South Africa - Net Migration 1988
246,382
+15,373 from 1987
South Africa's net migration was 246,382 in 1988, increased +15,373 from 231,009 in 1987. This was the 212th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -415,660 | -2,290.1% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -395,408 | -7.6% |
| 3rd | Mexico | -374,544 | 9.9% |
| 4th | Mozambique | -286,247 | 35.2% |
| 5th | China | -282,194 | -66.8% |
| 6th | Sudan | -235,213 | -2.8% |
| 7th | India | -155,676 | 29.0% |
| 8th | Philippines | -147,523 | -116.5% |
| 9th | Morocco | -102,484 | 1.5% |
| 10th | Poland | -101,671 | -214.7% |
| 11th | South Sudan | -97,065 | -710.5% |
| 12th | Mali | -87,952 | 3.3% |
| 13th | Viet Nam | -84,361 | 34.1% |
| 14th | Iraq | -81,562 | 24.8% |
| 15th | Brazil | -72,825 | 6.4% |
| 16th | Tanzania | -71,012 | -175.1% |
| 17th | Ghana | -64,810 | 23.4% |
| 18th | Nepal | -64,246 | 11.3% |
| 19th | Sri Lanka | -58,415 | 7.4% |
| 20th | Afghanistan | -56,263 | 83.7% |
| 21st | Romania | -48,911 | -14.1% |
| 22nd | Burundi | -46,464 | -119.4% |
| 23rd | Ireland | -44,020 | -14.6% |
| 24th | Kyrgyz Republic | -40,823 | -2.9% |
| 25th | Kenya | -31,894 | 34.4% |
| 26th | Zambia | -31,270 | -18.7% |
| 27th | Peru | -31,238 | 9.8% |
| 28th | Central African Republic | -31,016 | 34.6% |
| 29th | El Salvador | -30,806 | 4.6% |
| 30th | Guatemala | -30,450 | 3.5% |
| 31st | Burkina Faso | -30,068 | -3.4% |
| 32nd | Jamaica | -28,247 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Türkiye | -27,659 | 32.2% |
| 34th | Portugal | -26,595 | -14.9% |
| 35th | Dominican Republic | -26,552 | -2.7% |
| 36th | Papua New Guinea | -26,232 | -2.0% |
| 37th | Kazakhstan | -25,892 | 20.9% |
| 38th | Haiti | -25,662 | -0.6% |
| 39th | Azerbaijan | -25,290 | 63.4% |
| 40th | Colombia | -25,064 | 30.5% |
| 41st | Nicaragua | -24,753 | 1.5% |
| 42nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | -21,649 | -32.1% |
| 43rd | Guyana | -20,860 | -0.1% |
| 44th | Uganda | -20,113 | 10.3% |
| 45th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -19,568 | -3.3% |
| 46th | Yemen, Republic of | -17,952 | -97.3% |
| 47th | Spain | -17,663 | -39.3% |
| 48th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -17,058 | -14.8% |
| 49th | New Zealand | -17,005 | -122.8% |
| 50th | Honduras | -16,919 | 2.9% |
| 51st | Hungary | -16,052 | 0.8% |
| 52nd | Cameroon | -16,016 | -318.3% |
| 53rd | Kosovo | -15,870 | -5,727.7% |
| 54th | Serbia | -15,715 | 5.8% |
| 55th | Cuba | -15,474 | 5.0% |
| 56th | Cambodia | -14,627 | -132.9% |
| 57th | North Macedonia | -13,621 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Armenia | -13,325 | 50.4% |
| 59th | Myanmar | -13,046 | -12.1% |
| 60th | Georgia | -12,189 | -11.2% |
| 61st | Senegal | -12,036 | 0.4% |
| 62nd | Lesotho | -11,028 | -0.7% |
| 63rd | Ecuador | -10,977 | -124.7% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | -10,611 | 5.1% |
| 65th | Fiji | -10,138 | -5.6% |
| 66th | Chile | -9,131 | 23.6% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | -9,023 | -0.2% |
| 68th | Guinea-Bissau | -8,473 | 1.7% |
| 69th | Syrian Arab Republic | -8,426 | -1.1% |
| 70th | Uruguay | -6,582 | 3.7% |
| 71st | Slovak Republic | -6,500 | -1.5% |
| 72nd | Cabo Verde | -6,474 | -0.9% |
| 73rd | Belarus | -5,424 | 56.5% |
| 74th | Rwanda | -5,285 | 25.2% |
| 75th | Moldova | -4,989 | 53.8% |
| 76th | Samoa | -4,366 | -7.6% |
