Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 32.1 per 1,000 people in Syria and 28.2 per 1,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Syria, by 3.9 per 1,000 people, or 1.14 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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per 1,000 people · UN

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

What the numbers say

Syria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2023, Syria ranked 2 and United Arab Emirates ranked 4 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Syria at -0.3 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	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2023	32.1	28.2
2022	32.7	31.5
2021	9.8	43.1
2020	12.8	9.8
2019	24.6	-13.4
2018	26.3	1.6
2017	-15	3.7
2016	-6.5	21.6
2015	-42.6	39.5
2014	-71.9	43.7
2013	-96.1	35.7
2012	-43.9	30.1
2011	-11.2	29.9
2010	-2.4	23.3
2009	-2.4	24.4
2008	-18.6	83
2007	38.4	128.4
2006	34.8	79.7
2005	0.7	37.5
2004	0.6	39.8
2003	-1.9	42.3
2002	-2	45.2
2001	-2.1	48
2000	-2.1	51.1
1999	-1.9	55.3
1998	-1.6	60.3
1997	-2	65.1
1996	-2	69.4
1995	-1.9	28.3
1994	-0.9	26.8
1993	-0.6	29.5
1992	-0.3	31.1
1991	-0.8	33.4
1990	-0.5	35.4
1989	-0.7	38.1
1988	-0.7	41
1987	-0.7	44.1
1986	-0.9	47.5
1985	-0.6	27.3
1984	-0.5	29.2
1983	-1	31.2
1982	-0.1	32.8
1981	-2.7	34.2
1980	-3.7	76.9
1979	-3.8	90.2
1978	-3.7	101.8
1977	-3.5	114.2
1976	-3.4	128.1
1975	-3.2	78.1
1974	-3.3	86.8
1973	-2.5	96.8
1972	-2.6	108.8
1971	-2.3	123.6
1970	-3.1	142.4
1969	-3	166.5
1968	-2.8	144.8
1967	-2.5	-1.6
1966	-2.4	8.7
1965	-2.3	15.6
1964	-2.3	19.6
1963	-2.3	21.4
1962	-2.3	22.2
1961	-2.3	22.8
1960	0	23.6
1959	0	24.8
1958	0	26.3
1957	0	27.9
1956	0	30.1
1955	0	32.5
1954	0	35.2
1953	0	37.7
1952	0	40
1951	0	41.7
1950	0	42.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2024	22.2-2.6–46.1	25.3-69–69.1
2025	16.5-14.9–45.6	14-66.9–71.3
2026	11.6-23.8–44.9	7.6-59.9–68.2
2027	9.5-26.9–45.7	4.5-54.4–70.5
2028	6.9-30.3–42	2.5-42.1–75.7
2029	6.2-32.2–43	1.3-38.5–73.9
2030	3.7-34.4–42	0.6-40.3–75.3
2031	3-36.4–42.9	0.7-39.7–72.5
2032	1.7-37.3–41.1	0.7-37.3–69.4
2033	1.7-37.4–41.2	0.6-36.3–71.8
2034	0.9-37.1–39.5	0.6-39.5–68.9
2035	0.7-39.3–41.1	0.6-36.2–67.4
2036	-0.2-39.2–39.8	0.6-35.2–71.1
2037	0.4-39.3–39.3	0.6-36.2–65.8
2038	-0.1-40.8–39.1	0.6-33.4–67.5
2039	-0.4-42.1–36.6	0.6-31.7–65.2
2040	-0.1-42.8–37.6	0.6-33.9–63.5
2041	-0.4-41.6–37.5	0.6-34.1–62.5
2042	-0.3-41.3–40.3	0.6-29.6–62.1
2043	-0.6-42.6–39.4	0.6-31.8–61.1
2044	-0.8-42.2–39.2	0.6-31.3–61.1
2045	0.1-41.7–36.9	0.6-32.2–62
2046	-0.4-38.9–38	0.7-30.1–62.2
2047	-0.8-43.7–37.2	0.8-30.8–64.5
2048	-0.3-42.6–37.2	0.9-29.3–64.2
2049	0.1-42.5–39.9	0.9-31.9–62.9
2050	0.2-40.1–40.2	0.9-33.7–60.7
2051	-0.1-40.5–39.5	0.9-35.1–60.2
2052	-0.3-43.6–39.5	0.9-35.3–58.6
2053	0.7-40.9–39.6	0.8-34.6–56.1
2054	0.4-42–41.4	0.8-34–60
2055	-0.3-42.5–39.3	0.8-31.7–58.5
2056	-0.2-42–38.2	0.8-34–61.7
2057	-0.9-44.3–38.6	0.8-34.5–58.5
2058	-0.7-43.2–39.4	0.7-34.7–58.3
2059	0.1-40.9–40.5	0.7-35.6–60.6
2060	-0.4-41.8–37.3	0.6-36.1–61.8
2061	-0.9-42.9–37.3	0.6-36.9–56.9
2062	-0.8-41.9–37.2	0.6-36.7–56.6
2063	-0.6-41.9–38.9	0.6-36.9–56.5
2064	-0.2-43.3–37.5	0.6-37.6–57.1
2065	0.1-41.9–36.8	0.6-36.8–55.7
2066	-0.5-42.1–37.7	0.5-37.2–56.8
2067	-0.5-42–36.6	0.5-39.6–55.8
2068	-0.4-41.2–38.1	0.5-41.9–55.8
2069	-0.9-45.1–37.8	0.5-42.1–54.8
2070	-0.6-47.8–39.2	0.5-38.4–52.6
2071	-0.2-42.1–37.1	0.5-36.3–51.8
2072	-0.1-42.8–40.2	0.4-36–53.8
2073	-0.5-42.6–39.3	0.5-40.8–53.6
2074	-0.4-45.4–37.7	0.4-36.2–52.7
2075	-0.2-41.1–38.2	0.4-37.4–53
2076	-0.1-43.8–39.5	0.4-35.3–50.8
2077	-0.8-42.9–36.8	0.4-33.5–50.3
2078	-0.7-42.1–35.5	0.4-32–52.9
2079	-0-41.2–39	0.4-35.5–51.7
2080	1.1-42.3–39.3	0.4-37.9–46.9
2081	0.6-43.3–38.1	0.3-37.9–47
2082	0.6-42.1–40.4	0.3-34.5–48
2083	0-42.4–37.7	0.3-34.7–48.2
2084	0.4-43–38.4	0.3-33.9–48
2085	0.5-41.6–38.3	0.3-37.8–47.5
2086	-0.5-43.8–37.7	0.3-37.8–45.4
2087	-0.1-43.8–36.9	0.3-36.6–45
2088	0.3-44.5–36.7	0.3-38.4–46.6
2089	0.3-43.7–37.3	0.3-34.9–45.1
2090	-0.3-46.5–35.9	0.3-35.8–45.4
2091	0.3-45.4–35.9	0.2-35.8–46.8
2092	-0-44.3–37.6	0.2-35.7–42.3
2093	0.1-44.7–37.7	0.2-34–48.1
2094	-0.3-43–36.9	0.2-33.8–44.6
2095	0.3-44.9–36.8	0.2-33.9–46.9
2096	-0.2-47.1–40.5	0.2-34.8–42.7
2097	-0.3-44.2–39.9	0.2-34.8–43.5
2098	-0.2-46.4–37.7	0.2-34.1–40.4
2099	-0.4-48–37.9	0.2-35–42.4
2100	-0.3-46–41.2	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.

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Deaths in conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022