| 43rd | Rwanda | -16,359 | -4.4% |
| 44th | Honduras | -15,445 | -3.1% |
| 45th | New Zealand | -15,423 | 42.2% |
| 46th | Burkina Faso | -15,345 | 17.3% |
| 47th | Jamaica | -15,277 | 10.9% |
| 48th | Nicaragua | -15,130 | -6.9% |
| 49th | West Bank and Gaza | -15,067 | 6.2% |
| 50th | Namibia | -15,041 | -212.2% |
| 51st | Congo, Republic of | -14,972 | -4.1% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | -14,252 | 2.1% |
| 53rd | Guyana | -13,952 | -14.9% |
| 54th | Morocco | -13,899 | 49.2% |
| 55th | Ghana | -13,564 | -166.8% |
| 56th | Georgia | -12,593 | 11.8% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -11,762 | -18.5% |
| 58th | Sierra Leone | -11,641 | 11.1% |
| 59th | Peru | -11,446 | 33.3% |
| 60th | Botswana | -10,849 | -168.2% |
| 61st | Trinidad and Tobago | -10,709 | -17.6% |
| 62nd | Guinea-Bissau | -8,086 | 41.4% |
| 63rd | Suriname | -7,390 | 35.0% |
| 64th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -7,368 | 1.2% |
| 65th | Cabo Verde | -5,980 | 13.0% |
| 66th | Niger | -5,564 | -59.2% |
| 67th | Tajikistan | -5,557 | -226.3% |
| 68th | Slovak Republic | -5,522 | -17.2% |
| 69th | Croatia | -5,486 | 4.4% |
| 70th | Puerto Rico (US) | -5,094 | -848.0% |
| 71st | Kyrgyz Republic | -5,090 | 23.7% |
| 72nd | South Sudan | -4,997 | -25.0% |
| 73rd | Togo | -4,993 | 63.1% |
| 74th | Madagascar | -4,005 | 21.9% |
| 75th | Moldova | -3,693 | 46.6% |
| 76th | Eswatini | -3,350 | -4.4% |
| 77th | Samoa | -3,240 | -2.0% |
| 78th | Mauritania | -2,997 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Benin | -2,946 | 12.5% |
| 80th | Ireland | -2,876 | -293.5% |
| 81st | Grenada | -2,864 | -4.4% |
| 82nd | Paraguay | -2,808 | 21.3% |
| 83rd | Tonga | -2,708 | -4.0% |
| 84th | Panama | -2,701 | 2.6% |
| 85th | Cyprus | -2,284 | -85.4% |
| 86th | Finland | -2,212 | 66.5% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | -2,045 | -134.5% |
| 88th | Curaçao | -2,026 | -1.2% |
| 89th | Mauritius | -1,739 | 26.4% |
| 90th | Barbados | -1,687 | 37.3% |
| 91st | Fiji | -1,632 | -8.7% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,545 | 19.7% |
| 93rd | St. Lucia | -1,422 | 12.5% |
| 94th | New Caledonia | -1,415 | -4.3% |
| 95th | Belize | -1,350 | 26.8% |
| 96th | Mongolia | -1,268 | 2.2% |
| 97th | Turkmenistan | -1,152 | -70.2% |
| 98th | Dominica | -1,035 | -29.1% |
| 99th | Maldives | -903 | 5.7% |
| 100th | Vanuatu | -896 | -6.0% |
| 101st | Malta | -886 | 32.4% |
| 102nd | Antigua and Barbuda | -824 | 3.5% |
| 103rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -798 | 6.8% |
| 104th | São Tomé and Principe | -770 | -56.8% |
| 105th | Aruba | -756 | 0.3% |
| 106th | Iceland | -629 | -10.0% |
| 107th | Kiribati | -610 | -18.2% |
| 108th | Albania | -601 | 67.9% |
| 109th | Seychelles | -587 | -15.3% |
| 110th | Ecuador | -517 | 70.4% |
| 111th | Montenegro | -450 | 37.3% |
| 112th | Virgin Islands (US) | -388 | -136.1% |
| 113th | Comoros | -344 | -173.5% |
| 114th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Gibraltar | -259 | -21.6% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | -189 | 55.6% |
| 117th | Palau | -179 | 38.5% |
| 118th | Marshall Islands | -155 | 50.9% |
| 119th | Bermuda | -145 | 51.7% |
| 120th | St. Martin (French part) | -17 | -325.0% |
| 121st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 122nd | Tuvalu | 0 | -100.0% |
| 123rd | Greenland | 4 | 100.9% |
| 124th | Nauru | 44 | -8.3% |
| 125th | British Virgin Islands | 58 | 141.4% |
| 126th | Faroe Islands | 119 | 48.8% |
| 127th | American Samoa | 129 | 133.1% |
| 128th | Liechtenstein | 149 | -15.8% |
| 129th | Solomon Islands | 151 | -19.7% |
| 130th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 151 | 135.9% |
| 131st | San Marino | 169 | 3.0% |
| 132nd | Guam | 225 | 310.3% |
| 133rd | Channel Islands | 249 | 3.3% |
| 134th | Monaco | 256 | -16.3% |
| 135th | Serbia | 287 | 129.9% |
| 136th | Bahamas, The | 367 | -24.2% |
| 137th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 409 | -1.7% |
| 138th | Cayman Islands | 588 | 38.4% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 738 | 101.1% |
| 140th | Denmark | 803 | -86.2% |
