There was a record net migration loss of 44,700 New Zealand citizens in the September 2023 year, according to provisional estimates released by Stats NZ today.
This net migration loss was made up of 26,400 migrant arrivals and 71,200 migrant departures.
"Migrant departures of New Zealand citizens are just under record levels," population indicators manager Tehseen Islam said. "Based on the latest estimates available, just over half of these departures went to Australia."
The previous record net migration loss of New Zealand citizens was 44,400 in the February 2012 year.
Year ended | Migrant arrivals | Migrant departures | Net migration |
Mar-1979 | 21532 | 58956 | -37424 |
Apr-1979 | 21548 | 60428 | -38880 |
May-1979 | 21264 | 61540 | -40276 |
Jun-1979 | 21468 | 62736 | -41268 |
Jul-1979 | 21433 | 63245 | -41812 |
Aug-1979 | 21529 | 63819 | -42290 |
Sep-1979 | 21575 | 64228 | -42653 |
Oct-1979 | 21465 | 64304 | -42839 |
Nov-1979 | 21532 | 64175 | -42643 |
Dec-1979 | 21445 | 64072 | -42627 |
Jan-1980 | 21569 | 61356 | -39787 |
Feb-1980 | 21718 | 60239 | -38521 |
Mar-1980 | 21956 | 58976 | -37020 |
Apr-1980 | 22183 | 57382 | -35199 |
May-1980 | 22680 | 56011 | -33331 |
Jun-1980 | 22897 | 54845 | -31948 |
Jul-1980 | 23267 | 53728 | -30461 |
Aug-1980 | 23600 | 52774 | -29174 |
Sep-1980 | 23785 | 52227 | -28442 |
Oct-1980 | 24112 | 52302 | -28190 |
Nov-1980 | 24383 | 53055 | -28672 |
Dec-1980 | 24500 | 53348 | -28848 |
Jan-1981 | 24572 | 53989 | -29417 |
Feb-1981 | 24217 | 52982 | -28765 |
Mar-1981 | 24399 | 54209 | -29810 |
Apr-1981 | 24438 | 54262 | -29824 |
May-1981 | 24539 | 54026 | -29487 |
Jun-1981 | 24410 | 54360 | -29950 |
Jul-1981 | 24494 | 53401 | -28907 |
Aug-1981 | 24589 | 52941 | -28352 |
Sep-1981 | 24585 | 51860 | -27275 |
Oct-1981 | 24779 | 51022 | -26243 |
Nov-1981 | 24732 | 49855 | -25123 |
Dec-1981 | 24755 | 48952 | -24197 |
Jan-1982 | 24736 | 47172 | -22436 |
Feb-1982 | 25229 | 47353 | -22124 |
Mar-1982 | 24978 | 45149 | -20171 |
Apr-1982 | 25196 | 43837 | -18641 |
May-1982 | 25207 | 42676 | -17469 |
Jun-1982 | 25259 | 40909 | -15650 |
Jul-1982 | 25285 | 40921 | -15636 |
Aug-1982 | 25351 | 40376 | -15025 |
Sep-1982 | 25472 | 40001 | -14529 |
Oct-1982 | 25421 | 39470 | -14049 |
Nov-1982 | 25554 | 38686 | -13132 |
Dec-1982 | 25389 | 37588 | -12199 |
Jan-1983 | 25605 | 36239 | -10634 |
Feb-1983 | 25595 | 34722 | -9127 |
Mar-1983 | 25844 | 33349 | -7505 |
Apr-1983 | 25733 | 32043 | -6310 |
May-1983 | 25631 | 30601 | -4970 |
Jun-1983 | 25723 | 29469 | -3746 |
Jul-1983 | 25785 | 28346 | -2561 |
Aug-1983 | 25549 | 27128 | -1579 |
Sep-1983 | 25360 | 26313 | -953 |
Oct-1983 | 25072 | 25395 | -323 |
Nov-1983 | 24800 | 25186 | -386 |
Dec-1983 | 24304 | 24941 | -637 |
Jan-1984 | 23954 | 24406 | -452 |
Feb-1984 | 23682 | 24636 | -954 |
Mar-1984 | 23272 | 24990 | -1718 |
Apr-1984 | 22945 | 25430 | -2485 |
May-1984 | 22599 | 26001 | -3402 |
Jun-1984 | 22381 | 26574 | -4193 |
Jul-1984 | 21927 | 27218 | -5291 |
Aug-1984 | 21620 | 27972 | -6352 |
Sep-1984 | 21325 | 28396 | -7071 |
Oct-1984 | 20978 | 29066 | -8088 |
Nov-1984 | 20546 | 29686 | -9140 |
Dec-1984 | 20156 | 30331 | -10175 |
Jan-1985 | 19871 | 31485 | -11614 |
Feb-1985 | 19608 | 32704 | -13096 |
Mar-1985 | 19568 | 34300 | -14732 |
Apr-1985 | 19511 | 35919 | -16408 |
May-1985 | 19208 | 36944 | -17736 |
Jun-1985 | 19029 | 38180 | -19151 |
Jul-1985 | 18881 | 39171 | -20290 |
Aug-1985 | 18824 | 40074 | -21250 |
Sep-1985 | 18840 | 41256 | -22416 |
Oct-1985 | 18840 | 41964 | -23124 |
Nov-1985 | 18833 | 43216 | -24383 |
Dec-1985 | 18511 | 43894 | -25383 |
Jan-1986 | 18602 | 45105 | -26503 |
Feb-1986 | 18650 | 45709 | -27059 |
Mar-1986 | 18691 | 46724 | -28033 |
Apr-1986 | 18762 | 47147 | -28385 |
May-1986 | 18834 | 47747 | -28913 |
Jun-1986 | 18972 | 48371 | -29399 |
Jul-1986 | 19188 | 48664 | -29476 |
Aug-1986 | 19368 | 49546 | -30178 |
Sep-1986 | 19672 | 49926 | -30254 |
Oct-1986 | 20033 | 50290 | -30257 |
Nov-1986 | 20646 | 49935 | -29289 |
Dec-1986 | 21558 | 50093 | -28535 |
Jan-1987 | 21895 | 49689 | -27794 |
Feb-1987 | 22480 | 49388 | -26908 |
Mar-1987 | 22893 | 48615 | -25722 |
Apr-1987 | 23044 | 48292 | -25248 |
May-1987 | 23613 | 48490 | -24877 |
Jun-1987 | 23820 | 47976 | -24156 |
Jul-1987 | 24045 | 47763 | -23718 |
Aug-1987 | 24422 | 47459 | -23037 |
Sep-1987 | 24450 | 47524 | -23074 |
Oct-1987 | 24788 | 48110 | -23322 |
Nov-1987 | 24686 | 48543 | -23857 |
Dec-1987 | 24539 | 49019 | -24480 |
Jan-1988 | 24503 | 49972 | -25469 |
Feb-1988 | 24228 | 50963 | -26735 |
Mar-1988 | 23882 | 51860 | -27978 |
Apr-1988 | 23746 | 52978 | -29232 |
May-1988 | 23325 | 53502 | -30177 |
Jun-1988 | 23124 | 54128 | -31004 |
Jul-1988 | 22958 | 55158 | -32200 |
Aug-1988 | 22492 | 55354 | -32862 |
Sep-1988 | 22307 | 56136 | -33829 |
Oct-1988 | 21782 | 56835 | -35053 |
Nov-1988 | 21527 | 57177 | -35650 |
Dec-1988 | 21518 | 58017 | -36499 |
Jan-1989 | 21276 | 58299 | -37023 |
Feb-1989 | 21264 | 58387 | -37123 |
Mar-1989 | 21244 | 58429 | -37185 |
Apr-1989 | 21413 | 58276 | -36863 |
May-1989 | 21315 | 57970 | -36655 |
Jun-1989 | 21475 | 57465 | -35990 |
Jul-1989 | 21576 | 56686 | -35110 |
Aug-1989 | 22464 | 55699 | -33235 |
Sep-1989 | 22710 | 54433 | -31723 |
Oct-1989 | 23193 | 52612 | -29419 |
Nov-1989 | 23507 | 51389 | -27882 |
Dec-1989 | 24321 | 49670 | -25349 |
Jan-1990 | 24759 | 47599 | -22840 |
Feb-1990 | 25199 | 45902 | -20703 |
Mar-1990 | 25746 | 44388 | -18642 |
Apr-1990 | 26344 | 42761 | -16417 |
May-1990 | 26770 | 41271 | -14501 |
Jun-1990 | 27164 | 40361 | -13197 |
Jul-1990 | 27549 | 39414 | -11865 |
Aug-1990 | 27303 | 38737 | -11434 |
Sep-1990 | 27759 | 37901 | -10142 |
