Net migration in Middle East and North Africa

Net migration to Middle East and North Africa was -775,711 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Middle East and North Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Middle East and North Africa, 2025 -775,711 People
Change from 2024 −293.0% 2024: -197,361 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate

Net migration in Middle East and North Africa over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period Middle East and North AfricaWorld
2025 -775,711 people 0 people
2024 -197,361 people 0 people
2023 395,727 people 0 people
2022 1,288,578 people 0 people
2021 -350,050 people 0 people
2020 -861,862 people 0 people
2019 -1,224,013 people 0 people
2018 -2,093,534 people 0 people
2017 -3,050,174 people 0 people
2016 -2,404,477 people 0 people
2015 -2,144,774 people 0 people
2014 -1,342,979 people 0 people
2013 -1,003,423 people 0 people
2012 -759,181 people 0 people
2011 337,056 people 0 people
2010 -11,724 people 0 people
2009 620,772 people 0 people
2008 1,126,287 people 0 people
2007 1,032,315 people 0 people
2006 1,531,829 people 0 people
2005 1,615,214 people 0 people
2004 1,059,216 people 0 people
2003 1,191,074 people 0 people
2002 171,950 people 0 people
2001 570,816 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −293.0% from -197,361 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -2,144,774 people, the figure has changed by +63.8%.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Middle East and North Africa
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects