In financial year 2023, it is estimated that 2.42 more Nigerians migrated to Australia than emigrated. This marked an increase in net overseas migration from Nigeria to Australia compared to the previous financial year.
Net overseas migration from Nigeria to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023
(in 1,000s people)
Characteristic
Number of people in thousands
2023*
2.42
2022
1.62
2021
0.01
2020
0.87
2019
0.99
2018
1.12
2017
1.68
2016
1.42
2015
1
2014
0.9
2013
0.71
2012
0.52
2011
0.5
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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 Nigeria to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003426/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-nigeria/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Net overseas migration from Nigeria to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people)." Chart. December 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003426/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-nigeria/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Net overseas migration from Nigeria to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003426/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-nigeria/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Net Overseas Migration from Nigeria to Australia from Financial Year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003426/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-nigeria/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Net overseas migration from Nigeria to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003426/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-nigeria/ (last visited February 26, 2025)
Net overseas migration from Nigeria 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/1003426/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-nigeria/
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