Emigration
People who left the country during the year to establish their usual residence elsewhere, regardless of citizenship.
33 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,467 emigrants |
| 2023 | 68,172 emigrants |
| 2022 | 62,927 emigrants |
| 2021 | 44,008 emigrants |
| 2020 | 53,822 emigrants |
| 2019 | 66,520 emigrants |
| 2018 | 60,381 emigrants |
| 2017 | 56,403 emigrants |
| 2016 | 52,654 emigrants |
| 2015 | 44,625 emigrants |
| 2014 | 44,426 emigrants |
| 2013 | 43,310 emigrants |
| 2012 | 43,663 emigrants |
| 2011 | 41,593 emigrants |
| 2010 | 41,456 emigrants |
| 2009 | 39,899 emigrants |
| 2008 | 38,356 emigrantsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 41,566 emigrants |
| 2006 | 46,786 emigrants |
| 2005 | 45,869 emigrants |
| 2004 | 45,017 emigrants |
| 2003 | 43,466 emigrants |
| 2002 | 43,481 emigrants |
| 2001 | 43,980 emigrants |
| 2000 | 43,417 emigrants |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 33 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Spain (662,294 emigrants) and the lowest Liechtenstein (467 emigrants).
- Half of the countries are above 58,077 emigrants and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 20 countries and fell in 12.
- The figure for the European Union was 3,166,449 emigrants in 2024, against 2,562,378 emigrants in 2019 (+23.6%). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Spain 662,294 emigrants
- 2 Germany 584,230 emigrantse (estimated)
- 3 France 263,233 emigrantsp (provisional)
- 4 Romania 215,191 emigrantse (estimated)
- 5 Poland 205,869 emigrantse (estimated)
- 6 Italy 188,903 emigrants
- 7 Netherlands 140,087 emigrants
- 8 Switzerland 129,786 emigrants
- 9 Moldova 123,406 emigrants
- 10 Belgium 100,100 emigrants
- 11 Czechia 88,379 emigrants
- 12 Sweden 86,449 emigrants
- 13 Hungary 84,286 emigrants
- 14 Austria 81,477 emigrants
- 15 Greece 78,014 emigrants
- 16 Denmark 69,467 emigrants
- 17 Ireland 58,077 emigrants
- 18 Croatia 38,997 emigrants
- 19 Portugal 33,916 emigrants
- 20 Norway 31,968 emigrants
- 21 Lithuania 28,705 emigrants
- 22 Cyprus 26,883 emigrants
- 23 Malta 23,419 emigrants
- 24 Slovenia 21,491 emigrants
- 25 Latvia 18,937 emigrants
- 26 Estonia 17,260 emigrants
- 27 Finland 16,914 emigrants
- 28 Luxembourg 16,444 emigrants
- 29 Bulgaria 13,002 emigrants
- 30 Iceland 5,700 emigrants
- 31 Slovakia 4,425 emigrants
- 32 North Macedonia 1,711 emigrants
- 33 Liechtenstein 467 emigrantsb (break in time series)
- European Union 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.