Stats NZ

Net migration remains near record level

There was an annual net migration gain of 126,000 in the December 2023 year, according to provisional estimates released by Stats NZ today.

The net migration gain is the largest for a calendar year and compares with the provisional annual record of 134,400 in the October 2023 year.

“The net migration gain in 2023 is similar to the population of the Taranaki region,” population indicators manager Tehseen Islam said.

The annual net migration gain in 2023 was made up of a net gain of 173,000 non-New Zealand citizens and a net loss of 47,000 New Zealand citizens in 2023.

“In 2023 a near-record net migration gain of non-New Zealand citizens more than offset a record net migration loss of New Zealand citizens.”

“The net migration gain of non-New Zealand citizens averaged 474 a day in 2023, and the net migration loss of New Zealand citizens averaged 129 a day,” Islam said.

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberSee metadata tab for more information about this graph.Estimated net migration by citizenship, rolling year ended, March 1979–December 2023NZ citizensNon-NZ citizensTotalMar-1979Sep-1986Mar-1994Sep-2001Mar-2009Sep-2016Jan-1980Nov-1980Sep-1981Jul-1982May-1983Mar-1984Jan-1985Nov-1985Jul-1987May-1988Mar-1989Jan-1990Nov-1990Sep-1991Jul-1992May-1993Jan-1995Nov-1995Sep-1996Jul-1997May-1998Mar-1999Jan-2000Nov-2000Jul-2002May-2003Mar-2004Jan-2005Nov-2005Sep-2006Jul-2007May-2008Jan-2010Nov-2010Sep-2011Jul-2012May-2013Mar-2014Jan-2015Nov-2015Jul-2017May-2018Mar-2019Jan-2020Nov-2020Sep-2021Jul-2022May-20230100k200k-100kStats NZ

Estimated net migration by citizenship, rolling year ended, March 1979–December 2023

