Saudi Arabia vs Thailand: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 9.8 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia and 0.3 per 1,000 people in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 9.5 per 1,000 people, or 36 times that in Thailand.

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per 1,000 people · UN

Saudi ArabiaThailandUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2023, Saudi Arabia ranked 24 and Thailand ranked 91 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Saudi Arabia at 0.4 per 1,000 people and Thailand at 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
2023	9.8	0.3
2022	30.4	0.3
2021	-3.4	-0
2020	-2.4	0.5
2019	6.3	0.1
2018	-32.6	0.2
2017	-29.9	0.9
2016	-0.9	1.6
2015	15.5	0.5
2014	16.2	0.8
2013	17.3	1
2012	17.7	1.1
2011	18.8	1
2010	20.1	0.8
2009	20.5	1.6
2008	21.1	1.6
2007	21.9	1.5
2006	23.5	1.5
2005	25.2	1.5
2004	26.6	1.6
2003	27.4	1.6
2002	27.9	1.6
2001	28.4	1.5
2000	29	1.9
1999	10.4	2.8
1998	10.7	3
1997	11.1	2.5
1996	11.6	2.5
1995	12.1	2.5
1994	12.6	2.3
1993	12.9	2.1
1992	13.8	2.5
1991	14.6	2.2
1990	15.1	2.8
1989	15.7	1.7
1988	15.3	2.4
1987	19.2	2.4
1986	20	2.2
1985	18.2	2.8
1984	20	2.8
1983	21.8	3
1982	22.5	2.1
1981	21.9	1.7
1980	20	1.9
1979	19.8	1.9
1978	19.6	1.9
1977	18.9	2.1
1976	17.7	1
1975	16.2	1.6
1974	16.1	1.8
1973	15.6	2.1
1972	14.2	1.9
1971	11.8	1.2
1970	8.7	1.4
1969	7.4	0.8
1968	6.5	0.4
1967	5.7	0.5
1966	5	0.4
1965	5.1	0.7
1964	5.3	0.6
1963	5.5	0.6
1962	5.7	0.6
1961	5.9	0.5
1960	6.2	0.3
1959	6.4	-0.1
1958	6.6	-1.1
1957	6.9	-0.4
1956	7.1	-0.3
1955	7.4	-0.3
1954	7.7	-0.3
1953	7.9	-0.4
1952	8.2	0.1
1951	8.5	0.4
1950	8.8	0.5

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
2024	3.6-15.5–15.9	0.3-0.6–1.2
2025	3.5-18–18.9	0.4-0.9–1.6
2026	3.1-17.8–20	0.4-1.1–1.9
2027	2.9-17.3–22.4	0.5-1.2–2.1
2028	2.5-16.3–23.5	0.5-1.4–2.3
2029	1.8-14.6–23	0.6-1.5–2.4
2030	0.6-13.1–23.1	0.6-1.6–2.8
2031	0.6-12.8–23	0.7-1.7–2.9
2032	0.6-13.4–22.2	0.7-1.8–2.9
2033	0.6-13.5–22.3	0.7-1.9–3
2034	0.6-13.8–21.6	0.7-1.9–3.3
2035	0.6-13.7–21.3	0.7-1.9–3.3
2036	0.6-13.6–20.8	0.8-2.1–3.3
2037	0.6-14–21.2	0.8-2.1–3.2
2038	0.6-14.7–21.9	0.8-2–3.3
2039	0.6-17.2–19	0.9-2.1–3.4
2040	0.6-14.1–20.4	0.9-2.2–3.4
2041	0.6-14–19.7	0.8-2.3–3.4
2042	0.6-15.3–18.9	0.9-2.3–3.5
2043	0.6-14.9–19.2	0.9-2.4–3.4
2044	0.6-15.7–18.4	1-2.4–3.6
2045	0.6-14.8–17.9	1-2.4–3.6
2046	0.6-14.9–18.1	1-2.4–3.6
2047	0.6-16.4–17.9	1-2.3–3.6
2048	0.6-15.5–17.6	1-2.4–3.8
2049	0.6-16.7–17.6	1-2.5–3.6
2050	0.6-16.1–17.8	1-2.8–3.7
2051	0.6-14.8–17.2	1-2.6–3.6
2052	0.6-14.6–17.1	0.9-2.8–3.7
2053	0.6-13.9–17.2	1-2.6–3.9
2054	0.6-14.4–17.6	0.9-2.8–3.9
2055	0.6-15.3–16.8	1-2.7–3.9
2056	0.6-14.8–17.2	1-2.7–3.9
2057	0.6-14.4–16.5	1-2.8–3.8
2058	0.6-14.1–16.1	1-2.7–3.8
2059	0.6-15.3–16.8	1-2.6–4.1
2060	0.6-14.4–16.7	1-2.8–3.9
2061	0.6-14–15.9	1.1-2.8–4
2062	0.6-14.5–15.7	1-2.9–3.9
2063	0.6-15.8–15.7	1.1-3.1–4.1
2064	0.5-15.3–15.9	1.1-3.2–4
2065	0.5-14.7–15.7	1-3.2–3.9
2066	0.5-15–15	1.1-3–4.1
2067	0.5-14.3–15.3	1.1-3.1–4
2068	0.5-14.5–14.8	1-2.9–4.2
2069	0.5-16–15	1.1-3.1–4.2
2070	0.5-14.5–15.5	1-2.9–4.2
2071	0.5-15.7–14.2	1.1-3.1–4.5
2072	0.5-15.7–14.4	1-3.2–4.4
2073	0.5-15.3–14.9	1-3.4–4.2
2074	0.5-16–15.2	1-3.3–4.3
2075	0.5-16–14	1.1-3.4–4.2
2076	0.5-14.3–14.7	1.1-3.1–4.2
2077	0.5-15–14.8	1.1-3.2–4.3
2078	0.5-15.3–14.1	1.1-3.2–4.4
2079	0.5-14.9–14	1-3–4.3
2080	0.5-15.3–14.1	1-3.4–4.3
2081	0.5-16.2–13.2	1.1-3.2–4.2
2082	0.5-15.3–14.1	1-3.3–4.2
2083	0.5-15.2–14	1-3.4–4.1
2084	0.5-15.6–14	1-3.3–4
2085	0.4-16.2–13.6	1-3.4–4.2
2086	0.4-15.4–14	1.1-3.3–4.1
2087	0.4-16.2–13.3	1.1-3.5–4.2
2088	0.4-15.4–13.4	1.1-3.2–4.1
2089	0.4-14.8–13	1-3.3–4.1
2090	0.4-15.2–13.5	1-3.4–4.3
2091	0.4-14.9–13.3	1-3.1–4.3
2092	0.4-14.8–12.9	1-3.3–4.3
2093	0.4-14.6–13	1-3.4–4.3
2094	0.4-14.9–13.1	1-3.4–4.3
2095	0.4-15.3–12.9	0.9-3.5–4.2
2096	0.4-15.4–12.2	0.9-3.3–4.3
2097	0.4-15.1–12.6	1-3.7–4.4
2098	0.4-14.6–12.6	1-3.4–4.3
2099	0.4-15–12.6	1-3.5–4.3
2100	0.4-14.7–11.9	0.9-3.7–4.2

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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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