| 77th | Eritrea | -3,612 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Paraguay | -3,557 | -3.3% |
| 79th | Slovenia | -3,023 | -201.7% |
| 80th | West Bank and Gaza | -3,008 | -105.9% |
| 81st | Mauritania | -2,997 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Suriname | -2,573 | 52.9% |
| 83rd | Curaçao | -2,391 | -0.4% |
| 84th | Montenegro | -2,165 | 15.7% |
| 85th | Tonga | -2,138 | -8.5% |
| 86th | Lebanon | -1,916 | -415.7% |
| 87th | Madagascar | -1,883 | 0.7% |
| 88th | Benin | -1,867 | -4.2% |
| 89th | Comoros | -1,832 | -8.6% |
| 90th | Panama | -1,750 | 10.4% |
| 91st | Dominica | -1,653 | 0.5% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | -1,606 | -12.9% |
| 93rd | Belize | -1,579 | -3.4% |
| 94th | Virgin Islands (US) | -1,570 | -11.7% |
| 95th | Mauritius | -1,399 | -366.3% |
| 96th | Czechia | -1,359 | 10.2% |
| 97th | Barbados | -1,301 | -3.1% |
| 98th | Grenada | -1,243 | 21.7% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,243 | 0.6% |
| 100th | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,168 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Niger | -1,139 | 51.3% |
| 102nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -994 | -241.6% |
| 103rd | Vanuatu | -959 | -5.7% |
| 104th | Aruba | -905 | 14.0% |
| 105th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -766 | 0.1% |
| 106th | French Polynesia | -694 | -259.6% |
| 107th | Guinea | -637 | -82.0% |
| 108th | Maldives | -564 | -112.8% |
| 109th | Gibraltar | -532 | -3.1% |
| 110th | Uzbekistan | -473 | 42.6% |
| 111th | São Tomé and Principe | -465 | 1.1% |
| 112th | Kiribati | -321 | -7.7% |
| 113th | New Caledonia | -281 | -2.9% |
| 114th | Botswana | -215 | -108.2% |
| 115th | Greenland | -205 | -62.7% |
| 116th | Solomon Islands | -197 | -10.1% |
| 117th | Seychelles | -196 | 46.0% |
| 118th | Marshall Islands | -140 | -775.0% |
| 119th | Lao PDR | -80 | - |
| 120th | Tuvalu | -72 | -5.9% |
| 121st | Togo | -17 | -102.0% |
| 122nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 123rd | Congo, Republic of | 22 | -95.8% |
| 124th | Faroe Islands | 22 | -29.0% |
| 125th | Nauru | 29 | 7.4% |
| 126th | Bermuda | 36 | -52.6% |
| 127th | Guam | 58 | -17.1% |
| 128th | Palau | 126 | 0.8% |
| 129th | Malta | 164 | -44.4% |
| 130th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 173 | 0.6% |
| 131st | Liechtenstein | 195 | 9.6% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 215 | -39.8% |
| 133rd | American Samoa | 217 | -17.5% |
| 134th | San Marino | 268 | 1,440.0% |
| 135th | Monaco | 304 | -3.5% |
| 136th | British Virgin Islands | 325 | 1.6% |
| 137th | Bahamas, The | 413 | 26.7% |
| 138th | Timor-Leste | 587 | 653.8% |
| 139th | Cayman Islands | 646 | -2.6% |
| 140th | Albania | 658 | 120.2% |
| 141st | Denmark | 677 | -89.3% |
| 142nd | Brunei Darussalam | 962 | -3.2% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Libya | 1,053 | -39.5% |
| 145th | Channel Islands | 1,081 | -3.1% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 1,286 | -13.2% |
| 147th | Isle of Man | 1,302 | -0.5% |
| 148th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,313 | 3.5% |
| 149th | Turkmenistan | 1,408 | -55.5% |
| 150th | Iceland | 1,572 | 66.5% |
| 151st | Israel | 1,675 | -77.7% |
| 152nd | Andorra | 1,697 | 55.1% |
| 153rd | Cyprus | 1,727 | -29.9% |
| 154th | Finland | 1,765 | 112.4% |
| 155th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1,972 | 0.2% |
| 156th | St. Martin (French part) | 1,980 | -0.5% |