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberEstimated net migration by citizenship, rolling year ended, March 1979–December 2023NZ citizensNon-NZ citizensTotalMar-1979Sep-1986Mar-1994Sep-2001Mar-2009Sep-2016Jan-1980Nov-1980Sep-1981Jul-1982May-1983Mar-1984Jan-1985Nov-1985Jul-1987May-1988Mar-1989Jan-1990Nov-1990Sep-1991Jul-1992May-1993Jan-1995Nov-1995Sep-1996Jul-1997May-1998Mar-1999Jan-2000Nov-2000Jul-2002May-2003Mar-2004Jan-2005Nov-2005Sep-2006Jul-2007May-2008Jan-2010Nov-2010Sep-2011Jul-2012May-2013Mar-2014Jan-2015Nov-2015Jul-2017May-2018Mar-2019Jan-2020Nov-2020Sep-2021Jul-2022May-20230100k200k-100kStats NZ
Year endedNZ citizensNon-NZ citizensTotal
Mar-1979-37,424-2,776-40,200
Apr-1979-38,880-2,756-41,636
May-1979-40,276-2,492-42,768
Jun-1979-41,268-2,012-43,280
Jul-1979-41,812-1,837-43,649
Aug-1979-42,290-1,215-43,505
Sep-1979-42,653-933-43,586
Oct-1979-42,839-569-43,408
Nov-1979-42,64318-42,625
Dec-1979-42,627836-41,791
Jan-1980-39,7871,226-38,561
Feb-1980-38,5211,889-36,632
Mar-1980-37,0202,603-34,417
Apr-1980-35,1993,271-31,928
May-1980-33,3313,581-29,750
Jun-1980-31,9484,214-27,734
Jul-1980-30,4614,728-25,733
Aug-1980-29,1744,981-24,193
Sep-1980-28,4425,181-23,261
Oct-1980-28,1905,324-22,866
Nov-1980-28,6725,657-23,015
Dec-1980-28,8485,255-23,593
Jan-1981-29,4175,153-24,264
Feb-1981-28,7655,025-23,740
Mar-1981-29,8104,985-24,825
Apr-1981-29,8245,209-24,615
May-1981-29,4875,372-24,115
Jun-1981-29,9505,026-24,924
Jul-1981-28,9075,665-23,242
Aug-1981-28,3526,126-22,226
Sep-1981-27,2756,554-20,721
Oct-1981-26,2437,140-19,103
Nov-1981-25,1237,000-18,123
Dec-1981-24,1977,465-16,732
Jan-1982-22,4367,830-14,606
Feb-1982-22,1248,240-13,884
Mar-1982-20,1718,689-11,482
Apr-1982-18,6419,124-9,517
May-1982-17,4699,595-7,874
Jun-1982-15,65010,307-5,343
Jul-1982-15,63610,253-5,383
Aug-1982-15,02510,162-4,863
Sep-1982-14,52910,239-4,290
Oct-1982-14,04910,256-3,793
Nov-1982-13,13210,325-2,807
Dec-1982-12,19910,657-1,542
Jan-1983-10,63410,777143
Feb-1983-9,12710,7611,634
Mar-1983-7,50510,6853,180
Apr-1983-6,31010,6364,326
May-1983-4,97010,5595,589
Jun-1983-3,74610,3536,607
Jul-1983-2,56110,0587,497
Aug-1983-1,5799,8648,285
Sep-1983-9539,6218,668
Oct-1983-3239,3098,986
Nov-1983-3869,0978,711
Dec-1983-6378,9228,285
Jan-1984-4528,8748,422
Feb-1984-9548,6237,669
Mar-1984-1,7188,2766,558
Apr-1984-2,4857,8095,324
May-1984-3,4027,7624,360
Jun-1984-4,1937,7063,513
Jul-1984-5,2917,6432,352
Aug-1984-6,3527,5621,210
Sep-1984-7,0717,618547
Oct-1984-8,0887,574-514
Nov-1984-9,1407,334-1,806
Dec-1984-10,1757,034-3,141
Jan-1985-11,6146,838-4,776
Feb-1985-13,0966,572-6,524
Mar-1985-14,7326,648-8,084
Apr-1985-16,4086,458-9,950
May-1985-17,7366,129-11,607
Jun-1985-19,1515,887-13,264
Jul-1985-20,2905,808-14,482
Aug-1985-21,2505,925-15,325
Sep-1985-22,4165,958-16,458
Oct-1985-23,1245,941-17,183
Nov-1985-24,3835,928-18,455
Dec-1985-25,3836,041-19,342
Jan-1986-26,5035,819-20,684
Feb-1986-27,0596,256-20,803
Mar-1986-28,0336,420-21,613
Apr-1986-28,3856,880-21,505
May-1986-28,9137,192-21,721
Jun-1986-29,3997,563-21,836
Jul-1986-29,4767,872-21,604
Aug-1986-30,1788,089-22,089
