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Migration

Migration statistics count and describe movements of people into and out of New Zealand (international migration), and within the country (internal migration).

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberEstimates from February 2024 onwards are provisional and subject to revision.Estimated migration by direction, rolling year ended December 2001–May 2025Migrant arrivalsMigrant departuresNet migrationDec-2001May-2002Oct-2002Mar-2003Aug-2003Jan-2004Jun-2004Nov-2004Apr-2005Sep-2005Feb-2006Jul-2006Dec-2006May-2007Oct-2007Mar-2008Aug-2008Jan-2009Jun-2009Nov-2009Apr-2010Sep-2010Feb-2011Jul-2011Dec-2011May-2012Oct-2012Mar-2013Aug-2013Jan-2014Jun-2014Nov-2014Apr-2015Sep-2015Feb-2016Jul-2016Dec-2016May-2017Oct-2017Mar-2018Aug-2018Jan-2019Jun-2019Nov-2019Apr-2020Sep-2020Feb-2021Jul-2021Dec-2021May-2022Oct-2022Mar-2023Aug-2023Jan-2024Jun-2024Nov-2024Apr-2025-100k0100k200k300kStats NZ

Estimated migration by direction, rolling year ended December 2001–May 2025

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberEstimated migration by direction, rolling year ended December 2001–May 2025Migrant arrivalsMigrant departuresNet migrationDec-2001May-2002Oct-2002Mar-2003Aug-2003Jan-2004Jun-2004Nov-2004Apr-2005Sep-2005Feb-2006Jul-2006Dec-2006May-2007Oct-2007Mar-2008Aug-2008Jan-2009Jun-2009Nov-2009Apr-2010Sep-2010Feb-2011Jul-2011Dec-2011May-2012Oct-2012Mar-2013Aug-2013Jan-2014Jun-2014Nov-2014Apr-2015Sep-2015Feb-2016Jul-2016Dec-2016May-2017Oct-2017Mar-2018Aug-2018Jan-2019Jun-2019Nov-2019Apr-2020Sep-2020Feb-2021Jul-2021Dec-2021May-2022Oct-2022Mar-2023Aug-2023Jan-2024Jun-2024Nov-2024Apr-2025-100k0100k200k300kStats NZ
Year endedMigrant arrivalsMigrant departuresNet migration
Dec-2001114,59784,33230,265
Jan-2002118,01281,05336,959
Feb-2002119,54677,52242,024
Mar-2002122,62175,83346,788
Apr-2002124,29374,78549,508
May-2002125,89872,87153,027
Jun-2002127,60972,52955,080
Jul-2002129,05672,34456,712
Aug-2002130,93172,26058,671
Sep-2002131,98972,22859,761
Oct-2002132,51572,42460,091
Nov-2002133,29272,62460,668
Dec-2002134,04673,25560,791
Jan-2003134,27473,53060,744
Feb-2003134,40173,45360,948
Mar-2003133,47074,05459,416
Apr-2003132,70473,76258,942
May-2003132,01073,79258,218
Jun-2003130,68573,73856,947
Jul-2003129,47274,53854,934
Aug-2003127,65275,31552,337
Sep-2003125,64875,69149,957
Oct-2003123,95376,09947,854
Nov-2003121,74477,52844,216
Dec-2003120,59179,17541,416
Jan-2004118,18579,70238,483
Feb-2004115,95280,82135,131
Mar-2004113,32981,10832,221
Apr-2004111,57982,23429,345
May-2004110,51483,42327,091
Jun-2004109,33184,77524,556
Jul-2004107,75085,82121,929
Aug-2004106,44986,08620,363
Sep-2004105,59187,00918,582
Oct-2004104,61987,53917,080
Nov-2004103,77788,21615,561
Dec-2004103,49689,35614,140
Jan-2005102,70890,10512,603
Feb-2005102,28890,71811,570
Mar-2005102,40491,42210,982
Apr-2005103,05092,28510,765
May-2005103,43192,50210,929
Jun-2005103,63992,54011,099
Jul-2005103,35093,24810,102
Aug-2005103,69293,51810,174
Sep-2005104,00093,48410,516
Oct-2005104,22293,84810,374
Nov-2005103,98193,06210,919
Dec-2005103,98292,71611,266
Jan-2006103,91392,53311,380
Feb-2006104,56791,97212,595
Mar-2006105,17591,39613,779
Apr-2006105,20391,42713,776
May-2006105,00891,54413,464
