net migration
Arrivals minus departures
Net migration is the difference between the number of people entering and leaving a country, region, or area over a given period.
Positive net migration means more arrivals than departures; negative means more people left.
The city's population growth was driven entirely by net migration from abroad.
Demographers use it to track population changes independent of births and deaths.
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- inflowArriving stream or current
- outflowFluid exiting a system
- borderOuter edge or limit
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