New Zealand - Net Migration 2015
70,870
+12,896 from 2014
New Zealand's net migration was 70,870 in 2015, increased +12,896 from 57,974 in 2014. This was the 193rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -2.2M | -6.6% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -909,223 | -2.2% |
| 3rd | Syrian Arab Republic | -827,496 | 43.2% |
| 4th | India | -655,085 | -188.2% |
| 5th | China | -646,941 | -74.3% |
| 6th | Philippines | -390,702 | -98.8% |
| 7th | Mexico | -291,044 | -27.2% |
| 8th | Afghanistan | -286,314 | -222.4% |
| 9th | Lebanon | -239,829 | -179.6% |
| 10th | Burundi | -236,207 | -3,345.3% |
| 11th | Nepal | -221,062 | 28.7% |
| 12th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -193,298 | -108.3% |
| 13th | Brazil | -173,611 | -19.1% |
| 14th | Zimbabwe | -162,220 | 8.4% |
| 15th | South Sudan | -159,822 | 66.1% |
| 16th | Nigeria | -116,162 | -499.5% |
| 17th | Kenya | -95,977 | -32.5% |
| 18th | Myanmar | -94,108 | -25.6% |
| 19th | Morocco | -81,248 | -12.7% |
| 20th | Central African Republic | -63,045 | 63.8% |
| 21st | Uganda | -62,366 | 32.4% |
| 22nd | Moldova | -59,399 | 11.6% |
| 23rd | Cambodia | -58,101 | -2.8% |
| 24th | Kosovo | -55,524 | -40.3% |
| 25th | Eritrea | -52,965 | 30.0% |
| 26th | Mozambique | -52,374 | 2.3% |
| 27th | El Salvador | -51,278 | -4.4% |
| 28th | Chad | -48,918 | -334.7% |
| 29th | Mali | -48,872 | 2.4% |
| 30th | Guatemala | -48,179 | -19.2% |
| 31st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -46,239 | 17.5% |
| 32nd | Greece | -43,462 | 6.9% |
| 33rd | Puerto Rico (US) | -42,912 | -2.3% |
| 34th | Colombia | -41,123 | 39.1% |
| 35th | Dominican Republic | -36,375 | 0.5% |
| 36th | Romania | -35,751 | -0.9% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -33,948 | 4.9% |
| 38th | Haiti | -32,669 | -4.1% |
| 39th | Sri Lanka | -29,797 | 11.5% |
| 40th | Indonesia | -28,487 | -1.8% |
| 41st | Algeria | -27,638 | 8.1% |
| 42nd | Croatia | -27,501 | -109.5% |
| 43rd | Tunisia | -25,229 | 5.1% |
| 44th | Cuba | -24,910 | 36.8% |
| 45th | Nicaragua | -24,353 | 4.8% |
| 46th | North Macedonia | -23,010 | -4.0% |
| 47th | West Bank and Gaza | -22,903 | 15.4% |
| 48th | Lithuania | -22,560 | -82.1% |
| 49th | Iraq | -22,338 | -343.8% |
| 50th | Ukraine | -21,992 | 66.5% |
| 51st | Rwanda | -21,862 | -12.1% |
| 52nd | Albania | -20,500 | 5.6% |
| 53rd | Burkina Faso | -19,726 | -9.7% |
| 54th | Serbia | -18,789 | 0.3% |
| 55th | Congo, Republic of | -18,207 | 15.7% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -17,711 | -147.9% |
| 57th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -17,178 | -383.2% |
| 58th | Paraguay | -16,834 | 0.9% |
| 59th | Uzbekistan | -16,545 | 18.8% |
| 60th | Armenia | -15,225 | 3.3% |
| 61st | Liberia | -15,182 | 43.1% |
| 62nd | Guinea | -15,117 | 33.5% |
| 63rd | Georgia | -13,321 | 17.0% |
| 64th | Ghana | -13,306 | -110.8% |
| 65th | Lao PDR | -12,991 | 51.7% |
| 66th | Eswatini | -12,582 | 1.1% |
| 67th | Latvia | -10,826 | -23.0% |
| 68th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -10,525 | 4.1% |
| 69th | Fiji | -10,401 | 0.9% |
| 70th | Jamaica | -10,335 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Yemen, Republic of | -9,883 | -162.7% |
| 72nd | Botswana | -9,599 | -7.9% |
| 73rd | Libya | -7,660 | -346.4% |
| 74th | Tajikistan | -7,660 | 45.1% |
| 75th | Lesotho | -7,087 | -3.1% |
| 76th | Guyana | -6,527 | 2.7% |
| 77th | Honduras | -6,509 | -3.4% |
| 78th | Malawi | -6,471 | 37.3% |
| 79th | Cabo Verde | -6,226 | 5.4% |
| 80th | Kyrgyz Republic | -5,071 | 46.3% |
| 81st | Viet Nam | -4,888 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Montenegro | -4,863 | -11.6% |
