South Africa - Net Migration 1983
310,172
+16,977 from 1982
South Africa's net migration was 310,172 in 1983, increased +16,977 from 293,195 in 1982. This was the 215th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1983▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nigeria | -507,539 | -601.9% |
| 2nd | Mexico | -402,937 | -5.5% |
| 3rd | Japan | -269,755 | 6.5% |
| 4th | Sri Lanka | -209,362 | -27.7% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | -201,909 | -28.8% |
| 6th | Afghanistan | -172,797 | 65.5% |
| 7th | Libya | -140,904 | -11.5% |
| 8th | Viet Nam | -97,706 | 11.9% |
| 9th | Kazakhstan | -84,566 | -9.9% |
| 10th | Germany | -81,349 | -40.0% |
| 11th | Brazil | -76,322 | 15.9% |
| 12th | Mozambique | -73,899 | -1.4% |
| 13th | Sudan | -54,325 | -143.8% |
| 14th | Uganda | -45,776 | 14.4% |
| 15th | Central African Republic | -44,780 | -2.0% |
| 16th | China | -43,756 | -20.9% |
| 17th | Burundi | -41,756 | -986.3% |
| 18th | Tunisia | -37,895 | -28.2% |
| 19th | Cameroon | -37,346 | 73.3% |
| 20th | El Salvador | -35,694 | 3.9% |
| 21st | Mali | -34,132 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Guatemala | -32,877 | 28.8% |
| 23rd | Armenia | -31,993 | -3.7% |
| 24th | Azerbaijan | -28,573 | -0.4% |
| 25th | Poland | -26,724 | 23.6% |
| 26th | Senegal | -26,222 | 5.2% |
| 27th | Papua New Guinea | -25,465 | -0.4% |
| 28th | Morocco | -24,988 | 1.9% |
| 29th | Haiti | -23,944 | -2.4% |
| 30th | Kenya | -23,905 | 44.9% |
| 31st | Chile | -23,386 | 12.2% |
| 32nd | Yemen, Republic of | -22,152 | 7.6% |
| 33rd | Dominican Republic | -21,582 | -3.3% |
| 34th | Nicaragua | -20,620 | -6.3% |
| 35th | Cuba | -19,994 | 5.0% |
| 36th | Guyana | -19,075 | -6.2% |
| 37th | Congo, Republic of | -18,720 | -12.3% |
| 38th | Honduras | -16,810 | -1.7% |
| 39th | Portugal | -16,568 | -10.4% |
| 40th | Hungary | -16,047 | 2.9% |
| 41st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -15,432 | -5.8% |
| 42nd | Serbia | -15,301 | -12.9% |
| 43rd | Guinea | -15,265 | 14.8% |
| 44th | Ireland | -15,043 | -4.0% |
| 45th | Rwanda | -14,560 | 8.0% |
| 46th | Lebanon | -14,558 | -12.1% |
| 47th | Jamaica | -14,065 | -8.6% |
| 48th | Colombia | -13,329 | 64.1% |
| 49th | North Macedonia | -12,884 | -10.0% |
| 50th | Trinidad and Tobago | -12,544 | -0.1% |
| 51st | Zambia | -11,849 | -222.3% |
| 52nd | Burkina Faso | -11,618 | 26.8% |
| 53rd | Georgia | -10,906 | 11.8% |
| 54th | Uruguay | -10,671 | 12.0% |
| 55th | Moldova | -10,543 | -25.3% |
| 56th | Philippines | -10,229 | 48.6% |
| 57th | Syrian Arab Republic | -9,729 | -1,249.4% |
| 58th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -9,599 | -3.2% |
| 59th | Niger | -9,209 | -3.1% |
| 60th | Sierra Leone | -8,783 | 22.8% |
| 61st | Guinea-Bissau | -8,729 | -2.2% |
| 62nd | South Sudan | -7,986 | -14.4% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | -7,250 | 1.8% |
| 64th | Tajikistan | -6,972 | -3.6% |
| 65th | Slovak Republic | -6,361 | -4.5% |
| 66th | Suriname | -6,036 | 8.1% |
| 67th | Cabo Verde | -5,834 | -3.6% |
| 68th | Kyrgyz Republic | -5,525 | 13.5% |
| 69th | Kosovo | -4,883 | -12.4% |
| 70th | Samoa | -4,789 | -6.9% |
| 71st | Pakistan | -4,753 | -101.6% |
| 72nd | Peru | -4,243 | 45.2% |
| 73rd | Lao PDR | -4,108 | 33.6% |
| 74th | Italy | -3,733 | 84.6% |
| 75th | Eswatini | -3,429 | 4.1% |
| 76th | Montenegro | -3,190 | -1.2% |
