Mozambique

Net migration rate in Mozambique

Net migration rate in Mozambique: -9.5 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
-1.1 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+8.4 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
152 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-0.8 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in MozambiqueNet migration rate in Mozambique: -9.5 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -27.1 per 1,000 people and 19.6 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 -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -27.1 per 1,000 people and 19.6 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 62.4 per 1,000 people in 1994, the lowest -34.5 per 1,000 people in 1987.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearMozambique
2023-1.1
2022-1.1
2021-0.7
2020-0.8
2019-1.6
2018-1.7
2017-0.9
2016-1.6
2015-2
2014-2.1
2013-2.3
2012-2.6
2011-2.7
2010-4.2
2009-4.5
2008-4.7
2007-4.7
2006-4.6
2005-4.7
2004-5.1
2003-5.1
2002-5.4
2001-5.7
2000-5.8
1999-5.8
1998-4.3
1997-4.7
19965.5
19956.8
199462.4
199319.4
1992-9.5
1991-5.1
1990-9.7
1989-15.5
1988-22.4
1987-34.5
1986-9.5
1985-6
1984-5.7
1983-6.1
1982-6.2
1981-5
1980-13.2
19797.6
19789
19778.9
19766.2
19756.2
19745.5
19735
19724
19711.3
1970-2.2
1969-3
1968-3.4
1967-3.6
1966-4.2
1965-4.1
1964-4.8
1963-5.3
1962-5.5
1961-5.9
1960-8.1
1959-9.8
1958-10.8
1957-10
1956-9.8
1955-9.8
1954-9.7
1953-9.9
1952-9.2
1951-8.7
1950-9.5
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearMozambique
2024-1.1-19.9–14.9
2025-1.8-23.2–18.1
2026-1.5-24.1–18.6
2027-1.4-23.7–19.2
2028-1.4-24.4–20.9
2029-1.4-25.9–21
2030-1.5-24.4–18.9
2031-1.2-23.2–21.1
2032-1-23.6–20.8
2033-1.1-23.1–20.7
2034-0.6-21.9–19.8
2035-1-22.7–19.1
2036-1-23.1–19.9
2037-1.3-24.5–20.3
2038-1.1-24.4–20.5
2039-1.1-25.5–21
2040-1.1-24.7–19.9
2041-1.4-24.8–20
2042-1-24.7–19.3
2043-1.5-23.9–18.5
2044-1.4-23.7–19
2045-1.7-23.9–20.8
2046-1.5-23.6–19.5
2047-1.4-23.1–21
2048-1.4-22.1–19.1
2049-1.2-24.2–19.9
2050-1.6-24.2–20.4
2051-1.6-23.7–20.7
2052-1.3-23.7–20.5
2053-1.7-23.9–20.9
2054-1.4-24.9–20
2055-1.1-24.3–20.4
2056-0.8-23.6–20.4
2057-0.9-24.6–20.9
2058-0.9-22.5–19.9
2059-0.9-23.9–22.1
2060-1.3-25.1–17.8
2061-0.8-24.7–20.2
2062-1.3-24.6–19.6
2063-1.8-25.3–19.7
2064-1.5-26.9–18.7
2065-1.6-24.2–18.6
2066-1.3-25.2–19.6
2067-1.5-24.2–18.2
2068-1.4-23.7–19.9
2069-0.9-24.5–20.6
2070-1.3-24.9–19.9
2071-1.1-25.9–18.9
2072-1.2-25.6–19.9
2073-1.2-25.6–20.8
2074-1.4-25.9–19.5
2075-1.2-25.6–20.9
2076-1.2-24.3–20.2
2077-1.2-24.9–20.4
2078-0.9-22.6–20.4
2079-1.1-24–20.4
2080-1.3-26–18.4
2081-1.2-24.3–19
2082-1-25.7–20.9
2083-0.9-25.2–18.8
2084-1.2-26.6–18.8
2085-1-26.3–19.6
2086-1-25.5–18.3
2087-0.9-25.5–18.9
2088-1-26–19.3
2089-0.8-25.2–20.3
2090-1-25.7–19.2
2091-1.4-26.3–19.6
2092-1-26.7–19.3
2093-0.9-28.4–20.5
2094-1-26.1–19.5
2095-0.9-25.5–20.2
2096-0.9-25.7–19.1
2097-1-27.4–19.9
2098-0.8-27.5–19
2099-1-28.5–20.8
2100-0.8-27.1–19.6

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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