In 2019 there were ******* immigrants from the United Kingdom living in New Zealand. The second largest migrant group in the country were Chinese immigrants, with a population of around ** thousand people.

In the 2023 financial year, the net overseas migration of New Zealand nationals to Australia is estimated at 15.34 thousand emigrants. This marked a significant increase compared to the previous financial year.

Historical dataset showing New Zealand immigration statistics by year from 1960 to 2015.

New Zealand NZ: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data was reported at 22.960 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 21.685 % for 2010. New Zealand NZ: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 18.954 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.960 % in 2015 and a record low of 15.248 % in 1990. New Zealand NZ: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.; ; United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2008 Revision.; Weighted average;

Abstract

These data consist of a long-term follow-up of applicants to a migration visa lottery. Tongan households were surveyed as migrants in New Zealand, or non-migrants in Tonga. It was used to examine the long-term impacts of international migration by comparing immigrants who had successful ballot entries in a migration lottery program, and first moved almost a decade ago, with people who had unsuccessful entries into those same ballots. It was additionally used to study how migrating from a poor country to a rich country affects economic beliefs, preference parameters, and household decision-making efficiency. In a ten-year follow-up survey of applicants to a migration lottery program we elicit risk and time preferences and pro-market beliefs for the migrants and the unsuccessful applicants. The successful and the unsuccessful applicants are each linked to closest relative households, who would stay in the home country if the applicant moved, to play lab-in-the-field games that measure intra-family trust and the efficiency of intra-family decision-making.

Geographic coverage

The survey covers Tongans who applied to the 2002-05 Pacific Access Category migration visa program, along with linked households of their family members. This involved surveying in both New Zealand and Tonga (along with a small number of surveys of movers to third countries).

Analysis unit

Data are collected at both the individual and household level

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Our population of interest consists of entrants to the 2002 to 2005 PAC migration lotteries. There were a total of 4,696 principal applicants of whom 367 were randomly selected as ballot winners (figure 2). Official records provided by the New Zealand immigration authorities in late 2012 show that 307 of these winners (84%) had residency applications approved and had ever migrated to New Zealand. The remaining 60 ballot winners did not migrate and are thus non-compliers to the treatment of migration.

Our main survey involved an extensive face-to-face interview, which also collected anthropometrics, blood pressure, peak lung flow, and included lab-in-the-field games. Of the 307 principal applicants ever migrating to New Zealand, 133 completed the full survey between late 2013 and the end of 2014. In order to bolster our sample size, in early 2015 we fielded a shortened survey that did not include health measurements or the lab-in-field games. This was mainly done as a telephone interview and was designed to reach those who had on-migrated beyond New Zealand or were located in parts of New Zealand that were impractical for face-to-face interviewing, although we also learned, through snowball effects, of more migrants in our face-to-face survey area and gave them the short survey as well. Overall, 61 additional ballot winners who had ever migrated to New Zealand were given the short survey, including 11 who had now on-migrated to Australia (ten) and the UK (one). In total, we were able to survey 194 households with principal applicants who ever migrated to New Zealand after winning the ballot.

We had even less information available for the ballot losers and non-compliers since these individuals had not filled out residency applications. We therefore used the same surveying approach for these groups as we had in our previous survey, which was to sample from the same villages in Tonga from which our migrants originated. Out of 4329 ballot losers, 143 were administered the long form survey and 39 the short survey (of which nine had subsequently moved to New Zealand through alternative pathways, including by winning a later round of the PAC lottery). Finances limited us to this relatively small sample, but, based on our previous research, we judged that it would give us enough power to measure economically significant impacts. An advantage of surveying from the same origin villages is that we can implicitly control for any unobserved characteristics that vary spatially in Tonga. Finally, we have a small sample of nine non-compliers; six who received the long survey and three the short survey. This is out of a population of 60 non-compliers, which hence made it difficult to find many individuals in this group.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Four separate questionnaires were administered: - a survey for migrant households in New Zealand - a survey for non-migrant households in Tonga - a survey of linked partner households - a short survey

New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Visa Type: Student data was reported at 5,864.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,497.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Visa Type: Student data is updated monthly, averaging 1,119.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,036.000 Person in Feb 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Person in Jun 2003. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Visa Type: Student data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G012: International Migration: by Visa Type.

**Units: **Number, Magnitude = Units

**Footnotes: **The standard error indicates the uncertainty of the provisional migration estimate. For example, the 95 percent confidence interval is +/-1.96 standard errors. These intervals reflect the model uncertainty, not the extent of future revisions to provisional data. Standard errors are non-additive.

Owing to rounding, individual figures may not sum to stated totals. Visa type is available from July 2003

**Symbols: **.. figure not available C: Confidential E: Early Estimate P: Provisional R: Revised S: Suppressed

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**Last updated: **11 October 2023 10:45am

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New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Australia data was reported at 408.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 556.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Australia data is updated monthly, averaging 459.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,389.000 Person in Jan 2023 and a record low of 23.000 Person in Apr 2020. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G010: International Migration: Arrival: by Citizenship.

In 2019 there were ****** immigrants aged 30 to 34 in New Zealand. The majority of immigrants in the country were over the age of ** and the smallest age group were children aged zero to four years old.

New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Argentina data was reported at 52.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 40.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Argentina data is updated monthly, averaging 21.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 214.000 Person in Jun 2024 and a record low of 0.000 Person in May 2020. New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Argentina data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G011: International Migration: Departure: by Citizenship.

