South Africa - Net Migration 1990
259,718
+4,113 from 1989
South Africa's net migration was 259,718 in 1990, increased +4,113 from 255,605 in 1989. This was the 209th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1990▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait | -1.2M | -3,552.5% |
| 2nd | Liberia | -712,544 | -8,836.4% |
| 3rd | Iraq | -601,469 | -3,201.6% |
| 4th | Afghanistan | -458,737 | -2,607.3% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | -404,105 | 0.7% |
| 6th | Mexico | -321,764 | 16.7% |
| 7th | Sudan | -254,825 | -5.3% |
| 8th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -248,155 | 6.8% |
| 9th | Sri Lanka | -195,736 | -487.7% |
| 10th | Mozambique | -127,215 | 36.2% |
| 11th | Bulgaria | -116,817 | -1.8% |
| 12th | Georgia | -108,969 | -27.2% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | -103,336 | -43.3% |
| 14th | Morocco | -97,711 | 6.5% |
| 15th | Tanzania | -80,529 | -13.0% |
| 16th | Uzbekistan | -73,478 | -429.1% |
| 17th | Mali | -68,668 | 9.4% |
| 18th | Azerbaijan | -63,324 | 37.9% |
| 19th | Philippines | -63,296 | 73.2% |
| 20th | Albania | -60,173 | -54.9% |
| 21st | Chad | -58,884 | -1,295.9% |
| 22nd | Viet Nam | -57,221 | 43.4% |
| 23rd | Poland | -50,339 | -2.3% |
| 24th | Ghana | -46,789 | 10.5% |
| 25th | Tajikistan | -41,596 | 21.5% |
| 26th | Rwanda | -41,483 | -1,367.9% |
| 27th | Myanmar | -40,859 | -53.7% |
| 28th | Burundi | -39,926 | 8.3% |
| 29th | El Salvador | -39,689 | -3.9% |
| 30th | Zambia | -38,619 | -5.1% |
| 31st | Romania | -38,157 | -12.7% |
| 32nd | Portugal | -34,855 | -13.8% |
| 33rd | Burkina Faso | -32,970 | -3.5% |
| 34th | Spain | -30,684 | -18.5% |
| 35th | Brazil | -30,555 | 49.1% |
| 36th | Moldova | -30,053 | -2.5% |
| 37th | Peru | -29,437 | 12.3% |
| 38th | Kyrgyz Republic | -27,912 | -8.5% |
| 39th | Guatemala | -27,735 | 10.1% |
| 40th | Dominican Republic | -27,397 | -1.5% |
| 41st | Türkiye | -27,193 | 18.9% |
| 42nd | Belarus | -26,497 | -569.9% |
| 43rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | -26,077 | -25.4% |
| 44th | Haiti | -26,075 | -0.8% |
| 45th | Jamaica | -25,085 | 7.3% |
| 46th | Nicaragua | -24,280 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -22,829 | -16.3% |
| 48th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -21,917 | -5.8% |
| 49th | Uganda | -21,688 | -72.5% |
| 50th | Ecuador | -21,164 | -30.3% |
| 51st | Guyana | -20,930 | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Serbia | -16,260 | 0.6% |
| 53rd | North Macedonia | -16,174 | -19.6% |
| 54th | Yemen, Republic of | -15,847 | 6.1% |
| 55th | Kosovo | -15,797 | -8.7% |
| 56th | Cuba | -15,438 | -5.0% |
| 57th | Honduras | -15,351 | 4.9% |
| 58th | Latvia | -13,196 | -166.0% |
| 59th | Senegal | -12,959 | -4.8% |
| 60th | Eritrea | -12,425 | -69.5% |
| 61st | Mongolia | -11,881 | -21.8% |
| 62nd | Lesotho | -11,598 | -3.5% |
| 63rd | Kenya | -11,338 | 54.6% |
| 64th | China | -11,187 | 96.4% |
| 65th | Fiji | -11,081 | -3.7% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | -9,402 | -29.6% |
| 67th | Lithuania | -8,840 | 67.2% |
| 68th | Ireland | -8,203 | 71.5% |
| 69th | Cameroon | -8,163 | 27.4% |
| 70th | Guinea-Bissau | -8,151 | 1.7% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | -7,878 | 8.3% |
| 72nd | Colombia | -7,590 | 64.4% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | -7,499 | -3.7% |
| 74th | Puerto Rico (US) | -6,865 | 44.8% |
| 75th | Syrian Arab Republic | -6,620 | 21.0% |
