South Africa - Net Migration 1984
290,789
−19,383 from 1983
South Africa's net migration was 290,789 in 1984, decreased +19,383 from 310,172 in 1983. This was the 215th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1984▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mexico | -425,467 | -5.6% |
| 2nd | Pakistan | -319,242 | -6,616.6% |
| 3rd | Japan | -273,686 | -1.5% |
| 4th | Bangladesh | -245,693 | -21.7% |
| 5th | Sri Lanka | -225,450 | -7.7% |
| 6th | Sudan | -219,755 | -304.5% |
| 7th | Chad | -164,489 | -66,694.7% |
| 8th | Germany | -150,771 | -85.3% |
| 9th | Ghana | -105,655 | -791.6% |
| 10th | Viet Nam | -97,339 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Kazakhstan | -96,266 | -13.8% |
| 12th | European Union | -83,647 | -3,130.9% |
| 13th | Mozambique | -70,532 | 4.6% |
| 14th | Brazil | -70,035 | 8.2% |
| 15th | China | -51,961 | -18.8% |
| 16th | Azerbaijan | -50,685 | -77.4% |
| 17th | Philippines | -48,739 | -376.5% |
| 18th | Mali | -47,331 | -38.7% |
| 19th | Central African Republic | -45,591 | -1.8% |
| 20th | Morocco | -39,319 | -57.4% |
| 21st | Kyrgyz Republic | -34,248 | -519.9% |
| 22nd | Kenya | -33,253 | -39.1% |
| 23rd | India | -32,313 | -127.0% |
| 24th | El Salvador | -29,767 | 16.6% |
| 25th | Burundi | -29,534 | 29.3% |
| 26th | Cambodia | -29,141 | -162.8% |
| 27th | Tanzania | -26,938 | -146.3% |
| 28th | Papua New Guinea | -25,487 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Armenia | -25,143 | 21.4% |
| 30th | Guatemala | -25,010 | 23.9% |
| 31st | Senegal | -24,858 | 5.2% |
| 32nd | Romania | -24,629 | -896.3% |
| 33rd | Haiti | -24,427 | -2.0% |
| 34th | Nicaragua | -22,493 | -9.1% |
| 35th | Dominican Republic | -22,239 | -3.0% |
| 36th | Chile | -21,188 | 9.4% |
| 37th | Guyana | -19,702 | -3.3% |
| 38th | Nepal | -19,300 | -1,580.1% |
| 39th | Yemen, Republic of | -19,143 | 13.6% |
| 40th | Cuba | -18,994 | 5.0% |
| 41st | Colombia | -18,692 | -40.2% |
| 42nd | Zambia | -18,652 | -57.4% |
| 43rd | Poland | -18,402 | 31.1% |
| 44th | Honduras | -17,277 | -2.8% |
| 45th | Jamaica | -17,211 | -22.4% |
| 46th | Portugal | -16,658 | -0.5% |
| 47th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -16,625 | -7.7% |
| 48th | Hungary | -16,216 | -1.1% |
| 49th | Serbia | -15,567 | -1.7% |
| 50th | Ireland | -15,549 | -3.4% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | -13,251 | -2.8% |
| 52nd | Georgia | -12,920 | -18.5% |
| 53rd | Rwanda | -12,899 | 11.4% |
| 54th | Moldova | -12,732 | -20.8% |
| 55th | Burkina Faso | -12,445 | -7.1% |
| 56th | Trinidad and Tobago | -12,413 | 1.0% |
| 57th | Guinea | -11,439 | 25.1% |
| 58th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -10,321 | -7.5% |
| 59th | Uruguay | -9,730 | 8.8% |
| 60th | Niger | -9,208 | 0.0% |
| 61st | South Sudan | -8,984 | -12.5% |
| 62nd | Uganda | -8,818 | 80.7% |
| 63rd | Guinea-Bissau | -8,812 | -1.0% |
| 64th | Sierra Leone | -8,708 | 0.9% |
| 65th | Tajikistan | -7,152 | -2.6% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | -6,276 | 1.3% |
| 67th | Puerto Rico (US) | -6,072 | 16.2% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | -6,035 | -3.4% |
| 69th | Peru | -6,007 | -41.6% |
| 70th | Syrian Arab Republic | -5,245 | 46.1% |
| 71st | Samoa | -4,944 | -3.2% |
| 72nd | Suriname | -4,894 | 18.9% |
| 73rd | Singapore | -4,396 | -137.6% |
| 74th | Eswatini | -3,949 | -15.2% |
| 75th | Paraguay | -3,769 | -32.5% |
| 76th | Kosovo | -3,741 | 23.4% |
