Papua New Guinea vs Tuvalu: Net migration

Papua New Guinea

-284

in 2025

Tuvalu

-255

in 2025

Papua New Guinea rank

98th

Tuvalu rank

96th

Net migration over time

Papua New Guinea
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports -255 against -284 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 29.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tuvalu ahead.

Globally, Papua New Guinea ranks 98th and Tuvalu ranks 96th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Net migration in Papua New Guinea
Net migration in Tuvalu
Full country ranking

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: 06 August 2026

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.