South Africa - Net Migration 1985
244,940
−45,849 from 1984
South Africa's net migration was 244,940 in 1985, decreased +45,849 from 290,789 in 1984. This was the 214th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1985▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mexico | -445,447 | -4.7% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -287,872 | -17.2% |
| 3rd | Sudan | -222,315 | -1.2% |
| 4th | Afghanistan | -208,685 | -184.1% |
| 5th | Iraq | -199,505 | -1,019.0% |
| 6th | Philippines | -171,539 | -252.0% |
| 7th | Japan | -141,323 | 48.4% |
| 8th | Viet Nam | -124,910 | -28.3% |
| 9th | Ghana | -106,855 | -1.1% |
| 10th | Kazakhstan | -103,115 | -7.1% |
| 11th | India | -89,991 | -178.5% |
| 12th | Sri Lanka | -80,950 | 64.1% |
| 13th | Mozambique | -75,642 | -7.2% |
| 14th | Burundi | -66,574 | -125.4% |
| 15th | Mali | -63,347 | -33.8% |
| 16th | China | -60,929 | -17.3% |
| 17th | Brazil | -60,879 | 13.1% |
| 18th | Azerbaijan | -57,247 | -12.9% |
| 19th | Central African Republic | -46,427 | -1.8% |
| 20th | Morocco | -45,336 | -15.3% |
| 21st | Uganda | -42,942 | -387.0% |
| 22nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -38,536 | -12.5% |
| 23rd | Kenya | -35,400 | -6.5% |
| 24th | West Bank and Gaza | -31,640 | -447.4% |
| 25th | Singapore | -31,036 | -606.0% |
| 26th | Chad | -30,686 | 81.3% |
| 27th | Nepal | -30,154 | -56.2% |
| 28th | El Salvador | -29,111 | 2.2% |
| 29th | Romania | -28,108 | -14.1% |
| 30th | Armenia | -27,710 | -10.2% |
| 31st | Poland | -27,277 | -48.2% |
| 32nd | Papua New Guinea | -25,470 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Guatemala | -24,991 | 0.1% |
| 34th | Haiti | -24,887 | -1.9% |
| 35th | Nicaragua | -23,840 | -6.0% |
| 36th | Dominican Republic | -23,388 | -5.2% |
| 37th | Colombia | -21,408 | -14.5% |
| 38th | Jamaica | -21,371 | -24.2% |
| 39th | Guyana | -20,337 | -3.2% |
| 40th | Bulgaria | -19,230 | -1,763.4% |
| 41st | Portugal | -19,183 | -15.2% |
| 42nd | Senegal | -18,644 | 25.0% |
| 43rd | Zambia | -18,474 | 1.0% |
| 44th | Cuba | -18,048 | 5.0% |
| 45th | Chile | -18,047 | 14.8% |
| 46th | Honduras | -17,778 | -2.9% |
| 47th | Serbia | -17,646 | -13.4% |
| 48th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -17,558 | -5.6% |
| 49th | Burkina Faso | -16,623 | -33.6% |
| 50th | Ireland | -16,178 | -4.0% |
| 51st | Hungary | -15,890 | 2.0% |
| 52nd | Georgia | -15,208 | -17.7% |
| 53rd | Yemen, Republic of | -14,660 | 23.4% |
| 54th | Peru | -13,887 | -131.2% |
| 55th | North Macedonia | -13,492 | -1.8% |
| 56th | New Zealand | -13,462 | -1,394.1% |
| 57th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -11,429 | -10.7% |
| 58th | Rwanda | -11,031 | 14.5% |
| 59th | Moldova | -10,627 | 16.5% |
| 60th | South Sudan | -9,986 | -11.2% |
| 61st | Uruguay | -8,832 | 9.2% |
| 62nd | Guinea-Bissau | -8,812 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | -8,143 | -34.1% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | -8,051 | 35.1% |
| 65th | Sierra Leone | -7,873 | 9.6% |
| 66th | Guinea | -6,965 | 39.1% |
| 67th | Syrian Arab Republic | -6,221 | -18.6% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | -6,192 | -2.6% |
| 69th | Niger | -6,126 | 33.5% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | -6,068 | 3.3% |
| 71st | Samoa | -4,920 | 0.5% |
| 72nd | Suriname | -3,763 | 23.1% |
| 73rd | Israel | -3,686 | -133.7% |
| 74th | Cameroon | -3,604 | -2.6% |
| 75th | Paraguay | -3,562 | 5.5% |
| 76th | Montenegro | -3,013 | 2.0% |
