United Arab Emirates's net migration is 158.6K as of 2025 — immigrants minus emigrants in a year — a net figure that can hide large flows in both directions. That places United Arab Emirates 8 of 217 countries with recent data. The world figure for the same period is 0. In 1960 the figure was 3.1K — up 5,014% since then.
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Latest available net migration for every country. Full migration rankings →
| # | Country | Migration | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 1.7M | 2025 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸United States | 1.2M | 2025 |
| 3 |
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birthrate.io, "United Arab Emirates Migration (2025)". https://birthrate.io/migration/united-arab-emirates (accessed 25 August 2026). Underlying data: World Bank.
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| 421.7K |
| 2025 |
| 4 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 389.9K | 2025 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦Canada | 326.2K | 2025 |
| 6 | 🇸🇩Sudan | 291.5K | 2025 |
| 7 | 🇲🇾Malaysia | 166.6K | 2025 |
| 8 | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates | 158.6K | 2025 |
| 9 | 🇿🇦South Africa | 146.4K | 2025 |
| 10 | 🇯🇵Japan | 140.6K | 2025 |
| 11 | 🇦🇺Australia | 137.1K | 2025 |
| 12 | 🇨🇴Colombia | 129.1K | 2025 |
