Australia vs United Arab Emirates: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 5.3 per 1,000 people in Australia and 28.2 per 1,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 22.9 per 1,000 people, or 5.32 times that in Australia.

Watch it change on the map

per 1,000 people · UN

AustraliaUnited Arab EmiratesUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Australia.
In 2023, Australia ranked 37 and United Arab Emirates ranked 4 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Australia at 4.4 per 1,000 people and United Arab Emirates at 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Australia	United Arab Emirates
2023	5.3	28.2
2022	5.4	31.5
2021	4.5	43.1
2020	1.7	9.8
2019	8.1	-13.4
2018	9	1.6
2017	10.3	3.7
2016	10.5	21.6
2015	8.9	39.5
2014	8.5	43.7
2013	9.3	35.7
2012	10.3	30.1
2011	8.8	29.9
2010	7.5	23.3
2009	10.8	24.4
2008	12.9	83
2007	11.9	128.4
2006	9.3	79.7
2005	6.5	37.5
2004	5.5	39.8
2003	5.3	42.3
2002	5.6	45.2
2001	6.1	48
2000	5.8	51.1
1999	4.9	55.3
1998	4.3	60.3
1997	3.7	65.1
1996	4.5	69.4
1995	4.4	28.3
1994	2.9	26.8
1993	1.3	29.5
1992	2.3	31.1
1991	4	33.4
1990	5.8	35.4
1989	8.5	38.1
1988	9.2	41
1987	8.4	44.1
1986	7	47.5
1985	6.2	27.3
1984	5.1	29.2
1983	4.8	31.2
1982	7.4	32.8
1981	8.2	34.2
1980	6.1	76.9
1979	3.6	90.2
1978	3.2	101.8
1977	3.2	114.2
1976	2.3	128.1
1975	1.8	78.1
1974	4.1	86.8
1973	4.7	96.8
1972	4.1	108.8
1971	17.2	123.6
1970	20.3	142.4
1969	8.9	166.5
1968	8.4	144.8
1967	6.9	-1.6
1966	9.6	8.7
1965	10.5	15.6
1964	8.2	19.6
1963	6.7	21.4
1962	5.4	22.2
1961	6.1	22.8
1960	8.3	23.6
1959	8	24.8
1958	7.3	26.3
1957	7.8	27.9
1956	10	30.1
1955	10.3	32.5
1954	8	35.2
1953	6	37.7
1952	8.9	40
1951	13.9	41.7
1950	17.7	42.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Australia	United Arab Emirates
2024	5.20.4–10.2	25.3-69–69.1
2025	5.1-1.4–11.4	14-66.9–71.3
2026	4.8-2.5–11.6	7.6-59.9–68.2
2027	4.9-3.2–12.4	4.5-54.4–70.5
2028	4.9-3.9–12.2	2.5-42.1–75.7
2029	4.7-4.5–13	1.3-38.5–73.9
2030	4.8-4.6–13.2	0.6-40.3–75.3
2031	4.8-5–13.5	0.7-39.7–72.5
2032	4.8-5.5–13.6	0.7-37.3–69.4
2033	4.8-5.6–13.2	0.6-36.3–71.8
2034	4.8-5.5–13.4	0.6-39.5–68.9
2035	4.9-5.8–13.6	0.6-36.2–67.4
2036	5-5.5–14	0.6-35.2–71.1
2037	4.8-5.6–13.5	0.6-36.2–65.8
2038	5-5.9–13.6	0.6-33.4–67.5
2039	4.8-6.3–13.7	0.6-31.7–65.2
2040	5-5.8–13.8	0.6-33.9–63.5
2041	5.1-5.7–13.4	0.6-34.1–62.5
2042	5.2-5.5–13.7	0.6-29.6–62.1
2043	5.2-5.7–14.3	0.6-31.8–61.1
2044	5.1-5.5–14.1	0.6-31.3–61.1
2045	5.3-5–14.7	0.6-32.2–62
2046	5.5-5.7–14.2	0.7-30.1–62.2
2047	5.1-6.3–14.1	0.8-30.8–64.5
2048	5.5-6.3–14.8	0.9-29.3–64.2
2049	5.2-6.2–14.6	0.9-31.9–62.9
2050	5.2-6.9–14.8	0.9-33.7–60.7
2051	5.2-6.3–14.3	0.9-35.1–60.2
2052	5.1-6.7–14	0.9-35.3–58.6
2053	5.1-6.7–13.8	0.8-34.6–56.1
2054	5.3-6.9–14.2	0.8-34–60
2055	5.3-6.7–14.7	0.8-31.7–58.5
2056	5.1-6.3–15.1	0.8-34–61.7
2057	5.2-7.3–14.7	0.8-34.5–58.5
2058	5.4-6–14.6	0.7-34.7–58.3
2059	5-6.8–13.7	0.7-35.6–60.6
2060	5-6.2–14.3	0.6-36.1–61.8
2061	5.2-6.5–13.8	0.6-36.9–56.9
2062	5.2-6.9–13.9	0.6-36.7–56.6
2063	5.3-6.6–14.3	0.6-36.9–56.5
2064	4.9-7.2–14.8	0.6-37.6–57.1
2065	5.1-6.7–14.6	0.6-36.8–55.7
2066	5.3-7.7–14.6	0.5-37.2–56.8
2067	5.3-6.9–15	0.5-39.6–55.8
2068	5.4-6.7–14.8	0.5-41.9–55.8
2069	5.3-6.8–14.9	0.5-42.1–54.8
2070	5.1-6.8–14.6	0.5-38.4–52.6
2071	4.9-7.1–14.2	0.5-36.3–51.8
2072	4.9-7.5–15	0.4-36–53.8
2073	5-7.7–13.9	0.5-40.8–53.6
2074	5.1-7.1–14.8	0.4-36.2–52.7
2075	5-7.2–14.5	0.4-37.4–53
2076	5-8.3–14.7	0.4-35.3–50.8
2077	5.2-7.2–14.2	0.4-33.5–50.3
2078	5.1-7.4–13.2	0.4-32–52.9
2079	5.1-7.4–13.7	0.4-35.5–51.7
2080	5-8.5–13.5	0.4-37.9–46.9
2081	5.3-8–15.1	0.3-37.9–47
2082	5.1-8.1–14.3	0.3-34.5–48
2083	5.2-7–14.8	0.3-34.7–48.2
2084	4.9-6.7–14.3	0.3-33.9–48
2085	4.9-6.7–14.3	0.3-37.8–47.5
2086	5-6.7–15.2	0.3-37.8–45.4
2087	5.1-6.7–14.9	0.3-36.6–45
2088	5.3-6.7–15	0.3-38.4–46.6
2089	5.1-7.2–14.4	0.3-34.9–45.1
2090	5.1-7.1–14.9	0.3-35.8–45.4
2091	5.1-6.7–15.1	0.2-35.8–46.8
2092	4.9-6.5–14.2	0.2-35.7–42.3
2093	4.8-6.7–14.6	0.2-34–48.1
2094	4.4-8.1–14.3	0.2-33.8–44.6
2095	4.5-7.8–13.7	0.2-33.9–46.9
2096	4.7-7.6–14.1	0.2-34.8–42.7
2097	4.8-7.8–14	0.2-34.8–43.5
2098	4.5-7.8–14.4	0.2-34.1–40.4
2099	4.4-7.9–14.4	0.2-35–42.4
2100	4.4-7.8–14.2	0.2-36.2–41.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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