Jun-2006105,39891,92713,471
Jul-2006106,35891,32315,035
Aug-2006107,06091,92815,132
Sep-2006107,93292,62415,308
Oct-2006108,68193,20015,481
Nov-2006110,17193,43916,732
Dec-2006110,68793,97416,713
Jan-2007111,12294,48116,641
Feb-2007111,62295,59416,028
Mar-2007112,47696,59515,881
Apr-2007112,71197,14815,563
May-2007113,10498,24314,861
Jun-2007113,53299,01314,519
Jul-2007113,27699,59313,683
Aug-2007114,015100,34013,675
Sep-2007114,064100,78513,279
Oct-2007114,007100,97113,036
Nov-2007113,873101,75912,114
Dec-2007113,450102,41311,037
Jan-2008113,192103,08410,108
Feb-2008114,608103,92810,680
Mar-2008114,817104,25010,567
Apr-2008115,512104,62310,889
May-2008116,852105,03211,820
Jun-2008117,659105,61912,040
Jul-2008119,011106,22812,783
Aug-2008119,382106,83712,545
Sep-2008119,286106,88312,403
Oct-2008119,862107,56612,296
Nov-2008119,757108,08611,671
Dec-2008119,994107,72312,271
Jan-2009120,453107,53012,923
Feb-2009120,003106,27513,728
Mar-2009119,362105,31914,043
Apr-2009118,388103,56814,820
May-2009117,120101,49815,622
Jun-2009115,72399,45516,268
Jul-2009114,77197,81616,955
Aug-2009113,24395,88617,357
Sep-2009112,35594,44917,906
Oct-2009111,02492,84118,183
Nov-2009109,70791,45118,256
Dec-2009108,26589,99618,269
Jan-2010106,81988,86117,958
Feb-2010105,10789,06016,047
Mar-2010104,25089,61814,632
Apr-2010103,46790,34713,120
May-2010102,49691,58310,913
Jun-2010101,75692,7878,969
Jul-2010101,25793,9607,297
Aug-2010101,31095,2256,085
Sep-2010101,13196,4514,680
Oct-2010101,23897,9843,254
Nov-2010100,91299,0921,820
Dec-2010100,499100,776-277
Jan-2011100,149102,614-2,465
Feb-2011100,595103,639-3,044
Mar-2011100,702106,185-5,483
Apr-2011100,902108,087-7,185
May-2011101,051109,448-8,397
Jun-2011100,885110,289-9,404
Jul-2011101,150112,156-11,006
Aug-2011101,159113,152-11,993
Sep-2011101,039113,659-12,620
Oct-2011100,416114,484-14,068
Nov-2011100,611115,280-14,669
Dec-2011100,206116,350-16,144
Jan-2012100,039116,837-16,798
Feb-2012100,184117,444-17,260
Mar-2012100,721116,405-15,684
Apr-2012100,063115,895-15,832
May-2012100,061115,354-15,293
Jun-2012100,734115,717-14,983
Jul-201299,982114,784-14,802
Aug-201299,791114,469-14,678
Sep-2012100,034114,225-14,191
Oct-2012100,554113,258-12,704
Nov-2012100,941112,612-11,671
Dec-2012101,762112,170-10,408
Jan-2013102,394110,938-8,544
Feb-2013101,971109,389-7,418
Mar-2013102,204108,015-5,811
Apr-2013103,317106,621-3,304
May-2013104,062105,422-1,360
Jun-2013104,368103,559809
Jul-2013105,602102,1193,483
Aug-2013106,406100,3756,031
Sep-2013106,83998,7228,117
Oct-2013107,96797,27610,691
Nov-2013108,95295,53313,419
Dec-2013110,28292,99117,291
Jan-2014111,19491,13020,064
Feb-2014113,35889,56623,792
Mar-2014114,64687,86126,785
Apr-2014115,76186,48629,275
May-2014116,85985,62531,234
Jun-2014118,27484,81233,462
Jul-2014120,26583,48436,781
Aug-2014122,55282,85739,695
Sep-2014124,78182,51242,269
Oct-2014126,30081,83144,469
Nov-2014127,60281,41846,184
Dec-2014128,18080,76747,413
Jan-2015130,39880,60349,795
Feb-2015130,84180,62850,213
Mar-2015132,04080,77451,266
Apr-2015132,66580,83451,831
May-2015133,38880,52852,860
Jun-2015133,91780,49053,427
Jul-2015135,18480,58054,604
Aug-2015135,85980,47655,383
Sep-2015136,78680,28956,497
Oct-2015138,19180,49357,698
Nov-2015139,16780,19858,969
