Nigeria vs Rwanda

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: -0.3 per 1,000 people in Nigeria and -0.6 per 1,000 people in Rwanda, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.4 per 1,000 people.

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per 1,000 people · UN

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Net migration rateNet migration rate in 2023: -0.3 per 1,000 people in Nigeria and -0.6 per 1,000 people in Rwanda, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.4 per 1,000 people.
NigeriaRwandaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Rwanda.
  • In 2023, Nigeria ranked 127 and Rwanda ranked 143 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Nigeria at 0.1 per 1,000 people and Rwanda at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearNigeriaRwanda
2023-0.3-0.6
2022-0.2-0.7
2021-0.4-1.6
2020-0.1-1.7
2019-0.5-1.9
2018-0.4-2
20170.4-2.1
20160.4-2.1
2015-0.6-1.9
2014-0.1-1.7
20130.2-1.5
20120.4-2.3
20110.4-2.6
20100.3-2.9
2009-0.1-3
2008-0.1-3.3
2007-0.1-3.4
2006-0.1-3.7
2005-0.1-3.7
20040.3-3.5
20030.2-3
20020.5-10.9
20010.5-18.4
20000.6-18.7
19990.8-17.9
19981.2-16
19970.852.9
19960.7203.9
19950.777.5
19941.2-305.9
19930.929.6
19921.4-1.6
19910.4-7.9
19901.4-5.6
19891.1-0.4
19881-0.8
19870.7-1
19860.3-1.4
19850.7-1.7
19841.4-2.1
1983-6.3-2.5
19821.3-2.8
19811.4-3
19802.7-3.1
19791.9-3
19781.6-2.7
19771.9-2.3
19761.1-1.5
19751.2-1
19740.7-1
1973-0-0.9
1972-0.2-1
1971-0.6-1
19700.10.3
19690.10.8
19680.21.3
19670.41.3
19660.2-0.5
19650.7-2.9
19640.5-5.8
19630.6-7.8
19620.6-8
19610.6-6.6
19600.3-4.4
1959-0.1-2.1
1958-1.1-1.4
1957-0.4-0.4
1956-0.3-0.3
1955-0.3-0.3
1954-0.3-0.3
1953-0.4-0.4
19520.20.1
19510.50.4
19500.60.5
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearNigeriaRwanda
2024-0.2-1.8–1.9-1.1-95.5–75
2025-0.1-2–2.20.4-96.5–80.9
2026-0-2.3–2.4-0.5-101.6–79
20270-2.9–20.5-92.1–78.8
20280.1-3–2.1-1.1-90.5–79.1
20290.1-3.2–2.3-1.5-98.5–79.1
20300.1-3.3–2.4-1-96.3–78
20310.1-3.5–2.5-0.6-94.7–83.1
20320.1-3.4–2.5-3.6-99.9–80.3
20330.1-3.4–2.4-0.4-97.6–81.3
20340.1-3.4–2.6-0.4-90.6–80.8
20350.1-3.5–2.51.2-93.3–83.5
20360.1-3.8–2.5-2.2-89.6–79.7
20370.1-3.7–2.6-0.3-92.7–82.3
20380.1-3.8–2.5-0.6-96–82
20390.1-3.6–2.51.1-98.7–82.8
20400.1-3.6–2.51.2-91.7–79.4
20410.1-3.7–2.51-96.6–83.6
20420.1-3.8–2.6-0.7-100–85.4
20430.1-3.8–2.71-95.2–84.2
20440.1-3.8–2.7-1.6-100.7–78.3
20450.1-3.7–2.5-0.8-95.2–81.2
20460.1-3.9–2.6-2.2-99.2–80.3
20470.1-3.8–2.4-0.7-95.5–83.9
20480.1-3.7–2.6-0.4-97.9–80.5
20490.1-3.5–2.6-0.8-97.9–82.5
20500.2-3.7–2.7-1.4-98.4–85
20510.1-4–2.7-0.9-96.6–80.1
20520.1-3.9–2.7-1.7-93.4–81.3
20530.1-3.8–2.9-1.4-94.6–80.2
20540.1-4.2–3-1.1-94.7–84.3
20550.1-3.9–2.9-0.5-93.5–85.6
20560.1-4.1–2.7-1.6-99.2–83.8
20570.1-4–2.6-1.5-97.4–82
20580.1-4.2–2.71.1-98.7–86.3
20590.1-4.2–2.6-1-99.9–82.4
20600.1-4.5–2.6-1-96.5–76.6
20610.1-4.2–2.70.6-93.6–85.3
20620.1-4.2–2.6-1.7-106.8–81.8
20630.2-4.2–2.8-0.3-105–80.1
20640.2-4–2.9-0.7-101.5–80.2
20650.1-3.8–2.8-0.3-102.1–89.4
20660.1-3.9–2.7-1.4-101.4–85.9
20670.1-4.1–2.7-0.3-100.6–89.3
20680.1-4.2–2.7-0.7-107.4–84.2
20690.1-4.3–2.6-1.8-99.5–83.3
20700.1-4.1–2.6-0.5-105.8–84.3
20710.1-4.4–2.7-1.2-98.9–84
20720.1-4.3–2.8-0.7-104.6–86.2
20730.1-4.1–2.6-0.9-108.1–80.8
20740.1-4.3–2.8-1.3-101.6–84.1
20750.1-4.3–2.7-1-107.7–83.4
20760.1-4.9–2.7-1.8-104.9–79.2
20770.1-4.5–2.6-0.8-104.4–84.5
20780.1-4.6–2.6-1.2-103.5–84.4
20790.1-4.3–2.7-0.6-113.3–79.7
20800.1-4.3–2.8-0.4-102.9–88.2
20810.1-4.4–2.8-0.7-109.7–85.3
20820.1-4.7–2.7-0.3-104–90.5
20830.1-4.7–2.6-0.3-114.8–85.9
20840.1-4.6–2.6-1.2-109.9–87.3
20850.1-4.9–2.7-0.9-117.6–87.6
20860.1-4.9–2.7-0.4-106.1–91.2
20870.1-4.7–2.71-110.8–89.6
20880.1-5.1–2.7-0.4-116.9–86.5
20890.1-4.8–2.51.4-120.7–92
20900.1-4.9–2.5-1.4-122.1–86
20910.1-4.9–2.6-1.2-117.7–85.7
20920.1-4.9–2.8-0.4-112.8–92
20930.1-4.8–2.90.1-110.9–101.8
20940.1-4.9–2.9-1.3-118–92.4
20950.1-4.7–2.90.4-118.1–93.9
20960.1-5.4–2.7-0.9-106.2–92.8
20970.1-5.1–3-1.1-109.2–93.6
20980.2-5–2.6-0.7-115.3–101.3
20990.1-4.9–2.70.2-122.7–99.4
21000.1-4.8–2.9-0.7-123.8–90

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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