South Africa vs United States: Net migration
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , South Africa's Net migration was 146,370.00, compared to United States's 1.23M. That makes South Africa's value 88.1% lower than United States's.
South Africa
Rank #9 of 217 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 146,370.00
- Year-over-year
- -12.3%
- 10-year change
- -77.2%
- Peak
- 641,150.00 (2015)
- Trough
- -879,235.00 (2016)
United States
Rank #2 of 217 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 1.23M
- Year-over-year
- -4.3%
- 10-year change
- -28.5%
- Peak
- 1.89M (2016)
- Trough
- 329,769.00 (2020)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SM.POP.NETM), CC BY 4.0.