| 77th | Mauritania | -2,998 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Belarus | -2,938 | -188.0% |
| 79th | Paraguay | -2,845 | -4.4% |
| 80th | Tonga | -2,840 | -0.9% |
| 81st | European Union | -2,589 | 96.2% |
| 82nd | Mongolia | -2,522 | -18.3% |
| 83rd | Panama | -2,518 | 1.4% |
| 84th | Curaçao | -2,295 | -2.1% |
| 85th | Benin | -2,090 | 7.2% |
| 86th | Madagascar | -1,979 | 5.4% |
| 87th | Czechia | -1,971 | -93.6% |
| 88th | Bulgaria | -1,872 | -0.6% |
| 89th | Mauritius | -1,756 | 21.1% |
| 90th | Barbados | -1,733 | 3.4% |
| 91st | Dominica | -1,615 | -1.7% |
| 92nd | Maldives | -1,608 | -31.8% |
| 93rd | Fiji | -1,565 | -3.7% |
| 94th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,549 | 3.0% |
| 95th | Austria | -1,474 | 93.5% |
| 96th | St. Lucia | -1,462 | -2.7% |
| 97th | Belize | -1,414 | -0.3% |
| 98th | Grenada | -1,274 | -6.1% |
| 99th | Turkmenistan | -1,264 | -31.5% |
| 100th | São Tomé and Principe | -1,203 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Virgin Islands (US) | -1,200 | -12.7% |
| 102nd | Comoros | -1,122 | -5.4% |
| 103rd | Timor-Leste | -1,032 | 8.3% |
| 104th | Vanuatu | -899 | -0.2% |
| 105th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -880 | -2.6% |
| 106th | Antigua and Barbuda | -761 | 4.6% |
| 107th | Malta | -740 | 30.1% |
| 108th | Kiribati | -702 | -4.2% |
| 109th | New Caledonia | -531 | 65.6% |
| 110th | Namibia | -481 | 45.9% |
| 111th | Seychelles | -439 | -23.0% |
| 112th | Aruba | -405 | 1.9% |
| 113th | Gibraltar | -388 | -8.4% |
| 114th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Tuvalu | -87 | -31.8% |
| 116th | Bermuda | -45 | -295.7% |
| 117th | Solomon Islands | -30 | -175.0% |
| 118th | Nauru | -5 | -116.7% |
| 119th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 120th | Marshall Islands | 12 | -47.8% |
| 121st | Greenland | 39 | 657.1% |
| 122nd | Albania | 66 | 129.3% |
| 123rd | San Marino | 115 | -1.7% |
| 124th | Faroe Islands | 124 | -4.6% |
| 125th | Guam | 127 | -62.2% |
| 126th | Palau | 144 | 9.1% |
| 127th | Iceland | 170 | -72.4% |
| 128th | Isle of Man | 185 | -17.8% |
| 129th | Liechtenstein | 197 | 1.5% |
| 130th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 200 | -4.8% |
| 131st | Bahamas, The | 243 | 51.9% |
| 132nd | Chad | 247 | -99.9% |
| 133rd | British Virgin Islands | 290 | 2.1% |
| 134th | American Samoa | 365 | 3.1% |
| 135th | Luxembourg | 376 | 12.6% |
| 136th | Monaco | 456 | 2.0% |
| 137th | Ecuador | 578 | 145.1% |
| 138th | Cayman Islands | 648 | 3.0% |
| 139th | West Bank and Gaza | 684 | 107.0% |
| 140th | French Polynesia | 684 | -33.3% |
| 141st | Israel | 689 | -95.8% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Channel Islands | 1,175 | -13.4% |
| 144th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,195 | 0.3% |
| 145th | Spain | 1,241 | 116.8% |
| 146th | Belgium | 1,252 | 13.8% |
| 147th | Lesotho | 1,253 | -2.2% |
| 148th | Nepal | 1,304 | 133.5% |
| 149th | Andorra | 1,377 | -3.1% |
| 150th | Uzbekistan | 1,568 | -59.8% |
| 151st | Brunei Darussalam | 1,602 | 8.6% |
| 152nd | Eritrea | 1,853 | -6.6% |
| 153rd | Bhutan | 1,897 | 0.0% |
| 154th | St. Martin (French part) | 1,923 | 23.1% |
| 155th | Denmark | 1,952 | 730.6% |
| 156th | Botswana | 1,980 | 13.1% |
| 157th | Sweden | 2,105 | -16.6% |
| 158th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2,136 | 1.5% |