| 77th | Cameroon | -3,512 | 90.6% |
| 78th | Montenegro | -3,074 | 3.6% |
| 79th | Belarus | -3,051 | -3.8% |
| 80th | Mauritania | -2,998 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Tonga | -2,823 | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Lebanon | -2,785 | 80.9% |
| 83rd | Lao PDR | -2,698 | 34.3% |
| 84th | Mongolia | -2,452 | 2.8% |
| 85th | Panama | -2,435 | 3.3% |
| 86th | Curaçao | -2,327 | -1.4% |
| 87th | Benin | -2,018 | 3.4% |
| 88th | Madagascar | -1,965 | 0.7% |
| 89th | Dominica | -1,614 | 0.1% |
| 90th | Czechia | -1,481 | 24.9% |
| 91st | St. Lucia | -1,468 | -0.4% |
| 92nd | Barbados | -1,447 | 16.5% |
| 93rd | Timor-Leste | -1,436 | -39.1% |
| 94th | Turkmenistan | -1,427 | -12.9% |
| 95th | Fiji | -1,421 | 9.2% |
| 96th | Grenada | -1,416 | -11.1% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,405 | 9.3% |
| 98th | Belize | -1,381 | 2.3% |
| 99th | Maldives | -1,300 | 19.2% |
| 100th | Comoros | -1,259 | -12.2% |
| 101st | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,182 | -55.3% |
| 102nd | Virgin Islands (US) | -1,136 | 5.3% |
| 103rd | São Tomé and Principe | -1,041 | 13.5% |
| 104th | Bulgaria | -1,032 | 44.9% |
| 105th | Vanuatu | -907 | -0.9% |
| 106th | New Zealand | -901 | -107.9% |
| 107th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -828 | 5.9% |
| 108th | Uzbekistan | -752 | -148.0% |
| 109th | Kiribati | -730 | -4.0% |
| 110th | Malta | -558 | 24.6% |
| 111th | Aruba | -535 | -32.1% |
| 112th | Seychelles | -493 | -12.3% |
| 113th | Gibraltar | -420 | -8.2% |
| 114th | Iceland | -328 | -292.9% |
| 115th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 116th | Namibia | -267 | 44.5% |
| 117th | Mauritius | -258 | 85.3% |
| 118th | French Polynesia | -251 | -136.7% |
| 119th | New Caledonia | -193 | 63.7% |
| 120th | Tuvalu | -103 | -18.4% |
| 121st | Solomon Islands | -102 | -240.0% |
| 122nd | Nauru | -2 | 60.0% |
| 123rd | Bermuda | 0 | 100.0% |
| 124th | Congo, Republic of | 0 | 100.0% |
| 125th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 126th | Marshall Islands | 6 | -50.0% |
| 127th | Greenland | 22 | -43.6% |
| 128th | San Marino | 32 | -72.2% |
| 129th | Albania | 64 | -3.0% |
| 130th | Faroe Islands | 118 | -4.8% |
| 131st | Isle of Man | 156 | -15.7% |
| 132nd | Palau | 157 | 9.0% |
| 133rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 195 | -2.5% |
| 134th | Liechtenstein | 202 | 2.5% |
| 135th | Italy | 203 | 105.4% |
| 136th | Ecuador | 249 | -56.9% |
| 137th | Guam | 266 | 109.4% |
| 138th | British Virgin Islands | 293 | 1.0% |
| 139th | Bahamas, The | 302 | 24.3% |
| 140th | American Samoa | 344 | -5.8% |
| 141st | Luxembourg | 346 | -8.0% |
| 142nd | Monaco | 412 | -9.6% |
| 143rd | Cayman Islands | 649 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Eritrea | 772 | -58.3% |
| 145th | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 1,199 | -4.3% |
| 147th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,207 | 1.0% |
| 148th | Channel Islands | 1,264 | 7.6% |
| 149th | Andorra | 1,291 | -6.2% |
| 150th | Belgium | 1,697 | 35.5% |
| 151st | Brunei Darussalam | 1,722 | 7.5% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 1,779 | -6.2% |
| 153rd | St. Martin (French part) | 1,950 | 1.4% |
| 154th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2,158 | 1.0% |
| 155th | Botswana | 2,393 | 20.9% |
| 156th | Costa Rica | 2,402 | -1.9% |
| 157th | Cyprus | 2,485 | -14.3% |