Oct-1990 | 28141 | 37307 | -9166 |
Nov-1990 | 28631 | 36692 | -8061 |
Dec-1990 | 28981 | 35959 | -6978 |
Jan-1991 | 29233 | 35534 | -6301 |
Feb-1991 | 29501 | 34650 | -5149 |
Mar-1991 | 29575 | 33514 | -3939 |
Apr-1991 | 29187 | 32634 | -3447 |
May-1991 | 28994 | 31839 | -2845 |
Jun-1991 | 28731 | 31386 | -2655 |
Jul-1991 | 28374 | 30828 | -2454 |
Aug-1991 | 27894 | 30623 | -2729 |
Sep-1991 | 27284 | 30354 | -3070 |
Oct-1991 | 26630 | 30286 | -3656 |
Nov-1991 | 26050 | 30554 | -4504 |
Dec-1991 | 24596 | 30603 | -6007 |
Jan-1992 | 24050 | 30733 | -6683 |
Feb-1992 | 23445 | 30865 | -7420 |
Mar-1992 | 22912 | 30914 | -8002 |
Apr-1992 | 22668 | 31010 | -8342 |
May-1992 | 22558 | 30984 | -8426 |
Jun-1992 | 22405 | 30780 | -8375 |
Jul-1992 | 22107 | 31016 | -8909 |
Aug-1992 | 22063 | 31049 | -8986 |
Sep-1992 | 22082 | 31155 | -9073 |
Oct-1992 | 22072 | 31071 | -8999 |
Nov-1992 | 22114 | 30707 | -8593 |
Dec-1992 | 22108 | 30808 | -8700 |
Jan-1993 | 22105 | 30717 | -8612 |
Feb-1993 | 21978 | 30538 | -8560 |
Mar-1993 | 21931 | 30653 | -8722 |
Apr-1993 | 21957 | 30763 | -8806 |
May-1993 | 21816 | 30510 | -8694 |
Jun-1993 | 21864 | 30505 | -8641 |
Jul-1993 | 22080 | 30253 | -8173 |
Aug-1993 | 22085 | 30105 | -8020 |
Sep-1993 | 22244 | 30176 | -7932 |
Oct-1993 | 22322 | 30351 | -8029 |
Nov-1993 | 22453 | 30495 | -8042 |
Dec-1993 | 22584 | 30440 | -7856 |
Jan-1994 | 22700 | 30717 | -8017 |
Feb-1994 | 22845 | 30928 | -8083 |
Mar-1994 | 22962 | 31081 | -8119 |
Apr-1994 | 22948 | 31438 | -8490 |
May-1994 | 23093 | 31841 | -8748 |
Jun-1994 | 23181 | 32294 | -9113 |
Jul-1994 | 23174 | 32751 | -9577 |
Aug-1994 | 23261 | 33176 | -9915 |
Sep-1994 | 23174 | 33426 | -10252 |
Oct-1994 | 23062 | 33556 | -10494 |
Nov-1994 | 23053 | 33834 | -10781 |
Dec-1994 | 23122 | 34008 | -10886 |
Jan-1995 | 23175 | 34567 | -11392 |
Feb-1995 | 23110 | 34886 | -11776 |
Mar-1995 | 23149 | 35208 | -12059 |
Apr-1995 | 23097 | 35458 | -12361 |
May-1995 | 22931 | 35945 | -13014 |
Jun-1995 | 22870 | 36084 | -13214 |
Jul-1995 | 22995 | 36425 | -13430 |
Aug-1995 | 23050 | 36487 | -13437 |
Sep-1995 | 23123 | 36644 | -13521 |
Oct-1995 | 23277 | 36786 | -13509 |
Nov-1995 | 23318 | 37139 | -13821 |
Dec-1995 | 23363 | 37418 | -14055 |
Jan-1996 | 23498 | 37698 | -14200 |
Feb-1996 | 23441 | 37886 | -14445 |
Mar-1996 | 23405 | 38525 | -15120 |
Apr-1996 | 23472 | 39060 | -15588 |
May-1996 | 23464 | 39291 | -15827 |
Jun-1996 | 23396 | 39894 | -16498 |
Jul-1996 | 23207 | 40183 | -16976 |
Aug-1996 | 23045 | 40342 | -17297 |
Sep-1996 | 22976 | 40339 | -17363 |
Oct-1996 | 23004 | 40350 | -17346 |
Nov-1996 | 22943 | 40642 | -17699 |
Dec-1996 | 22830 | 40743 | -17913 |
Jan-1997 | 22643 | 41138 | -18495 |
Feb-1997 | 22614 | 41522 | -18908 |
Mar-1997 | 22622 | 41977 | -19355 |
Apr-1997 | 22482 | 42309 | -19827 |
May-1997 | 22484 | 43062 | -20578 |
Jun-1997 | 22534 | 43071 | -20537 |
Jul-1997 | 22591 | 43152 | -20561 |
Aug-1997 | 22614 | 43598 | -20984 |
Sep-1997 | 22602 | 43861 | -21259 |
Oct-1997 | 22365 | 44112 | -21747 |
Nov-1997 | 22281 | 44116 | -21835 |
Dec-1997 | 22145 | 44273 | -22128 |
Jan-1998 | 22173 | 44219 | -22046 |
Feb-1998 | 22279 | 44308 | -22029 |
Mar-1998 | 22165 | 44127 | -21962 |
Apr-1998 | 22246 | 43940 | -21694 |
May-1998 | 22361 | 44254 | -21893 |
Jun-1998 | 22558 | 44610 | -22052 |
Jul-1998 | 22499 | 44938 | -22439 |
Aug-1998 | 22257 | 45545 | -23288 |
Sep-1998 | 22006 | 46216 | -24210 |
Oct-1998 | 21834 | 47055 | -25221 |
Nov-1998 | 21591 | 47554 | -25963 |
Dec-1998 | 21299 | 48273 | -26974 |
Jan-1999 | 20820 | 49331 | -28511 |
Feb-1999 | 20410 | 50028 | -29618 |
Mar-1999 | 20397 | 50706 | -30309 |
Apr-1999 | 20372 | 51368 | -30996 |
May-1999 | 20170 | 51849 | -31679 |
Jun-1999 | 20039 | 51745 | -31706 |
Jul-1999 | 20136 | 52340 | -32204 |
Aug-1999 | 20331 | 52364 | -32033 |
Sep-1999 | 20696 | 52290 | -31594 |
Oct-1999 | 20921 | 52639 | -31718 |
Nov-1999 | 21818 | 52754 | -30936 |
Dec-1999 | 22551 | 53215 | -30664 |
Jan-2000 | 22572 | 54211 | -31639 |
Feb-2000 | 22741 | 54414 | -31673 |
Mar-2000 | 22583 | 54457 | -31874 |
Apr-2000 | 22633 | 54785 | -32152 |
May-2000 | 22648 | 55008 | -32360 |
Jun-2000 | 22509 | 55444 | -32935 |
Jul-2000 | 22387 | 56044 | -33657 |
Aug-2000 | 22304 | 56467 | -34163 |
Sep-2000 | 22145 | 56720 | -34575 |
Oct-2000 | 21956 | 57030 | -35074 |
Nov-2000 | 21188 | 57203 | -36015 |
Dec-2000 | 20763 | 58680 | -37917 |
Jan-2001 | 21091 | 60145 | -39054 |
Feb-2001 | 21047 | 63110 | -42063 |
Mar-2001 | 21171 | 63499 | -42328 |
Apr-2001 | 21148 | 63270 | -42122 |
May-2001 | 21128 | 63830 | -42702 |
Jun-2001 | 21341 | 63242 | -41901 |
Jul-2001 | 21579 | 62386 | -40807 |
Aug-2001 | 21632 | 61580 | -39948 |
Sep-2001 | 21908 | 60869 | -38961 |
Oct-2001 | 22421 | 59505 | -37084 |
Nov-2001 | 22867 | 58463 | -35596 |
Dec-2001 | 28953 | 57042 | -28089 |
Jan-2002 | 29022 | 54236 | -25214 |
Feb-2002 | 29290 | 51096 | -21806 |
Mar-2002 | 29529 | 49907 | -20378 |
Apr-2002 | 29535 | 49162 | -19627 |
May-2002 | 29761 | 47386 | -17625 |
Jun-2002 | 29904 | 47132 | -17228 |
Jul-2002 | 30094 | 46828 | -16734 |
Aug-2002 | 30529 | 46705 | -16176 |
Sep-2002 | 30791 | 46532 | -15741 |
Oct-2002 | 30830 | 46574 | -15744 |
Nov-2002 | 31076 | 46185 | -15109 |
Dec-2002 | 31578 | 46003 | -14425 |
Jan-2003 | 32037 | 45687 | -13650 |
Feb-2003 | 32470 | 45255 | -12785 |
Mar-2003 | 32799 | 45016 | -12217 |
Apr-2003 | 33196 | 44465 | -11269 |
May-2003 | 33444 | 44270 | -10826 |
Jun-2003 | 33575 | 43939 | -10364 |
Jul-2003 | 33750 | 44005 | -10255 |
Aug-2003 | 33928 | 44205 | -10277 |
Sep-2003 | 34061 | 44174 | -10113 |
Oct-2003 | 34160 | 44208 | -10048 |