| 77th | Mauritania | -2,998 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Tonga | -2,775 | 1.7% |
| 79th | Curaçao | -2,351 | -1.0% |
| 80th | Panama | -2,297 | 5.7% |
| 81st | Benin | -1,953 | 3.2% |
| 82nd | Madagascar | -1,947 | 0.9% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | -1,719 | 29.9% |
| 84th | Dominica | -1,617 | -0.2% |
| 85th | Grenada | -1,555 | -9.8% |
| 86th | Barbados | -1,487 | -2.8% |
| 87th | St. Lucia | -1,465 | 0.2% |
| 88th | Fiji | -1,452 | -2.2% |
| 89th | Belize | -1,402 | -1.5% |
| 90th | Lao PDR | -1,376 | 49.0% |
| 91st | Comoros | -1,339 | -6.4% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,324 | 5.8% |
| 93rd | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,261 | -6.7% |
| 94th | Czechia | -1,173 | 20.8% |
| 95th | Virgin Islands (US) | -1,165 | -2.6% |
| 96th | Lebanon | -1,108 | 60.2% |
| 97th | Kosovo | -1,096 | 70.7% |
| 98th | Eritrea | -1,073 | -239.0% |
| 99th | Vanuatu | -916 | -1.0% |
| 100th | São Tomé and Principe | -828 | 20.5% |
| 101st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -821 | 0.8% |
| 102nd | Belarus | -784 | 74.3% |
| 103rd | Uzbekistan | -773 | -2.8% |
| 104th | Aruba | -751 | -40.4% |
| 105th | Iceland | -628 | -91.5% |
| 106th | Spain | -589 | -121.4% |
| 107th | Timor-Leste | -495 | 65.5% |
| 108th | Ecuador | -494 | -298.4% |
| 109th | Seychelles | -458 | 7.1% |
| 110th | Gibraltar | -451 | -7.4% |
| 111th | Malta | -428 | 23.3% |
| 112th | Kiribati | -419 | 42.6% |
| 113th | Maldives | -382 | 70.6% |
| 114th | French Polynesia | -308 | -22.7% |
| 115th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -291 | 0.0% |
| 116th | New Caledonia | -230 | -19.2% |
| 117th | Albania | -183 | -385.9% |
| 118th | Greenland | -157 | -813.6% |
| 119th | Solomon Islands | -150 | -47.1% |
| 120th | Tuvalu | -36 | 65.0% |
| 121st | Bermuda | -33 | - |
| 122nd | Marshall Islands | -1 | -116.7% |
| 123rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 124th | Nauru | 8 | 500.0% |
| 125th | Faroe Islands | 15 | -87.3% |
| 126th | Isle of Man | 137 | -12.2% |
| 127th | Guam | 164 | -38.3% |
| 128th | San Marino | 166 | 418.8% |
| 129th | Palau | 179 | 14.0% |
| 130th | Congo, Republic of | 182 | - |
| 131st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 187 | -4.1% |
| 132nd | Liechtenstein | 199 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Tajikistan | 247 | 103.5% |
| 134th | British Virgin Islands | 297 | 1.4% |
| 135th | American Samoa | 319 | -7.3% |
| 136th | Monaco | 374 | -9.2% |
| 137th | Bahamas, The | 469 | 55.3% |
| 138th | Mauritius | 615 | 338.4% |
| 139th | Cayman Islands | 646 | -0.5% |
| 140th | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 141st | Luxembourg | 1,067 | 208.4% |
| 142nd | Andorra | 1,079 | -16.4% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 1,222 | 1.9% |
| 144th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,222 | 1.2% |
| 145th | Togo | 1,242 | -84.3% |
| 146th | Channel Islands | 1,245 | -1.5% |
| 147th | Bhutan | 1,694 | -4.8% |
| 148th | Eswatini | 1,792 | 145.4% |
| 149th | Brunei Darussalam | 1,808 | 5.0% |
| 150th | Turkmenistan | 1,861 | 230.4% |
| 151st | St. Martin (French part) | 1,974 | 1.2% |
| 152nd | Namibia | 2,090 | 882.8% |
| 153rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2,162 | 0.2% |
| 154th | Belgium | 2,165 | 27.6% |
| 155th | Costa Rica | 2,357 | -1.9% |
| 156th | Finland | 2,416 | -39.2% |
| 157th | Cyprus | 2,647 | 6.5% |