| 159th | Djibouti | 2,441 | -0.4% |
| 160th | Costa Rica | 2,449 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Cyprus | 2,899 | 6,402.2% |
| 162nd | Romania | 3,093 | 165.5% |
| 163rd | Slovenia | 3,613 | 141.6% |
| 164th | Norway | 4,120 | -28.3% |
| 165th | Bahrain | 4,252 | 6.8% |
| 166th | Zimbabwe | 4,456 | -86.5% |
| 167th | Estonia | 4,986 | 3.2% |
| 168th | Macao SAR, China | 5,486 | -3.0% |
| 169th | Switzerland | 5,663 | -74.2% |
| 170th | Croatia | 6,323 | -15.4% |
| 171st | Gambia, The | 6,713 | 16.6% |
| 172nd | Finland | 6,925 | -2.6% |
| 173rd | Liberia | 7,861 | 210.7% |
| 174th | Latvia | 8,115 | 0.0% |
| 175th | Lithuania | 8,585 | 5.2% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9,505 | 55.4% |
| 177th | Togo | 9,740 | 6.3% |
| 178th | Qatar | 10,462 | -1.6% |
| 179th | Netherlands | 11,007 | 44.0% |
| 180th | New Zealand | 11,464 | 43.6% |
| 181st | Singapore | 11,699 | -71.9% |
| 182nd | Equatorial Guinea | 12,766 | 1.6% |
| 183rd | Ghana | 15,276 | 94.3% |
| 184th | Oman | 15,617 | 1.7% |
| 185th | Myanmar | 18,427 | 123.1% |
| 186th | Greece | 18,655 | -5.2% |
| 187th | Jordan | 21,487 | 26.8% |
| 188th | Iraq | 23,115 | 203.6% |
| 189th | Ukraine | 23,608 | 159.5% |
| 190th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 25,475 | -3.4% |
| 191st | United Kingdom | 27,063 | 144.3% |
| 192nd | Kuwait | 31,758 | 4.3% |
| 193rd | United Arab Emirates | 38,536 | 0.7% |
| 194th | Türkiye | 39,871 | 68.0% |
| 195th | Cambodia | 46,428 | 331.8% |
| 196th | Argentina | 46,438 | 56.8% |
| 197th | Indonesia | 47,375 | 1.2% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 53,646 | 0.5% |
| 199th | Tanzania | 58,161 | 253.5% |
| 200th | Algeria | 61,292 | 26.0% |
| 201st | Canada | 66,172 | -26.1% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 68,197 | 8.8% |
| 203rd | Australia | 73,251 | -34.4% |
| 204th | Angola | 82,958 | 9.3% |
| 205th | France | 88,166 | 8.7% |
| 206th | Malaysia | 97,862 | 8.8% |
| 207th | Korea | 102,167 | 110.1% |
| 208th | India | 119,694 | 1,220.0% |
| 209th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 129,242 | 152.3% |
| 210th | Thailand | 143,393 | 40.7% |
| 211th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 146,095 | 49.8% |
| 212th | Saudi Arabia | 157,930 | 2.9% |
| 213th | Russian Federation | 200,159 | 86.2% |
| 214th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 204,544 | -8.0% |
| 215th | South Africa | 310,172 | 5.8% |
| 216th | United States | 662,840 | 10.4% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's net migration in 1983?▾
South Africa's net migration in 1983 was 310,172. This ranked 215th globally.
How did South Africa's net migration change in 1983?▾
South Africa's net migration increased by 5.8% in 1983 compared to 1982.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1983?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1983 at 662,840.
What is the net migration of South Africa in 1983?▾
The net migration of South Africa in 1983 was 310,172. This ranked 215th globally.
How does 1983 compare to 1982 for South Africa's net migration?▾
South Africa's net migration went from 293,195 in 1982 to 310,172 in 1983, a 5.8% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1983. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 16.3%. View full analysis →
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