Sep-1986-30,2548,217-22,037
Oct-1986-30,2578,561-21,696
Nov-1986-29,2899,393-19,896
Dec-1986-28,5359,783-18,752
Jan-1987-27,79410,479-17,315
Feb-1987-26,90811,171-15,737
Mar-1987-25,72211,453-14,269
Apr-1987-25,24811,573-13,675
May-1987-24,87711,990-12,887
Jun-1987-24,15612,181-11,975
Jul-1987-23,71812,567-11,151
Aug-1987-23,03713,115-9,922
Sep-1987-23,07413,348-9,726
Oct-1987-23,32213,522-9,800
Nov-1987-23,85713,383-10,474
Dec-1987-24,48013,220-11,260
Jan-1988-25,46913,230-12,239
Feb-1988-26,73512,728-14,007
Mar-1988-27,97812,353-15,625
Apr-1988-29,23212,430-16,802
May-1988-30,17712,523-17,654
Jun-1988-31,00412,722-18,282
Jul-1988-32,20012,874-19,326
Aug-1988-32,86212,766-20,096
Sep-1988-33,82912,725-21,104
Oct-1988-35,05312,443-22,610
Nov-1988-35,65012,393-23,257
Dec-1988-36,49912,303-24,196
Jan-1989-37,02312,480-24,543
Feb-1989-37,12312,548-24,575
Mar-1989-37,18512,477-24,708
Apr-1989-36,86312,451-24,412
May-1989-36,65512,089-24,566
Jun-1989-35,99011,855-24,135
Jul-1989-35,11011,616-23,494
Aug-1989-33,23511,725-21,510
Sep-1989-31,72311,868-19,855
Oct-1989-29,41912,233-17,186
Nov-1989-27,88212,485-15,397
Dec-1989-25,34913,074-12,275
Jan-1990-22,84013,722-9,118
Feb-1990-20,70314,081-6,622
Mar-1990-18,64214,624-4,018
Apr-1990-16,41715,217-1,200
May-1990-14,50115,298797
Jun-1990-13,19715,7822,585
Jul-1990-11,86515,9674,102
Aug-1990-11,43416,0134,579
Sep-1990-10,14216,2896,147
Oct-1990-9,16616,1927,026
Nov-1990-8,06116,0748,013
Dec-1990-6,97815,9468,968
Jan-1991-6,30115,9939,692
Feb-1991-5,14915,96110,812
Mar-1991-3,93915,55511,616
Apr-1991-3,44715,19311,746
May-1991-2,84514,93512,090
Jun-1991-2,65515,07712,422
Jul-1991-2,45415,09312,639
Aug-1991-2,72914,78012,051
Sep-1991-3,07014,17511,105
Oct-1991-3,65613,6359,979
Nov-1991-4,50412,9398,435
Dec-1991-6,00712,4046,397
Jan-1992-6,68312,2475,564
Feb-1992-7,42012,4995,079
Mar-1992-8,00212,2894,287
Apr-1992-8,34212,1063,764
May-1992-8,42612,1613,735
Jun-1992-8,37511,9663,591
Jul-1992-8,90911,9203,011
Aug-1992-8,98611,7622,776
Sep-1992-9,07311,8472,774
Oct-1992-8,99912,0953,096
Nov-1992-8,59313,0044,411
Dec-1992-8,70013,3404,640
Jan-1993-8,61214,0345,422
Feb-1993-8,56014,6356,075
Mar-1993-8,72215,5706,848
Apr-1993-8,80616,3047,498
May-1993-8,69417,1668,472
Jun-1993-8,64117,3438,702
Jul-1993-8,17317,8779,704
Aug-1993-8,02018,85310,833
Sep-1993-7,93219,50911,577
Oct-1993-8,02920,35912,330
Nov-1993-8,04221,19213,150
Dec-1993-7,85621,84113,985
Jan-1994-8,01722,53014,513
Feb-1994-8,08322,93914,856
Mar-1994-8,11923,70615,587
Apr-1994-8,49024,61716,127
May-1994-8,74825,31616,568
Jun-1994-9,11325,92816,815
Jul-1994-9,57726,74517,168
Aug-1994-9,91527,63217,717
Sep-1994-10,25228,73018,478
Oct-1994-10,49429,49018,996
Nov-1994-10,78129,96919,188
Dec-1994-10,88630,74319,857
Jan-1995-11,39231,91920,527
Feb-1995-11,77633,09921,323
Mar-1995-12,05933,75621,697
Apr-1995-12,36134,27721,916
May-1995-13,01434,96021,946
Jun-1995-13,21435,94322,729
Jul-1995-13,43037,30523,875
Aug-1995-13,43738,21524,778
Sep-1995-13,52139,83926,318
Oct-1995-13,50941,48427,975
Nov-1995-13,82141,99028,169
Dec-1995-14,05542,54128,486
Jan-1996-14,20044,03629,836