Nov-2003 | 34017 | 44658 | -10641 |
Dec-2003 | 33892 | 45115 | -11223 |
Jan-2004 | 33824 | 45391 | -11567 |
Feb-2004 | 33498 | 46118 | -12620 |
Mar-2004 | 33109 | 46476 | -13367 |
Apr-2004 | 32813 | 47078 | -14265 |
May-2004 | 32548 | 47718 | -15170 |
Jun-2004 | 32353 | 48325 | -15972 |
Jul-2004 | 32229 | 48584 | -16355 |
Aug-2004 | 32022 | 48881 | -16859 |
Sep-2004 | 31830 | 49526 | -17696 |
Oct-2004 | 31621 | 49977 | -18356 |
Nov-2004 | 31329 | 50305 | -18976 |
Dec-2004 | 31171 | 50996 | -19825 |
Jan-2005 | 30922 | 51487 | -20565 |
Feb-2005 | 30906 | 51835 | -20929 |
Mar-2005 | 30839 | 52377 | -21538 |
Apr-2005 | 30920 | 53116 | -22196 |
May-2005 | 30852 | 53381 | -22529 |
Jun-2005 | 30808 | 53514 | -22706 |
Jul-2005 | 30717 | 54193 | -23476 |
Aug-2005 | 30591 | 54276 | -23685 |
Sep-2005 | 30509 | 54321 | -23812 |
Oct-2005 | 30497 | 54679 | -24182 |
Nov-2005 | 30269 | 54600 | -24331 |
Dec-2005 | 30127 | 54652 | -24525 |
Jan-2006 | 30136 | 54816 | -24680 |
Feb-2006 | 30113 | 54731 | -24618 |
Mar-2006 | 30180 | 54435 | -24255 |
Apr-2006 | 30115 | 54474 | -24359 |
May-2006 | 30060 | 54558 | -24498 |
Jun-2006 | 29967 | 55001 | -25034 |
Jul-2006 | 29998 | 54922 | -24924 |
Aug-2006 | 29989 | 55456 | -25467 |
Sep-2006 | 30061 | 56009 | -25948 |
Oct-2006 | 29989 | 56416 | -26427 |
Nov-2006 | 30247 | 56805 | -26558 |
Dec-2006 | 29940 | 57343 | -27403 |
Jan-2007 | 29814 | 57915 | -28101 |
Feb-2007 | 29806 | 58831 | -29025 |
Mar-2007 | 29741 | 59707 | -29966 |
Apr-2007 | 29616 | 60369 | -30753 |
May-2007 | 29631 | 61375 | -31744 |
Jun-2007 | 29592 | 62057 | -32465 |
Jul-2007 | 29334 | 62654 | -33320 |
Aug-2007 | 29349 | 63258 | -33909 |
Sep-2007 | 29208 | 63715 | -34507 |
Oct-2007 | 29256 | 63885 | -34629 |
Nov-2007 | 29241 | 64533 | -35292 |
Dec-2007 | 28994 | 65288 | -36294 |
Jan-2008 | 28843 | 65794 | -36951 |
Feb-2008 | 28824 | 66496 | -37672 |
Mar-2008 | 28763 | 66700 | -37937 |
Apr-2008 | 28774 | 66880 | -38106 |
May-2008 | 28835 | 67034 | -38199 |
Jun-2008 | 28914 | 67464 | -38550 |
Jul-2008 | 29064 | 67679 | -38615 |
Aug-2008 | 29091 | 68190 | -39099 |
Sep-2008 | 29099 | 68113 | -39014 |
Oct-2008 | 29296 | 68614 | -39318 |
Nov-2008 | 29303 | 68766 | -39463 |
Dec-2008 | 29759 | 68131 | -38372 |
Jan-2009 | 30067 | 67664 | -37597 |
Feb-2009 | 30319 | 66148 | -35829 |
Mar-2009 | 30582 | 64969 | -34387 |
Apr-2009 | 30774 | 63203 | -32429 |
May-2009 | 30985 | 61128 | -30143 |
Jun-2009 | 31236 | 58935 | -27699 |
Jul-2009 | 31542 | 57203 | -25661 |
Aug-2009 | 31752 | 54985 | -23233 |
Sep-2009 | 31880 | 53362 | -21482 |
Oct-2009 | 32059 | 51606 | -19547 |
Nov-2009 | 32203 | 50140 | -17937 |
Dec-2009 | 32283 | 48791 | -16508 |
Jan-2010 | 32376 | 47659 | -15283 |
Feb-2010 | 32256 | 47630 | -15374 |
Mar-2010 | 32302 | 47846 | -15544 |
Apr-2010 | 32342 | 48178 | -15836 |
May-2010 | 32206 | 49024 | -16818 |
Jun-2010 | 32087 | 50095 | -18008 |
Jul-2010 | 32001 | 51042 | -19041 |
Aug-2010 | 31852 | 52291 | -20439 |
Sep-2010 | 31811 | 53318 | -21507 |
Oct-2010 | 31314 | 54506 | -23192 |
Nov-2010 | 30948 | 55409 | -24461 |
Dec-2010 | 30598 | 56978 | -26380 |
Jan-2011 | 30397 | 58548 | -28151 |
Feb-2011 | 30143 | 59490 | -29347 |
Mar-2011 | 29815 | 61415 | -31600 |
Apr-2011 | 29687 | 63163 | -33476 |
May-2011 | 29572 | 64374 | -34802 |
Jun-2011 | 29296 | 65430 | -36134 |
Jul-2011 | 29233 | 66943 | -37710 |
Aug-2011 | 29368 | 67796 | -38428 |
Sep-2011 | 29245 | 68615 | -39370 |
Oct-2011 | 29069 | 69342 | -40273 |
Nov-2011 | 28913 | 70137 | -41224 |
Dec-2011 | 28415 | 71187 | -42772 |
Jan-2012 | 28021 | 71540 | -43519 |
Feb-2012 | 28016 | 72401 | -44385 |
Mar-2012 | 28113 | 72037 | -43924 |
Apr-2012 | 27960 | 71870 | -43910 |
May-2012 | 27848 | 71810 | -43962 |
Jun-2012 | 28086 | 71963 | -43877 |
Jul-2012 | 28102 | 71549 | -43447 |
Aug-2012 | 28082 | 71498 | -43416 |
Sep-2012 | 28375 | 71494 | -43119 |
Oct-2012 | 28701 | 71179 | -42478 |
Nov-2012 | 29097 | 70781 | -41684 |
Dec-2012 | 30021 | 70697 | -40676 |
Jan-2013 | 30594 | 70118 | -39524 |
Feb-2013 | 30888 | 69010 | -38122 |
Mar-2013 | 31228 | 67979 | -36751 |
Apr-2013 | 31672 | 66865 | -35193 |
May-2013 | 32134 | 65792 | -33658 |
Jun-2013 | 32417 | 64361 | -31944 |
Jul-2013 | 32978 | 63098 | -30120 |
Aug-2013 | 33390 | 61737 | -28347 |
Sep-2013 | 33688 | 60202 | -26514 |
Oct-2013 | 34120 | 58941 | -24821 |
Nov-2013 | 34336 | 57619 | -23283 |
Dec-2013 | 34872 | 55682 | -20810 |
Jan-2014 | 34974 | 54126 | -19152 |
Feb-2014 | 35405 | 52714 | -17309 |
Mar-2014 | 35599 | 51348 | -15749 |
Apr-2014 | 35862 | 50114 | -14252 |
May-2014 | 36017 | 49218 | -13201 |
Jun-2014 | 36144 | 48368 | -12224 |
Jul-2014 | 36291 | 47467 | -11176 |
Aug-2014 | 36449 | 46902 | -10453 |
Sep-2014 | 36702 | 46560 | -9858 |
Oct-2014 | 36934 | 45977 | -9043 |
Nov-2014 | 37178 | 45626 | -8448 |
Dec-2014 | 37504 | 45060 | -7556 |
Jan-2015 | 38063 | 44647 | -6584 |
Feb-2015 | 37976 | 44426 | -6450 |
Mar-2015 | 38196 | 44201 | -6005 |
Apr-2015 | 38199 | 44191 | -5992 |
May-2015 | 38414 | 43913 | -5499 |
Jun-2015 | 38532 | 43742 | -5210 |
Jul-2015 | 38619 | 43795 | -5176 |
Aug-2015 | 38755 | 43620 | -4865 |
Sep-2015 | 38680 | 43481 | -4801 |
Oct-2015 | 38778 | 43560 | -4782 |
Nov-2015 | 38750 | 43373 | -4623 |
Dec-2015 | 38609 | 43336 | -4727 |
Jan-2016 | 38770 | 43197 | -4427 |
Feb-2016 | 38982 | 43028 | -4046 |
Mar-2016 | 39057 | 42624 | -3567 |
Apr-2016 | 39056 | 42624 | -3568 |
May-2016 | 38964 | 42419 | -3455 |
Jun-2016 | 39007 | 42170 | -3163 |
Jul-2016 | 39024 | 42040 | -3016 |
Aug-2016 | 39082 | 41815 | -2733 |
Sep-2016 | 39238 | 41643 | -2405 |
Oct-2016 | 39097 | 41445 | -2348 |