| 157th | Costa Rica | 2,414 | 6.5% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 2,459 | 32.6% |
| 159th | Luxembourg | 2,909 | 32.2% |
| 160th | Equatorial Guinea | 3,777 | -15.7% |
| 161st | Belgium | 3,929 | 11.5% |
| 162nd | Tunisia | 3,934 | 6.0% |
| 163rd | Qatar | 5,118 | -5.3% |
| 164th | Estonia | 5,256 | -2.5% |
| 165th | Bahrain | 5,294 | 2.8% |
| 166th | Tajikistan | 5,523 | -44.3% |
| 167th | Macao SAR, China | 7,144 | 8.5% |
| 168th | Croatia | 7,242 | 4.1% |
| 169th | Liberia | 7,734 | 13.1% |
| 170th | Sierra Leone | 9,470 | -0.9% |
| 171st | Gambia, The | 10,187 | 6.5% |
| 172nd | Norway | 10,380 | -25.4% |
| 173rd | Namibia | 10,916 | 139.4% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 11,327 | -46.8% |
| 175th | Austria | 13,807 | 862.8% |
| 176th | United Kingdom | 13,952 | 68.8% |
| 177th | Eswatini | 14,879 | 515.6% |
| 178th | Latvia | 15,784 | -18.0% |
| 179th | Chad | 16,085 | -30.7% |
| 180th | Djibouti | 17,242 | -1.7% |
| 181st | Italy | 18,553 | 137.1% |
| 182nd | Greece | 20,557 | 8.2% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 24,376 | -2.2% |
| 184th | Indonesia | 25,383 | -5.0% |
| 185th | Sweden | 30,064 | 40.9% |
| 186th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 30,688 | -85.6% |
| 187th | Netherlands | 31,026 | -21.6% |
| 188th | Kuwait | 31,455 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Oman | 31,456 | -0.5% |
| 190th | Switzerland | 34,602 | 27.8% |
| 191st | Argentina | 37,594 | -8.0% |
| 192nd | Pakistan | 38,139 | -73.9% |
| 193rd | Lithuania | 38,648 | 257.2% |
| 194th | Jordan | 39,873 | 15.1% |
| 195th | Singapore | 40,976 | 61.3% |
| 196th | Japan | 51,154 | 82.7% |
| 197th | Côte d'Ivoire | 53,187 | 18.1% |
| 198th | Angola | 65,028 | 3.5% |
| 199th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 66,147 | 12.7% |
| 200th | United Arab Emirates | 68,991 | -0.7% |
| 201st | France | 69,935 | 16.8% |
| 202nd | Ukraine | 75,637 | 513.9% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 93,510 | 45.2% |
| 204th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 101,314 | -8.9% |
| 205th | Thailand | 128,469 | 4.6% |
| 206th | Malaysia | 133,478 | -3.1% |
| 207th | Saudi Arabia | 146,918 | -16.1% |
| 208th | Australia | 153,330 | 12.4% |
| 209th | Korea | 192,534 | -2.8% |
| 210th | Malawi | 201,011 | -26.0% |
| 211th | Canada | 238,003 | 38.9% |
| 212th | South Africa | 246,382 | 6.7% |
| 213th | Russian Federation | 269,862 | -2.1% |
| 214th | United States | 460,778 | -4.2% |
| 215th | European Union | 512,426 | 142.6% |
| 216th | Germany | 515,962 | 196.1% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's net migration in 1988?▾
South Africa's net migration in 1988 was 246,382. This ranked 212th globally.
How did South Africa's net migration change in 1988?▾
South Africa's net migration increased by 6.7% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1988?▾
Germany had the highest net migration in 1988 at 515,962.
What is the net migration of South Africa in 1988?▾
The net migration of South Africa in 1988 was 246,382. This ranked 212th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for South Africa's net migration?▾
South Africa's net migration went from 231,009 in 1987 to 246,382 in 1988, a 6.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1988. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.3%. View full analysis →
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