Net migration in New Zealand in 2025 — 17,403 people. Ranked 35 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 352.5%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: New Zealand
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17,403 | −1,363 | −7.26% |
| 2024 | 18,766 | −2,638 | −12.32% |
| 2023 | 21,404 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | 21,404 | +36,348 | +243.23% |
| 2021 | -14,944 | −57,068 | −135.48% |
| 2020 | 42,124 | −27,646 | −39.62% |
| 2019 | 69,770 | +10,631 | +17.98% |
| 2018 | 59,139 | −9,210 | −13.47% |
| 2017 | 68,349 | −7,163 | −9.49% |
| 2016 | 75,512 | +4,642 | +6.55% |
| 2015 | 70,870 | +12,896 | +22.24% |
| 2014 | 57,974 | +31,589 | +119.72% |
| 2013 | 26,385 | +27,400 | +2,699.51% |
| 2012 | -1,015 | +1,181 | +53.78% |
| 2011 | -2,196 | −8,918 | −132.67% |
| 2010 | 6,722 | −5,978 | −47.07% |
| 2009 | 12,700 | +7,896 | +164.36% |
| 2008 | 4,804 | +1,751 | +57.35% |
| 2007 | 3,053 | −11,489 | −79.01% |
| 2006 | 14,542 | −4,670 | −24.31% |
| 2005 | 19,212 | −5,309 | −21.65% |
| 2004 | 24,521 | −17,935 | −42.24% |
| 2003 | 42,456 | −5,739 | −11.91% |
| 2002 | 48,195 | +30,402 | +170.86% |
| 2001 | 17,793 | +24,397 | +369.43% |
| 2000 | -6,604 | +1,030 | +13.49% |
| 1999 | -7,634 | −6,247 | −450.4% |
| 1998 | -1,387 | −13,427 | −111.52% |
| 1997 | 12,040 | −13,129 | −52.16% |
| 1996 | 25,169 | −1,574 | −5.89% |
| 1995 | 26,743 | +6,323 | +30.96% |
| 1994 | 20,420 | +7,782 | +61.58% |
| 1993 | 12,638 | +6,178 | +95.63% |
| 1992 | 6,460 | −24,696 | −79.27% |
| 1991 | 31,156 | −39,276 | −55.76% |
| 1990 | 70,432 | +79,250 | +898.73% |
| 1989 | -8,818 | +8,187 | +48.14% |
| 1988 | -17,005 | −9,374 | −122.84% |
| 1987 | -7,631 | +2,603 | +25.43% |
| 1986 | -10,234 | +3,228 | +23.98% |
| 1985 | -13,462 | −12,561 | −1,394.12% |
| 1984 | -901 | −12,365 | −107.86% |
| 1983 | 11,464 | +3,482 | +43.62% |
| 1982 | 7,982 | +15,588 | +204.94% |
| 1981 | -7,606 | +7,817 | +50.68% |
| 1980 | -15,423 | +11,271 | +42.22% |
| 1979 | -26,694 | +2,089 | +7.26% |
| 1978 | -28,783 | −6,086 | −26.81% |
| 1977 | -22,697 | −13,559 | −148.38% |
| 1976 | -9,138 | −22,334 | −169.25% |
| 1975 | 13,196 | −14,384 | −52.15% |
| 1974 | 27,580 | −681 | −2.41% |
| 1973 | 28,261 | +10,482 | +58.96% |
| 1972 | 17,779 | +10,232 | +135.58% |
| 1971 | 7,547 | +3,036 | +67.3% |
| 1970 | 4,511 | +9,723 | +186.55% |
| 1969 | -5,212 | +6,641 | +56.03% |
| 1968 | -11,853 | −9,564 | −417.82% |
| 1967 | -2,289 | −11,450 | −124.99% |
| 1966 | 9,161 | −84 | −0.91% |
| 1965 | 9,245 | −561 | −5.72% |
| 1964 | 9,806 | −420 | −4.11% |
| 1963 | 10,226 | −2,471 | −19.46% |
| 1962 | 12,697 | +2,008 | +18.79% |
| 1961 | 10,689 | +6,843 | +177.93% |
| 1960 | 3,846 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Australia
137,109
New Zealand
17,403
Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.
Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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