Nov-2016 | 39139 | 41419 | -2280 |
Dec-2016 | 39101 | 41327 | -2226 |
Jan-2017 | 39019 | 41451 | -2432 |
Feb-2017 | 38929 | 41504 | -2575 |
Mar-2017 | 38619 | 41278 | -2659 |
Apr-2017 | 38521 | 41201 | -2680 |
May-2017 | 38392 | 41200 | -2808 |
Jun-2017 | 38376 | 41291 | -2915 |
Jul-2017 | 38143 | 41268 | -3125 |
Aug-2017 | 37864 | 41422 | -3558 |
Sep-2017 | 37551 | 41521 | -3970 |
Oct-2017 | 37331 | 41550 | -4219 |
Nov-2017 | 37039 | 41538 | -4499 |
Dec-2017 | 36672 | 41518 | -4846 |
Jan-2018 | 36261 | 41391 | -5130 |
Feb-2018 | 35881 | 41157 | -5276 |
Mar-2018 | 35878 | 41714 | -5836 |
Apr-2018 | 35707 | 41747 | -6040 |
May-2018 | 35652 | 41879 | -6227 |
Jun-2018 | 35316 | 42107 | -6791 |
Jul-2018 | 35228 | 42382 | -7154 |
Aug-2018 | 35254 | 42506 | -7252 |
Sep-2018 | 35220 | 42503 | -7283 |
Oct-2018 | 35125 | 42682 | -7557 |
Nov-2018 | 35096 | 42667 | -7571 |
Dec-2018 | 34790 | 42402 | -7612 |
Jan-2019 | 34722 | 42263 | -7541 |
Feb-2019 | 34706 | 42104 | -7398 |
Mar-2019 | 34595 | 41686 | -7091 |
Apr-2019 | 34619 | 41140 | -6521 |
May-2019 | 34748 | 40812 | -6064 |
Jun-2019 | 35116 | 40720 | -5604 |
Jul-2019 | 35532 | 40142 | -4610 |
Aug-2019 | 36009 | 39530 | -3521 |
Sep-2019 | 36620 | 39335 | -2715 |
Oct-2019 | 37524 | 39079 | -1555 |
Nov-2019 | 38755 | 38793 | -38 |
Dec-2019 | 40997 | 38095 | 2902 |
Jan-2020 | 42046 | 37585 | 4461 |
Feb-2020 | 43426 | 36841 | 6585 |
Mar-2020 | 46586 | 35259 | 11327 |
Apr-2020 | 45295 | 32228 | 13067 |
May-2020 | 44051 | 29074 | 14977 |
Jun-2020 | 43073 | 25946 | 17127 |
Jul-2020 | 42695 | 23301 | 19394 |
Aug-2020 | 42695 | 21237 | 21458 |
Sep-2020 | 42706 | 19086 | 23620 |
Oct-2020 | 42028 | 17456 | 24572 |
Nov-2020 | 40924 | 16420 | 24504 |
Dec-2020 | 36942 | 15334 | 21608 |
Jan-2021 | 35340 | 14566 | 20774 |
Feb-2021 | 33920 | 14339 | 19581 |
Mar-2021 | 30928 | 14997 | 15931 |
Apr-2021 | 33217 | 17495 | 15722 |
May-2021 | 35235 | 20044 | 15191 |
Jun-2021 | 35945 | 22303 | 13642 |
Jul-2021 | 36374 | 24350 | 12024 |
Aug-2021 | 33989 | 25020 | 8969 |
Sep-2021 | 31254 | 25033 | 6221 |
Oct-2021 | 29751 | 24628 | 5123 |
Nov-2021 | 28197 | 24866 | 3331 |
Dec-2021 | 27305 | 26378 | 927 |
Jan-2022 | 26276 | 27991 | -1715 |
Feb-2022 | 24980 | 29441 | -4461 |
Mar-2022 | 26170 | 30998 | -4828 |
Apr-2022 | 25549 | 32947 | -7398 |
May-2022 | 24454 | 34860 | -10406 |
Jun-2022 | 24002 | 36584 | -12582 |
Jul-2022 | 23063 | 38717 | -15655 |
Aug-2022 | 24020 | 41468 | -17449 |
Sep-2022 | 25058 | 44777 | -19719 |
Oct-2022 | 25290 | 47770 | -22480 |
Nov-2022 | 25851 | 50354 | -24503 |
Dec-2022 | 26593 | 52221 | -25628 |
Jan-2023 | 26971 | 54097 | -27126 |
Feb-2023 | 27877 | 56436 | -28559 |
Mar-2023 | 25921 | 58788 | -32867 |
Apr-2023 | 25447 | 61783 | -36336 |
May-2023 | 25271 | 64365 | -39095 |
Jun-2023 | 25309 | 66066 | -40758 |
Jul-2023 | 25297 | 67184 | -41887 |
Aug-2023 | 25620 | 68601 | -42981 |
Sep-2023 | 26436 | 71171 | -44735 |
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand usually had an annual net migration loss of New Zealand citizens. See International migration: September 2023 for more information on trans-Tasman migration.
Non-New Zealand citizens drive overall net migration gain
There was a record overall net migration gain of 118,800 in the September 2023 year. This was driven by a record net migration gain of 163,600 non-New Zealand citizens, mainly 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.
Year ended | Migrant arrivals | Migrant departures | Net migration |
Mar-1979 | 19276 | 22052 | -2776 |
Apr-1979 | 19120 | 21876 | -2756 |
May-1979 | 18988 | 21480 | -2492 |
Jun-1979 | 18920 | 20932 | -2012 |
Jul-1979 | 18790 | 20627 | -1837 |
Aug-1979 | 18873 | 20088 | -1215 |
Sep-1979 | 18852 | 19785 | -933 |
Oct-1979 | 18976 | 19545 | -569 |
Nov-1979 | 19218 | 19200 | 18 |
Dec-1979 | 19318 | 18482 | 836 |
Jan-1980 | 19086 | 17860 | 1226 |
Feb-1980 | 19262 | 17373 | 1889 |
Mar-1980 | 19651 | 17048 | 2603 |
Apr-1980 | 19843 | 16572 | 3271 |
May-1980 | 20112 | 16531 | 3581 |
Jun-1980 | 20477 | 16263 | 4214 |
Jul-1980 | 20563 | 15835 | 4728 |
Aug-1980 | 20589 | 15608 | 4981 |
Sep-1980 | 20692 | 15511 | 5181 |
Oct-1980 | 20709 | 15385 | 5324 |
Nov-1980 | 21019 | 15362 | 5657 |
Dec-1980 | 20756 | 15501 | 5255 |
Jan-1981 | 20859 | 15706 | 5153 |
Feb-1981 | 20518 | 15493 | 5025 |
Mar-1981 | 20566 | 15581 | 4985 |
Apr-1981 | 20528 | 15319 | 5209 |
May-1981 | 20439 | 15067 | 5372 |
Jun-1981 | 20168 | 15142 | 5026 |
Jul-1981 | 20339 | 14674 | 5665 |
Aug-1981 | 20375 | 14249 | 6126 |
Sep-1981 | 20352 | 13798 | 6554 |
Oct-1981 | 20653 | 13513 | 7140 |
Nov-1981 | 20297 | 13297 | 7000 |
Dec-1981 | 20281 | 12816 | 7465 |
Jan-1982 | 20184 | 12354 | 7830 |
Feb-1982 | 20463 | 12223 | 8240 |
Mar-1982 | 20314 | 11625 | 8689 |
Apr-1982 | 20457 | 11333 | 9124 |
May-1982 | 20551 | 10956 | 9595 |
Jun-1982 | 20636 | 10329 | 10307 |
Jul-1982 | 20615 | 10362 | 10253 |
Aug-1982 | 20579 | 10417 | 10162 |
Sep-1982 | 20534 | 10295 | 10239 |
Oct-1982 | 20435 | 10179 | 10256 |
Nov-1982 | 20296 | 9971 | 10325 |
Dec-1982 | 20286 | 9629 | 10657 |
Jan-1983 | 20312 | 9535 | 10777 |
Feb-1983 | 20154 | 9393 | 10761 |
Mar-1983 | 20010 | 9325 | 10685 |
Apr-1983 | 19826 | 9190 | 10636 |
May-1983 | 19575 | 9016 | 10559 |
Jun-1983 | 19300 | 8947 | 10353 |
Jul-1983 | 18967 | 8909 | 10058 |
Aug-1983 | 18679 | 8815 | 9864 |
Sep-1983 | 18504 | 8883 | 9621 |
Oct-1983 | 18171 | 8862 | 9309 |
Nov-1983 | 18017 | 8920 | 9097 |
Dec-1983 | 17852 | 8930 | 8922 |
Jan-1984 | 17763 | 8889 | 8874 |
Feb-1984 | 17637 | 9014 | 8623 |
Mar-1984 | 17433 | 9157 | 8276 |
Apr-1984 | 17104 | 9295 | 7809 |
May-1984 | 17194 | 9432 | 7762 |
