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Scope Nepal
Nepal World

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Nepal

Net migration

Net number of migrants over a 5-year period, i.e. the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and non-citizens.

Unit
people
Latest
-364,699 (2025)
Coverage
1962–2022
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
Year Nepal (people)
1960 -1.322e+04
1961 -1.06e+04
1962 -9249
1963 -8303
1964 -6087
1965 -1551
1966 -3306
1967 347
1968 -746
1969 -527
1970 1847
1971 -7284
1972 -2107
1973 -1076
1974 -4361
1975 -6686
1976 -1.512e+04
1977 2108
1978 346
1979 88
1980 5084
1981 -4855
1982 -3898
1983 1304
1984 -1.93e+04
1985 -3.015e+04
1986 -4.702e+04
1987 -7.244e+04
1988 -6.425e+04
1989 -3.981e+04
1990 -640
1991 1.706e+04
1992 8.411e+04
1993 -3.778e+04
1994 -2.742e+04
1995 -8.623e+04
1996 -9.231e+04
1997 -9.845e+04
1998 -1.084e+05
1999 -1.226e+05
2000 -1.472e+05
2001 -1.49e+05
2002 -1.537e+05
2003 -1.683e+05
2004 -1.973e+05
2005 -2.11e+05
2006 -2.415e+05
2007 -2.525e+05
2008 -2.615e+05
2009 -2.661e+05
2010 -2.7e+05
2011 -3.476e+05
2012 -3.717e+05
2013 -3.731e+05
2014 -3.102e+05
2015 -2.211e+05
2016 -3.417e+05
2017 -3.688e+05
2018 -2.952e+05
2019 1.822e+05
2020 1.621e+05
2021 1.3e+05
2022 -3.793e+05
2023 -4.098e+05
2024 -4.013e+05
2025 -3.647e+05
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Per-source values, 2025

Source Dataset Value Year Snapshot
World Bank WDI -3.647e+05 2025 2026-08-09

Caveats

5-year period estimate, not annual; negative values mean net outmigration (Nepal's recent norm, driven by labour migration).