Singapore
Net migration rate in Singapore
Net migration rate in Singapore: 20.4 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 4.7 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- −15.7 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 43 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 1.4 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 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -28.9 per 1,000 people and 38.2 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 41.8 per 1,000 people in 2007, the lowest -25.9 per 1,000 people in 2020.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Singapore |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 38 |
| 2021 | -7.9 |
| 2020 | -25.9 |
| 2019 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | -1.6 |
| 2016 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | 7.6 |
| 2014 | 7.4 |
| 2013 | 9.7 |
| 2012 | 14.8 |
| 2011 | 17.3 |
| 2010 | 14.3 |
| 2009 | 19.3 |
| 2008 | 36.7 |
| 2007 | 41.8 |
| 2006 | 30.8 |
| 2005 | 21.6 |
| 2004 | 12.1 |
| 2003 | -7.3 |
| 2002 | -9.7 |
| 2001 | 10.9 |
| 2000 | 13.7 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 1998 | 13.3 |
| 1997 | 25.1 |
| 1996 | 27.8 |
| 1995 | 26 |
| 1994 | 20.8 |
| 1993 | 17.7 |
| 1992 | 16.9 |
| 1991 | 18.4 |
| 1990 | 22 |
| 1989 | 23.2 |
| 1988 | 14.4 |
| 1987 | 9.1 |
| 1986 | -2.9 |
| 1985 | -11.4 |
| 1984 | -1.6 |
| 1983 | 4.4 |
| 1982 | 15.8 |
| 1981 | 33.9 |
| 1980 | 17.4 |
| 1979 | -1 |
| 1978 | 0.2 |
| 1977 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 0.4 |
| 1975 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | -0.2 |
| 1972 | -0.8 |
| 1971 | 0.3 |
| 1970 | 1.9 |
| 1969 | 3.3 |
| 1968 | 3.4 |
| 1967 | 3.1 |
| 1966 | 1.8 |
| 1965 | 2.2 |
| 1964 | 1.7 |
| 1963 | 1.5 |
| 1962 | 2.2 |
| 1961 | 2.1 |
| 1960 | 1.2 |
| 1959 | 0.3 |
| 1958 | 0.6 |
| 1957 | 8.7 |
| 1956 | 17.5 |
| 1955 | 19 |
| 1954 | 20.1 |
| 1953 | 20.7 |
| 1952 | 21 |
| 1951 | 20.8 |
| 1950 | 20.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Singapore |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4-45–157 |
| 2025 | 2.9-22.2–25.6 |
| 2026 | 2.3-26.6–25.9 |
| 2027 | 2.6-26.8–28.6 |
| 2028 | 2.4-26.6–30.1 |
| 2029 | 1.8-30.1–30.3 |
| 2030 | 1.6-30.5–29.1 |
| 2031 | 2.2-29–31.2 |
| 2032 | 2.1-28.8–31.7 |
| 2033 | 2.5-28.2–31.8 |
| 2034 | 2.1-28.8–33.6 |
| 2035 | 1.6-30.4–32.1 |
| 2036 | 1.3-30.2–30.7 |
| 2037 | 1.8-29.3–31.4 |
| 2038 | 1.8-29–32.1 |
| 2039 | 1.5-28.7–32 |
| 2040 | 1.2-27.7–32 |
| 2041 | 1.1-28.6–31.4 |
| 2042 | 1.4-29.5–31.3 |
| 2043 | 1.6-29.5–31.8 |
| 2044 | 1.1-29–30.4 |
| 2045 | 1.6-28.9–32 |
| 2046 | 1.5-27.8–32.4 |
| 2047 | 1.2-28.2–32.7 |
| 2048 | 2.1-26.3–33.4 |
| 2049 | 1.7-28–33 |
| 2050 | 1.6-27.3–33.4 |
| 2051 | 1.9-29.5–31.9 |
| 2052 | 2.8-27.6–35.1 |
| 2053 | 2.3-26.5–34.8 |
| 2054 | 1.5-29.8–34.6 |
| 2055 | 2-29.5–34 |
| 2056 | 2.1-29.1–33.2 |
| 2057 | 2.3-29.3–32.8 |
| 2058 | 1.6-27.4–33.1 |
| 2059 | 1.9-27.9–33.1 |
| 2060 | 1.2-29.4–31.7 |
| 2061 | 1.7-28.6–32.5 |
| 2062 | 1.6-28.3–33.7 |
| 2063 | 2.1-29.1–33 |
| 2064 | 1.6-29.9–32.3 |
| 2065 | 1-30.9–32.6 |
| 2066 | 1-32.3–32.2 |
| 2067 | 2-29.6–34.1 |
| 2068 | 1.8-29.2–34.4 |
| 2069 | 1.9-27.6–31.9 |
| 2070 | 2.4-28.1–34.9 |
| 2071 | 2.3-28.1–35.3 |
| 2072 | 2.2-26.5–34.3 |
| 2073 | 2-29.9–35 |
| 2074 | 1.1-28.9–32.4 |
| 2075 | 1.1-28.3–33 |
| 2076 | 2.1-29.1–34 |
| 2077 | 1.6-28.8–32.4 |
| 2078 | 1.5-28.8–33.9 |
| 2079 | 1.1-26.6–32.6 |
| 2080 | 1.2-28.1–33.6 |
| 2081 | 1-29.1–33.1 |
| 2082 | 1-31.4–33.4 |
| 2083 | 1.2-30.9–33.1 |
| 2084 | 1.4-32.4–32.9 |
| 2085 | 1.2-31.6–32.8 |
| 2086 | 1-30.8–32.2 |
| 2087 | 1.2-31.3–33.1 |
| 2088 | 1.4-30.7–33.2 |
| 2089 | 0.8-30.4–33.4 |
| 2090 | 1.3-32.7–32.4 |
| 2091 | 1.3-31.7–33.2 |
| 2092 | 1.9-28.1–36.6 |
| 2093 | 1.5-30.1–36.1 |
| 2094 | 1-29.5–34.6 |
| 2095 | 1.3-31.7–34.3 |
| 2096 | 1.1-31.2–31 |
| 2097 | 1.2-30.1–32.5 |
| 2098 | 0.9-32.3–31.5 |
| 2099 | 1.3-31.1–35.1 |
| 2100 | 1.4-28.9–38.2 |
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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- Military spending3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spending18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel59,000 people in 2020
- National power0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports79 million TIV in 2025