Sri Lanka - Net Migration 1971
-22,021
−5,722 from 1970
Sri Lanka's net migration was -22,021 in 1971, decreased +5,722 from -16,299 in 1970. This was the 27th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1971▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | India | -974,574 | -516.9% |
| 2nd | Philippines | -315,363 | -4.8% |
| 3rd | Mexico | -185,062 | -12.8% |
| 4th | China | -180,153 | -42.4% |
| 5th | Russian Federation | -134,968 | 49.0% |
| 6th | Japan | -107,778 | -419.5% |
| 7th | Türkiye | -94,891 | 37.1% |
| 8th | Colombia | -84,712 | -28.2% |
| 9th | Cambodia | -80,232 | 58.4% |
| 10th | Pakistan | -68,357 | -17.3% |
| 11th | Italy | -58,627 | 5.8% |
| 12th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -56,503 | -61.1% |
| 13th | Kenya | -49,671 | -280.2% |
| 14th | Cuba | -43,056 | 3.2% |
| 15th | Uganda | -42,642 | -66.3% |
| 16th | Morocco | -39,385 | -50.5% |
| 17th | Nigeria | -35,639 | -548.1% |
| 18th | Algeria | -35,141 | 5.2% |
| 19th | Burkina Faso | -34,524 | -19.7% |
| 20th | Chile | -34,147 | 5.4% |
| 21st | Poland | -31,767 | 52.5% |
| 22nd | Zambia | -31,651 | -0.9% |
| 23rd | Guatemala | -23,513 | -59.4% |
| 24th | Brazil | -23,421 | -24.7% |
| 25th | Zimbabwe | -22,719 | 5.7% |
| 26th | Mali | -22,127 | -26.6% |
| 27th | Sri Lanka | -22,021 | -35.1% |
| 28th | Yemen, Republic of | -21,386 | -2.0% |
| 29th | Malaysia | -20,535 | 35.5% |
| 30th | Jamaica | -20,322 | 13.0% |
| 31st | Peru | -20,209 | -29.1% |
| 32nd | Papua New Guinea | -18,945 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Haiti | -18,509 | -0.5% |
| 34th | West Bank and Gaza | -17,235 | 45.1% |
| 35th | El Salvador | -16,389 | -44.2% |
| 36th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -15,829 | 23.6% |
| 37th | Syrian Arab Republic | -15,167 | 22.6% |
| 38th | Dominican Republic | -14,156 | 0.7% |
| 39th | Guinea-Bissau | -13,302 | -1,284.5% |
| 40th | Uruguay | -13,288 | -4.4% |
| 41st | Afghanistan | -12,801 | -387.1% |
| 42nd | Greece | -12,747 | 76.5% |
| 43rd | Ghana | -12,238 | -19.6% |
| 44th | Guinea | -11,543 | -67.1% |
| 45th | Georgia | -10,997 | -738.8% |
| 46th | Equatorial Guinea | -10,760 | -65.6% |
| 47th | Paraguay | -10,446 | 17.0% |
| 48th | Guyana | -10,142 | -20.2% |
| 49th | Tunisia | -9,949 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Chad | -9,153 | -2.5% |
| 51st | Honduras | -8,918 | -1.9% |
| 52nd | Sierra Leone | -8,162 | -64.7% |
| 53rd | Bulgaria | -7,654 | 32.4% |
| 54th | Burundi | -7,569 | -19.3% |
| 55th | Trinidad and Tobago | -7,499 | 14.3% |
| 56th | Nepal | -7,284 | -494.4% |
| 57th | Central African Republic | -7,259 | -96.6% |
| 58th | Iraq | -6,479 | -570.5% |
| 59th | Nicaragua | -6,328 | -16.7% |
| 60th | Korea | -6,326 | 77.4% |
| 61st | Belarus | -5,818 | 32.7% |
| 62nd | Croatia | -5,608 | -137.7% |
| 63rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -5,497 | -114.1% |
| 64th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -5,057 | -2.9% |
| 65th | Benin | -4,921 | -1.4% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | -4,917 | 23.6% |
| 67th | Fiji | -4,624 | -5.8% |
| 68th | Barbados | -4,396 | 9.4% |
| 69th | Libya | -4,265 | -672.5% |
| 70th | Rwanda | -4,230 | -468.1% |
| 71st | Cabo Verde | -4,085 | -2,475.0% |
| 72nd | Azerbaijan | -3,847 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Sudan | -3,577 | -179.9% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | -3,495 | 28.9% |
