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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

South Africa trend
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

United States trend
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.