Jun-1984 | 17252 | 9546 | 7706 |
Jul-1984 | 17247 | 9604 | 7643 |
Aug-1984 | 17219 | 9657 | 7562 |
Sep-1984 | 17354 | 9736 | 7618 |
Oct-1984 | 17281 | 9707 | 7574 |
Nov-1984 | 17109 | 9775 | 7334 |
Dec-1984 | 16897 | 9863 | 7034 |
Jan-1985 | 16796 | 9958 | 6838 |
Feb-1985 | 16637 | 10065 | 6572 |
Mar-1985 | 16675 | 10027 | 6648 |
Apr-1985 | 16591 | 10133 | 6458 |
May-1985 | 16270 | 10141 | 6129 |
Jun-1985 | 16243 | 10356 | 5887 |
Jul-1985 | 16241 | 10433 | 5808 |
Aug-1985 | 16419 | 10494 | 5925 |
Sep-1985 | 16491 | 10533 | 5958 |
Oct-1985 | 16573 | 10632 | 5941 |
Nov-1985 | 16770 | 10842 | 5928 |
Dec-1985 | 16884 | 10843 | 6041 |
Jan-1986 | 16768 | 10949 | 5819 |
Feb-1986 | 17086 | 10830 | 6256 |
Mar-1986 | 17291 | 10871 | 6420 |
Apr-1986 | 17507 | 10627 | 6880 |
May-1986 | 17795 | 10603 | 7192 |
Jun-1986 | 18034 | 10471 | 7563 |
Jul-1986 | 18346 | 10474 | 7872 |
Aug-1986 | 18611 | 10522 | 8089 |
Sep-1986 | 18781 | 10564 | 8217 |
Oct-1986 | 19124 | 10563 | 8561 |
Nov-1986 | 19719 | 10326 | 9393 |
Dec-1986 | 20071 | 10288 | 9783 |
Jan-1987 | 20669 | 10190 | 10479 |
Feb-1987 | 21283 | 10112 | 11171 |
Mar-1987 | 21467 | 10014 | 11453 |
Apr-1987 | 21786 | 10213 | 11573 |
May-1987 | 22245 | 10255 | 11990 |
Jun-1987 | 22419 | 10238 | 12181 |
Jul-1987 | 22819 | 10252 | 12567 |
Aug-1987 | 23253 | 10138 | 13115 |
Sep-1987 | 23506 | 10158 | 13348 |
Oct-1987 | 23829 | 10307 | 13522 |
Nov-1987 | 23893 | 10510 | 13383 |
Dec-1987 | 23834 | 10614 | 13220 |
Jan-1988 | 24101 | 10871 | 13230 |
Feb-1988 | 24026 | 11298 | 12728 |
Mar-1988 | 23962 | 11609 | 12353 |
Apr-1988 | 24208 | 11778 | 12430 |
May-1988 | 24393 | 11870 | 12523 |
Jun-1988 | 24602 | 11880 | 12722 |
Jul-1988 | 24838 | 11964 | 12874 |
Aug-1988 | 24826 | 12060 | 12766 |
Sep-1988 | 25007 | 12282 | 12725 |
Oct-1988 | 24753 | 12310 | 12443 |
Nov-1988 | 24670 | 12277 | 12393 |
Dec-1988 | 25011 | 12708 | 12303 |
Jan-1989 | 25144 | 12664 | 12480 |
Feb-1989 | 25057 | 12509 | 12548 |
Mar-1989 | 24989 | 12512 | 12477 |
Apr-1989 | 24994 | 12543 | 12451 |
May-1989 | 24702 | 12613 | 12089 |
Jun-1989 | 24471 | 12616 | 11855 |
Jul-1989 | 24331 | 12715 | 11616 |
Aug-1989 | 24402 | 12677 | 11725 |
Sep-1989 | 24395 | 12527 | 11868 |
Oct-1989 | 24632 | 12399 | 12233 |
Nov-1989 | 24769 | 12284 | 12485 |
Dec-1989 | 24939 | 11865 | 13074 |
Jan-1990 | 25589 | 11867 | 13722 |
Feb-1990 | 25794 | 11713 | 14081 |
Mar-1990 | 26255 | 11631 | 14624 |
Apr-1990 | 26663 | 11446 | 15217 |
May-1990 | 26789 | 11491 | 15298 |
Jun-1990 | 27381 | 11599 | 15782 |
Jul-1990 | 27486 | 11519 | 15967 |
Aug-1990 | 27512 | 11499 | 16013 |
Sep-1990 | 27669 | 11380 | 16289 |
Oct-1990 | 27562 | 11370 | 16192 |
Nov-1990 | 27488 | 11414 | 16074 |
Dec-1990 | 27501 | 11555 | 15946 |
Jan-1991 | 27676 | 11683 | 15993 |
Feb-1991 | 27799 | 11838 | 15961 |
Mar-1991 | 27513 | 11958 | 15555 |
Apr-1991 | 27235 | 12042 | 15193 |
May-1991 | 26977 | 12042 | 14935 |
Jun-1991 | 27217 | 12140 | 15077 |
Jul-1991 | 27392 | 12299 | 15093 |
Aug-1991 | 27350 | 12570 | 14780 |
Sep-1991 | 27036 | 12861 | 14175 |
Oct-1991 | 26761 | 13126 | 13635 |
Nov-1991 | 26430 | 13491 | 12939 |
Dec-1991 | 25982 | 13578 | 12404 |
Jan-1992 | 25949 | 13702 | 12247 |
Feb-1992 | 26285 | 13786 | 12499 |
Mar-1992 | 26098 | 13809 | 12289 |
Apr-1992 | 25881 | 13775 | 12106 |
May-1992 | 25863 | 13702 | 12161 |
Jun-1992 | 25520 | 13554 | 11966 |
Jul-1992 | 25339 | 13419 | 11920 |
Aug-1992 | 25132 | 13370 | 11762 |
Sep-1992 | 25141 | 13294 | 11847 |
Oct-1992 | 25137 | 13042 | 12095 |
Nov-1992 | 25707 | 12703 | 13004 |
Dec-1992 | 26036 | 12696 | 13340 |
Jan-1993 | 26574 | 12540 | 14034 |
Feb-1993 | 26901 | 12266 | 14635 |
Mar-1993 | 27631 | 12061 | 15570 |
Apr-1993 | 28315 | 12011 | 16304 |
May-1993 | 28917 | 11751 | 17166 |
Jun-1993 | 28947 | 11604 | 17343 |
Jul-1993 | 29412 | 11535 | 17877 |
Aug-1993 | 30074 | 11221 | 18853 |
Sep-1993 | 30588 | 11079 | 19509 |
Oct-1993 | 31336 | 10977 | 20359 |
Nov-1993 | 32086 | 10894 | 21192 |
Dec-1993 | 32497 | 10656 | 21841 |
Jan-1994 | 33160 | 10630 | 22530 |
Feb-1994 | 33583 | 10644 | 22939 |
Mar-1994 | 34295 | 10589 | 23706 |
Apr-1994 | 35152 | 10535 | 24617 |
May-1994 | 35856 | 10540 | 25316 |
Jun-1994 | 36489 | 10561 | 25928 |
Jul-1994 | 37260 | 10515 | 26745 |
Aug-1994 | 38161 | 10529 | 27632 |
Sep-1994 | 39140 | 10410 | 28730 |
Oct-1994 | 39869 | 10379 | 29490 |
Nov-1994 | 40389 | 10420 | 29969 |
Dec-1994 | 41260 | 10517 | 30743 |
Jan-1995 | 42403 | 10484 | 31919 |
Feb-1995 | 43668 | 10569 | 33099 |
Mar-1995 | 44442 | 10686 | 33756 |
Apr-1995 | 45003 | 10726 | 34277 |
May-1995 | 45737 | 10777 | 34960 |
Jun-1995 | 46702 | 10759 | 35943 |
Jul-1995 | 48215 | 10910 | 37305 |
Aug-1995 | 49259 | 11044 | 38215 |
Sep-1995 | 50991 | 11152 | 39839 |
Oct-1995 | 52755 | 11271 | 41484 |
Nov-1995 | 53452 | 11462 | 41990 |
Dec-1995 | 54200 | 11659 | 42541 |
Jan-1996 | 55779 | 11743 | 44036 |
Feb-1996 | 56259 | 11780 | 44479 |
Mar-1996 | 56883 | 11931 | 44952 |
Apr-1996 | 57742 | 11999 | 45743 |
May-1996 | 58080 | 12144 | 45936 |
Jun-1996 | 58569 | 12565 | 46004 |
Jul-1996 | 58806 | 12739 | 46067 |
Aug-1996 | 58519 | 12836 | 45683 |
Sep-1996 | 57630 | 12999 | 44631 |
Oct-1996 | 56680 | 13050 | 43630 |
Nov-1996 | 56511 | 13310 | 43201 |
Dec-1996 | 56175 | 13469 | 42706 |
Jan-1997 | 55796 | 13651 | 42145 |
Feb-1997 | 55276 | 13781 | 41495 |
Mar-1997 | 54274 | 13971 | 40303 |
Apr-1997 | 53472 | 14277 | 39195 |
May-1997 | 52598 | 14505 | 38093 |
Jun-1997 | 51958 | 14651 | 37307 |
Jul-1997 | 51288 | 14856 | 36432 |
Aug-1997 | 50492 | 15017 | 35475 |
Sep-1997 | 49266 | 15108 | 34158 |
Oct-1997 | 48028 | 15291 | 32737 |
