Eswatini

Net migration rate in Eswatini

Net migration rate in Eswatini: -3.8 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -6.9 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
-6.9 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
−3.2 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
209 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-2.9 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in EswatiniNet migration rate in Eswatini: -3.8 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -6.9 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -2.9 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -22.6 per 1,000 people and 12.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -2.9 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -22.6 per 1,000 people and 12.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 18.6 per 1,000 people in 1988, the lowest -49.7 per 1,000 people in 1994.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearEswatini
2023-6.9
2022-7
2021-3.5
2020-3.6
2019-7.2
2018-7.3
2017-7.5
2016-10.9
2015-11
2014-11.2
2013-11.2
2012-10.9
2011-10.4
2010-10.2
2009-9.9
2008-8.9
2007-8.5
2006-10.1
2005-9.6
2004-9.2
2003-9
2002-8.7
2001-8.4
2000-8.2
1999-8.2
1998-8.3
1997-5.9
1996-3.1
1995-3.1
1994-49.7
1993-6.9
19926.4
19918.3
19908.2
19896.5
198818.6
19873.2
19861.8
19852.5
1984-5.8
1983-5.2
1982-5.6
1981-5.6
1980-5.6
1979-5.6
1978-5.4
1977-5.3
1976-6.6
1975-7.5
1974-7.4
1973-7.4
1972-7.4
1971-7.3
1970-7.3
1969-7.3
1968-7.2
1967-7.2
1966-3.9
1965-4.1
1964-5.4
1963-6.4
1962-6.6
1961-6.4
1960-6
1959-5.5
1958-5.1
1957-4.8
1956-4.6
1955-4.4
1954-4.2
1953-4
1952-3.9
1951-3.8
1950-3.8
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearEswatini
2024-5.4-20.3–8.2
2025-4.6-20.5–10.3
2026-4.3-21.8–11.1
2027-4.5-21.4–11.1
2028-4.7-22.3–10.5
2029-4.6-21.8–11.2
2030-3.9-20.3–12.1
2031-4.5-22.3–11.2
2032-4.2-20.2–10.9
2033-3.8-20.7–12.2
2034-4-21.3–11.1
2035-4.1-20.6–11.2
2036-4-21.4–11.7
2037-4.3-20.9–12
2038-3.8-21–12.5
2039-3.9-21–11
2040-4.2-20.5–11.9
2041-3.5-19.9–11.2
2042-3.9-19.8–11.8
2043-3.9-21.6–12.4
2044-3.9-21.1–12.2
2045-3.5-20.3–12
2046-3.7-20.8–13.4
2047-3.7-21–11.6
2048-3.5-20.3–11.3
2049-3.3-19.9–11.7
2050-3.6-21.2–11.7
2051-3.3-21.6–12.9
2052-3.4-20.9–13
2053-3.4-21–11.9
2054-3.6-20.2–12.8
2055-3.6-20.5–12.7
2056-3.5-19.6–12.4
2057-3.3-19.6–12.2
2058-3-21.3–12
2059-3.3-21.4–11.7
2060-3.7-20.8–11.1
2061-3.4-20.4–12.6
2062-3.3-20.4–11.7
2063-3.4-21–10.9
2064-3.3-20.8–11.8
2065-3.3-20.4–11.8
2066-3-20.5–12.3
2067-3.3-22.2–12.1
2068-3.3-20.7–12.6
2069-3.3-21.4–12.3
2070-3-20.7–13.5
2071-3.3-21.6–11.8
2072-3.1-21.9–12.7
2073-3.2-21.7–13.4
2074-3.4-21.2–11.6
2075-3.2-20.2–13.4
2076-3.3-20.3–12.8
2077-3.1-22.3–12.8
2078-2.7-20.3–13.3
2079-2.8-21.4–12
2080-2.9-20.9–12
2081-2.8-21–12.7
2082-3.2-21.3–11.9
2083-3.2-21.3–12.7
2084-3.4-22.1–12.3
2085-3.4-21.9–11.7
2086-3-20.7–13.2
2087-2.9-21.6–12.5
2088-2.8-23.2–12.8
2089-3-24.1–13.7
2090-2.9-22.4–13.8
2091-3-23.5–12.5
2092-2.7-22.6–12
2093-2.7-21.9–13.2
2094-2.8-22.1–12.1
2095-2.8-21.3–14.1
2096-2.7-22–13.2
2097-2.6-22.9–12.2
2098-2.6-23–12.7
2099-3.1-25.2–11.6
2100-2.9-22.6–12.9

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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