Feb-1996-14,44544,47930,034
Mar-1996-15,12044,95229,832
Apr-1996-15,58845,74330,155
May-1996-15,82745,93630,109
Jun-1996-16,49846,00429,506
Jul-1996-16,97646,06729,091
Aug-1996-17,29745,68328,386
Sep-1996-17,36344,63127,268
Oct-1996-17,34643,63026,284
Nov-1996-17,69943,20125,502
Dec-1996-17,91342,70624,793
Jan-1997-18,49542,14523,650
Feb-1997-18,90841,49522,587
Mar-1997-19,35540,30320,948
Apr-1997-19,82739,19519,368
May-1997-20,57838,09317,515
Jun-1997-20,53737,30716,770
Jul-1997-20,56136,43215,871
Aug-1997-20,98435,47514,491
Sep-1997-21,25934,15812,899
Oct-1997-21,74732,73710,990
Nov-1997-21,83531,4829,647
Dec-1997-22,12829,7527,624
Jan-1998-22,04627,0164,970
Feb-1998-22,02925,5623,533
Mar-1998-21,96224,6692,707
Apr-1998-21,69423,7162,022
May-1998-21,89322,9491,056
Jun-1998-22,05222,504452
Jul-1998-22,43921,446-993
Aug-1998-23,28820,446-2,842
Sep-1998-24,21020,347-3,863
Oct-1998-25,22120,481-4,740
Nov-1998-25,96320,503-5,460
Dec-1998-26,97420,709-6,265
Jan-1999-28,51120,182-8,329
Feb-1999-29,61819,979-9,639
Mar-1999-30,30920,110-10,199
Apr-1999-30,99620,300-10,696
May-1999-31,67920,336-11,343
Jun-1999-31,70620,337-11,369
Jul-1999-32,20420,823-11,381
Aug-1999-32,03320,910-11,123
Sep-1999-31,59421,050-10,544
Oct-1999-31,71821,035-10,683
Nov-1999-30,93621,439-9,497
Dec-1999-30,66421,635-9,029
Jan-2000-31,63922,181-9,458
Feb-2000-31,67322,667-9,006
Mar-2000-31,87422,887-8,987
Apr-2000-32,15223,051-9,101
May-2000-32,36023,297-9,063
Jun-2000-32,93523,175-9,760
Jul-2000-33,65723,515-10,142
Aug-2000-34,16324,131-10,032
Sep-2000-34,57525,047-9,528
Oct-2000-35,07425,806-9,268
Nov-2000-36,01526,376-9,639
Dec-2000-37,91726,605-11,312
Jan-2001-39,05427,274-11,780
Feb-2001-42,06328,849-13,214
Mar-2001-42,32829,728-12,600
Apr-2001-42,12230,722-11,400
May-2001-42,70231,588-11,114
Jun-2001-41,90132,635-9,266
Jul-2001-40,80734,050-6,757
Aug-2001-39,94835,557-4,391
Sep-2001-38,96137,270-1,691
Oct-2001-37,08438,7871,703
Nov-2001-35,59640,4804,884
Dec-2001-28,08958,35430,265
Jan-2002-25,21462,17336,959
Feb-2002-21,80663,83042,024
Mar-2002-20,37867,16646,788
Apr-2002-19,62769,13549,508
May-2002-17,62570,65253,027
Jun-2002-17,22872,30855,080
Jul-2002-16,73473,44656,712
Aug-2002-16,17674,84758,671
Sep-2002-15,74175,50259,761
Oct-2002-15,74475,83560,091
Nov-2002-15,10975,77760,668
Dec-2002-14,42575,21660,791
Jan-2003-13,65074,39460,744
Feb-2003-12,78573,73360,948
Mar-2003-12,21771,63359,416
Apr-2003-11,26970,21158,942
May-2003-10,82669,04458,218
Jun-2003-10,36467,31156,947
Jul-2003-10,25565,18954,934
Aug-2003-10,27762,61452,337
Sep-2003-10,11360,07049,957
Oct-2003-10,04857,90247,854
Nov-2003-10,64154,85744,216
Dec-2003-11,22352,63941,416
Jan-2004-11,56750,05038,483
Feb-2004-12,62047,75135,131
Mar-2004-13,36745,58832,221
Apr-2004-14,26543,61029,345
May-2004-15,17042,26127,091
Jun-2004-15,97240,52824,556
Jul-2004-16,35538,28421,929
Aug-2004-16,85937,22220,363
Sep-2004-17,69636,27818,582
Oct-2004-18,35635,43617,080
Nov-2004-18,97634,53715,561
Dec-2004-19,82533,96514,140
Jan-2005-20,56533,16812,603
Feb-2005-20,92932,49911,570
Mar-2005-21,53832,52010,982
Apr-2005-22,19632,96110,765
