United Kingdom vs United States: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 6.5 per 1,000 people in United Kingdom and 3.9 per 1,000 people in United States, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 2.6 per 1,000 people, or 1.68 times that in United States.

Watch it change on the map

per 1,000 people · UN

United KingdomUnited StatesUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2020, when it overtook United States.
In 2023, United Kingdom ranked 32 and United States ranked 50 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts United Kingdom at 1.3 per 1,000 people and United States at 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	United Kingdom	United States
2023	6.5	3.9
2022	7.1	3.9
2021	6.8	2
2020	2.1	1
2019	3.5	5.3
2018	3.9	5.3
2017	4.1	5.6
2016	4.9	5.7
2015	5.3	5.3
2014	4.7	5.2
2013	3.7	5.2
2012	2.7	5.1
2011	3.6	5.2
2010	4.4	5.1
2009	4	4.5
2008	4.2	4.6
2007	5	4.5
2006	4.7	4.5
2005	5.1	4.6
2004	4.6	4.5
2003	3.5	4.6
2002	3.4	4.7
2001	3	4.6
2000	2.6	4.4
1999	2.6	4.1
1998	2.1	4.4
1997	1	4.1
1996	0.9	4.2
1995	1.1	4.4
1994	0.8	4.4
1993	0.5	4.7
1992	0.3	5
1991	0.5	4.7
1990	1	4.3
1989	0.9	1.6
1988	0.2	1.9
1987	0.1	2
1986	0.7	2
1985	1.5	2.5
1984	1.3	2.6
1983	0.5	2.8
1982	-1.1	2.6
1981	-1.5	2.5
1980	-0.4	2.6
1979	0.2	2.2
1978	0.1	2.5
1977	-0.4	2.6
1976	-0.3	2.9
1975	-0.7	3
1974	-1.2	3.3
1973	-0.6	3.6
1972	-0	3.9
1971	0	4
1970	-0.3	3.6
1969	-1.1	2.6
1968	-0.7	2.9
1967	-0.7	2.9
1966	-0.5	3.2
1965	-0.5	3.3
1964	-0.4	3.2
1963	0.2	3.4
1962	1.4	3.4
1961	1	3.2
1960	0.4	2.3
1959	0.4	2.2
1958	0.5	-0
1957	0.3	0.1
1956	0.3	-0.1
1955	0.2	0.1
1954	0.3	-0.4
1953	0.3	-0.2
1952	0.2	-0.3
1951	-1.9	-0.1
1950	3	0.3

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United Kingdom	United States
2024	64–8.5	3.72.3–5.4
2025	5.62.8–8.8	3.51.7–5.7
2026	5.21.9–9.2	3.41.3–5.8
2027	5.21.5–9.5	3.30.8–6.1
2028	4.90.9–9.7	3.50.8–6.4
2029	4.70.4–9.7	3.30.5–6.5
2030	4.60.1–10.2	3.40.3–6.6
2031	4.3-0.6–10.1	3.40.2–6.7
2032	4.2-0.8–9.9	3.40.2–6.7
2033	4.2-0.8–10.1	3.40.1–6.7
2034	3.9-1.1–10.4	3.4-0.1–6.9
2035	3.9-1.2–10.6	3.4-0.4–6.9
2036	3.6-1.4–10.6	3.4-0.5–6.8
2037	3.5-1.7–10.3	3.4-0.5–6.7
2038	3.5-1.8–10.6	3.4-0.4–7
2039	3.3-2.2–10.8	3.3-0.8–6.7
2040	3.2-2.3–10.4	3.3-0.8–7.2
2041	3.1-2.3–10.5	3.3-0.8–7
2042	3.1-2.4–11	3.4-0.7–7.3
2043	3.1-2.5–10.6	3.3-0.8–7.3
2044	2.9-2.8–11	3.3-0.9–7.2
2045	2.9-2.8–10.9	3.3-1.1–7.3
2046	2.8-3.1–11.2	3.3-1–7.4
2047	2.8-3.5–11.2	3.3-0.8–7.6
2048	2.7-3.4–11.2	3.3-1–7.4
2049	2.7-3.7–11.4	3.3-1–7.6
2050	2.6-3.9–11.2	3.4-1–7.5
2051	2.6-3.9–10.9	3.4-0.9–7.6
2052	2.5-4.2–10.8	3.3-1.3–7.6
2053	2.4-4–11.2	3.4-1.2–7.8
2054	2.5-4–11.4	3.2-1.2–7.5
2055	2.2-4.4–11.1	3.2-1.5–7.6
2056	2.3-4.3–11.4	3.2-1.4–7.6
2057	2.2-4.3–11	3.3-1.4–8.1
2058	2.3-4.3–11.2	3.4-1.6–8.1
2059	2.1-4.5–11.3	3.3-1.4–7.7
2060	2.1-4.3–11	3.2-1.7–8
2061	2.2-4.6–10.8	3.3-1.9–8
2062	2.3-4.8–11.1	3.3-1.8–8
2063	2.2-4.8–11	3.3-1.9–7.8
2064	2.2-5.2–10.8	3.2-2–7.8
2065	2.2-5.3–11.1	3.2-1.8–7.7
2066	2.2-5.2–11	3.3-2–7.7
2067	2.2-5.1–11.2	3.3-1.9–8
2068	2.1-5–10.6	3.3-2–8
2069	2.1-5.5–10.8	3.4-1.9–7.8
2070	2.2-5.7–11.1	3.3-2.1–7.9
2071	2.2-5.5–11.4	3.4-2–8.1
2072	2.1-5.2–11.5	3.3-2–8.1
2073	1.9-4.9–10.8	3.3-2.1–8
2074	1.9-5.4–11	3.3-2.1–8.1
2075	1.9-5.4–10.3	3.4-2–8.5
2076	2-5.4–10.7	3.3-2.5–8.2
2077	1.9-5.8–11	3.3-2.2–8
2078	1.9-5.6–11.2	3.3-2.2–8.7
2079	1.8-5.6–10.7	3.2-2.4–8.2
2080	1.8-5.7–10.5	3.2-2.6–8.2
2081	1.9-5.8–11	3.4-2.5–8.3
2082	1.8-6.1–10.5	3.3-2.6–7.9
2083	1.7-5.9–10.7	3.3-2.6–8
2084	1.8-6.3–10.6	3.2-2.5–8.1
2085	1.7-5.7–10.4	3.1-2.4–7.9
2086	1.6-6–10.1	3.2-2.4–8.3
2087	1.7-6.1–10.9	3.2-2.4–8.2
2088	1.7-6.3–10.6	3.3-2.4–8.3
2089	1.6-6.7–10.3	3.2-2.4–8.2
2090	1.5-6.2–10.3	3.1-2.4–8.1
2091	1.5-6.3–10.5	3.2-2.7–8.6
2092	1.5-6.4–10.1	3.2-2.6–8.4
2093	1.5-6.3–9.8	3.1-2.5–8.4
2094	1.5-6.3–9.9	3.2-2.6–8.3
2095	1.4-6.6–9.9	3.1-2.7–8.1
2096	1.4-6.7–9.9	3.1-3.2–8.2
2097	1.4-6.6–10	3.1-2.8–8.3
2098	1.4-6.8–9.8	3-2.9–8.1
2099	1.3-6.3–10.1	3-2.7–7.9
2100	1.3-6.9–10.2	2.9-2.7–8

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