Net migration in Uruguay

Net migration to Uruguay was -1,338 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1962.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2025 -1,338 People
Change from 2024 +0.7% 2024: -1,348 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 115th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2025 -1,338 people 0 people
2024 -1,348 people 0 people
2023 -1,501 people 0 people
2022 -1,501 people 0 people
2021 -1,482 people 0 people
2020 -1,482 people 0 people
2019 -2,899 people 0 people
2018 -2,963 people 0 people
2017 -3,091 people 0 people
2016 -3,506 people 0 people
2015 -4,157 people 0 people
2014 -4,919 people 0 people
2013 -5,647 people 0 people
2012 -6,317 people 0 people
2011 -6,982 people 0 people
2010 -7,696 people 0 people
2009 -8,510 people 0 people
2008 -9,458 people 0 people
2007 -10,750 people 0 people
2006 -13,161 people 0 people
2005 -16,086 people 0 people
2004 -15,668 people 0 people
2003 -17,105 people 0 people
2002 -16,957 people 0 people
2001 -14,620 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7% from -1,348 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -4,157 people, the figure has changed by +67.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Uruguay has the 115th highest value.
  • 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 Uruguay
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