Spain vs United Arab Emirates: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 2.5 per 1,000 people in Spain 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 25.7 per 1,000 people, or 11 times that in Spain.

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per 1,000 people · UN

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

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Spain.
In 2023, Spain ranked 64 and United Arab Emirates ranked 4 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Spain at 0.9 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	Spain	United Arab Emirates
2023	2.5	28.2
2022	6.3	31.5
2021	3	43.1
2020	5	9.8
2019	9.8	-13.4
2018	7.2	1.6
2017	4.3	3.7
2016	2.3	21.6
2015	-0	39.5
2014	-2.1	43.7
2013	-5.4	35.7
2012	-3.3	30.1
2011	1.3	29.9
2010	1.5	23.3
2009	2.8	24.4
2008	9.4	83
2007	17	128.4
2006	14.8	79.7
2005	14.3	37.5
2004	15.3	39.8
2003	15.5	42.3
2002	17.7	45.2
2001	4.4	48
2000	4.3	51.1
1999	4.4	55.3
1998	4.5	60.3
1997	4.1	65.1
1996	4	69.4
1995	4.1	28.3
1994	4	26.8
1993	4.1	29.5
1992	4.5	31.1
1991	3.1	33.4
1990	-0.8	35.4
1989	-0.7	38.1
1988	-0.5	41
1987	-0.3	44.1
1986	-0.4	47.5
1985	-0	27.3
1984	0.1	29.2
1983	0	31.2
1982	-0.2	32.8
1981	0.1	34.2
1980	0.5	76.9
1979	-0.2	90.2
1978	-0.1	101.8
1977	-0	114.2
1976	0.1	128.1
1975	-0	78.1
1974	3	86.8
1973	0.2	96.8
1972	0.2	108.8
1971	0.2	123.6
1970	-1.8	142.4
1969	-1.5	166.5
1968	-1.4	144.8
1967	-1.3	-1.6
1966	-1.3	8.7
1965	-1.3	15.6
1964	-1.3	19.6
1963	-1.4	21.4
1962	-1.5	22.2
1961	-1.5	22.8
1960	-5.1	23.6
1959	-3.5	24.8
1958	-3.3	26.3
1957	-3.1	27.9
1956	-3.1	30.1
1955	-3	32.5
1954	-3.1	35.2
1953	-3	37.7
1952	-3	40
1951	-3	41.7
1950	-4.6	42.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Spain	United Arab Emirates
2024	2.3-2.2–7.4	25.3-69–69.1
2025	2-4.3–8.6	14-66.9–71.3
2026	1.8-6–9.3	7.6-59.9–68.2
2027	1.9-6.5–10.4	4.5-54.4–70.5
2028	1.8-7.2–10.6	2.5-42.1–75.7
2029	1.7-8.3–11.3	1.3-38.5–73.9
2030	1.4-8.4–11.4	0.6-40.3–75.3
2031	1.3-8.9–11.6	0.7-39.7–72.5
2032	1.4-8.8–12.2	0.7-37.3–69.4
2033	1.5-9–12.4	0.6-36.3–71.8
2034	1.5-9.5–12.1	0.6-39.5–68.9
2035	1.4-9.5–12.4	0.6-36.2–67.4
2036	1.3-10.1–12.4	0.6-35.2–71.1
2037	1.3-10.3–12	0.6-36.2–65.8
2038	1.4-10.1–12.4	0.6-33.4–67.5
2039	1.3-10.4–12.6	0.6-31.7–65.2
2040	1.2-10.8–12.2	0.6-33.9–63.5
2041	1.2-10.5–12.3	0.6-34.1–62.5
2042	1.1-10.9–12.7	0.6-29.6–62.1
2043	1.3-10.7–13.1	0.6-31.8–61.1
2044	1.2-10.3–12.1	0.6-31.3–61.1
2045	1.1-11.1–12.5	0.6-32.2–62
2046	1.2-10.1–13.6	0.7-30.1–62.2
2047	1.2-9.6–13.3	0.8-30.8–64.5
2048	1.4-10.4–13.3	0.9-29.3–64.2
2049	1.2-11.2–13.3	0.9-31.9–62.9
2050	1.5-10.6–13.8	0.9-33.7–60.7
2051	1.6-11.5–13.6	0.9-35.1–60.2
2052	1.4-11.5–13.5	0.9-35.3–58.6
2053	1.3-11.5–14	0.8-34.6–56.1
2054	1.5-11.1–14.1	0.8-34–60
2055	1.5-11.9–14.4	0.8-31.7–58.5
2056	1.1-11.9–14	0.8-34–61.7
2057	1.3-12–14.2	0.8-34.5–58.5
2058	1.5-11.5–14.6	0.7-34.7–58.3
2059	1.4-11.5–15	0.7-35.6–60.6
2060	1.4-11.7–14.2	0.6-36.1–61.8
2061	1.2-11.5–14.5	0.6-36.9–56.9
2062	1.1-12.2–13.6	0.6-36.7–56.6
2063	1.3-11.3–14.4	0.6-36.9–56.5
2064	1.1-11.5–14.4	0.6-37.6–57.1
2065	1.4-10.4–15	0.6-36.8–55.7
2066	1.3-10.7–14.3	0.5-37.2–56.8
2067	1.4-10.4–14.5	0.5-39.6–55.8
2068	1.2-11.3–14.3	0.5-41.9–55.8
2069	1.4-11–14.9	0.5-42.1–54.8
2070	1.2-10.7–14.4	0.5-38.4–52.6
2071	1.3-10.6–14.5	0.5-36.3–51.8
2072	1.1-11.7–14.4	0.4-36–53.8
2073	1.2-12.1–13.9	0.5-40.8–53.6
2074	1.1-11.8–14	0.4-36.2–52.7
2075	1.2-11.7–14.3	0.4-37.4–53
2076	1.2-12–13.2	0.4-35.3–50.8
2077	1.3-11.5–12.6	0.4-33.5–50.3
2078	1.3-11–13.4	0.4-32–52.9
2079	1.2-11–13.6	0.4-35.5–51.7
2080	1.2-11–12.4	0.4-37.9–46.9
2081	1.2-10.9–13.6	0.3-37.9–47
2082	1.2-11.2–13.8	0.3-34.5–48
2083	1.1-11–13.6	0.3-34.7–48.2
2084	1.1-11.6–14	0.3-33.9–48
2085	1-10.9–14	0.3-37.8–47.5
2086	1.1-11.7–13.9	0.3-37.8–45.4
2087	1.1-11.5–14.6	0.3-36.6–45
2088	0.9-11.4–13.7	0.3-38.4–46.6
2089	0.7-12.3–12.7	0.3-34.9–45.1
2090	0.8-11.9–14.1	0.3-35.8–45.4
2091	1-11.8–14.4	0.2-35.8–46.8
2092	1-11.5–14.7	0.2-35.7–42.3
2093	1-12.4–14.9	0.2-34–48.1
2094	1-12.6–14.7	0.2-33.8–44.6
2095	0.9-13.1–14.1	0.2-33.9–46.9
2096	1-12.9–14.3	0.2-34.8–42.7
2097	0.9-12.6–13.6	0.2-34.8–43.5
2098	0.9-12.4–14	0.2-34.1–40.4
2099	0.9-13.1–14	0.2-35–42.4
2100	0.9-12.4–14.1	0.2-36.2–41.5

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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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Deaths in conflictsSpain: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022