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Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2022

Estimates of the Māori ethnic population of New Zealand by age and sex.

Key facts

This release contains the provisional estimate of the national ethnic Māori population at 30 June 2022, and includes an update to the provisional estimate at 30 June 2021.

During the June 2022 year:

  • the Māori ethnic population grew by 17,200 (2.0 percent compared with 0.2 percent for the national population)
  • natural increase (births minus deaths) was 13,500, with the balance reflecting net migration and net inter-ethnic mobility (those changing their ethnic identification to include Māori, minus those no longer including Māori in their ethnic identification).

At 30 June 2022:

  • New Zealand’s estimated Māori ethnic population was 892,200 (17.4 percent of national population)
  • there were 444,400 males identifying as Māori and 447,800 females identifying as Māori
  • the median ages for males and females identifying as Māori were 25.5 and 27.6 years respectively (compared with national median ages of 37.0 and 39.1 years respectively, reflecting a younger Māori population).

Data is available at the national level only.

More data

Use Infoshare to access time-series data for the Māori ethnic group resident population:

Subject category: Population
Group: Population estimates

ISSN 2382-2295

Next release

Māori population estimates: Mean year ended 31 December 2022 will be released on 18 May 2023.

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