May-2005-22,52933,45810,929
Jun-2005-22,70633,80511,099
Jul-2005-23,47633,57810,102
Aug-2005-23,68533,85910,174
Sep-2005-23,81234,32810,516
Oct-2005-24,18234,55610,374
Nov-2005-24,33135,25010,919
Dec-2005-24,52535,79111,266
Jan-2006-24,68036,06011,380
Feb-2006-24,61837,21312,595
Mar-2006-24,25538,03413,779
Apr-2006-24,35938,13513,776
May-2006-24,49837,96213,464
Jun-2006-25,03438,50513,471
Jul-2006-24,92439,95915,035
Aug-2006-25,46740,59915,132
Sep-2006-25,94841,25615,308
Oct-2006-26,42741,90815,481
Nov-2006-26,55843,29016,732
Dec-2006-27,40344,11616,713
Jan-2007-28,10144,74216,641
Feb-2007-29,02545,05316,028
Mar-2007-29,96645,84715,881
Apr-2007-30,75346,31615,563
May-2007-31,74446,60514,861
Jun-2007-32,46546,98414,519
Jul-2007-33,32047,00313,683
Aug-2007-33,90947,58413,675
Sep-2007-34,50747,78613,279
Oct-2007-34,62947,66513,036
Nov-2007-35,29247,40612,114
Dec-2007-36,29447,33111,037
Jan-2008-36,95147,05910,108
Feb-2008-37,67248,35210,680
Mar-2008-37,93748,50410,567
Apr-2008-38,10648,99510,889
May-2008-38,19950,01911,820
Jun-2008-38,55050,59012,040
Jul-2008-38,61551,39812,783
Aug-2008-39,09951,64412,545
Sep-2008-39,01451,41712,403
Oct-2008-39,31851,61412,296
Nov-2008-39,46351,13411,671
Dec-2008-38,37250,64312,271
Jan-2009-37,59750,52012,923
Feb-2009-35,82949,55713,728
Mar-2009-34,38748,43014,043
Apr-2009-32,42947,24914,820
May-2009-30,14345,76515,622
Jun-2009-27,69943,96716,268
Jul-2009-25,66142,61616,955
Aug-2009-23,23340,59017,357
Sep-2009-21,48239,38817,906
Oct-2009-19,54737,73018,183
Nov-2009-17,93736,19318,256
Dec-2009-16,50834,77718,269
Jan-2010-15,28333,24117,958
Feb-2010-15,37431,42116,047
Mar-2010-15,54430,17614,632
Apr-2010-15,83628,95613,120
May-2010-16,81827,73110,913
Jun-2010-18,00826,9778,969
Jul-2010-19,04126,3387,297
Aug-2010-20,43926,5246,085
Sep-2010-21,50726,1874,680
Oct-2010-23,19226,4463,254
Nov-2010-24,46126,2811,820
Dec-2010-26,38026,103-277
Jan-2011-28,15125,686-2,465
Feb-2011-29,34726,303-3,044
Mar-2011-31,60026,117-5,483
Apr-2011-33,47626,291-7,185
May-2011-34,80226,405-8,397
Jun-2011-36,13426,730-9,404
Jul-2011-37,71026,704-11,006
Aug-2011-38,42826,435-11,993
Sep-2011-39,37026,750-12,620
Oct-2011-40,27326,205-14,068
Nov-2011-41,22426,555-14,669
Dec-2011-42,77226,628-16,144
Jan-2012-43,51926,721-16,798
Feb-2012-44,38527,125-17,260
Mar-2012-43,92428,240-15,684
Apr-2012-43,91028,078-15,832
May-2012-43,96228,669-15,293
Jun-2012-43,87728,894-14,983
Jul-2012-43,44728,645-14,802
Aug-2012-43,41628,738-14,678
Sep-2012-43,11928,928-14,191
Oct-2012-42,47829,774-12,704
Nov-2012-41,68430,013-11,671
Dec-2012-40,67630,268-10,408
Jan-2013-39,52430,980-8,544
Feb-2013-38,12230,704-7,418
Mar-2013-36,75130,940-5,811
Apr-2013-35,19331,889-3,304
May-2013-33,65832,298-1,360
Jun-2013-31,94432,753809
Jul-2013-30,12033,6033,483
Aug-2013-28,34734,3786,031
Sep-2013-26,51434,6318,117
Oct-2013-24,82135,51210,691
Nov-2013-23,28336,70213,419
Dec-2013-20,81038,10117,291
Jan-2014-19,15239,21620,064
Feb-2014-17,30941,10123,792
Mar-2014-15,74942,53426,785
Apr-2014-14,25243,52729,275
May-2014-13,20144,43531,234
Jun-2014-12,22445,68633,462
Jul-2014-11,17647,95736,781
