North Korea
Net migration rate in North Korea
Net migration rate in North Korea: -17.2 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.1 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +17.1 per 1,000 people
- Projected, 2100
- -0.1 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -2.3 per 1,000 people and 1.6 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 0 per 1,000 people in 1958, the lowest -17.2 per 1,000 people in 1950.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | North Korea |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.1 |
| 2022 | -0.1 |
| 2021 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | -0.1 |
| 2019 | -0.1 |
| 2018 | -0.1 |
| 2017 | -0.1 |
| 2016 | -0.1 |
| 2015 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | -0.1 |
| 2013 | -0.1 |
| 2012 | -0.1 |
| 2011 | -0.1 |
| 2010 | -0.1 |
| 2009 | -0.1 |
| 2008 | -0.1 |
| 2007 | -0.1 |
| 2006 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | -0.1 |
| 2004 | -0.1 |
| 2003 | -0.1 |
| 2002 | -0.1 |
| 2001 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | -0.1 |
| 1998 | -0.2 |
| 1997 | -0.2 |
| 1996 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | -0.1 |
| 1994 | -0 |
| 1993 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 |
| 1976 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 |
| 1959 | 0 |
| 1958 | 0 |
| 1957 | -0.2 |
| 1956 | -1.3 |
| 1955 | -3.4 |
| 1954 | -6.2 |
| 1953 | -9.4 |
| 1952 | -12.7 |
| 1951 | -15.4 |
| 1950 | -17.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | North Korea |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.1-0.6–0.4 |
| 2025 | -0.1-0.7–0.5 |
| 2026 | -0.1-0.8–0.6 |
| 2027 | -0.1-0.8–0.7 |
| 2028 | -0.1-0.9–0.7 |
| 2029 | -0.1-0.9–0.8 |
| 2030 | -0.1-1–0.8 |
| 2031 | -0.1-1–0.9 |
| 2032 | -0.1-1.1–0.9 |
| 2033 | -0.1-1.1–0.9 |
| 2034 | -0.1-1.2–1 |
| 2035 | -0.1-1.1–1 |
| 2036 | -0.1-1.2–1 |
| 2037 | -0.1-1.2–1.1 |
| 2038 | -0.1-1.2–1.1 |
| 2039 | -0.1-1.3–1.1 |
| 2040 | -0.1-1.3–1.2 |
| 2041 | -0.1-1.3–1.2 |
| 2042 | -0.1-1.3–1.2 |
| 2043 | -0.1-1.3–1.2 |
| 2044 | -0.1-1.4–1.2 |
| 2045 | -0.1-1.4–1.2 |
| 2046 | -0.1-1.3–1.3 |
| 2047 | -0.1-1.5–1.2 |
| 2048 | -0.1-1.4–1.3 |
| 2049 | -0.1-1.4–1.3 |
| 2050 | -0.1-1.5–1.4 |
| 2051 | -0.1-1.5–1.4 |
| 2052 | -0.1-1.6–1.4 |
| 2053 | -0.1-1.5–1.4 |
| 2054 | -0.1-1.5–1.4 |
| 2055 | -0.1-1.5–1.4 |
| 2056 | -0.1-1.6–1.4 |
| 2057 | -0.1-1.5–1.5 |
| 2058 | -0.1-1.6–1.4 |
| 2059 | -0.1-1.6–1.4 |
| 2060 | -0.1-1.8–1.3 |
| 2061 | -0.1-1.8–1.4 |
| 2062 | -0.1-1.7–1.4 |
| 2063 | -0.1-1.7–1.4 |
| 2064 | -0.1-1.7–1.5 |
| 2065 | -0.1-1.8–1.4 |
| 2066 | -0.1-1.7–1.4 |
| 2067 | -0.1-1.8–1.5 |
| 2068 | -0.1-1.7–1.5 |
| 2069 | -0.1-1.7–1.5 |
| 2070 | -0.1-1.8–1.5 |
| 2071 | -0.1-1.8–1.5 |
| 2072 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2073 | -0.1-1.9–1.4 |
| 2074 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2075 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2076 | -0.1-2–1.4 |
| 2077 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2078 | -0.1-2–1.5 |
| 2079 | -0.1-2–1.5 |
| 2080 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2081 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2082 | -0.1-1.9–1.6 |
| 2083 | -0.1-1.9–1.5 |
| 2084 | -0.1-2–1.5 |
| 2085 | -0.1-2–1.5 |
| 2086 | -0.1-2.1–1.5 |
| 2087 | -0.1-2–1.6 |
| 2088 | -0.1-2.1–1.6 |
| 2089 | -0.1-2–1.5 |
| 2090 | -0.1-2.2–1.5 |
| 2091 | -0.1-2.1–1.5 |
| 2092 | -0.1-2.1–1.6 |
| 2093 | -0.1-2.2–1.6 |
| 2094 | -0.1-2.1–1.5 |
| 2095 | -0.1-2.2–1.6 |
| 2096 | -0.1-2.2–1.6 |
| 2097 | -0.1-2.3–1.6 |
| 2098 | -0.1-2.3–1.7 |
| 2099 | -0.1-2.3–1.7 |
| 2100 | -0.1-2.3–1.6 |
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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