Malaysia vs Upper middle income: Net migration

Malaysia
166,615
in 2025
Upper middle income
576,949
in 2025
Malaysia rank
7th
Upper middle income rank
9th

Net migration over time

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

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 576,949 against 166,615 in Malaysia, a difference of 410,334.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 3.5 times Malaysia's.

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

Malaysia ranks 7th 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.