| 76th | Lebanon | -6,595 | -261.0% |
| 77th | Suriname | -6,471 | -68.3% |
| 78th | Turkmenistan | -4,864 | -36.0% |
| 79th | Paraguay | -4,685 | -16.9% |
| 80th | Samoa | -4,533 | -0.1% |
| 81st | Czechia | -3,529 | -62.3% |
| 82nd | Lao PDR | -3,100 | -143.7% |
| 83rd | Mauritania | -3,000 | 83.3% |
| 84th | Timor-Leste | -2,881 | -28.3% |
| 85th | Estonia | -2,660 | -622.8% |
| 86th | Curaçao | -2,419 | -0.6% |
| 87th | Tonga | -2,409 | -5.7% |
| 88th | Cabo Verde | -2,398 | 58.0% |
| 89th | Comoros | -2,141 | -15.1% |
| 90th | Mauritius | -1,938 | 21.3% |
| 91st | St. Lucia | -1,790 | -3.2% |
| 92nd | Madagascar | -1,777 | 3.8% |
| 93rd | Belize | -1,763 | -6.6% |
| 94th | Dominica | -1,722 | -4.3% |
| 95th | Montenegro | -1,705 | 1.4% |
| 96th | Barbados | -1,474 | -5.3% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,350 | -8.5% |
| 98th | Chile | -1,274 | 79.4% |
| 99th | Faroe Islands | -1,203 | -4,396.4% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | -1,105 | -24.3% |
| 101st | Grenada | -1,088 | 13.2% |
| 102nd | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,085 | 3.5% |
| 103rd | Vanuatu | -1,072 | -6.6% |
| 104th | Bhutan | -1,000 | -184.7% |
| 105th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -993 | 0.1% |
| 106th | Iceland | -971 | 2.3% |
| 107th | Virgin Islands (US) | -891 | 54.1% |
| 108th | Panama | -854 | 37.6% |
| 109th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -812 | -3.0% |
| 110th | São Tomé and Principe | -727 | -27.3% |
| 111th | Greenland | -648 | -159.2% |
| 112th | Nepal | -640 | 98.4% |
| 113th | Gibraltar | -621 | -7.1% |
| 114th | Marshall Islands | -562 | -17.3% |
| 115th | West Bank and Gaza | -476 | 84.3% |
| 116th | Kiribati | -441 | -30.5% |
| 117th | Guam | -438 | -708.3% |
| 118th | Congo, Republic of | -395 | -132.5% |
| 119th | Solomon Islands | -335 | -24.1% |
| 120th | Benin | -333 | -5.7% |
| 121st | Maldives | -271 | 55.6% |
| 122nd | Seychelles | -228 | -10.7% |
| 123rd | American Samoa | -219 | -244.1% |
| 124th | Tuvalu | -69 | 2.8% |
| 125th | St. Martin (French part) | -8 | -100.4% |
| 126th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 127th | Nauru | 20 | -16.7% |
| 128th | Bermuda | 34 | 41.7% |
| 129th | Togo | 44 | - |
| 130th | Niger | 73 | -88.1% |
| 131st | Liechtenstein | 120 | -21.1% |
| 132nd | Palau | 156 | 38.1% |
| 133rd | Bahamas, The | 241 | -53.9% |
| 134th | Northern Mariana Islands | 266 | -86.5% |
| 135th | Monaco | 289 | 1.4% |
| 136th | San Marino | 289 | 1.4% |
| 137th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 309 | 77.6% |
| 138th | British Virgin Islands | 351 | 5.1% |
| 139th | Malta | 568 | 129.0% |
| 140th | Slovenia | 618 | 122.7% |
| 141st | Aruba | 879 | 575.1% |
| 142nd | Libya | 946 | -3.6% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 990 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Brunei Darussalam | 992 | -1.0% |
| 145th | Cayman Islands | 998 | 42.6% |
| 146th | Isle of Man | 1,258 | -2.6% |
| 147th | New Caledonia | 1,300 | 45.9% |
| 148th | Cyprus | 1,371 | -28.0% |
| 149th | Channel Islands | 1,392 | 27.0% |
| 150th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,453 | 5.7% |
| 151st | Norway | 1,818 | 205.1% |
| 152nd | Algeria | 1,962 | 938.5% |
| 153rd | Central African Republic | 1,995 | 387.8% |
| 154th | Armenia | 2,122 | -97.8% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | 2,398 | 112.1% |