| 141st | Luxembourg | 840 | 25.4% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Brunei Darussalam | 995 | 10.7% |
| 144th | Andorra | 1,010 | -13.1% |
| 145th | Isle of Man | 1,090 | -2.0% |
| 146th | French Polynesia | 1,108 | -7.1% |
| 147th | Lesotho | 1,361 | 5.9% |
| 148th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1,497 | 2,301.5% |
| 149th | Jordan | 1,735 | 122.5% |
| 150th | Czechia | 1,738 | 13,469.2% |
| 151st | Argentina | 1,932 | 118.9% |
| 152nd | Eritrea | 1,985 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Lebanon | 2,104 | 200.0% |
| 154th | Bhutan | 2,307 | -7.5% |
| 155th | Costa Rica | 2,387 | 1.6% |
| 156th | Latvia | 3,099 | -15.4% |
| 157th | Slovenia | 3,128 | 48.5% |
| 158th | Macao SAR, China | 3,290 | -25.1% |
| 159th | Norway | 3,763 | 32.5% |
| 160th | Liberia | 4,016 | 14.7% |
| 161st | Estonia | 4,619 | 2.2% |
| 162nd | Equatorial Guinea | 4,903 | 2,186.4% |
| 163rd | Nepal | 5,084 | 5,677.3% |
| 164th | Gambia, The | 5,268 | 7.6% |
| 165th | Timor-Leste | 5,457 | -38.9% |
| 166th | Bahrain | 6,741 | -2.4% |
| 167th | Kosovo | 7,255 | -4.1% |
| 168th | Lithuania | 7,412 | 6.9% |
| 169th | Uzbekistan | 8,540 | -21.4% |
| 170th | Austria | 9,811 | 649.6% |
| 171st | Sweden | 10,040 | -27.7% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | 10,121 | -31.3% |
| 173rd | Russian Federation | 10,440 | 280.3% |
| 174th | Qatar | 10,540 | 0.7% |
| 175th | Belgium | 11,482 | 1.8% |
| 176th | Oman | 12,626 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Iraq | 15,757 | 176.4% |
| 178th | Israel | 16,284 | 4.4% |
| 179th | Belarus | 16,616 | 4,106.6% |
| 180th | Switzerland | 17,841 | 318.6% |
| 181st | Spain | 20,166 | 440.1% |
| 182nd | Portugal | 29,881 | -7.9% |
| 183rd | Kuwait | 32,483 | -13.1% |
| 184th | Algeria | 32,879 | 35.2% |
| 185th | Indonesia | 42,254 | -3.7% |
| 186th | Singapore | 42,433 | 1,879.9% |
| 187th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 45,107 | -3.8% |
| 188th | Côte d'Ivoire | 47,031 | 16.5% |
| 189th | Ukraine | 47,406 | 84.9% |
| 190th | Greece | 47,460 | -34.3% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 51,685 | -71.4% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 52,294 | 12.7% |
| 193rd | Netherlands | 54,010 | 26.3% |
| 194th | France | 54,718 | 59.6% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 65,519 | -88.8% |
| 196th | Libya | 66,739 | 3.0% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 70,589 | 683.0% |
| 198th | Angola | 72,192 | 12.5% |
| 199th | United Arab Emirates | 78,148 | -5.0% |
| 200th | Malaysia | 80,617 | 676.7% |
| 201st | Thailand | 88,478 | 3.2% |
| 202nd | Australia | 89,189 | 71.1% |
| 203rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 103,674 | 37.4% |
| 204th | Saudi Arabia | 121,220 | 7.4% |
| 205th | Canada | 122,743 | 41.5% |
| 206th | Burundi | 149,361 | 472.2% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 198,672 | 44.3% |
| 208th | Sudan | 208,602 | 73.0% |
| 209th | India | 210,914 | -72.8% |
| 210th | South Africa | 258,127 | 358.3% |
| 211th | Italy | 295,642 | 593.4% |
| 212th | Germany | 324,203 | 36.4% |
| 213th | Zimbabwe | 390,593 | 674.9% |
| 214th | United States | 595,916 | 18.3% |
| 215th | European Union | 780,858 | 79.1% |
| 216th | Pakistan | 1.1M | 139.6% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's net migration in 1980?▾
South Africa's net migration in 1980 was 258,127. This ranked 210th globally.
How did South Africa's net migration change in 1980?▾
South Africa's net migration increased by 358.3% in 1980 compared to 1979.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1980?▾
Pakistan had the highest net migration in 1980 at 1.1M.
What is the net migration of South Africa in 1980?▾
The net migration of South Africa in 1980 was 258,127. This ranked 210th globally.
How does 1980 compare to 1979 for South Africa's net migration?▾
South Africa's net migration went from 56,323 in 1979 to 258,127 in 1980, a 358.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1980. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.6%. View full analysis →
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