Net migration rate in Saudi Arabia

Net migration rate in Saudi Arabia: 8.8 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 9.8 per 1,000 people
Since 1950: +1 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023: 24 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2100: 0.4 per 1,000 people; UN projection (medium variant)

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per 1,000 people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -14.7 per 1,000 people and 11.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 30.4 per 1,000 people in 2022, the lowest -32.6 per 1,000 people in 2018.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Saudi Arabia
2023	9.8
2022	30.4
2021	-3.4
2020	-2.4
2019	6.3
2018	-32.6
2017	-29.9
2016	-0.9
2015	15.5
2014	16.2
2013	17.3
2012	17.7
2011	18.8
2010	20.1
2009	20.5
2008	21.1
2007	21.9
2006	23.5
2005	25.2
2004	26.6
2003	27.4
2002	27.9
2001	28.4
2000	29
1999	10.4
1998	10.7
1997	11.1
1996	11.6
1995	12.1
1994	12.6
1993	12.9
1992	13.8
1991	14.6
1990	15.1
1989	15.7
1988	15.3
1987	19.2
1986	20
1985	18.2
1984	20
1983	21.8
1982	22.5
1981	21.9
1980	20
1979	19.8
1978	19.6
1977	18.9
1976	17.7
1975	16.2
1974	16.1
1973	15.6
1972	14.2
1971	11.8
1970	8.7
1969	7.4
1968	6.5
1967	5.7
1966	5
1965	5.1
1964	5.3
1963	5.5
1962	5.7
1961	5.9
1960	6.2
1959	6.4
1958	6.6
1957	6.9
1956	7.1
1955	7.4
1954	7.7
1953	7.9
1952	8.2
1951	8.5
1950	8.8

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Saudi Arabia
2024	3.6-15.5–15.9
2025	3.5-18–18.9
2026	3.1-17.8–20
2027	2.9-17.3–22.4
2028	2.5-16.3–23.5
2029	1.8-14.6–23
2030	0.6-13.1–23.1
2031	0.6-12.8–23
2032	0.6-13.4–22.2
2033	0.6-13.5–22.3
2034	0.6-13.8–21.6
2035	0.6-13.7–21.3
2036	0.6-13.6–20.8
2037	0.6-14–21.2
2038	0.6-14.7–21.9
2039	0.6-17.2–19
2040	0.6-14.1–20.4
2041	0.6-14–19.7
2042	0.6-15.3–18.9
2043	0.6-14.9–19.2
2044	0.6-15.7–18.4
2045	0.6-14.8–17.9
2046	0.6-14.9–18.1
2047	0.6-16.4–17.9
2048	0.6-15.5–17.6
2049	0.6-16.7–17.6
2050	0.6-16.1–17.8
2051	0.6-14.8–17.2
2052	0.6-14.6–17.1
2053	0.6-13.9–17.2
2054	0.6-14.4–17.6
2055	0.6-15.3–16.8
2056	0.6-14.8–17.2
2057	0.6-14.4–16.5
2058	0.6-14.1–16.1
2059	0.6-15.3–16.8
2060	0.6-14.4–16.7
2061	0.6-14–15.9
2062	0.6-14.5–15.7
2063	0.6-15.8–15.7
2064	0.5-15.3–15.9
2065	0.5-14.7–15.7
2066	0.5-15–15
2067	0.5-14.3–15.3
2068	0.5-14.5–14.8
2069	0.5-16–15
2070	0.5-14.5–15.5
2071	0.5-15.7–14.2
2072	0.5-15.7–14.4
2073	0.5-15.3–14.9
2074	0.5-16–15.2
2075	0.5-16–14
2076	0.5-14.3–14.7
2077	0.5-15–14.8
2078	0.5-15.3–14.1
2079	0.5-14.9–14
2080	0.5-15.3–14.1
2081	0.5-16.2–13.2
2082	0.5-15.3–14.1
2083	0.5-15.2–14
2084	0.5-15.6–14
2085	0.4-16.2–13.6
2086	0.4-15.4–14
2087	0.4-16.2–13.3
2088	0.4-15.4–13.4
2089	0.4-14.8–13
2090	0.4-15.2–13.5
2091	0.4-14.9–13.3
2092	0.4-14.8–12.9
2093	0.4-14.6–13
2094	0.4-14.9–13.1
2095	0.4-15.3–12.9
2096	0.4-15.4–12.2
2097	0.4-15.1–12.6
2098	0.4-14.6–12.6
2099	0.4-15–12.6
2100	0.4-14.7–11.9

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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