Aug-2014-10,45350,14839,695
Sep-2014-9,85852,12742,269
Oct-2014-9,04353,51244,469
Nov-2014-8,44854,63246,184
Dec-2014-7,55654,96947,413
Jan-2015-6,58456,37949,795
Feb-2015-6,45056,66350,213
Mar-2015-6,00557,27151,266
Apr-2015-5,99257,82351,831
May-2015-5,49958,35952,860
Jun-2015-5,21058,63753,427
Jul-2015-5,17659,78054,604
Aug-2015-4,86560,24855,383
Sep-2015-4,80161,29856,497
Oct-2015-4,78262,48057,698
Nov-2015-4,62363,59258,969
Dec-2015-4,72764,53659,809
Jan-2016-4,42765,10360,676
Feb-2016-4,04666,71862,672
Mar-2016-3,56766,72263,155
Apr-2016-3,56866,93163,363
May-2016-3,45567,44963,994
Jun-2016-3,16367,77664,613
Jul-2016-3,01667,68864,672
Aug-2016-2,73366,76764,034
Sep-2016-2,40566,28163,876
Oct-2016-2,34865,99363,645
Nov-2016-2,28065,47463,194
Dec-2016-2,22665,11562,889
Jan-2017-2,43264,90162,469
Feb-2017-2,57564,19961,624
Mar-2017-2,65964,00861,349
Apr-2017-2,68063,49660,816
May-2017-2,80862,73259,924
Jun-2017-2,91562,44859,533
Jul-2017-3,12561,87058,745
Aug-2017-3,55861,59258,034
Sep-2017-3,97060,50656,536
Oct-2017-4,21959,57255,353
Nov-2017-4,49959,01754,518
Dec-2017-4,84658,12653,280
Jan-2018-5,13058,21453,084
Feb-2018-5,27657,14251,866
Mar-2018-5,83656,76850,932
Apr-2018-6,04056,23150,191
May-2018-6,22756,14049,913
Jun-2018-6,79155,78648,995
Jul-2018-7,15455,76648,612
Aug-2018-7,25256,13248,880
Sep-2018-7,28356,71149,428
Oct-2018-7,55756,92549,368
Nov-2018-7,57156,80849,237
Dec-2018-7,61257,17949,567
Jan-2019-7,54156,64649,105
Feb-2019-7,39856,90949,511
Mar-2019-7,09156,77549,684
Apr-2019-6,52156,50949,988
May-2019-6,06457,18551,121
Jun-2019-5,60457,70552,101
Jul-2019-4,61058,41653,806
Aug-2019-3,52160,07656,555
Sep-2019-2,71561,84259,127
Oct-2019-1,55565,15363,598
Nov-2019-3867,76367,725
Dec-20192,90269,68672,588
Jan-20204,46172,80577,266
Feb-20206,58578,52185,106
Mar-202011,32780,35391,680
Apr-202013,06776,86089,927
May-202014,97772,48587,462
Jun-202017,12767,70984,836
Jul-202019,39459,10978,503
Aug-202021,45850,96072,418
Sep-202023,62041,36164,981
Oct-202024,57231,22955,801
Nov-202024,50422,46446,968
Dec-202021,60815,23636,844
Jan-202120,7744,22524,999
Feb-202119,581-10,0929,489
Mar-202115,931-17,713-1,782
Apr-202115,722-18,470-2,748
May-202115,191-19,391-4,200
Jun-202113,642-20,227-6,585
Jul-202112,024-19,631-7,607
Aug-20218,969-19,046-10,077
Sep-20216,221-17,042-10,821
Oct-20215,123-16,322-11,199
Nov-20213,331-15,951-12,620
Dec-2021927-15,877-14,950
Jan-2022-1,715-15,901-17,616
Feb-2022-4,461-15,632-20,093
Mar-2022-4,828-14,630-19,458
Apr-2022-7,398-12,066-19,464
May-2022-10,406-9,225-19,631
Jun-2022-12,582-5,110-17,692
Jul-2022-15,6591,155-14,504
Aug-2022-17,4516,646-10,805
Sep-2022-19,70314,532-5,171
Oct-2022-22,44322,605162
Nov-2022-24,31135,79711,486
Dec-2022-25,09649,92724,832
Jan-2023-26,02664,15238,125
Feb-2023-27,23381,33754,105
Mar-2023-31,083101,09170,007
Apr-2023-33,941114,64880,707
May-2023-36,195128,32092,125
Jun-2023-38,423141,491103,068
Jul-2023-40,419150,948110,528
Aug-2023-41,653164,224122,571
Sep-2023-42,461171,749129,288
Oct-2023-43,306177,687134,381
Nov-2023-44,660177,085132,425
Dec-2023-46,998172,959125,962

