South Sudan

Net migration rate in South Sudan

Net migration rate in South Sudan: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
39.6 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+40 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
1 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
0.7 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in South SudanNet migration rate in South Sudan: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -37.3 per 1,000 people and 34.5 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 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -37.3 per 1,000 people and 34.5 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, the lowest -65.4 per 1,000 people in 2017.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearSouth Sudan
202339.6
20223.7
2021-14.2
20205.9
20196.3
201815.6
2017-65.4
2016-60.4
2015-14.4
2014-42
20135.9
201211.7
201118.9
201030.7
200915.1
200818.8
200720
200619.3
200517.5
200415.2
200313.3
200212.6
200112.3
200012.3
199912.2
199811.4
19978.8
19963.4
19953.3
19943.2
19933.2
19923.1
19913
19902.7
1989-27.8
1988-20
1987-2.4
1986-2.2
1985-2.1
1984-1.9
1983-1.7
1982-1.5
1981-1.3
1980-1.2
1979-0.9
1978-0.7
1977-0.5
1976-0.3
1975-0.1
1974-0.1
19730
19720.1
19710.1
19700.2
19690.2
19680.3
19670.4
19660.4
19650.5
19640.6
19630.5
19620.5
19610.4
19600.3
19590.3
19580.2
19570.1
19560.1
19550
1954-0.1
1953-0.2
1952-0.2
1951-0.3
1950-0.4
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearSouth Sudan
20241.3-28.4–27.4
20250.5-32.2–32.3
20260.6-35.1–33
20270.3-31.4–32.9
20280.3-33.1–31.7
2029-0-35.2–31.3
20300.1-34.8–32.3
20310.8-33.6–33.3
20320.3-34.5–32.5
2033-0.1-33.8–31.6
20340.5-35.8–34.2
20351-32.5–32.9
20360.9-32.8–32.2
20370.6-33.1–31.7
20380.7-34.9–32.5
20390.4-36.8–33.3
20400.7-35.5–31.6
20410.6-35.8–31.5
20420.6-35.8–32.4
20430.2-34.6–32.3
20440.4-31.9–32.9
20450.1-34.2–32.5
20460.5-33.6–33.2
2047-0-37.1–33.4
2048-0.1-35.5–32.2
2049-0.3-35.6–30.8
2050-0.4-35.5–31.3
20510.2-35.4–31.8
20521-32.9–33.4
2053-0.1-36.2–31.5
20540.6-34.6–33.2
20550.1-33.5–33.6
20560.2-34.6–34.6
20570.4-35.5–33.8
20580.1-35.6–32.5
20590.7-32.7–32.7
2060-0.1-36.4–32.5
2061-0-37.9–32.1
20620.4-34.4–33.1
20630.4-33.2–32.8
20640.5-34–33.3
20650.8-35.8–33.1
20660.3-36.4–32.9
20670.6-34.4–33.9
20681.1-36–32.7
20690.1-37.4–35.3
2070-0.2-36.4–31.1
20710.7-36.4–33.5
20720.7-35.4–34.7
20730.9-34.1–34.4
20741.2-34.7–33.2
20750.4-35.5–33.6
2076-0.2-36.5–34.3
20770.6-36.8–30.8
20780.4-31.8–32.8
20790.7-34.6–33.5
2080-0-37.9–31.6
20810.2-34.7–34.3
20820.6-39.2–32.1
20830.6-37.9–33.3
20840.9-38.6–32
2085-0-38.2–30.3
20860.6-39.2–33.8
20870-36.8–34.1
20880.6-36.2–34.2
20890.6-37.2–32.2
2090-0-38.4–31
20910-37.1–30
20920.2-38–33.7
2093-0.1-36.6–30.5
2094-0.4-36.1–30.1
20950.1-36.9–33.2
20960.4-37.4–32.7
2097-0-37.7–29.6
20980.9-39–33.5
20990.5-38.2–32.2
21000.7-37.3–34.5

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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