Data · Population & urbanization
Net migration: Vietnam, 1960–2025
- Latest (2025)
- -48.2 thousand people
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- SM.POP.NETM
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens.
What the series shows
The series runs from 1960 to 2025 (66 years of data). It moved from 0.0 to -48.2 thousand people. The highest value was 571.1 in 2008 and the lowest -337.6 in 1979. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (thousand people) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -48.2 |
| 2024 | -59.6 |
| 2023 | -81.8 |
| 2022 | -79.0 |
| 2021 | -5.4 |
| 2020 | -6.5 |
| 2019 | -2.1 |
| 2018 | 96.7 |
| 2017 | 139.2 |
| 2016 | 167.7 |
| 2015 | -4.9 |
| 2014 | -4.9 |
| 2013 | -5.0 |
| 2012 | -4.9 |
| 2011 | -4.6 |
| 2010 | -4.4 |
| 2009 | -18.6 |
| 2008 | 571.1 |
| 2007 | 523.8 |
| 2006 | 482.4 |
| 2005 | -208.3 |
| 2004 | -220.5 |
| 2003 | -216.1 |
| 2002 | -193.8 |
| 2001 | -177.6 |
| 2000 | -144.3 |
| 1999 | -15.0 |
| 1998 | 106.1 |
| 1997 | 52.4 |
| 1996 | -48.2 |
| 1995 | -51.1 |
| 1994 | -53.0 |
| 1993 | -72.9 |
| 1992 | -65.3 |
| 1991 | -76.8 |
| 1990 | -57.2 |
| 1989 | -101.1 |
| 1988 | -84.4 |
| 1987 | -128.1 |
| 1986 | -164.2 |
| 1985 | -124.9 |
| 1984 | -97.3 |
| 1983 | -97.7 |
| 1982 | -110.9 |
| 1981 | -109.3 |
| 1980 | -74.8 |
| 1979 | -337.6 |
| 1978 | -6.6 |
| 1977 | 49.7 |
| 1976 | -1.7 |
| 1975 | -2.0 |
| 1974 | -34.9 |
| 1973 | -19.9 |
| 1972 | -1.9 |
| 1971 | 77.0 |
| 1970 | 2.0 |
| 1969 | 0.0 |
| 1968 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 0.4 |
| 1966 | 1.8 |
| 1965 | -1.4 |
| 1964 | -6.3 |
| 1963 | 0.0 |
| 1962 | 0.0 |
| 1961 | 0.0 |
| 1960 | 0.0 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2025 | -48.2 |
| Thailand | 2025 | 27.5 |
| Indonesia | 2025 | -39.5 |
| Malaysia | 2025 | 166.6 |
| Philippines | 2025 | -149.3 |
| Singapore | 2025 | 16.9 |
| Cambodia | 2025 | -31.5 |
| Laos | 2025 | -10.6 |
| Myanmar | 2025 | -39.7 |
| China | 2025 | -268.1 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Net migration, Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name sm_pop_netm, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.