India vs Italy: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: -0.7 per 1,000 people in India and 2.5 per 1,000 people in Italy, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Italy, by 3.2 per 1,000 people.

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per 1,000 people · UN

IndiaItalyUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 1996, when it overtook India.
In 2023, India ranked 146 and Italy ranked 60 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts India at -0.2 per 1,000 people and Italy at 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	India	Italy
2023	-0.7	2.5
2022	-1	3.9
2021	-0.2	2.6
2020	-0.1	1.4
2019	-0.7	0.8
2018	-0.4	1.4
2017	-0.2	1.6
2016	0.1	1.4
2015	-0.5	0.7
2014	-0.2	0.9
2013	-0.1	2.6
2012	-0.2	4.2
2011	-0.2	3.3
2010	-0	4.6
2009	-0.3	4.7
2008	-0.8	7.1
2007	-0.9	8.4
2006	-0.3	3.7
2005	-0.8	4.4
2004	-0.2	7.2
2003	-0.5	8.3
2002	-0.7	3.9
2001	-0.1	0.9
2000	-0.1	1
1999	-0.1	1
1998	-0	1.2
1997	0	0.9
1996	-0	0.9
1995	-0.1	-8
1994	-0.4	8.8
1993	0	0.4
1992	0	0.9
1991	-0.2	0.3
1990	0.1	0.6
1989	-0	0.3
1988	-0.2	0.3
1987	-0.3	0.1
1986	-0.3	-0.1
1985	-0.1	0.1
1984	-0	0
1983	0.2	-0.1
1982	-0	-0.4
1981	0	0.1
1980	0.3	5.2
1979	1.2	0.8
1978	-0.3	0.8
1977	0.9	0.8
1976	0.4	0.7
1975	0.7	0.8
1974	0.6	0.8
1973	-0.7	0.8
1972	-0.1	0.8
1971	-1.7	-1.1
1970	0.4	-1.2
1969	-1.6	-0.9
1968	-1.9	-1
1967	-0.1	-0.7
1966	-1.1	-0.7
1965	-0.5	-0.7
1964	-0.3	-0.5
1963	0	-0.6
1962	-0.2	-0.5
1961	0.7	-2.6
1960	0.3	-2.8
1959	0.3	-3
1958	0.7	-3
1957	-1.1	-2.9
1956	0.4	-2.9
1955	0.2	-2.8
1954	0.3	-2.8
1953	-0.2	3.6
1952	0.5	-2.8
1951	0.3	-2.1
1950	-0.2	-0.6

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	India	Italy
2024	-0.4-1.1–0.2	1.6-3.7–6.3
2025	-0.3-1–0.4	1.3-4.7–6.9
2026	-0.3-1–0.4	1-5.1–7
2027	-0.3-1–0.5	0.9-5.2–7
2028	-0.3-1–0.5	1-5.2–6.8
2029	-0.2-0.9–0.5	1-5.2–6.9
2030	-0.3-1–0.6	0.8-5.6–6.5
2031	-0.3-1–0.5	0.7-5.8–6.7
2032	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.2–6.9
2033	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.2–6.9
2034	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.6–7.1
2035	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.4–7.2
2036	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-4.8–7.1
2037	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.5–7
2038	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.3–7
2039	-0.2-1–0.6	0.7-5.4–6.9
2040	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.9-5.8–7
2041	-0.2-1.1–0.6	1-5.1–6.8
2042	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.5–7.1
2043	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.7-5.4–7
2044	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.4–7.1
2045	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.2–6.9
2046	-0.2-1–0.7	0.9-5.1–7.2
2047	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.8-5.2–7.1
2048	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.9-5.1–7
2049	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.2–6.8
2050	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.5–6.8
2051	-0.2-1–0.7	1-5.5–7.3
2052	-0.2-1–0.6	1.1-5.4–7.2
2053	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.7–7.3
2054	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.4–7
2055	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.3–7.4
2056	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.3–7.2
2057	-0.2-1–0.7	0.9-5.5–7.7
2058	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.5–6.9
2059	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.1–6.7
2060	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.9-5.6–6.4
2061	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.3–6.8
2062	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.2–6.8
2063	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.6–7.4
2064	-0.2-1.1–0.6	1-5.3–7.2
2065	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.7–7.5
2066	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.4–7.1
2067	-0.2-1–0.7	1.1-5.5–7.5
2068	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.3–7.1
2069	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.8–7.5
2070	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.7–6.7
2071	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-5.1–7.2
2072	-0.2-1–0.6	0.7-5.8–7
2073	-0.2-1–0.6	0.8-6.1–7.1
2074	-0.2-1–0.6	0.7-5.9–6.7
2075	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-6–7.2
2076	-0.2-1.1–0.7	1-5.8–7.2
2077	-0.2-1–0.7	1-5.9–7.2
2078	-0.2-1–0.7	1-5.9–6.9
2079	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.5–7.1
2080	-0.2-1.1–0.6	1-5.4–7.1
2081	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.5–7
2082	-0.2-1–0.7	0.9-5.5–7.1
2083	-0.2-1–0.7	1-5.6–7
2084	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.6–6.8
2085	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.7–7.6
2086	-0.2-1–0.6	1-5.6–7.7
2087	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.9–7.2
2088	-0.2-1–0.6	0.9-5.8–7.5
2089	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.8-5.9–6.9
2090	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.9-6–7.1
2091	-0.2-1.1–0.7	0.9-6–7.2
2092	-0.2-1–0.6	0.7-6.9–6.8
2093	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.9-6–6.6
2094	-0.2-1.1–0.7	0.9-5.9–6.9
2095	-0.2-1.1–0.7	0.7-5.8–6.9
2096	-0.2-1–0.7	0.8-6–7.5
2097	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.7-6.6–6.9
2098	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.9-6.5–7
2099	-0.2-1.1–0.7	0.7-6.4–7
2100	-0.2-1.1–0.6	0.7-6.2–6.8

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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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