Dec-2015140,12580,31659,809
Jan-2016140,73380,05760,676
Feb-2016142,58279,91062,672
Mar-2016142,77779,62263,155
Apr-2016143,25979,89663,363
May-2016143,80279,80863,994
Jun-2016144,18279,56964,613
Jul-2016144,35879,68664,672
Aug-2016143,57879,54464,034
Sep-2016143,53779,66163,876
Oct-2016143,14879,50363,645
Nov-2016143,11179,91763,194
Dec-2016143,12480,23562,889
Jan-2017143,33380,86462,469
Feb-2017142,94381,31961,624
Mar-2017142,58881,23961,349
Apr-2017142,16581,34960,816
May-2017141,94582,02159,924
Jun-2017142,25782,72459,533
Jul-2017142,16683,42158,745
Aug-2017142,28584,25158,034
Sep-2017141,56985,03356,536
Oct-2017141,12485,77155,353
Nov-2017140,60886,09054,518
Dec-2017140,10286,82253,280
Jan-2018140,03186,94753,084
Feb-2018138,85786,99151,866
Mar-2018139,00388,07150,932
Apr-2018138,62988,43850,191
May-2018138,65288,73949,913
Jun-2018138,05589,06048,995
Jul-2018138,03289,42048,612
Aug-2018138,56589,68548,880
Sep-2018139,00489,57649,428
Oct-2018139,00989,64149,368
Nov-2018138,95989,72249,237
Dec-2018139,01489,44749,567
Jan-2019138,92089,81549,105
Feb-2019139,20689,69549,511
Mar-2019139,03589,35149,684
Apr-2019138,98889,00049,988
May-2019139,90388,78251,121
Jun-2019141,51789,41652,101
Jul-2019142,92089,11453,806
Aug-2019145,10888,55356,555
Sep-2019147,89688,76959,127
Oct-2019152,93189,33363,598
Nov-2019159,42991,70467,725
Dec-2019165,74293,15472,588
Jan-2020171,63794,37177,266
Feb-2020179,50094,39485,106
Mar-2020184,88493,20491,680
Apr-2020177,31787,39089,927
May-2020168,43280,97087,462
Jun-2020159,69774,86184,836
Jul-2020149,17370,67078,503
Aug-2020140,24567,82772,418
Sep-2020130,89365,91264,981
Oct-2020119,12763,32655,801
Nov-2020105,75258,78446,968
Dec-202091,44454,60036,844
Jan-202176,57251,57324,999
Feb-202160,52451,0359,489
Mar-202149,18950,971-1,782
Apr-202153,66756,415-2,748
May-202157,54561,745-4,200
Jun-202159,92866,513-6,585
Jul-202161,88069,487-7,607
Aug-202159,89469,971-10,077
Sep-202157,28468,105-10,821
Oct-202156,15567,354-11,199
Nov-202155,44768,067-12,620
Dec-202155,45970,409-14,950
Jan-202253,99571,611-17,616
Feb-202251,88671,979-20,093
Mar-202254,17173,629-19,458
Apr-202255,85075,314-19,464
May-202257,99277,623-19,631
Jun-202261,32579,017-17,692
Jul-202267,02581,529-14,504
Aug-202274,18484,989-10,805
Sep-202283,91989,088-5,169
Oct-202292,80992,676133
Nov-2022106,35394,92711,426
Dec-2022119,44094,54024,900
Jan-2023134,55795,37539,182
Feb-2023154,31296,99257,320
Mar-2023172,05097,58474,466
Apr-2023183,10297,77585,327
May-2023195,17798,08997,088
Jun-2023207,15798,760108,397
Jul-2023214,05998,274115,785
Aug-2023225,26397,971127,292
Sep-2023231,47598,752132,723
Oct-2023234,81899,289135,529
Nov-2023232,961100,083132,878
Dec-2023229,883101,932127,951
Jan-2024225,700104,259121,441
Feb-2024218,655105,306113,349
Mar-2024206,928106,857100,071
Apr-2024198,762108,01690,746
May-2024189,557109,27580,282
Jun-2024181,132110,87070,262
Jul-2024176,112112,61863,494
Aug-2024165,848114,47051,378
Sep-2024158,379115,98742,392
Oct-2024153,207117,50335,704
Nov-2024148,523119,21829,305
Dec-2024145,452121,26124,191
Jan-2025143,232123,13820,094
Feb-2025142,683123,32219,361
Mar-2025140,492124,18616,307
Apr-2025139,423124,44514,978
May-2025139,356124,54814,808

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