| 158th | Botswana | 2,683 | 12.1% |
| 159th | Tunisia | 2,887 | -64.4% |
| 160th | Slovenia | 3,404 | 3.8% |
| 161st | Bahrain | 4,657 | 2.2% |
| 162nd | Cambodia | 4,677 | 116.0% |
| 163rd | Zimbabwe | 4,718 | -7.9% |
| 164th | Estonia | 5,097 | 1.8% |
| 165th | Ukraine | 5,546 | -58.4% |
| 166th | Croatia | 5,550 | -3.6% |
| 167th | Macao SAR, China | 5,601 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Austria | 5,940 | 104.4% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 6,074 | -46.9% |
| 170th | Norway | 6,725 | 74.4% |
| 171st | Italy | 6,911 | 3,304.4% |
| 172nd | Liberia | 7,487 | -0.3% |
| 173rd | Gambia, The | 8,373 | 8.3% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | 8,816 | -21.4% |
| 175th | Türkiye | 8,960 | -58.9% |
| 176th | Lithuania | 9,417 | 6.6% |
| 177th | Qatar | 9,797 | -3.1% |
| 178th | Denmark | 9,957 | 130.2% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 9,997 | 83.4% |
| 180th | Sweden | 11,464 | 32.3% |
| 181st | Libya | 11,962 | -33.7% |
| 182nd | Latvia | 12,037 | 36.1% |
| 183rd | Switzerland | 14,402 | 14.9% |
| 184th | Greece | 16,093 | -18.6% |
| 185th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 24,606 | -3.6% |
| 186th | Kuwait | 25,777 | 51.5% |
| 187th | Netherlands | 27,356 | 112.0% |
| 188th | Jordan | 28,040 | 15.3% |
| 189th | Oman | 33,666 | 124.5% |
| 190th | Indonesia | 37,451 | -14.3% |
| 191st | United Arab Emirates | 37,605 | -1.4% |
| 192nd | Argentina | 46,889 | -1.6% |
| 193rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 50,872 | -3.3% |
| 194th | Nigeria | 61,514 | -45.9% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 62,183 | 2.6% |
| 196th | France | 66,149 | -13.2% |
| 197th | Pakistan | 68,860 | 121.6% |
| 198th | Canada | 69,776 | 24.6% |
| 199th | Malawi | 74,625 | 3.0% |
| 200th | Angola | 74,738 | -4.8% |
| 201st | Algeria | 75,729 | 10.1% |
| 202nd | United Kingdom | 83,164 | 17.0% |
| 203rd | Tanzania | 86,864 | 422.5% |
| 204th | Korea | 97,949 | -3.4% |
| 205th | Australia | 98,327 | 23.5% |
| 206th | Germany | 103,556 | 168.7% |
| 207th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 112,411 | -8.5% |
| 208th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 118,791 | -37.5% |
| 209th | Malaysia | 120,215 | 13.1% |
| 210th | Thailand | 141,963 | 1.9% |
| 211th | Saudi Arabia | 148,208 | -3.5% |
| 212th | European Union | 157,102 | 287.8% |
| 213th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 163,999 | 67.8% |
| 214th | South Africa | 244,940 | -15.8% |
| 215th | Russian Federation | 280,614 | 13.6% |
| 216th | United States | 598,777 | -3.9% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's net migration in 1985?▾
South Africa's net migration in 1985 was 244,940. This ranked 214th globally.
How did South Africa's net migration change in 1985?▾
South Africa's net migration decreased by 15.8% in 1985 compared to 1984.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1985?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1985 at 598,777.
What is the net migration of South Africa in 1985?▾
The net migration of South Africa in 1985 was 244,940. This ranked 214th globally.
How does 1985 compare to 1984 for South Africa's net migration?▾
South Africa's net migration went from 290,789 in 1984 to 244,940 in 1985, a 15.8% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1985. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 16.2%. View full analysis →
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