Long-term immigration, emigration and net migration, UK
Official statistics in development; the latest periods are provisional
People moving to and from the UK for at least a year, and net migration, all nationalities, in each rolling year since the year ending June 2012.
Net migration
171,000
Year ending Dec 2025 · provisional
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:23 UTC- Immigration
- Emigration
- Net migration
Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
55 periods, newest first
| Period | Immigration | Emigration | Net migration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year ending Dec 2025 | 813,000 | 642,000 | 171,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2025 | 862,000 | 661,000 | 202,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2025 | 888,000 | 669,000 | 219,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2025 | 945,000 | 685,000 | 260,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2024 | 1,012,000 | 680,000 | 331,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2024 | 1,159,000 | 662,000 | 497,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2024 | 1,299,000 | 650,000 | 649,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2024 | 1,359,000 | 625,000 | 734,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2023 | 1,441,000 | 593,000 | 848,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2023 | 1,461,000 | 570,000 | 891,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2023 | 1,466,000 | 543,000 | 924,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2023 | 1,469,000 | 525,000 | 944,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2022 | 1,398,000 | 508,000 | 891,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2022 | 1,317,000 | 496,000 | 822,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2022 | 1,167,000 | 486,000 | 681,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2022 | 1,069,000 | 495,000 | 575,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2021 | 947,000 | 480,000 | 467,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2021 | 937,000 | 552,000 | 384,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2021 | 818,000 | 567,000 | 251,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2021 | 629,000 | 496,000 | 132,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2020 | 662,000 | 569,000 | 93,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2020 | 606,000 | 571,000 | 35,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2020 | 736,000 | 625,000 | 111,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2020 | 815,000 | 645,000 | 170,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2019 | 788,000 | 605,000 | 184,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2019 | 793,000 | 591,000 | 202,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2019 | 821,000 | 597,000 | 224,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2019 | 849,000 | 575,000 | 274,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2018 | 825,000 | 549,000 | 276,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2018 | 766,000 | 539,000 | 226,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2018 | 757,000 | 541,000 | 216,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2018 | 736,000 | 543,000 | 193,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2017 | 752,000 | 544,000 | 208,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2017 | 754,000 | 549,000 | 205,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2017 | 718,000 | 518,000 | 200,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2017 | 759,000 | 519,000 | 240,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2016 | 772,000 | 523,000 | 249,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2016 | 804,000 | 514,000 | 290,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2016 | 832,000 | 511,000 | 321,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2016 | 803,000 | 506,000 | 298,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2015 | 797,000 | 494,000 | 303,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2015 | 774,000 | 481,000 | 293,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2015 | 778,000 | 482,000 | 296,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2015 | 780,000 | 484,000 | 296,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2014 | 778,000 | 494,000 | 284,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2014 | 761,000 | 497,000 | 264,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2014 | 737,000 | 489,000 | 248,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2014 | 731,000 | 475,000 | 256,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2013 | 713,000 | 469,000 | 244,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2013 | 720,000 | 461,000 | 259,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2013 | 669,000 | 454,000 | 215,000 |
| Year ending Mar 2013 | 649,000 | 446,000 | 204,000 |
| Year ending Dec 2012 | 643,000 | 448,000 | 195,000 |
| Year ending Sep 2012 | 630,000 | 473,000 | 157,000 |
| Year ending Jun 2012 | 639,000 | 477,000 | 162,000 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/longterminternationalimmigrationemigrationandnetmigrationflowsprovisional
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/longterminternationalimmigrationemigrationandnetmigrationflowsprovisional/dataSHA-256 d03211268a13e99964237fb4f76978517c42e25627980f3caa2886c70bd360ad · 3,098 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/longterminternationalimmigrationemigrationandnetmigrationflowsprovisional/yearendingdecember2025/dataSHA-256 785921e2db5a6fd8f1d4b997014caaa78dd90170bf8355166d230cfd279258c8 · 454 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/longterminternationalimmigrationemigrationandnetmigrationflowsprovisional/yearendingdecember2025/may2026publicationspreadsheet.xlsxSHA-256 4e0f98df4bb619e4707d31857ac60e1202bcb667bea2a58e06bf0e950ed98423 · 168,160 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:23 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:23 UTC; 165 of 165 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:18:01Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 165 of 165 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 165 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 165 of 165 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the yearendingdecember2025 edition counts at 2025-12-31, 305 days before retrieval (limit 400) |
| Pass | Table 2's central estimates agree | 24 of 24 figures match Table 2 of the same release |
| Pass | Table 5's latest estimates agree | 12 of 12 figures match Table 5's May 26 estimates in the same release |
| Pass | Immigration minus emigration gives net migration | 55 of 55 figures match immigration minus emigration, within 1,000 for rounding (43 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/longterminternationalimmigrationemigrationandnetmigrationflowsprovisional – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Long-term migrants are people who change where they usually live for at least 12 months. Each figure covers the 12 months to the end of the month shown, rounded to the nearest thousand, so immigration minus emigration can differ from net migration by a thousand.
- The ONS's estimates are official statistics in development, made from Home Office and DWP records with assumptions for recent periods. The latest periods are provisional and are revised as more travel data arrives: each release can change the past two years.