Estimated net migration by citizenship, rolling year ended, March 1979–December 2023

Intentions-based permanent and long-term (PLT) migration to year ended November 2001 (inclusive) and outcomes-based migration estimates from year ended December 2001. Estimates from September 2022 are provisional and subject to revision. 

Changes in migration are typically due to a combination of factors. This includes relative economic and labour market conditions between New Zealand and the rest of the world, and immigration policy in New Zealand and other countries.

Non-New Zealand citizens drive net migration gain

The annual net migration gain of 173,000 non-New Zealand citizens in 2023 is just below the provisional record of 177,700 in the October 2023 year.

Net migration gains of non-New Zealand citizens averaged about 60,000 a year from 2014–2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The net migration gain in 2023 was mainly driven by citizens of India, the Philippines, China, Fiji, and South Africa. This follows a progressive relaxation of COVID-19-related border restrictions from early 2022, as well as changes to immigration settings.

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Estimated net migration, by selected citizenship, year ended December 2019 and 2023

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberEstimated net migration, by selected citizenship, year ended December 2019 and 202320192023IndiaPhilippinesChinaFijiSouth AfricaSri LankaViet NamUnited KingdomSamoaAustraliaNew Zealand-50k-45k-40k-35k-30k-25k-20k-15k-10k-5k05k10k15k20k25k30k35k40k45k50kStats NZ
Country of citizenship20192023
India10,54244,930
Philippines9,14434,433
China1,92815,711
Fiji2,20910,290
South Africa11,7738,151
Sri Lanka1,6186,628
Viet Nam9924,775
United Kingdom4,1822,761
Samoa2,7872,455
Australia3,1621,990
New Zealand2,902-46,998

Estimated net migration, by selected citizenship, year ended December 2019 and 2023

Estimates for year ended December 2023 are provisional and subject to revision. Country of citizenship is the nationality of passport used to arrive in or depart from New Zealand, and is not necessarily the country of previous or next residence. 

Record net loss of New Zealand citizens

The provisional annual net migration loss of 47,000 New Zealand citizens in 2023 is a new annual record.

New Zealand has usually had an annual net migration loss of New Zealand citizens, which averaged 26,600 a year in 2002–2013, and 4,000 a year in 2014–2019.

Based on latest estimates, 53 percent of New Zealand citizen migrant departures were to Australia.

Adults under 45 drive migration

“Young adults are driving migration into and out of New Zealand,” Islam said.

Migrants aged 18–44 years made up 66 percent (150,100) of the 226,900 migrant arrivals of non-New Zealand citizens in 2023.