Nov-1997 | 46913 | 15431 | 31482 |
Dec-1997 | 45491 | 15739 | 29752 |
Jan-1998 | 42890 | 15874 | 27016 |
Feb-1998 | 41603 | 16041 | 25562 |
Mar-1998 | 40763 | 16094 | 24669 |
Apr-1998 | 39811 | 16095 | 23716 |
May-1998 | 39111 | 16162 | 22949 |
Jun-1998 | 38688 | 16184 | 22504 |
Jul-1998 | 37811 | 16365 | 21446 |
Aug-1998 | 36867 | 16421 | 20446 |
Sep-1998 | 36894 | 16547 | 20347 |
Oct-1998 | 36978 | 16497 | 20481 |
Nov-1998 | 36848 | 16345 | 20503 |
Dec-1998 | 36921 | 16212 | 20709 |
Jan-1999 | 36467 | 16285 | 20182 |
Feb-1999 | 36116 | 16137 | 19979 |
Mar-1999 | 36183 | 16073 | 20110 |
Apr-1999 | 36363 | 16063 | 20300 |
May-1999 | 36364 | 16028 | 20336 |
Jun-1999 | 36213 | 15876 | 20337 |
Jul-1999 | 36502 | 15679 | 20823 |
Aug-1999 | 36549 | 15639 | 20910 |
Sep-1999 | 36583 | 15533 | 21050 |
Oct-1999 | 36657 | 15622 | 21035 |
Nov-1999 | 37039 | 15600 | 21439 |
Dec-1999 | 37192 | 15557 | 21635 |
Jan-2000 | 37648 | 15467 | 22181 |
Feb-2000 | 38289 | 15622 | 22667 |
Mar-2000 | 38506 | 15619 | 22887 |
Apr-2000 | 38692 | 15641 | 23051 |
May-2000 | 38869 | 15572 | 23297 |
Jun-2000 | 38776 | 15601 | 23175 |
Jul-2000 | 39143 | 15628 | 23515 |
Aug-2000 | 39747 | 15616 | 24131 |
Sep-2000 | 40658 | 15611 | 25047 |
Oct-2000 | 41359 | 15553 | 25806 |
Nov-2000 | 41873 | 15497 | 26376 |
Dec-2000 | 42231 | 15626 | 26605 |
Jan-2001 | 42970 | 15696 | 27274 |
Feb-2001 | 44420 | 15571 | 28849 |
Mar-2001 | 45294 | 15566 | 29728 |
Apr-2001 | 46211 | 15489 | 30722 |
May-2001 | 47086 | 15498 | 31588 |
Jun-2001 | 48148 | 15513 | 32635 |
Jul-2001 | 49594 | 15544 | 34050 |
Aug-2001 | 51067 | 15510 | 35557 |
Sep-2001 | 52794 | 15524 | 37270 |
Oct-2001 | 54274 | 15487 | 38787 |
Nov-2001 | 55964 | 15484 | 40480 |
Dec-2001 | 85644 | 27290 | 58354 |
Jan-2002 | 88990 | 26817 | 62173 |
Feb-2002 | 90256 | 26426 | 63830 |
Mar-2002 | 93092 | 25926 | 67166 |
Apr-2002 | 94758 | 25623 | 69135 |
May-2002 | 96137 | 25485 | 70652 |
Jun-2002 | 97705 | 25397 | 72308 |
Jul-2002 | 98962 | 25516 | 73446 |
Aug-2002 | 100402 | 25555 | 74847 |
Sep-2002 | 101198 | 25696 | 75502 |
Oct-2002 | 101685 | 25850 | 75835 |
Nov-2002 | 102216 | 26439 | 75777 |
Dec-2002 | 102468 | 27252 | 75216 |
Jan-2003 | 102237 | 27843 | 74394 |
Feb-2003 | 101931 | 28198 | 73733 |
Mar-2003 | 100671 | 29038 | 71633 |
Apr-2003 | 99508 | 29297 | 70211 |
May-2003 | 98566 | 29522 | 69044 |
Jun-2003 | 97110 | 29799 | 67311 |
Jul-2003 | 95722 | 30533 | 65189 |
Aug-2003 | 93724 | 31110 | 62614 |
Sep-2003 | 91587 | 31517 | 60070 |
Oct-2003 | 89793 | 31891 | 57902 |
Nov-2003 | 87727 | 32870 | 54857 |
Dec-2003 | 86699 | 34060 | 52639 |
Jan-2004 | 84361 | 34311 | 50050 |
Feb-2004 | 82454 | 34703 | 47751 |
Mar-2004 | 80220 | 34632 | 45588 |
Apr-2004 | 78766 | 35156 | 43610 |
May-2004 | 77966 | 35705 | 42261 |
Jun-2004 | 76978 | 36450 | 40528 |
Jul-2004 | 75521 | 37237 | 38284 |
Aug-2004 | 74427 | 37205 | 37222 |
Sep-2004 | 73761 | 37483 | 36278 |
Oct-2004 | 72998 | 37562 | 35436 |
Nov-2004 | 72448 | 37911 | 34537 |
Dec-2004 | 72325 | 38360 | 33965 |
Jan-2005 | 71786 | 38618 | 33168 |
Feb-2005 | 71382 | 38883 | 32499 |
Mar-2005 | 71565 | 39045 | 32520 |
Apr-2005 | 72130 | 39169 | 32961 |
May-2005 | 72579 | 39121 | 33458 |
Jun-2005 | 72831 | 39026 | 33805 |
Jul-2005 | 72633 | 39055 | 33578 |
Aug-2005 | 73101 | 39242 | 33859 |
Sep-2005 | 73491 | 39163 | 34328 |
Oct-2005 | 73725 | 39169 | 34556 |
Nov-2005 | 73712 | 38462 | 35250 |
Dec-2005 | 73855 | 38064 | 35791 |
Jan-2006 | 73777 | 37717 | 36060 |
Feb-2006 | 74454 | 37241 | 37213 |
Mar-2006 | 74995 | 36961 | 38034 |
Apr-2006 | 75088 | 36953 | 38135 |
May-2006 | 74948 | 36986 | 37962 |
Jun-2006 | 75431 | 36926 | 38505 |
Jul-2006 | 76360 | 36401 | 39959 |
Aug-2006 | 77071 | 36472 | 40599 |
Sep-2006 | 77871 | 36615 | 41256 |
Oct-2006 | 78692 | 36784 | 41908 |
Nov-2006 | 79924 | 36634 | 43290 |
Dec-2006 | 80747 | 36631 | 44116 |
Jan-2007 | 81308 | 36566 | 44742 |
Feb-2007 | 81816 | 36763 | 45053 |
Mar-2007 | 82735 | 36888 | 45847 |
Apr-2007 | 83095 | 36779 | 46316 |
May-2007 | 83473 | 36868 | 46605 |
Jun-2007 | 83940 | 36956 | 46984 |
Jul-2007 | 83942 | 36939 | 47003 |
Aug-2007 | 84666 | 37082 | 47584 |
Sep-2007 | 84856 | 37070 | 47786 |
Oct-2007 | 84751 | 37086 | 47665 |
Nov-2007 | 84632 | 37226 | 47406 |
Dec-2007 | 84456 | 37125 | 47331 |
Jan-2008 | 84349 | 37290 | 47059 |
Feb-2008 | 85784 | 37432 | 48352 |
Mar-2008 | 86054 | 37550 | 48504 |
Apr-2008 | 86738 | 37743 | 48995 |
May-2008 | 88017 | 37998 | 50019 |
Jun-2008 | 88745 | 38155 | 50590 |
Jul-2008 | 89947 | 38549 | 51398 |
Aug-2008 | 90291 | 38647 | 51644 |
Sep-2008 | 90187 | 38770 | 51417 |
Oct-2008 | 90566 | 38952 | 51614 |
Nov-2008 | 90454 | 39320 | 51134 |
Dec-2008 | 90235 | 39592 | 50643 |
Jan-2009 | 90386 | 39866 | 50520 |
Feb-2009 | 89684 | 40127 | 49557 |
Mar-2009 | 88780 | 40350 | 48430 |
Apr-2009 | 87614 | 40365 | 47249 |
May-2009 | 86135 | 40370 | 45765 |
Jun-2009 | 84487 | 40520 | 43967 |
Jul-2009 | 83229 | 40613 | 42616 |
Aug-2009 | 81491 | 40901 | 40590 |
Sep-2009 | 80475 | 41087 | 39388 |
Oct-2009 | 78965 | 41235 | 37730 |
Nov-2009 | 77504 | 41311 | 36193 |
Dec-2009 | 75982 | 41205 | 34777 |
Jan-2010 | 74443 | 41202 | 33241 |
Feb-2010 | 72851 | 41430 | 31421 |
Mar-2010 | 71948 | 41772 | 30176 |
Apr-2010 | 71125 | 42169 | 28956 |
May-2010 | 70290 | 42559 | 27731 |
Jun-2010 | 69669 | 42692 | 26977 |
Jul-2010 | 69256 | 42918 | 26338 |
Aug-2010 | 69458 | 42934 | 26524 |
Sep-2010 | 69320 | 43133 | 26187 |
Oct-2010 | 69924 | 43478 | 26446 |
Nov-2010 | 69964 | 43683 | 26281 |
Dec-2010 | 69901 | 43798 | 26103 |
Jan-2011 | 69752 | 44066 | 25686 |
Feb-2011 | 70452 | 44149 | 26303 |
