Papua New Guinea

Net migration rate in Papua New Guinea

Net migration rate in Papua New Guinea: -3.1 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
+3.1 per 1,000 people
Projected, 2100
-0.1 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in Papua New GuineaNet migration rate in Papua New Guinea: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -15.9 per 1,000 people and 11.9 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 -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -15.9 per 1,000 people and 11.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 8.9 per 1,000 people in 1994, the lowest -8.5 per 1,000 people in 1967.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearPapua New Guinea
2023-0.1
2022-0.1
20211.1
20201.1
20192.4
20182.6
20172.9
20163.2
20153.5
20143.9
20134.2
20124.7
20115.2
20106.6
20096.7
20086.8
20076.9
20067
20057
20047.1
20037.1
20027.2
20017.3
20007.6
19997.9
19988.3
19978.6
19968.7
19958.8
19948.9
19938.8
19928.8
19916.7
19900.6
1989-5.2
1988-7.1
1987-7.1
1986-7.2
1985-7.3
1984-7.5
1983-7.6
1982-7.8
1981-7.9
1980-8.2
1979-8.4
1978-8.4
1977-8.4
1976-8.4
1975-8.4
1974-8.3
1973-8.1
1972-7.7
1971-7.4
1970-7.5
1969-7.8
1968-8
1967-8.5
1966-7.6
1965-8.3
1964-8.1
1963-7.1
1962-5.8
1961-5.1
1960-1
1959-0.7
1958-0.4
1957-0.2
19560
1955-0.3
1954-0.8
1953-1.2
1952-1.8
1951-2.4
1950-3.1
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearPapua New Guinea
2024-0.1-2.7–2.3
2025-0-3.7–3.3
2026-0-4.6–3.8
2027-0.1-4.8–4.6
2028-0.2-5.4–5.3
2029-0.1-6.1–5.6
2030-0.1-6.5–5.8
2031-0.2-6.9–5.8
2032-0.2-6.6–6.7
2033-0.2-7.2–6.6
2034-0.1-7.5–6.9
2035-0.2-7.5–7.4
2036-0.1-7.7–8
2037-0.1-7.9–7.6
2038-0.1-8.4–7.8
2039-0.1-8.9–7.8
2040-0.2-9–7.6
2041-0.2-8.9–8
2042-0.2-9.5–8.7
2043-0.1-9.2–8.8
2044-0.1-9.6–9.2
20450-9.2–9
2046-0.1-9.4–9.4
2047-0.1-10.5–9.3
2048-0-10–9.7
20490-10.4–9.6
2050-0.1-10.9–9.6
2051-0-11.1–9.7
20520-11.2–9.6
2053-0.1-11.5–9.8
20540.1-11.3–10.3
2055-0.1-11.4–10.7
2056-0.1-11.7–9.9
20570-11.7–10.8
20580-11.2–10.3
20590.1-11.5–11
20600.2-11.6–10.3
20610-11.9–11.4
2062-0-12.5–11.4
20630-12.5–11.5
20640.1-12.4–11.6
20650.2-12.4–11.1
20660.2-12.6–11.7
20670.2-12.4–11.8
20680.2-12.5–12.2
20690.1-13–11.8
20700.1-12.9–12.2
20710.2-13.2–12.1
20720.1-13.4–12.3
20730-13.5–12
20740.1-13.5–12
20750.1-13.3–11.8
20760-13.3–12
20770.1-14.2–12.2
20780.2-14.1–12.3
20790.1-13.4–12.8
20800.4-13.8–12.8
20810.2-14.2–12.7
20820.1-14.1–12.3
20830.3-14.5–12.7
20840.1-14.8–12.8
20850.2-14.8–12.4
20860.2-14.9–12
20870.1-15–12.2
20880.1-15.7–12.4
20890.1-14.4–13.1
20900.3-14.4–12.9
20910.2-14.9–13.3
20920.2-14.9–12.9
20930.1-14.3–12.6
20940.1-15.1–12.8
20950.1-15–12.4
20960-15.1–12.6
2097-0-15.9–12.7
2098-0.1-16.1–12.2
2099-0-16.5–12.7
2100-0.1-15.9–11.9

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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