Japan

Net migration rate in Japan

Net migration rate in Japan: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
1.4 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+1.7 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
75 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
1 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in JapanNet migration rate in Japan: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -2.2 per 1,000 people and 3.6 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 1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -2.2 per 1,000 people and 3.6 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2017, the lowest -2.4 per 1,000 people in 1958.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearJapan
20231.4
20221.4
2021-0.3
20200.3
20192.5
20182.5
20172.5
20162.5
20151.3
20140.5
20130.5
20120.5
20110.8
20101
20091
20081.1
20071.1
20061
20050.9
20040.5
20030.6
20020.5
20010.5
20000.2
19990.4
19980.4
19970.3
19960.2
19950.7
19941.2
19931.4
19921.4
19911.3
19901
19890.3
19880.4
19870.2
19860.2
1985-1.2
1984-2.3
1983-2.2
1982-2.4
1981-2.3
1980-0.8
1979-0.5
1978-0.4
1977-0.4
1976-0.3
19750
1974-0.1
1973-0.3
1972-0.7
1971-1
19700.3
19690.5
19680.4
19670.3
19660.7
1965-0.5
1964-1
1963-1
1962-0.6
1961-0.6
1960-1.6
1959-2.1
1958-2.4
1957-1.7
1956-1.6
1955-1
1954-0.8
1953-0.3
1952-0.6
1951-0.6
1950-0.3
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearJapan
20241.20.1–2.5
20251.1-0.3–2.7
20261.1-0.6–2.8
20271-0.7–3
20281-0.9–3.1
20291.1-0.9–3.4
20301-1–3.3
20311-1.1–3.3
20321-1.1–3.3
20331.1-1.1–3.3
20341-1–3.4
20351-1.1–3.6
20361-1.2–3.5
20371-1.3–3.5
20381.1-1.4–3.4
20391.1-1.4–3.5
20401.1-1.4–3.5
20411-1.4–3.4
20421.1-1.5–3.6
20431.1-1.4–3.6
20441.1-1.4–3.7
20451-1.5–3.7
20461.1-1.5–3.6
20471.1-1.5–3.5
20481.1-1.4–3.7
20491.1-1.5–3.8
20501.1-1.6–3.7
20511.1-1.8–3.7
20521.1-1.7–3.7
20531.1-1.8–3.7
20541-1.7–3.6
20551.1-1.6–3.7
20561-1.7–3.7
20571.1-1.7–3.7
20581.1-1.7–3.6
20591-1.7–3.6
20601-1.5–3.4
20611.1-1.8–3.7
20621.1-1.9–3.7
20631.1-1.9–3.9
20641.2-1.7–3.8
20651.1-2.1–3.8
20661.1-1.7–3.8
20671.1-1.8–3.8
20681-2–3.8
20691.1-2.1–4
20701-2.1–3.7
20711.1-1.9–3.7
20721.1-2–3.8
20731-2–3.6
20741.1-1.9–3.8
20751.1-2.1–3.8
20761.1-2–3.8
20771.1-2–3.8
20781.1-1.7–3.7
20791.1-1.8–3.8
20801.1-1.8–3.7
20811.1-1.8–4
20821.1-1.7–3.7
20831.1-1.8–3.8
20841.1-1.9–3.8
20851-1.9–3.7
20861-1.8–3.9
20871.1-1.8–3.9
20881.1-1.8–4
20891-2–3.8
20901-1.9–3.5
20911-1.8–3.9
20921-2–3.7
20931-2.1–3.8
20941.1-2.2–3.9
20951-2.3–3.8
20961-2.4–3.8
20971.1-2.4–3.7
20981-2.1–3.7
20991-2.1–3.8
21001-2.2–3.6

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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