Mar-2011 | 70887 | 44770 | 26117 |
Apr-2011 | 71215 | 44924 | 26291 |
May-2011 | 71479 | 45074 | 26405 |
Jun-2011 | 71589 | 44859 | 26730 |
Jul-2011 | 71917 | 45213 | 26704 |
Aug-2011 | 71791 | 45356 | 26435 |
Sep-2011 | 71794 | 45044 | 26750 |
Oct-2011 | 71347 | 45142 | 26205 |
Nov-2011 | 71698 | 45143 | 26555 |
Dec-2011 | 71791 | 45163 | 26628 |
Jan-2012 | 72018 | 45297 | 26721 |
Feb-2012 | 72168 | 45043 | 27125 |
Mar-2012 | 72608 | 44368 | 28240 |
Apr-2012 | 72103 | 44025 | 28078 |
May-2012 | 72213 | 43544 | 28669 |
Jun-2012 | 72648 | 43754 | 28894 |
Jul-2012 | 71880 | 43235 | 28645 |
Aug-2012 | 71709 | 42971 | 28738 |
Sep-2012 | 71659 | 42731 | 28928 |
Oct-2012 | 71853 | 42079 | 29774 |
Nov-2012 | 71844 | 41831 | 30013 |
Dec-2012 | 71741 | 41473 | 30268 |
Jan-2013 | 71800 | 40820 | 30980 |
Feb-2013 | 71083 | 40379 | 30704 |
Mar-2013 | 70976 | 40036 | 30940 |
Apr-2013 | 71645 | 39756 | 31889 |
May-2013 | 71928 | 39630 | 32298 |
Jun-2013 | 71951 | 39198 | 32753 |
Jul-2013 | 72624 | 39021 | 33603 |
Aug-2013 | 73016 | 38638 | 34378 |
Sep-2013 | 73151 | 38520 | 34631 |
Oct-2013 | 73847 | 38335 | 35512 |
Nov-2013 | 74616 | 37914 | 36702 |
Dec-2013 | 75410 | 37309 | 38101 |
Jan-2014 | 76220 | 37004 | 39216 |
Feb-2014 | 77953 | 36852 | 41101 |
Mar-2014 | 79047 | 36513 | 42534 |
Apr-2014 | 79899 | 36372 | 43527 |
May-2014 | 80842 | 36407 | 44435 |
Jun-2014 | 82130 | 36444 | 45686 |
Jul-2014 | 83974 | 36017 | 47957 |
Aug-2014 | 86103 | 35955 | 50148 |
Sep-2014 | 88079 | 35952 | 52127 |
Oct-2014 | 89366 | 35854 | 53512 |
Nov-2014 | 90424 | 35792 | 54632 |
Dec-2014 | 90676 | 35707 | 54969 |
Jan-2015 | 92335 | 35956 | 56379 |
Feb-2015 | 92865 | 36202 | 56663 |
Mar-2015 | 93844 | 36573 | 57271 |
Apr-2015 | 94466 | 36643 | 57823 |
May-2015 | 94974 | 36615 | 58359 |
Jun-2015 | 95385 | 36748 | 58637 |
Jul-2015 | 96565 | 36785 | 59780 |
Aug-2015 | 97104 | 36856 | 60248 |
Sep-2015 | 98106 | 36808 | 61298 |
Oct-2015 | 99413 | 36933 | 62480 |
Nov-2015 | 100417 | 36825 | 63592 |
Dec-2015 | 101516 | 36980 | 64536 |
Jan-2016 | 101963 | 36860 | 65103 |
Feb-2016 | 103600 | 36882 | 66718 |
Mar-2016 | 103720 | 36998 | 66722 |
Apr-2016 | 104203 | 37272 | 66931 |
May-2016 | 104838 | 37389 | 67449 |
Jun-2016 | 105175 | 37399 | 67776 |
Jul-2016 | 105334 | 37646 | 67688 |
Aug-2016 | 104496 | 37729 | 66767 |
Sep-2016 | 104299 | 38018 | 66281 |
Oct-2016 | 104051 | 38058 | 65993 |
Nov-2016 | 103972 | 38498 | 65474 |
Dec-2016 | 104023 | 38908 | 65115 |
Jan-2017 | 104314 | 39413 | 64901 |
Feb-2017 | 104014 | 39815 | 64199 |
Mar-2017 | 103969 | 39961 | 64008 |
Apr-2017 | 103644 | 40148 | 63496 |
May-2017 | 103553 | 40821 | 62732 |
Jun-2017 | 103881 | 41433 | 62448 |
Jul-2017 | 104023 | 42153 | 61870 |
Aug-2017 | 104421 | 42829 | 61592 |
Sep-2017 | 104018 | 43512 | 60506 |
Oct-2017 | 103793 | 44221 | 59572 |
Nov-2017 | 103569 | 44552 | 59017 |
Dec-2017 | 103430 | 45304 | 58126 |
Jan-2018 | 103770 | 45556 | 58214 |
Feb-2018 | 102976 | 45834 | 57142 |
Mar-2018 | 103125 | 46357 | 56768 |
Apr-2018 | 102922 | 46691 | 56231 |
May-2018 | 103000 | 46860 | 56140 |
Jun-2018 | 102739 | 46953 | 55786 |
Jul-2018 | 102804 | 47038 | 55766 |
Aug-2018 | 103311 | 47179 | 56132 |
Sep-2018 | 103784 | 47073 | 56711 |
Oct-2018 | 103884 | 46959 | 56925 |
Nov-2018 | 103863 | 47055 | 56808 |
Dec-2018 | 104224 | 47045 | 57179 |
Jan-2019 | 104198 | 47552 | 56646 |
Feb-2019 | 104500 | 47591 | 56909 |
Mar-2019 | 104440 | 47665 | 56775 |
Apr-2019 | 104369 | 47860 | 56509 |
May-2019 | 105155 | 47970 | 57185 |
Jun-2019 | 106401 | 48696 | 57705 |
Jul-2019 | 107388 | 48972 | 58416 |
Aug-2019 | 109099 | 49023 | 60076 |
Sep-2019 | 111276 | 49434 | 61842 |
Oct-2019 | 115407 | 50254 | 65153 |
Nov-2019 | 120674 | 52911 | 67763 |
Dec-2019 | 124745 | 55059 | 69686 |
Jan-2020 | 129591 | 56786 | 72805 |
Feb-2020 | 136074 | 57553 | 78521 |
Mar-2020 | 138298 | 57945 | 80353 |
Apr-2020 | 132022 | 55162 | 76860 |
May-2020 | 124381 | 51896 | 72485 |
Jun-2020 | 116624 | 48915 | 67709 |
Jul-2020 | 106478 | 47369 | 59109 |
Aug-2020 | 97550 | 46590 | 50960 |
Sep-2020 | 88187 | 46826 | 41361 |
Oct-2020 | 77099 | 45870 | 31229 |
Nov-2020 | 64828 | 42364 | 22464 |
Dec-2020 | 54502 | 39266 | 15236 |
Jan-2021 | 41232 | 37007 | 4225 |
Feb-2021 | 26604 | 36696 | -10092 |
Mar-2021 | 18261 | 35974 | -17713 |
Apr-2021 | 20450 | 38920 | -18470 |
May-2021 | 22310 | 41701 | -19391 |
Jun-2021 | 23983 | 44210 | -20227 |
Jul-2021 | 25506 | 45137 | -19631 |
Aug-2021 | 25905 | 44951 | -19046 |
Sep-2021 | 26030 | 43072 | -17042 |
Oct-2021 | 26404 | 42726 | -16322 |
Nov-2021 | 27250 | 43201 | -15951 |
Dec-2021 | 28154 | 44031 | -15877 |
Jan-2022 | 27719 | 43620 | -15901 |
Feb-2022 | 26906 | 42538 | -15632 |
Mar-2022 | 28001 | 42631 | -14630 |
Apr-2022 | 30301 | 42367 | -12066 |
May-2022 | 33538 | 42763 | -9225 |
Jun-2022 | 37323 | 42433 | -5110 |
Jul-2022 | 43969 | 42801 | 1168 |
Aug-2022 | 50169 | 43508 | 6661 |
Sep-2022 | 58781 | 44319 | 14462 |
Oct-2022 | 67240 | 44868 | 22372 |
Nov-2022 | 80067 | 44704 | 35363 |
Dec-2022 | 91873 | 42835 | 49038 |
Jan-2023 | 106179 | 42594 | 63585 |
Feb-2023 | 124410 | 42611 | 81800 |
Mar-2023 | 143254 | 42238 | 101016 |
Apr-2023 | 157581 | 42565 | 115016 |
May-2023 | 172194 | 43534 | 128660 |
Jun-2023 | 184348 | 43464 | 140883 |
Jul-2023 | 192251 | 43454 | 148797 |
Aug-2023 | 203440 | 44334 | 159106 |
Sep-2023 | 210646 | 47077 | 163570 |
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, non-New Zealand citizens were the main driver of New Zealand's annual net migration gains, with recent September years (2015-2019) averaging net gains of 61,300 non-New Zealand citizens a year.
