Iraq vs Saudi Arabia: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: -0.1 per 1,000 people in Iraq and 9.8 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 9.9 per 1,000 people.

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per 1,000 people · UN

IraqSaudi ArabiaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2023, Iraq ranked 115 and Saudi Arabia ranked 24 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Iraq at -0.4 per 1,000 people and Saudi Arabia at 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
2023	-0.1	9.8
2022	1.7	30.4
2021	0.4	-3.4
2020	0.7	-2.4
2019	-1.1	6.3
2018	0.4	-32.6
2017	-0.6	-29.9
2016	-3	-0.9
2015	-0.6	15.5
2014	-0.1	16.2
2013	13.5	17.3
2012	22.4	17.7
2011	8.1	18.8
2010	3	20.1
2009	4	20.5
2008	13.7	21.1
2007	-29	21.9
2006	-42.2	23.5
2005	1.8	25.2
2004	2.5	26.6
2003	-1	27.4
2002	5.1	27.9
2001	0.6	28.4
2000	3.6	29
1999	2.9	10.4
1998	2.1	10.7
1997	0.7	11.1
1996	0.7	11.6
1995	1.9	12.1
1994	2.7	12.6
1993	30.3	12.9
1992	1.1	13.8
1991	-5.4	14.6
1990	-34.2	15.1
1989	1.1	15.7
1988	-4.8	15.3
1987	-6.6	19.2
1986	2.4	20
1985	-12.7	18.2
1984	1.4	20
1983	1.6	21.8
1982	-1.5	22.5
1981	-1.7	21.9
1980	1.2	20
1979	-1.6	19.8
1978	0.6	19.6
1977	0.7	18.9
1976	-1.2	17.7
1975	-0.5	16.2
1974	-0.4	16.1
1973	-0.1	15.6
1972	-0.2	14.2
1971	-0.6	11.8
1970	0.1	8.7
1969	0	7.4
1968	0.1	6.5
1967	0.3	5.7
1966	0.2	5
1965	0.6	5.1
1964	0.4	5.3
1963	0.4	5.5
1962	0.5	5.7
1961	0.4	5.9
1960	0.2	6.2
1959	-0.1	6.4
1958	-1.2	6.6
1957	-0.4	6.9
1956	-0.4	7.1
1955	-0.4	7.4
1954	-0.3	7.7
1953	-0.5	7.9
1952	0.1	8.2
1951	0.4	8.5
1950	0.5	8.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
2024	-0.4-18.5–15.7	3.6-15.5–15.9
2025	-0-18.6–17.9	3.5-18–18.9
2026	-0.3-19.5–16.2	3.1-17.8–20
2027	-0.6-18.8–16.9	2.9-17.3–22.4
2028	-0.8-19.4–16.5	2.5-16.3–23.5
2029	-0.4-20–16.8	1.8-14.6–23
2030	-0.6-19.3–16.3	0.6-13.1–23.1
2031	-0.6-19.4–16.4	0.6-12.8–23
2032	0.1-18.7–17.3	0.6-13.4–22.2
2033	-0.3-20.7–16.9	0.6-13.5–22.3
2034	-0.3-21.1–17.4	0.6-13.8–21.6
2035	-0.5-19–17.1	0.6-13.7–21.3
2036	0-18.6–17.6	0.6-13.6–20.8
2037	-0.5-18.9–16.5	0.6-14–21.2
2038	-0.3-19.4–18	0.6-14.7–21.9
2039	0.3-19–17.7	0.6-17.2–19
2040	0-19.2–17.7	0.6-14.1–20.4
2041	-0.2-20.5–17.6	0.6-14–19.7
2042	-0.1-18.4–18	0.6-15.3–18.9
2043	-0.4-19.3–18.1	0.6-14.9–19.2
2044	-0.3-19.3–17.4	0.6-15.7–18.4
2045	-0.5-19.2–16.9	0.6-14.8–17.9
2046	-0.5-19.4–16.7	0.6-14.9–18.1
2047	-0-20.3–16.4	0.6-16.4–17.9
2048	-0.1-18.4–17.9	0.6-15.5–17.6
2049	0.2-19.4–18.8	0.6-16.7–17.6
2050	-0.4-18.8–17.3	0.6-16.1–17.8
2051	-0.1-18.6–18.5	0.6-14.8–17.2
2052	-0.5-18.6–17.2	0.6-14.6–17.1
2053	-0-18.8–16.9	0.6-13.9–17.2
2054	-0.2-19.3–17.2	0.6-14.4–17.6
2055	-0.2-18.7–16.8	0.6-15.3–16.8
2056	-0.1-18.3–17.7	0.6-14.8–17.2
2057	-0.3-20.7–17.3	0.6-14.4–16.5
2058	-0.4-20.5–17.6	0.6-14.1–16.1
2059	-0.4-19.6–16.2	0.6-15.3–16.8
2060	0.2-17.5–17	0.6-14.4–16.7
2061	-0.2-19.3–16.7	0.6-14–15.9
2062	-0.4-19–18.1	0.6-14.5–15.7
2063	0-19.5–17.3	0.6-15.8–15.7
2064	-0.2-19–16.9	0.5-15.3–15.9
2065	-0.2-19.9–16.7	0.5-14.7–15.7
2066	0.1-20–17.8	0.5-15–15
2067	-0.6-20.8–16.3	0.5-14.3–15.3
2068	-0.6-19.7–17.1	0.5-14.5–14.8
2069	-0.4-18.9–17.5	0.5-16–15
2070	-0.4-18.6–16.6	0.5-14.5–15.5
2071	-0.4-18.7–17.6	0.5-15.7–14.2
2072	-0.2-19.7–18.2	0.5-15.7–14.4
2073	0-20.7–16.7	0.5-15.3–14.9
2074	-0.5-19.4–17.6	0.5-16–15.2
2075	-0.9-21.1–16.5	0.5-16–14
2076	-0.6-20.2–18.1	0.5-14.3–14.7
2077	-0.7-20.4–15.8	0.5-15–14.8
2078	-0.2-20.3–16.9	0.5-15.3–14.1
2079	0-20.7–17.1	0.5-14.9–14
2080	-0.3-20.6–16.4	0.5-15.3–14.1
2081	-0.1-19.3–18.1	0.5-16.2–13.2
2082	-0.1-20.3–16.5	0.5-15.3–14.1
2083	-0.2-21.4–17.8	0.5-15.2–14
2084	-0.4-20.5–17.5	0.5-15.6–14
2085	0.1-20.2–17.3	0.4-16.2–13.6
2086	0.1-21–17.5	0.4-15.4–14
2087	-0.4-20.6–16	0.4-16.2–13.3
2088	-0.3-21.7–15.9	0.4-15.4–13.4
2089	-0.1-19–17.2	0.4-14.8–13
2090	-0.5-20.8–17.9	0.4-15.2–13.5
2091	-0.2-20.6–16	0.4-14.9–13.3
2092	0.1-20.4–18.1	0.4-14.8–12.9
2093	-0-21.6–17.2	0.4-14.6–13
2094	-0.3-19.5–17.3	0.4-14.9–13.1
2095	-0.3-21.5–17.9	0.4-15.3–12.9
2096	-0.1-21.5–17.6	0.4-15.4–12.2
2097	-0.2-20.6–17.7	0.4-15.1–12.6
2098	-0.3-22.1–17.2	0.4-14.6–12.6
2099	-0.2-20.7–17.6	0.4-15–12.6
2100	-0.4-20.7–16.6	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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