| 158th | Spain | 2,754 | 121.9% |
| 159th | Austria | 2,906 | 297.2% |
| 160th | Slovenia | 3,280 | -9.2% |
| 161st | Norway | 3,856 | -6.4% |
| 162nd | Finland | 3,972 | -42.6% |
| 163rd | Denmark | 4,325 | 121.6% |
| 164th | Bahrain | 4,557 | 7.2% |
| 165th | Estonia | 5,006 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Zimbabwe | 5,124 | 15.0% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 5,452 | 123.4% |
| 168th | Macao SAR, China | 5,603 | 2.1% |
| 169th | Croatia | 5,757 | -9.0% |
| 170th | Liberia | 7,513 | -4.4% |
| 171st | Gambia, The | 7,733 | 15.2% |
| 172nd | Togo | 7,897 | -18.9% |
| 173rd | Tunisia | 8,109 | 121.4% |
| 174th | Sweden | 8,668 | 311.8% |
| 175th | Lithuania | 8,835 | 2.9% |
| 176th | Latvia | 8,847 | 9.0% |
| 177th | West Bank and Gaza | 9,108 | 1,231.6% |
| 178th | Qatar | 10,113 | -3.3% |
| 179th | Israel | 10,933 | 1,486.8% |
| 180th | Equatorial Guinea | 11,221 | -12.1% |
| 181st | Myanmar | 11,433 | -38.0% |
| 182nd | Switzerland | 12,532 | 121.3% |
| 183rd | Netherlands | 12,902 | 17.2% |
| 184th | Ukraine | 13,340 | -43.5% |
| 185th | Oman | 14,993 | -4.0% |
| 186th | Kuwait | 17,020 | -46.4% |
| 187th | Libya | 18,039 | 112.8% |
| 188th | Greece | 19,767 | 6.0% |
| 189th | Iraq | 21,709 | -6.1% |
| 190th | Türkiye | 21,787 | -45.4% |
| 191st | Jordan | 24,316 | 13.2% |
| 192nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 25,516 | 0.2% |
| 193rd | United Arab Emirates | 38,124 | -1.1% |
| 194th | Indonesia | 43,693 | -7.8% |
| 195th | Argentina | 47,659 | 2.6% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52,594 | -2.0% |
| 197th | Canada | 55,982 | -15.4% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 60,630 | 537.9% |
| 199th | Algeria | 68,774 | 12.2% |
| 200th | United Kingdom | 71,107 | 162.7% |
| 201st | Malawi | 72,435 | 6.2% |
| 202nd | France | 76,175 | -13.6% |
| 203rd | Angola | 78,529 | -5.3% |
| 204th | Australia | 79,617 | 8.7% |
| 205th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 97,748 | -52.2% |
| 206th | Korea | 101,394 | -0.8% |
| 207th | Malaysia | 106,248 | 8.6% |
| 208th | Nigeria | 113,758 | 122.4% |
| 209th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 122,791 | -5.0% |
| 210th | Thailand | 139,345 | -2.8% |
| 211th | Saudi Arabia | 153,562 | -2.8% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 190,045 | 30.1% |
| 213th | Russian Federation | 247,026 | 23.4% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 248,224 | 243.7% |
| 215th | South Africa | 290,789 | -6.2% |
| 216th | United States | 622,793 | -6.0% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's net migration in 1984?▾
South Africa's net migration in 1984 was 290,789. This ranked 215th globally.
How did South Africa's net migration change in 1984?▾
South Africa's net migration decreased by 6.2% in 1984 compared to 1983.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1984?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1984 at 622,793.
What is the net migration of South Africa in 1984?▾
The net migration of South Africa in 1984 was 290,789. This ranked 215th globally.
How does 1984 compare to 1983 for South Africa's net migration?▾
South Africa's net migration went from 310,172 in 1983 to 290,789 in 1984, a 6.2% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1984. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 18.7%. View full analysis →
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