Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 4.7 per 1,000 people in Singapore and 28.2 per 1,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 23.5 per 1,000 people, or 6.05 times that in Singapore.

Watch it change on the map

per 1,000 people · UN

SingaporeUnited Arab EmiratesUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
In 2023, Singapore ranked 43 and United Arab Emirates ranked 4 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Singapore at 1.4 per 1,000 people and United Arab Emirates at 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates
2023	4.7	28.2
2022	38	31.5
2021	-7.9	43.1
2020	-25.9	9.8
2019	0.2	-13.4
2018	3.9	1.6
2017	-1.6	3.7
2016	2.5	21.6
2015	7.6	39.5
2014	7.4	43.7
2013	9.7	35.7
2012	14.8	30.1
2011	17.3	29.9
2010	14.3	23.3
2009	19.3	24.4
2008	36.7	83
2007	41.8	128.4
2006	30.8	79.7
2005	21.6	37.5
2004	12.1	39.8
2003	-7.3	42.3
2002	-9.7	45.2
2001	10.9	48
2000	13.7	51.1
1999	5	55.3
1998	13.3	60.3
1997	25.1	65.1
1996	27.8	69.4
1995	26	28.3
1994	20.8	26.8
1993	17.7	29.5
1992	16.9	31.1
1991	18.4	33.4
1990	22	35.4
1989	23.2	38.1
1988	14.4	41
1987	9.1	44.1
1986	-2.9	47.5
1985	-11.4	27.3
1984	-1.6	29.2
1983	4.4	31.2
1982	15.8	32.8
1981	33.9	34.2
1980	17.4	76.9
1979	-1	90.2
1978	0.2	101.8
1977	1.2	114.2
1976	0.4	128.1
1975	1.8	78.1
1974	1.2	86.8
1973	-0.2	96.8
1972	-0.8	108.8
1971	0.3	123.6
1970	1.9	142.4
1969	3.3	166.5
1968	3.4	144.8
1967	3.1	-1.6
1966	1.8	8.7
1965	2.2	15.6
1964	1.7	19.6
1963	1.5	21.4
1962	2.2	22.2
1961	2.1	22.8
1960	1.2	23.6
1959	0.3	24.8
1958	0.6	26.3
1957	8.7	27.9
1956	17.5	30.1
1955	19	32.5
1954	20.1	35.2
1953	20.7	37.7
1952	21	40
1951	20.8	41.7
1950	20.4	42.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates
2024	3.4-45–157	25.3-69–69.1
2025	2.9-22.2–25.6	14-66.9–71.3
2026	2.3-26.6–25.9	7.6-59.9–68.2
2027	2.6-26.8–28.6	4.5-54.4–70.5
2028	2.4-26.6–30.1	2.5-42.1–75.7
2029	1.8-30.1–30.3	1.3-38.5–73.9
2030	1.6-30.5–29.1	0.6-40.3–75.3
2031	2.2-29–31.2	0.7-39.7–72.5
2032	2.1-28.8–31.7	0.7-37.3–69.4
2033	2.5-28.2–31.8	0.6-36.3–71.8
2034	2.1-28.8–33.6	0.6-39.5–68.9
2035	1.6-30.4–32.1	0.6-36.2–67.4
2036	1.3-30.2–30.7	0.6-35.2–71.1
2037	1.8-29.3–31.4	0.6-36.2–65.8
2038	1.8-29–32.1	0.6-33.4–67.5
2039	1.5-28.7–32	0.6-31.7–65.2
2040	1.2-27.7–32	0.6-33.9–63.5
2041	1.1-28.6–31.4	0.6-34.1–62.5
2042	1.4-29.5–31.3	0.6-29.6–62.1
2043	1.6-29.5–31.8	0.6-31.8–61.1
2044	1.1-29–30.4	0.6-31.3–61.1
2045	1.6-28.9–32	0.6-32.2–62
2046	1.5-27.8–32.4	0.7-30.1–62.2
2047	1.2-28.2–32.7	0.8-30.8–64.5
2048	2.1-26.3–33.4	0.9-29.3–64.2
2049	1.7-28–33	0.9-31.9–62.9
2050	1.6-27.3–33.4	0.9-33.7–60.7
2051	1.9-29.5–31.9	0.9-35.1–60.2
2052	2.8-27.6–35.1	0.9-35.3–58.6
2053	2.3-26.5–34.8	0.8-34.6–56.1
2054	1.5-29.8–34.6	0.8-34–60
2055	2-29.5–34	0.8-31.7–58.5
2056	2.1-29.1–33.2	0.8-34–61.7
2057	2.3-29.3–32.8	0.8-34.5–58.5
2058	1.6-27.4–33.1	0.7-34.7–58.3
2059	1.9-27.9–33.1	0.7-35.6–60.6
2060	1.2-29.4–31.7	0.6-36.1–61.8
2061	1.7-28.6–32.5	0.6-36.9–56.9
2062	1.6-28.3–33.7	0.6-36.7–56.6
2063	2.1-29.1–33	0.6-36.9–56.5
2064	1.6-29.9–32.3	0.6-37.6–57.1
2065	1-30.9–32.6	0.6-36.8–55.7
2066	1-32.3–32.2	0.5-37.2–56.8
2067	2-29.6–34.1	0.5-39.6–55.8
2068	1.8-29.2–34.4	0.5-41.9–55.8
2069	1.9-27.6–31.9	0.5-42.1–54.8
2070	2.4-28.1–34.9	0.5-38.4–52.6
2071	2.3-28.1–35.3	0.5-36.3–51.8
2072	2.2-26.5–34.3	0.4-36–53.8
2073	2-29.9–35	0.5-40.8–53.6
2074	1.1-28.9–32.4	0.4-36.2–52.7
2075	1.1-28.3–33	0.4-37.4–53
2076	2.1-29.1–34	0.4-35.3–50.8
2077	1.6-28.8–32.4	0.4-33.5–50.3
2078	1.5-28.8–33.9	0.4-32–52.9
2079	1.1-26.6–32.6	0.4-35.5–51.7
2080	1.2-28.1–33.6	0.4-37.9–46.9
2081	1-29.1–33.1	0.3-37.9–47
2082	1-31.4–33.4	0.3-34.5–48
2083	1.2-30.9–33.1	0.3-34.7–48.2
2084	1.4-32.4–32.9	0.3-33.9–48
2085	1.2-31.6–32.8	0.3-37.8–47.5
2086	1-30.8–32.2	0.3-37.8–45.4
2087	1.2-31.3–33.1	0.3-36.6–45
2088	1.4-30.7–33.2	0.3-38.4–46.6
2089	0.8-30.4–33.4	0.3-34.9–45.1
2090	1.3-32.7–32.4	0.3-35.8–45.4
2091	1.3-31.7–33.2	0.2-35.8–46.8
2092	1.9-28.1–36.6	0.2-35.7–42.3
2093	1.5-30.1–36.1	0.2-34–48.1
2094	1-29.5–34.6	0.2-33.8–44.6
2095	1.3-31.7–34.3	0.2-33.9–46.9
2096	1.1-31.2–31	0.2-34.8–42.7
2097	1.2-30.1–32.5	0.2-34.8–43.5
2098	0.9-32.3–31.5	0.2-34.1–40.4
2099	1.3-31.1–35.1	0.2-35–42.4
2100	1.4-28.9–38.2	0.2-36.2–41.5

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time