Hong Kong vs Singapore: Net migration

Hong Kong
17,863
in 2025
Singapore
16,892
in 2025
Hong Kong rank
34th
Singapore rank
36th

Net migration over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Singapore
-1.0M-500.0k0500.0k1.0M196019922025

How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 17,863 against 16,892 in Singapore, a difference of 971.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.1 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Globally, Hong Kong ranks 34th and Singapore ranks 36th 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.