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Countries With the Fastest Decline in Net migration (5-Year Change)

Change in Net migration over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that fell are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Pakistan fell the most: by 676,010, from -559,290 people to -1.24 million people in the five years to 2025. Russian Federation is second (−585,910), followed by Germany (−537,540). 128 countries fell over that period; the median change among them was −10,244.

#1
Pakistan · −676,010
Median
−10,244
Coverage
128 countries
Data year
2025
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: 5-year change (people)Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Pakistan -676,010; 2. Russian Federation -585,910; 3. Germany -537,540; 4. Nepal -526,840; 5. India -421,944; 6. Poland -334,740; 7. Jordan -310,015; 8. Türkiye -296,144; 9. South Africa -223,530; 10. Afghanistan -218,034.Pakistan-676,010Russian Federation-585,910Germany-537,540Nepal-526,840India-421,944Poland-334,740Jordan-310,015Türkiye-296,144South Africa-223,530Afghanistan-218,034
Top 10: 5-year change (people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Pakistan -676,010; 2. Russian Federation -585,910; 3. Germany -537,540; 4. Nepal -526,840; 5. India -421,944; 6. Poland -334,740; 7. Jordan -310,015; 8. Türkiye -296,144; 9. South Africa -223,530; 10. Afghanistan -218,034.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Decline in Net migration (5-Year Change), 2025
RankCountryFromTo5-year change (people)
1Pakistan-559,290-1,235,300−676,010
2Russian Federation334,090-251,820−585,910
3Germany203,470-334,070−537,540
4Nepal162,140-364,700−526,840
5India-73,806-495,750−421,944
6Poland3,920-330,820−334,740
7Jordan6,745-303,270−310,015
8Türkiye37,934-258,210−296,144
9South Africa369,900146,370−223,530
10Afghanistan143,630-74,404−218,034
11China-91,577-268,130−176,553
12Uganda43,464-119,060−162,524
13Chad36,605-123,100−159,705
14Spain236,85096,630−140,220
15Brazil-78,437-217,280−138,843
16Czechia4,336-112,190−116,526
17Philippines-47,014-149,320−102,306
18Colombia227,130129,140−97,990
19Somalia, Fed. Rep.77,25912,077−65,182
20Egypt, Arab Rep.6,016-57,305−63,321
21South Sudan62,9356,145−56,790
22France145,59091,737−53,853
23Kyrgyz Republic54,7041,815−52,889
24Korea, Rep.112,63065,731−46,899
25Senegal33,848-12,636−46,484
26Lithuania19,884-24,618−44,502
27Peru55,37511,931−43,444
28Viet Nam-6,457-48,171−41,714
29Mozambique-25,864-65,573−39,709
30Portugal54,07616,472−37,604
31Slovak Republic4,350-31,377−35,727
32Bulgaria30,167-2,961−33,128
33Mali-14,962-48,019−33,057
34Cambodia0-31,469−31,469
35Iraq29,858-1,064−30,922
36Austria39,60111,254−28,347
37Slovenia28,5142,711−25,803
38Congo, Dem. Rep.-1,633-27,309−25,676
39Hungary9,147-16,331−25,478
40Namibia27,0561,866−25,190
41New Zealand42,12417,403−24,721
42Burundi-10,189-34,727−24,538
43Burkina Faso-5,661-27,130−21,469
44Kosovo2,815-18,380−21,195
45Morocco-35,474-56,254−20,780
46Indonesia-18,743-39,509−20,766
47Switzerland55,52337,253−18,270
48Tajikistan-3,564-21,606−18,042
49Dominican Republic-17,957-35,306−17,349
50Estonia3,694-13,350−17,044
51Ghana-291-17,079−16,788
52Algeria-10,798-27,531−16,733
53Armenia-13,046-29,013−15,967
54Romania-13,202-29,041−15,839
55Ethiopia38,86624,054−14,812
56Sierra Leone1,292-11,309−12,601
57Maldives9,642-2,283−11,925
58Guinea-4,365-16,282−11,917
59Belgium43,77731,989−11,788
60Angola7,556-3,524−11,080
61Jamaica0-11,053−11,053
62Papua New Guinea10,703-284−10,987
63West Bank and Gaza-12,369-23,156−10,787
64Cuba-11,976-22,244−10,268
65Kenya-17,111-27,330−10,219
66Italy85,28175,448−9,833
67Benin1,729-7,847−9,576
68Macao SAR, China8,842-328−9,170
69Albania-16,680-24,230−7,550
70Ecuador-10,320-17,219−6,899
71Turkmenistan19,91313,268−6,645
72Timor-Leste3,793-2,550−6,343
73Montenegro-3,310-9,279−5,969
74Cameroon-9,888-15,379−5,491
75Israel16,57311,466−5,107
76Thailand32,27727,509−4,768
77Paraguay-8,226-12,423−4,197
78Latvia-3,147-7,330−4,183
79Mauritania-1,483-5,044−3,561
80Guyana-1,743-5,092−3,349
81Niger-4,402-7,704−3,302
82Malawi-2,655-5,628−2,973
83Serbia-10,220-13,086−2,866
84Cyprus9,6537,749−1,904
85Djibouti1,300-581−1,881
86Lesotho-3,449-5,192−1,743
87Malta6,9045,161−1,743
88Luxembourg6,9675,237−1,730
89Zambia8,1566,562−1,594
90Eswatini-4,242-5,775−1,533
91Korea, Dem. People's Rep.-1,585-2,787−1,202
92Gambia, The-1,949-2,984−1,035
93Monaco999100−899
94Sri Lanka-29,875-30,724−849
95Nigeria-14,497-15,258−761
96Madagascar-1,480-2,227−747
97British Virgin Islands888153−735
98Suriname-296-967−671
99São Tomé and Principe0-650−650
100Curaçao992470−522

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About the top 10

#9 South Africa

South Africa ranks #9 on this list with −223,530.

Capital
Pretoria, Cape Town
Continent
Africa
Income group
Upper middle income
Population
64.75 million people (2025)
GDP
US$427.18 billion (2025)
GDP per person
US$6,598 (2025)
Life expectancy
66.3 years (2024)
Urban population
63.8% of population (2025)

Largest cities: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg, Cape Town.

Also ranks #2 in unemployment rate · #2 in youth unemployment rate · #2 in income share of richest 10%.

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Source and method

Change in Net migration over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that fell are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator SM.POP.NETM. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Net migration: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.