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People Statistics · Country

Net migration in Liberia

1950 – 2023 · 74 data points 33 of 43 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects, 1950 – 2023

Net migration, 1950 – 2023 per 1,000 people · Liberia · World
+4.0 since 2013
Liberia World

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects, 1950 – 2023

Compared with Net migration · per 1,000 people
Liberia
-0.9
World
0.0

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects

The series at a glance Liberia · 1950 – 2023
Latest value -0.9 · 2023
First value -0.7 · 1950
Highest 116.7 · 1997
Lowest -320.4 · 1990
Data points 74

By year

All years · 1950 – 2023

YearLiberiaChange World
2023 -0.9 +0.0 0.0
2022 -0.9 +1.3 0.0
2021 -2.3 −0.3 0.0
2020 -2.0 +1.9 0.0
2019 -3.9 +0.8 0.0
2018 -4.7 +0.4 0.0
2017 -5.1 +0.5 0.0
2016 -5.6 −2.4 0.0
2015 -3.3 +2.6 0.0
2014 -5.8 −0.9 0.0
2013 -4.9 +1.0 0.0
2012 -5.9 −27.7 0.0
2011 21.8 +21.1 0.0
2010 0.7 +0.4 0.0
2009 0.3 −4.3 0.0
2008 4.6 −13.2 0.0
2007 17.8 −4.5 0.0
2006 22.3 −8.3 0.0
2005 30.6 +30.9 0.0
2004 -0.3 +32.9 0.0
2003 -33.2 −25.7 0.0
2002 -7.5 −9.8 0.0
2001 2.4 +3.1 0.0
2000 -0.7 −19.7 0.0
1999 19.0 −18.1 0.0
1998 37.2 −79.5 0.0
1997 116.7 +133.6 0.0
1996 -17.0 −42.1 0.0
1995 25.1 +81.5 0.0
1994 -56.5 −59.9 0.0
1993 3.4 −23.7 0.0
1992 27.1 −12.8 0.0
1991 39.9 +360.3 0.0
1990 -320.4 −323.7 0.0
1989 3.2 +0.1 0.0
1988 3.2 +0.3 0.0
1987 2.9 +0.0 0.0
1986 2.8 −0.5 0.0
1985 3.3 −0.1 0.0
1984 3.5 −0.3 0.0
1983 3.7 +2.5 0.0
1982 1.2 −0.2 0.0
1981 1.4 −0.7 0.0
1980 2.1 +0.2 0.0
1979 1.9 −0.1 0.0
1978 1.9 −0.1 0.0
1977 2.0 +1.3 0.0
1976 0.7 −0.5 0.0
1975 1.2 −0.1 0.0
1974 1.3 −0.2 0.0
1973 1.4 +0.1 0.0
1972 1.3 +0.4 0.0
1971 0.9 −0.7 0.0
1970 1.6 +0.2 0.0
1969 1.4 −0.0 0.0
1968 1.4 −0.2 0.0
1967 1.6 +0.1 0.0
1966 1.5 −0.4 0.0
1965 1.9 +0.1 0.0
1964 1.7 −0.0 0.0
1963 1.8 −0.1 0.0
1962 1.8 +0.0 0.0
1961 1.8 +0.2 0.0
1960 1.7 +0.3 0.0
1959 1.3 +1.0 0.0
1958 0.4 −0.7 0.0
1957 1.0 +0.1 0.0
1956 1.0 +0.3 0.0
1955 0.7 +0.3 0.0
1954 0.4 +0.6 0.0
1953 -0.2 −0.1 0.0
1952 -0.1 +0.2 0.0
1951 -0.3 +0.4 0.0
1950 -0.7 0.0

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects, 1950 – 2023

Ranking · Countries

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryNet migration
1 Lithuania 15.7
2 Canada 11.0
3 Saudi Arabia 9.8
4 Norway 9.7
5 Netherlands 8.0
6 Germany 7.2
7 Finland 6.8
8 United Kingdom 6.5
9 United States 3.9
10 Chile 3.2
11 Colombia 3.0
12 Egypt 2.7
13 Italy 2.5
14 Spain 2.5
15 South Korea 1.7
16 France 1.4
17 Bulgaria 0.8
18 Gabon 0.4
19 Russia 0.2
20 Argentina 0.1
21 Indonesia -0.1
22 Yemen -0.1
23 Congo - Kinshasa -0.1
24 Congo - Brazzaville -0.2
25 Poland -0.2
26 China -0.4
27 Hong Kong SAR China -0.5
28 Sierra Leone -0.5
29 Honduras -0.5
30 Algeria -0.6
31 India -0.7
32 Mexico -0.8
33 Liberia -0.9
34 Brazil -1.1
35 Ecuador -1.2
36 Czechia -1.4
37 Taiwan -1.4
38 Philippines -1.4
39 Romania -1.5
40 Bangladesh -3.2
41 Türkiye -3.6
42 Lebanon -5.9
43 Greece -15.6

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects, 2023

What it means

People moving in minus people moving out, per 1,000 residents a year.

How it is calculated

Arrivals minus departures in the year (often estimated as the population change not explained by births and deaths), per 1,000 residents.