South Korea vs Spain: Net migration

South Korea
65,731
in 2025
Spain
96,630
in 2025
South Korea rank
20th
Spain rank
17th

Net migration over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
-250.0k0250.0k500.0k750.0k196019922025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 96,630 against 65,731 in South Korea, a difference of 30,899.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.5 times South Korea's.

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

South Korea ranks 20th and Spain ranks 17th 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.