Australia vs Upper middle income: Net migration

Australia
137,109
in 2025
Upper middle income
576,949
in 2025
Australia rank
11th
Upper middle income rank
9th

Net migration over time

  • Australia
  • Upper middle income
-6.0M-4.0M-2.0M02.0M196019922025

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 576,949 against 137,109 in Australia, a difference of 439,840.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 4.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net migration
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,424 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.