| 156th | Botswana | 2,580 | 72.6% |
| 157th | Andorra | 3,243 | 8,634.2% |
| 158th | Equatorial Guinea | 3,511 | -1.0% |
| 159th | Namibia | 3,969 | -94.7% |
| 160th | Luxembourg | 3,992 | 33.1% |
| 161st | Tunisia | 4,183 | 2.0% |
| 162nd | Zimbabwe | 4,948 | 32.4% |
| 163rd | Bahrain | 5,090 | -2.5% |
| 164th | Qatar | 5,216 | 3.4% |
| 165th | Macao SAR, China | 6,251 | -8.7% |
| 166th | Eswatini | 7,169 | 30.9% |
| 167th | Costa Rica | 7,949 | 111.5% |
| 168th | Belgium | 8,299 | 13.7% |
| 169th | Denmark | 8,667 | 133.0% |
| 170th | Finland | 8,920 | 54.5% |
| 171st | Croatia | 9,538 | 12.6% |
| 172nd | Gambia, The | 11,242 | 4.4% |
| 173rd | Indonesia | 11,539 | -42.0% |
| 174th | South Sudan | 12,988 | 109.9% |
| 175th | Argentina | 15,719 | -40.8% |
| 176th | Hungary | 16,991 | 200.0% |
| 177th | Greece | 26,294 | 39.4% |
| 178th | Oman | 31,722 | 0.6% |
| 179th | Italy | 35,317 | 80.7% |
| 180th | Sweden | 35,668 | -20.0% |
| 181st | France | 43,323 | -47.2% |
| 182nd | Djibouti | 49,970 | 49.3% |
| 183rd | Netherlands | 53,564 | 71.9% |
| 184th | United Kingdom | 57,132 | 15.2% |
| 185th | Switzerland | 58,428 | 69.7% |
| 186th | Cambodia | 58,455 | 6.0% |
| 187th | Austria | 59,873 | 29.5% |
| 188th | Angola | 64,821 | 1.9% |
| 189th | Singapore | 66,950 | -1.6% |
| 190th | United Arab Emirates | 67,118 | -1.5% |
| 191st | New Zealand | 70,432 | 898.7% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 71,111 | -60.5% |
| 193rd | Ukraine | 75,760 | 104.9% |
| 194th | Korea | 79,294 | -57.4% |
| 195th | Côte d'Ivoire | 79,979 | 18.8% |
| 196th | Australia | 100,093 | -30.5% |
| 197th | Guinea | 107,641 | 2,190.1% |
| 198th | Japan | 124,582 | 299.3% |
| 199th | India | 125,514 | 4,417.6% |
| 200th | Sierra Leone | 131,587 | 2,690.8% |
| 201st | Malaysia | 135,020 | -5.9% |
| 202nd | Nigeria | 135,959 | 36.5% |
| 203rd | Thailand | 152,916 | 69.0% |
| 204th | Saudi Arabia | 160,416 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Israel | 178,732 | 1,159.4% |
| 206th | Canada | 181,461 | -29.7% |
| 207th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 200,711 | 2,021.7% |
| 208th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 219,270 | 159.8% |
| 209th | South Africa | 259,718 | 1.6% |
| 210th | Jordan | 266,100 | 422.4% |
| 211th | Pakistan | 275,242 | 1,703.6% |
| 212th | Russian Federation | 299,863 | 235.4% |
| 213th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 406,994 | 673.0% |
| 214th | European Union | 676,023 | -1.9% |
| 215th | Germany | 679,702 | -10.7% |
| 216th | United States | 1.1M | 170.5% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's net migration in 1990?▾
South Africa's net migration in 1990 was 259,718. This ranked 209th globally.
How did South Africa's net migration change in 1990?▾
South Africa's net migration increased by 1.6% in 1990 compared to 1989.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1990?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1990 at 1.1M.
What is the net migration of South Africa in 1990?▾
The net migration of South Africa in 1990 was 259,718. This ranked 209th globally.
How does 1990 compare to 1989 for South Africa's net migration?▾
South Africa's net migration went from 255,605 in 1989 to 259,718 in 1990, a 1.6% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1990. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 13.9%. View full analysis →
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