Number of emigrants from South Africa 2020, by area of destination

Published by
Natalie Cowling,
Apr 26, 2023
In 2020, cumulative South African emigrants amounted to roughly 915 thousand. Around 525 thousand settled in Europe and Northern America. This accounted for around 57.4 percent of the total number of people who left the country. Australia and New Zealand followed as destinations for approximately 274 thousand individuals. Overall, an increasing trend in the number of people migrating from South Africa has been registered since 2000.

Stock of emigrants from South Africa in 2020, by area of destination

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2020

Region

South Africa

Survey time period

2020*

Supplementary notes

* Year given refers to July 1.
Data are estimates based on official statistics on the foreign-born or the foreign population.

The source defines an international migrant as “any person who changes his or her country of usual residence”.

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