Total net migration (2026)

United States of America leads the world in total net migration at 1.2M people in 2026, followed by United Kingdom (364.1K people) and Russian Federation (324.9K people). Syrian Arab Republic (305.8K people) and Canada (291.4K people) close out the top 5. Next up, Sudan (252K people) and Malaysia (159K people). Germany (158.4K people), Australia (131.7K people), and South Africa (131.7K people) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide — United States of America has 8.9× the value of South Africa (131.7K people). Three of the top ten are in Europe. Among these countries, Russian Federation saw the largest year-over-year change at -229.0%.