Migration driven by adults under 45
Migrants aged 18-44 years made up 67 percent (142,100) of the 210,600 migrant arrivals of non-New Zealand citizens in the September 2023 year.
Migrants aged 18-30 years accounted for 39 percent (27,800) of the 71,200 migrant departures of New Zealand citizens in the September 2023 year.
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) |
0 | 423 | 1331 | -908 | 1141 | 246 | 895 |
1 | 495 | 1174 | -679 | 1720 | 323 | 1397 |
2 | 492 | 994 | -501 | 1858 | 327 | 1531 |
3 | 524 | 1000 | -477 | 2235 | 324 | 1911 |
4 | 501 | 1000 | -500 | 2455 | 326 | 2129 |
5 | 484 | 891 | -407 | 2484 | 325 | 2159 |
6 | 433 | 851 | -418 | 2427 | 319 | 2108 |
7 | 368 | 797 | -430 | 2311 | 354 | 1956 |
8 | 378 | 788 | -409 | 2394 | 328 | 2066 |
9 | 380 | 769 | -389 | 2259 | 333 | 1926 |
10 | 393 | 736 | -343 | 2305 | 333 | 1971 |
11 | 386 | 718 | -332 | 2153 | 283 | 1869 |
12 | 388 | 651 | -263 | 2076 | 285 | 1792 |
13 | 383 | 632 | -249 | 2029 | 231 | 1797 |
14 | 365 | 604 | -239 | 2072 | 275 | 1797 |
15 | 360 | 598 | -237 | 2349 | 233 | 2117 |
16 | 314 | 532 | -218 | 2194 | 218 | 1977 |
17 | 316 | 670 | -354 | 1704 | 331 | 1373 |
18 | 483 | 1645 | -1162 | 2641 | 756 | 1885 |
19 | 445 | 1304 | -858 | 3315 | 532 | 2783 |
20 | 398 | 1253 | -855 | 3816 | 470 | 3346 |
21 | 384 | 1835 | -1451 | 4172 | 600 | 3571 |
22 | 400 | 2197 | -1797 | 4812 | 812 | 4000 |
23 | 434 | 2454 | -2021 | 5212 | 896 | 4316 |
24 | 472 | 2713 | -2241 | 5969 | 986 | 4983 |
25 | 455 | 2951 | -2496 | 6627 | 1155 | 5472 |
26 | 491 | 2869 | -2377 | 7093 | 1250 | 5843 |
27 | 476 | 2642 | -2166 | 7392 | 1405 | 5987 |
28 | 495 | 2261 | -1766 | 7518 | 1524 | 5994 |
29 | 518 | 1958 | -1439 | 7415 | 1514 | 5901 |
30 | 548 | 1710 | -1162 | 7590 | 1540 | 6050 |
31 | 602 | 1485 | -882 | 6948 | 1542 | 5406 |
32 | 544 | 1335 | -791 | 6402 | 1474 | 4928 |
33 | 499 | 1234 | -735 | 6291 | 1401 | 4889 |
34 | 504 | 1206 | -702 | 6136 | 1314 | 4822 |
35 | 425 | 1147 | -722 | 5834 | 1227 | 4606 |
36 | 432 | 1100 | -668 | 5471 | 1136 | 4334 |
37 | 389 | 1012 | -623 | 4893 | 977 | 3916 |
38 | 339 | 944 | -605 | 4645 | 923 | 3722 |
39 | 353 | 908 | -554 | 4455 | 908 | 3547 |
40 | 356 | 829 | -473 | 4211 | 890 | 3321 |
41 | 314 | 753 | -439 | 3815 | 785 | 3030 |
42 | 354 | 748 | -394 | 3401 | 656 | 2745 |
43 | 291 | 695 | -404 | 3172 | 652 | 2520 |
44 | 277 | 653 | -375 | 2811 | 602 | 2209 |
45 | 322 | 593 | -271 | 2413 | 578 | 1835 |
46 | 299 | 585 | -286 | 2112 | 508 | 1605 |
47 | 275 | 577 | -302 | 1914 | 537 | 1377 |
48 | 279 | 567 | -288 | 1653 | 495 | 1158 |
49 | 269 | 619 | -350 | 1419 | 450 | 969 |
50 | 272 | 584 | -312 | 1380 | 455 | 925 |
51 | 279 | 574 | -295 | 1221 | 505 | 716 |
52 | 259 | 546 | -287 | 1109 | 437 | 672 |
53 | 286 | 519 | -233 | 996 | 438 | 558 |
54 | 267 | 551 | -284 | 956 | 394 | 562 |
55 | 264 | 508 | -244 | 886 | 432 | 453 |
56 | 256 | 518 | -262 | 814 | 414 | 400 |
57 | 242 | 499 | -258 | 858 | 362 | 497 |
58 | 275 | 514 | -238 | 845 | 414 | 431 |
59 | 304 | 495 | -191 | 859 | 417 | 442 |
60 | 267 | 516 | -250 | 957 | 434 | 524 |
61 | 244 | 487 | -243 | 774 | 391 | 383 |
62 | 274 | 418 | -145 | 789 | 368 | 420 |
63 | 244 | 371 | -127 | 777 | 383 | 395 |
64 | 237 | 336 | -99 | 753 | 370 | 383 |
65 | 235 | 405 | -170 | 763 | 429 | 334 |
66 | 216 | 371 | -155 | 752 | 429 | 323 |
67 | 203 | 370 | -167 | 677 | 452 | 224 |
68 | 157 | 328 | -172 | 670 | 442 | 228 |
69 | 149 | 302 | -153 | 598 | 393 | 206 |
70 | 129 | 273 | -143 | 514 | 349 | 165 |
71 | 96 | 271 | -175 | 398 | 292 | 106 |
72 | 99 | 251 | -152 | 386 | 285 | 101 |
73 | 81 | 222 | -141 | 353 | 248 | 105 |
74 | 81 | 211 | -130 | 304 | 229 | 76 |
75 | 69 | 185 | -116 | 244 | 198 | 46 |
76 | 74 | 159 | -86 | 230 | 182 | 48 |
77 | 41 | 117 | -76 | 167 | 153 | 14 |
78 | 53 | 117 | -63 | 150 | 133 | 18 |
79 | 45 | 85 | -39 | 120 | 117 | 3 |
80+ | 235 | 554 | -319 | 616 | 646 | -31 |
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.
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.
Migration is a key contributor to population change in New Zealand - for provisional estimates see National population estimates: At 30 June 2023 (published 16 August 2023) and Subnational population estimates: At 30 June 2023 (published 25 October 2023). National population estimates: At 30 September 2023 will be published on 16 November 2023.
Text alternative for diagram International migration estimates (provisional), year ended September 2023
Diagram shows outcomes-based (provisional) estimates of migration, by citizenship (New Zealand or non-New Zealand) for the year ended September 2023. Overall, net migration is 118,800, made up of a net loss of 44,700 NZ citizens (based on 26,400 migrant arrivals, a 6 percent increase on the year ended September 2022, and 71,200 migrant departures, a 59 percent increase) and a net gain of 163,600 non-NZ citizens (based on 210,600 migrant arrivals, a 258 percent increase on the year ended September 2022, and 47,100 migrant departures, a 6 percent increase). Estimates are provisional as of 15 November 2023. Percentage changes are indicative of the September 2023 year compared with the September 2022 year.