Net migration rate

(migrants per thousand population)

Bulgaria is the top country by net migration rate in the world. As of 2020, net migration rate in Bulgaria was 15.52 migrants per thousand population that accounts for 1.09% of the world's net migration rate. The top 5 countries (others are Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, and Lesotho) account for 5.13% of it. The world's total net migration rate was estimated at 1,425.22 migrants per thousand population in 2020.

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What is net migration rate?

The number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over a period, divided by the person-years lived by the population of the receiving country over that period. It is expressed as net number of migrants per 1,000 population.