Migrants aged 18–30 years accounted for 39 percent (29,300) of the 74,800 migrant departures of New Zealand citizens in 2023.

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Estimated migration by direction, age, and citizenship, year ended December 2023

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Age (years)Migrant arrivals (NZ citizens)Migrant departures (NZ citizens)Net migration (NZ citizens)Migrant arrivals (non-NZ citizens)Migrant departures (non-NZ citizens)Net migration (non-NZ citizens)
04211,428-1,0081,3272241,103
14461,221-7752,0123021,711
24841,068-5842,0723241,748
34721,078-6062,4893332,157
44641,091-6272,7643382,426
54251,009-5842,7863632,422
64131,013-6002,6843732,311
7327988-6602,6174162,201
8355907-5522,6383852,253
9362933-5712,5794112,168
10350870-5202,4803892,091
11358871-5132,4173682,049
12369776-4072,3183581,960
13379755-3752,2013221,879
14353748-3942,1983971,801
15356768-4122,4994012,098
16313741-4272,2894861,803
17302777-4751,8275771,250
184781,618-1,1402,8108611,949
194861,402-9163,4219072,514
204221,389-9673,6089342,674
214371,936-1,4993,9701,0622,908
224582,359-1,9014,8841,2703,614
235052,614-2,1095,6481,3304,317
245342,815-2,2806,3451,3445,001
255603,088-2,5287,0181,4495,569
265843,041-2,4577,4431,5505,893
275782,782-2,2047,7891,7006,088
285912,411-1,8207,8631,8386,025
295842,055-1,4717,8171,8215,996
305761,775-1,2008,1441,7326,412
316021,525-9237,4071,7295,678
325761,412-8366,7761,6115,165
335331,320-7876,7671,5315,236
345551,254-7006,5341,4185,116
354611,216-7556,2371,3034,934
364591,147-6885,9411,2204,721
374201,102-6825,3431,0604,283
383661,012-6465,0461,0124,034
39391948-5574,7359833,752
40386887-5014,4599623,497
41320848-5284,0728773,195
42371832-4613,6387552,883
43305750-4453,3767172,659
44306690-3833,0476972,350
45301613-3122,5856061,978
46297632-3352,2645791,685
47260621-3612,0205581,463
48266614-3481,7585571,201
49281603-3221,5984991,099
50255605-3501,415460955
51293598-3051,317514802
52292556-2641,157455703
53275496-2211,071453618
54289526-2381,048414634
55273520-247987444544
56286522-237853402451
57283456-173904361543
58318479-160925411514
59319442-123964381583
60305458-1531,109411698
61286385-99931369562
62294350-55902350552
63259307-47915367548
6427626016891347544
65260330-70906400506
66242304-62914396518
67216283-66820410410
68177260-84804394410
69162224-62739385354
70153211-58653311342
71110201-92557271285
72123202-80489240249
73101177-76467229239
7499169-71399206194
7585156-71342167175
7689138-49326159167
7770100-31264133131
7860102-4221411896
794988-3816810662
80+278516-238860611249

Migrants are people changing their country of residence, regardless of their country of citizenship or visa status. A 12-month threshold is used to classify migrants from non-migrants, aligned with international guidelines on measuring migration.

‘Country of citizenship’ is the nationality of passport used to arrive in or depart from New Zealand and is not necessarily the country of previous or next residence.

Migration is a key contributor to population change in New Zealand – for provisional estimates see: 

National population estimates: At 31 December 2023 will be published on 16 February 2024.

Text alternative for diagram International migration estimates (provisional), year ended December 2023: Diagram shows outcomes-based (provisional) estimates of migration, by citizenship (New Zealand or non-New Zealand) for the year ended December 2023. Overall, net migration is 126,000, made up of a net loss of 47,000 NZ citizens (based on 27,800 migrant arrivals, a 4 percent increase on the year ended December 2022, and 74,800 migrant departures, a 44 percent increase) and a net gain of 173,000 non-NZ citizens (based on 226,900 migrant arrivals, a 146 percent increase on the year ended December 2022, and 53,900 migrant departures, a 27 percent increase). Estimates are provisional as of 15 February 2024.

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