Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 11 per 1,000 people in Canada and 9.8 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.2 per 1,000 people, or 1.13 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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per 1,000 people · UN

CanadaSaudi ArabiaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
In 2023, Canada ranked 21 and Saudi Arabia ranked 24 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Canada at 5.3 per 1,000 people and Saudi Arabia at 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Canada	Saudi Arabia
2023	11	9.8
2022	11.9	30.4
2021	5.2	-3.4
2020	6.7	-2.4
2019	10.3	6.3
2018	11.3	-32.6
2017	10.1	-29.9
2016	9.1	-0.9
2015	6.2	15.5
2014	5.4	16.2
2013	6.8	17.3
2012	7	17.7
2011	6.6	18.8
2010	6.6	20.1
2009	7.2	20.5
2008	7.1	21.1
2007	6.5	21.9
2006	6.2	23.5
2005	6.3	25.2
2004	6.1	26.6
2003	5.8	27.4
2002	6.6	27.9
2001	7.1	28.4
2000	6.5	29
1999	5.2	10.4
1998	4.7	10.7
1997	4.8	11.1
1996	5.2	11.6
1995	4.8	12.1
1994	4.6	12.6
1993	4.6	12.9
1992	4.8	13.8
1991	4.8	14.6
1990	6.5	15.1
1989	9.4	15.7
1988	8.8	15.3
1987	6.5	19.2
1986	4.7	20
1985	2.7	18.2
1984	2.2	20
1983	2.6	21.8
1982	3.6	22.5
1981	4.6	21.9
1980	5	20
1979	3.6	19.8
1978	2.2	19.6
1977	3	18.9
1976	4.6	17.7
1975	6	16.2
1974	6.8	16.1
1973	5.6	15.6
1972	4	14.2
1971	9.6	11.8
1970	14.2	8.7
1969	4.4	7.4
1968	5.3	6.5
1967	6.5	5.7
1966	7.2	5
1965	5.7	5.1
1964	3.5	5.3
1963	2.7	5.5
1962	1.9	5.7
1961	1.9	5.9
1960	2.8	6.2
1959	3.8	6.4
1958	6.4	6.6
1957	10.8	6.9
1956	10.3	7.1
1955	6.1	7.4
1954	8.3	7.7
1953	9.5	7.9
1952	10.2	8.2
1951	10.1	8.5
1950	4.4	8.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Canada	Saudi Arabia
2024	9.35–14.1	3.6-15.5–15.9
2025	8.13.4–14.4	3.5-18–18.9
2026	7.21.8–14.4	3.1-17.8–20
2027	6.91.3–14.2	2.9-17.3–22.4
2028	6.80.5–14.3	2.5-16.3–23.5
2029	6.50.3–14.6	1.8-14.6–23
2030	6.40–14.9	0.6-13.1–23.1
2031	6.4-0.2–14.6	0.6-12.8–23
2032	6.1-1.1–14.6	0.6-13.4–22.2
2033	5.8-1.7–14.4	0.6-13.5–22.3
2034	6-1.7–14.9	0.6-13.8–21.6
2035	5.6-2.2–14.2	0.6-13.7–21.3
2036	5.8-2.7–14.2	0.6-13.6–20.8
2037	5.8-2.5–14.3	0.6-14–21.2
2038	5.8-2.6–14	0.6-14.7–21.9
2039	5.7-3–14.8	0.6-17.2–19
2040	5.6-3.3–14.2	0.6-14.1–20.4
2041	5.7-3.5–14.9	0.6-14–19.7
2042	5.7-3.4–14.9	0.6-15.3–18.9
2043	5.7-3.2–14.9	0.6-14.9–19.2
2044	5.7-3–14.9	0.6-15.7–18.4
2045	5.9-3.4–14.3	0.6-14.8–17.9
2046	5.6-3.6–13.9	0.6-14.9–18.1
2047	5.6-4–14	0.6-16.4–17.9
2048	5.7-4.1–14	0.6-15.5–17.6
2049	5.4-4.5–13.6	0.6-16.7–17.6
2050	5.7-3.9–14.6	0.6-16.1–17.8
2051	5.7-4.1–14.6	0.6-14.8–17.2
2052	5.9-3.7–14.7	0.6-14.6–17.1
2053	5.6-4.8–14	0.6-13.9–17.2
2054	5.6-5–13.9	0.6-14.4–17.6
2055	5.6-4.7–14.7	0.6-15.3–16.8
2056	5.7-4.6–14.6	0.6-14.8–17.2
2057	5.8-5.2–14.4	0.6-14.4–16.5
2058	6-5.1–14.3	0.6-14.1–16.1
2059	5.9-4.8–14.4	0.6-15.3–16.8
2060	5.7-4.6–13.8	0.6-14.4–16.7
2061	5.8-4.4–14	0.6-14–15.9
2062	5.9-4.2–14.1	0.6-14.5–15.7
2063	5.8-4.6–13.9	0.6-15.8–15.7
2064	5.7-5.2–14.3	0.5-15.3–15.9
2065	5.7-4.8–14.4	0.5-14.7–15.7
2066	5.6-4.9–14.2	0.5-15–15
2067	5.8-5.6–14.1	0.5-14.3–15.3
2068	5.5-5.1–14.1	0.5-14.5–14.8
2069	5.5-5.2–13.5	0.5-16–15
2070	5.5-5.6–13.9	0.5-14.5–15.5
2071	5.5-5.8–13.8	0.5-15.7–14.2
2072	5.5-5.3–14.1	0.5-15.7–14.4
2073	5.3-6.3–13.7	0.5-15.3–14.9
2074	5.4-6.3–13.9	0.5-16–15.2
2075	5.6-5.6–13.5	0.5-16–14
2076	5.7-5.9–13.5	0.5-14.3–14.7
2077	5.4-5.7–13.5	0.5-15–14.8
2078	5.6-5.8–14.1	0.5-15.3–14.1
2079	5.5-6.2–13.9	0.5-14.9–14
2080	5.5-5.7–13.6	0.5-15.3–14.1
2081	5.7-5.7–14.1	0.5-16.2–13.2
2082	5.4-6.4–13.3	0.5-15.3–14.1
2083	5.6-6–14	0.5-15.2–14
2084	5.5-5.9–14	0.5-15.6–14
2085	5.4-5.9–14.3	0.4-16.2–13.6
2086	5.4-6–13.7	0.4-15.4–14
2087	5.3-6.5–14.1	0.4-16.2–13.3
2088	5.9-5.7–14.3	0.4-15.4–13.4
2089	5.3-6.1–14.1	0.4-14.8–13
2090	5.1-6.2–14.2	0.4-15.2–13.5
2091	5.5-4.6–15.1	0.4-14.9–13.3
2092	5.3-5.7–14.4	0.4-14.8–12.9
2093	5.4-5.5–15	0.4-14.6–13
2094	5.3-5.7–14.8	0.4-14.9–13.1
2095	5.3-5.5–14.5	0.4-15.3–12.9
2096	5.3-5.5–15	0.4-15.4–12.2
2097	5.6-5–14.8	0.4-15.1–12.6
2098	5.5-5.3–15	0.4-14.6–12.6
2099	5.3-5.3–14.1	0.4-15–12.6
2100	5.3-5.5–14.3	0.4-14.7–11.9

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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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