New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Philippines data was reported at 902.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 711.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Philippines data is updated monthly, averaging 386.500 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,405.000 Person in Mar 2023 and a record low of 6.000 Person in Apr 2020. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Philippines data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G010: International Migration: Arrival: by Citizenship.

Please Note: As announced by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection on 25 June 2017, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) retired the paper-based Outgoing Passenger Cards (OPC) from 1 July 2017. The information previously gathered via paper-based outgoing passenger cards is now be collated from existing government data and will continue to be provided to users. Further information can be accessed here: http://www.minister.border.gov.au/peterdutton/Pages/removal-of-the-outgoing-passenger-card-jun17.aspx.

Due to the retirement of the OPC, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) undertook a review of the OAD data based on a new methodology. Further information on this revised methodology is available at: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/3401.0Appendix2Jul%202017?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=3401.0&issue=Jul%202017&num=&view=

A sampling methodology has been applied to this dataset. This method means that data will not replicate, exactly, data released by the ABS, but the differences should be negligible.

Due to ‘Return to Source’ limitations, data supplied to ABS from non-DIPB sources are also excluded.

Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) data refers to the arrival and departure of Australian residents or overseas visitors, through Australian airports and sea ports, which have been recorded on incoming or outgoing passenger cards. OAD data describes the number of movements of travellers rather than the number of travellers. That is, multiple movements of individual persons during a given reference period are all counted. OAD data will differ from data derived from other sources, such as Migration Program Outcomes, Settlement Database or Visa Grant information. Travellers granted a visa in one year may not arrive until the following year, or may not travel to Australia at all. Some visas permit multiple entries to Australia, so travellers may enter Australia more than once on a visa. Settler Arrivals includes New Zealand citizens and other non-program settlers not included on the Settlement Database. The Settlement Database includes onshore processed grants not included in Settler Arrivals.

These de-identified statistics are periodically checked for privacy and other compliance requirements. The statistics were temporarily removed in March 2024 in response to a question about privacy within the emerging technological environment. Following a thorough review and risk assessment, the Department of Home Affairs has republished the dataset.

International travel and migration statistics count passengers arriving into and departing from New Zealand. Passengers are split into one of three passenger types: overseas visitors, New Zealand-resident travellers, and permanent and long-term migrants. Arrivals and departures of overseas visitors and New Zealand-resident travellers are key indicators of tourism and travel. Permanent and long-term migration is a component of New Zealand’s population change, along with births and deaths. Migration affects the composition of the population as well as population size. International travel and migration statistics are based on electronic arrival and departure records for each international passenger, supplied to Stats NZ by the New Zealand Customs Service. These electronic records include flight and passport details, such as date of travel, date of birth, sex, and country of citizenship.

Migrants from the United Kingdom have long been Australia’s primary immigrant group and in 2023 there were roughly 960 thousand English-born people living in Australia. India and China held second and third place respectively with regard to Australia’s foreign-born population. The relative dominance of Asian countries in the list of top ten foreign-born residents of Australia represents a significant shift in Australia’s immigration patterns over the past few decades. Where European-born migrants had previously overshadowed other migrant groups, Australian migration figures are now showing greater migration numbers from neighboring countries in Asia and the Pacific. A history of migration Australia is often referred to as an ‘immigrant nation’, alongside the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Before the Second World War, migrants to Australia were almost exclusively from the UK, however after 1945, Australia’s immigration policy was broadened to attract economic migrants and temporary skilled migrants. These policy changes saw and increase in immigrants particularly from Greece and Italy. Today, Australia maintains its status as an ‘’Immigrant nation’’, with almost 30 percent of the population born overseas and around 50 percent of the population having both that were born overseas. Australian visas The Australian immigration program has two main categories of visa, permanent and temporary. The permanent visa category offers three primary pathways: skilled, family and humanitarian. The skilled visa category is by far the most common, with more than a million permanent migrants living in Australia on this visa category at the last Australian census in 2021. Of the temporary visa categories, the higher education visa is the most popular, exceeding 180 thousand arrivals in 2023.

New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Italy data was reported at 89.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 65.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Italy data is updated monthly, averaging 29.500 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 193.000 Person in Nov 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Person in May 2020. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Italy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G010: International Migration: Arrival: by Citizenship.

New Zealand Net Migration: Citizenship: Philippines data was reported at 700.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 542.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Net Migration: Citizenship: Philippines data is updated monthly, averaging 337.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,335.000 Person in Mar 2023 and a record low of -88.000 Person in Dec 2020. New Zealand Net Migration: Citizenship: Philippines data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G009: International Migration: Net Migration: by Citizenship.

This dataset contains selected series on immigration, emigration, population and trade drawn from published Statistics NZ and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment data.

In 2019 there were ********* migrants from the United Kingdom in Australia. The next largest migrant groups were people from China and New Zealand at over ******* migrants each. More recently Australian migration figures are showing greater migration numbers from neighboring countries in Asia and the Pacific and reduced numbers of European-born migrants.

Historical Migration Statistics brings together migration statistics from 1945 through to the present day. \r \r In interpreting these statistics it should be noted that the classification of regions and country names has changed over time and that the way migration statistics are reported has also changed. From October 1945 to June 1959, migration statistics included permanent and long-term arrivals. Today, we have various components - the Migration Program, Humanitarian Program and Non-Program migration (mainly New Zealand citizens) reported as permanent additions to Australia's resident population.\r

New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Sri Lanka data was reported at 27.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Sri Lanka data is updated monthly, averaging 15.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65.000 Person in Apr 2021 and a record low of 0.000 Person in May 2020. New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Sri Lanka data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G011: International Migration: Departure: by Citizenship.