New Zealand

Net migration rate in New Zealand

Net migration rate in New Zealand: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 4.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
4.1 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+0.9 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
48 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
1.8 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in New ZealandNet migration rate in New Zealand: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 4.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.8 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -16.5 per 1,000 people and 16.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.8 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -16.5 per 1,000 people and 16.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 20.7 per 1,000 people in 1990, the lowest -9.2 per 1,000 people in 1978.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearNew Zealand
20234.1
20224.2
2021-2.9
20208.3
201914
201812.1
201714.2
201616
201515.4
201412.8
20135.9
2012-0.2
2011-0.5
20101.5
20093
20081.1
20070.7
20063.5
20054.6
20046
200310.6
200212.2
20014.6
2000-1.7
1999-2
1998-0.4
19973.2
19966.7
19957.3
19945.6
19933.5
19921.8
19919
199020.7
1989-2.6
1988-5.1
1987-2.3
1986-3.1
1985-4.1
1984-0.3
19833.6
19822.5
1981-2.4
1980-4.9
1979-8.5
1978-9.2
1977-7.2
1976-2.9
19754.3
19749.1
19739.5
19726.1
19712.6
19701.6
1969-1.9
1968-4.3
1967-0.8
19663.4
19653.5
19643.8
19634
19625.1
19614.4
19601.6
19592.2
19585.1
19576.3
19564.2
19553.6
19544.9
19538
19529
19515.9
19503.2
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearNew Zealand
20243.6-5.1–12
20253.3-30.5–79.9
20263.1-28.6–87.8
20272.9-26.1–85
20282.6-10.3–15.6
20292.5-10.6–15.5
20302.3-11.6–15.6
20312.3-11.3–15.2
20322.1-11.5–15.4
20332.2-11–16.2
20342-11.7–15.5
20352.2-12.3–16.7
20362.1-12.8–15.9
20372.2-12.4–16
20382.3-11.9–15.2
20392.2-12.5–15.2
20402.3-12.9–15.5
20412.5-13.5–15.8
20422.4-12.2–17
20432.2-11.9–16
20442.1-12.8–15.7
20452.1-13.4–16
20461.9-13.3–16.8
20471.9-14.1–16
20482-14–15.6
20491.8-14.2–15.7
20502.4-13.5–16.9
20512.6-13.4–16.4
20522.2-13.5–16.9
20532.5-12.9–17.6
20542.5-12.9–16.9
20552.5-12.8–17.7
20562.2-13.1–16.5
20572.2-13.7–16.3
20582.2-13.2–16.5
20592.1-13.6–16.7
20601.9-13.5–15.5
20611.6-14.3–17
20622.1-13.8–17.1
20631.7-14.2–16.3
20642-13.8–16.7
20652.1-13.7–16.4
20662.1-14.1–16.6
20671.9-14.1–16.6
20681.7-14.9–16.3
20691.7-15.2–16
20701.6-13.6–16.4
20711.6-14–16.2
20722.3-13–17.2
20731.9-15.4–16.3
20741.9-14.5–16.2
20751.9-14.3–16.2
20762-13.7–15.8
20772.2-15.1–16.1
20782-15.3–16.2
20792-15.8–15.9
20801.8-15.5–15.8
20812.1-14.7–16.9
20821.9-14.9–15.6
20831.7-15.2–16.8
20841.9-16.7–17.1
20851.9-15.8–17.9
20862-15.8–17.6
20872-16.6–17.5
20882.3-15.6–17.9
20891.9-17.4–16.5
20902.2-15.9–17.5
20912.1-16.9–17.3
20922.3-16–17.3
20931.9-16.4–16.9
20942.1-16.3–16.4
20952-14.6–17.3
20961.9-14.9–16.4
20971.9-15.1–16.9
20981.8-14.7–16
20991.8-15.8–16.5
21001.8-16.5–16.9

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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