In financial year 2023, it is estimated that just over 12 thousand more Sri Lankans migrated to Australia than emigrated. This marked an increase in net overseas migration from Sri Lanka compared to the previous financial year.
Net overseas migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023
(in 1,000s people)
Net Overseas Migration (NOM) is the net gain or loss of population through migration to Australia and emigration from Australia.
Figures have been rounded.
*Estimates for 2022-23 are preliminary.
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2020 starts on July 1, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 15, 2023). Net overseas migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003187/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-sri-lanka/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Net overseas migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people)." Chart. December 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003187/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-sri-lanka/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Net overseas migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003187/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-sri-lanka/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Net Overseas Migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from Financial Year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003187/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-sri-lanka/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Net overseas migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003187/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-sri-lanka/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Net overseas migration from Sri Lanka to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003187/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-sri-lanka/