Net migration in South Asia

Net migration to South Asia was -1,295,104 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025 -1,295,104 People
Change from 2024 +15.7% 2024: -1,535,417 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate

Net migration in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2025 -1,295,104 people 0 people
2024 -1,535,417 people 0 people
2023 -1,969,476 people 0 people
2022 -2,312,607 people 0 people
2021 -1,233,524 people 0 people
2020 -934,135 people 0 people
2019 -1,832,053 people 0 people
2018 -1,932,697 people 0 people
2017 -1,670,087 people 0 people
2016 -1,187,121 people 0 people
2015 -1,805,393 people 0 people
2014 -1,452,161 people 0 people
2013 -1,417,862 people 0 people
2012 -1,435,652 people 0 people
2011 -1,528,171 people 0 people
2010 -1,527,208 people 0 people
2009 -1,805,585 people 0 people
2008 -2,532,654 people 0 people
2007 -2,528,367 people 0 people
2006 -1,778,819 people 0 people
2005 -2,294,281 people 0 people
2004 -1,454,745 people 0 people
2003 -1,774,693 people 0 people
2002 -1,807,173 people 0 people
2001 -933,352 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +15.7% from -1,535,417 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -1,805,393 people, the figure has changed by +28.3%.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

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 South Asia
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