| 75th | Eswatini | -3,325 | -2.9% |
| 76th | Madagascar | -3,118 | -17.3% |
| 77th | Botswana | -3,016 | 81.2% |
| 78th | Oman | -2,996 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Czechia | -2,598 | 72.2% |
| 80th | Grenada | -2,463 | 4.0% |
| 81st | Samoa | -2,463 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Panama | -2,454 | 0.9% |
| 83rd | Niger | -2,277 | -2.3% |
| 84th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -2,183 | 3.4% |
| 85th | North Macedonia | -2,064 | -3,540.0% |
| 86th | Montenegro | -1,856 | 7.8% |
| 87th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1,850 | -267.6% |
| 88th | Belize | -1,693 | -30.5% |
| 89th | Solomon Islands | -1,646 | -0.9% |
| 90th | Kosovo | -1,638 | 86.1% |
| 91st | St. Lucia | -1,625 | 4.9% |
| 92nd | Cyprus | -1,586 | 20.7% |
| 93rd | Curaçao | -1,401 | -0.6% |
| 94th | Malta | -1,327 | -18.2% |
| 95th | Aruba | -1,205 | -1.3% |
| 96th | Antigua and Barbuda | -1,203 | -39.7% |
| 97th | Denmark | -1,159 | -105.5% |
| 98th | Tonga | -1,138 | -1.4% |
| 99th | Ecuador | -1,096 | -0.5% |
| 100th | Dominica | -1,022 | -20.7% |
| 101st | Mauritania | -1,014 | -18.6% |
| 102nd | Mauritius | -960 | 25.1% |
| 103rd | Albania | -911 | -1,090.2% |
| 104th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -797 | 35.0% |
| 105th | Malawi | -710 | 66.9% |
| 106th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -485 | -152.6% |
| 107th | Brunei Darussalam | -476 | 69.1% |
| 108th | Cameroon | -439 | -19.6% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | -430 | -54.1% |
| 110th | American Samoa | -382 | -29.5% |
| 111th | Bermuda | -291 | -231.1% |
| 112th | Kiribati | -265 | -13.7% |
| 113th | Marshall Islands | -232 | -215.4% |
| 114th | Iceland | -231 | 86.8% |
| 115th | Namibia | -208 | 14.8% |
| 116th | British Virgin Islands | -111 | -9.9% |
| 117th | Guam | -109 | 26.8% |
| 118th | Gibraltar | -102 | -194.4% |
| 119th | Tuvalu | -85 | -19.7% |
| 120th | Moldova | -61 | -110.1% |
| 121st | Faroe Islands | -41 | 73.5% |
| 122nd | Vanuatu | -40 | 13.0% |
| 123rd | St. Martin (French part) | -24 | 4.0% |
| 124th | Hungary | -15 | 84.4% |
| 125th | Congo, Republic of | 0 | - |
| 126th | Lao PDR | 0 | - |
| 127th | Nauru | 0 | - |
| 128th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0 | - |
| 129th | Timor-Leste | 0 | - |
| 130th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 42 | 147.2% |
| 131st | Greenland | 54 | -89.6% |
| 132nd | Seychelles | 102 | 47.8% |
| 133rd | Palau | 156 | 188.9% |
| 134th | Liechtenstein | 179 | -36.5% |
| 135th | San Marino | 201 | 615.4% |
| 136th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 320 | -0.3% |
| 137th | Maldives | 341 | 3.3% |
| 138th | Monaco | 358 | -11.8% |
| 139th | South Sudan | 394 | -32.9% |
| 140th | French Polynesia | 479 | -11.6% |
| 141st | Togo | 482 | -95.6% |
| 142nd | Cayman Islands | 500 | 70.1% |
| 143rd | Singapore | 573 | -85.8% |
| 144th | Bahamas, The | 825 | -45.6% |
| 145th | Northern Mariana Islands | 964 | 100.8% |
| 146th | Channel Islands | 1,073 | 3.8% |
| 147th | Gabon | 1,130 | -40.0% |
| 148th | Andorra | 1,166 | 1.8% |
| 149th | United Kingdom | 1,175 | 107.7% |
| 150th | Isle of Man | 1,187 | -17.6% |
| 151st | Comoros | 1,216 | 25.9% |
| 152nd | Liberia | 1,293 | -43.4% |
| 153rd | Costa Rica | 1,296 | 14.0% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | 1,348 | -2.0% |
| 155th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1,609 | -0.4% |
| 156th | Serbia | 1,655 | -11.1% |
| 157th | Eritrea | 1,758 | 18.8% |
| 158th | Slovenia | 2,286 | 779.2% |
| 159th | Sweden | 2,334 | -95.1% |
| 160th | New Caledonia | 2,345 | 3.4% |
| 161st | Switzerland | 2,636 | 114.4% |
| 162nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 2,645 | -76.6% |
| 163rd | Bhutan | 2,700 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Gambia, The | 2,817 | 1.4% |
| 165th | Norway | 3,031 | 393.1% |
| 166th | Lebanon | 3,042 | 167.5% |
| 167th | Bahrain | 3,159 | 164.0% |
| 168th | Suriname | 3,552 | -6.3% |
| 169th | Macao SAR, China | 4,002 | -30.2% |
| 170th | Mongolia | 4,238 | 29.9% |
| 171st | Luxembourg | 4,274 | 401.1% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | 4,293 | -22.8% |
| 173rd | Angola | 4,386 | 112.0% |
| 174th | Ireland | 5,851 | 165.8% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 6,184 | 23.6% |
| 176th | Myanmar | 6,306 | -65.0% |
| 177th | Estonia | 6,392 | 3.8% |
| 178th | Lithuania | 7,130 | 9.2% |
| 179th | Spain | 7,363 | 112.2% |
| 180th | New Zealand | 7,547 | 67.3% |
| 181st | Belgium | 7,992 | -58.8% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 8,976 | -65.3% |
| 183rd | Lesotho | 10,563 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Qatar | 10,644 | 0.6% |
| 185th | Latvia | 10,846 | -13.2% |
| 186th | Mozambique | 11,297 | 162.1% |
| 187th | Finland | 12,286 | 133.6% |
| 188th | Armenia | 14,094 | 11.0% |
| 189th | Senegal | 15,131 | -6.4% |
| 190th | Kuwait | 22,182 | -16.7% |
| 191st | Uzbekistan | 24,030 | -35.6% |
| 192nd | Austria | 32,392 | 205.6% |
| 193rd | Netherlands | 32,756 | 1.0% |
| 194th | South Africa | 32,961 | -46.4% |
| 195th | Argentina | 35,442 | -7.6% |
| 196th | United Arab Emirates | 41,425 | 1.6% |
| 197th | Tanzania | 41,900 | 8.5% |
| 198th | Thailand | 43,400 | -11.8% |
| 199th | Saudi Arabia | 43,989 | 41.5% |
| 200th | Portugal | 48,944 | 125.5% |
| 201st | Israel | 52,632 | -6.3% |
| 202nd | Kazakhstan | 65,291 | -9.3% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 69,728 | 18.4% |
| 204th | Romania | 74,473 | 3.6% |
| 205th | Ukraine | 74,604 | 254.3% |
| 206th | Viet Nam | 76,961 | 3,753.8% |
| 207th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77,717 | -13.4% |
| 208th | Indonesia | 79,264 | -2.6% |
| 209th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 94,098 | -68.9% |
| 210th | France | 144,321 | -21.1% |
| 211th | Canada | 210,244 | -31.0% |
| 212th | Australia | 223,991 | -12.6% |
| 213th | Bangladesh | 224,369 | 404.4% |
| 214th | Germany | 450,328 | 264.7% |
| 215th | European Union | 723,385 | 293.4% |
| 216th | United States | 833,549 | 11.9% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's net migration in 1971?▾
Sri Lanka's net migration in 1971 was -22,021. This ranked 27th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's net migration change in 1971?▾
Sri Lanka's net migration decreased by 35.1% in 1971 compared to 1970.
Which country had the highest net migration in 1971?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 1971 at 833,549.
What is the net migration of Sri Lanka in 1971?▾
The net migration of Sri Lanka in 1971 was -22,021. This ranked 27th globally.
How does 1971 compare to 1970 for Sri Lanka's net migration?▾
Sri Lanka's net migration went from -16,299 in 1970 to -22,021 in 1971, a 35.1% decrease.
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