Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 10.3 per 1,000 people in Kuwait and 9.8 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 0.5 per 1,000 people, or 1.06 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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per 1,000 people · UN

KuwaitSaudi ArabiaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

Kuwait has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
In 2023, Kuwait ranked 23 and Saudi Arabia ranked 24 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Kuwait at 0.3 per 1,000 people and Saudi Arabia at 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
2023	10.3	9.8
2022	80.3	30.4
2021	4.5	-3.4
2020	-38.3	-2.4
2019	0	6.3
2018	33.8	-32.6
2017	22.3	-29.9
2016	26.4	-0.9
2015	33.8	15.5
2014	27.5	16.2
2013	30.7	17.3
2012	38.3	17.7
2011	56.4	18.8
2010	34.5	20.1
2009	34.2	20.5
2008	36.3	21.1
2007	38.6	21.9
2006	41.1	23.5
2005	30.2	25.2
2004	0.8	26.6
2003	2.8	27.4
2002	4.5	27.9
2001	6	28.4
2000	7.3	29
1999	8.4	10.4
1998	9.2	10.7
1997	9.8	11.1
1996	10.4	11.6
1995	0.3	12.1
1994	-25.2	12.6
1993	-26	12.9
1992	32.2	13.8
1991	340.9	14.6
1990	-709.9	15.1
1989	15.6	15.7
1988	14.7	15.3
1987	15.2	19.2
1986	13.8	20
1985	13.6	18.2
1984	9.3	20
1983	18.2	21.8
1982	18.3	22.5
1981	18.7	21.9
1980	21.6	20
1979	26.3	19.8
1978	29.2	19.6
1977	30.4	18.9
1976	30.6	17.7
1975	28	16.2
1974	24.5	16.1
1973	23.4	15.6
1972	23.9	14.2
1971	25.6	11.8
1970	32.9	8.7
1969	44.2	7.4
1968	51.5	6.5
1967	54.4	5.7
1966	56.6	5
1965	58.7	5.1
1964	62.4	5.3
1963	67.6	5.5
1962	71.2	5.7
1961	71.2	5.9
1960	70	6.2
1959	72.8	6.4
1958	78.2	6.6
1957	44.1	6.9
1956	72.4	7.1
1955	80.6	7.4
1954	0	7.7
1953	0	7.9
1952	0	8.2
1951	0	8.5
1950	0	8.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
2024	12.5-93.5–81.6	3.6-15.5–15.9
2025	8.5-83.2–100.9	3.5-18–18.9
2026	6-74.5–101	3.1-17.8–20
2027	3.7-70.9–105	2.9-17.3–22.4
2028	2.1-64.6–101.9	2.5-16.3–23.5
2029	1.2-60.5–99.5	1.8-14.6–23
2030	0.6-57.4–102	0.6-13.1–23.1
2031	0.6-56.5–102.6	0.6-12.8–23
2032	0.6-53.3–101.4	0.6-13.4–22.2
2033	0.6-56.6–96.7	0.6-13.5–22.3
2034	0.6-56.7–95.9	0.6-13.8–21.6
2035	0.6-50.4–95.7	0.6-13.7–21.3
2036	0.6-46.6–91.6	0.6-13.6–20.8
2037	0.6-47–88.1	0.6-14–21.2
2038	0.6-43.6–88.6	0.6-14.7–21.9
2039	0.6-43.9–87.8	0.6-17.2–19
2040	0.6-41.7–88.5	0.6-14.1–20.4
2041	0.6-37.6–86.5	0.6-14–19.7
2042	0.6-39.7–83.5	0.6-15.3–18.9
2043	0.6-41.6–86.8	0.6-14.9–19.2
2044	0.6-39.6–83.2	0.6-15.7–18.4
2045	0.6-41.7–82.3	0.6-14.8–17.9
2046	0.6-41.8–78.4	0.6-14.9–18.1
2047	0.6-44.5–78.7	0.6-16.4–17.9
2048	0.6-43.3–82.3	0.6-15.5–17.6
2049	0.6-44–77.2	0.6-16.7–17.6
2050	0.6-44.3–77.3	0.6-16.1–17.8
2051	0.6-37.9–73.8	0.6-14.8–17.2
2052	0.6-43.5–75.8	0.6-14.6–17.1
2053	0.6-47.4–76.9	0.6-13.9–17.2
2054	0.6-43.3–73.6	0.6-14.4–17.6
2055	0.6-46.9–69.8	0.6-15.3–16.8
2056	0.6-47.5–70.5	0.6-14.8–17.2
2057	0.6-47.1–69.9	0.6-14.4–16.5
2058	0.6-52.4–68.7	0.6-14.1–16.1
2059	0.6-49.6–69.2	0.6-15.3–16.8
2060	0.6-44.6–72.5	0.6-14.4–16.7
2061	0.5-52.2–67.1	0.6-14–15.9
2062	0.5-54.9–66.1	0.6-14.5–15.7
2063	0.5-52.8–68.7	0.6-15.8–15.7
2064	0.5-53.6–66.1	0.5-15.3–15.9
2065	0.5-51–64	0.5-14.7–15.7
2066	0.5-51.9–61.7	0.5-15–15
2067	0.5-53.5–64.4	0.5-14.3–15.3
2068	0.5-48.7–61.9	0.5-14.5–14.8
2069	0.5-51.5–60.8	0.5-16–15
2070	0.5-48.8–61.3	0.5-14.5–15.5
2071	0.5-51.8–60.7	0.5-15.7–14.2
2072	0.5-47.4–56.1	0.5-15.7–14.4
2073	0.4-53.4–60.6	0.5-15.3–14.9
2074	0.4-45.3–61.2	0.5-16–15.2
2075	0.4-53.3–56.4	0.5-16–14
2076	0.4-49.4–57.4	0.5-14.3–14.7
2077	0.4-47.9–55.1	0.5-15–14.8
2078	0.4-46.9–59.8	0.5-15.3–14.1
2079	0.4-49–55.6	0.5-14.9–14
2080	0.4-49.5–54.7	0.5-15.3–14.1
2081	0.4-55.6–53.4	0.5-16.2–13.2
2082	0.4-54.8–52.5	0.5-15.3–14.1
2083	0.4-47.2–54.2	0.5-15.2–14
2084	0.3-47.8–51.7	0.5-15.6–14
2085	0.3-54–51.1	0.4-16.2–13.6
2086	0.3-52–53.7	0.4-15.4–14
2087	0.3-50.5–50.6	0.4-16.2–13.3
2088	0.3-51.8–49.6	0.4-15.4–13.4
2089	0.3-48.3–52.8	0.4-14.8–13
2090	0.3-45.6–51	0.4-15.2–13.5
2091	0.3-50.3–55	0.4-14.9–13.3
2092	0.3-48.4–50.2	0.4-14.8–12.9
2093	0.3-46.1–47.6	0.4-14.6–13
2094	0.3-45.6–46.5	0.4-14.9–13.1
2095	0.3-50.5–50.6	0.4-15.3–12.9
2096	0.3-48.6–44.9	0.4-15.4–12.2
2097	0.3-46–47.2	0.4-15.1–12.6
2098	0.3-52.9–48.8	0.4-14.6–12.6
2099	0.3-49.9–50.3	0.4-15–12.6
2100	0.3-56.1–45.9	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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