| 83rd | Bulgaria | -4,227 | -93.9% |
| 84th | Uruguay | -4,157 | 15.5% |
| 85th | Mauritius | -3,645 | 1.2% |
| 86th | Gambia, The | -3,224 | -15.4% |
| 87th | Portugal | -3,209 | 87.9% |
| 88th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,208 | -5.5% |
| 89th | Samoa | -3,074 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Mauritania | -3,019 | -1.3% |
| 91st | Guam | -2,937 | -0.3% |
| 92nd | Comoros | -2,815 | -5.5% |
| 93rd | Tonga | -2,610 | 0.5% |
| 94th | Madagascar | -2,594 | -2.9% |
| 95th | New Caledonia | -2,530 | -501.0% |
| 96th | Virgin Islands (US) | -2,432 | -86.6% |
| 97th | Kazakhstan | -2,011 | 80.2% |
| 98th | Spain | -1,979 | 98.0% |
| 99th | Togo | -1,976 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Marshall Islands | -1,964 | -3.0% |
| 101st | French Polynesia | -1,899 | 2.8% |
| 102nd | Andorra | -1,873 | -8.0% |
| 103rd | São Tomé and Principe | -1,809 | -0.4% |
| 104th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,530 | 1.3% |
| 105th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,413 | 4.5% |
| 106th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,393 | 0.0% |
| 107th | American Samoa | -1,366 | 0.1% |
| 108th | Vanuatu | -1,324 | -0.3% |
| 109th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,124 | 3.2% |
| 110th | Kiribati | -1,022 | 9.4% |
| 111th | Suriname | -967 | -0.8% |
| 112th | St. Martin (French part) | -731 | -10.6% |
| 113th | Trinidad and Tobago | -575 | 28.0% |
| 114th | Sierra Leone | -356 | -173.4% |
| 115th | France | -345 | -100.7% |
| 116th | Greenland | -315 | 55.1% |
| 117th | Isle of Man | -315 | -0.3% |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -202 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Grenada | -181 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Tuvalu | -179 | -7.8% |
| 121st | Bermuda | -117 | -18.2% |
| 122nd | Nauru | -86 | -24.6% |
| 123rd | St. Lucia | -69 | 23.3% |
| 124th | Barbados | -65 | 0.0% |
| 125th | Timor-Leste | -20 | 97.9% |
| 126th | Palau | -11 | -57.1% |
| 127th | Antigua and Barbuda | 44 | -54.6% |
| 128th | Dominica | 92 | 121.3% |
| 129th | Liechtenstein | 163 | 58.3% |
| 130th | Gibraltar | 171 | -9.5% |
| 131st | San Marino | 273 | 268.9% |
| 132nd | Brunei Darussalam | 356 | 17.5% |
| 133rd | Aruba | 373 | 12.0% |
| 134th | Channel Islands | 432 | -40.1% |
| 135th | Bhutan | 450 | -0.4% |
| 136th | Faroe Islands | 499 | 487.1% |
| 137th | Côte d'Ivoire | 522 | 102.3% |
| 138th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 536 | 1.1% |
| 139th | Slovenia | 712 | 1,117.1% |
| 140th | Curaçao | 842 | -20.8% |
| 141st | Monaco | 939 | 2.5% |
| 142nd | Bahamas, The | 1,002 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Azerbaijan | 1,073 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Cayman Islands | 1,107 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Iceland | 1,499 | 31.6% |
| 146th | Belize | 1,596 | 9.6% |
| 147th | Costa Rica | 1,617 | 1.8% |
| 148th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,658 | 65.6% |
| 149th | Seychelles | 1,719 | -1.3% |
| 150th | Djibouti | 1,723 | -9.3% |
| 151st | British Virgin Islands | 1,904 | 128.0% |
| 152nd | Peru | 2,421 | 104.8% |
| 153rd | Slovak Republic | 2,549 | 320.1% |
| 154th | Benin | 3,369 | -8.1% |
| 155th | Poland | 3,887 | -29.6% |
| 156th | Estonia | 4,261 | 732.2% |
| 157th | Mongolia | 4,307 | 47.4% |
| 158th | Czechia | 5,037 | -20.1% |
| 159th | Argentina | 5,464 | -5.7% |
| 160th | Solomon Islands | 5,853 | 4.6% |
| 161st | Macao SAR, China | 7,533 | 10.2% |
| 162nd | Panama | 8,648 | 21.7% |
| 163rd | Maldives | 9,324 | 21.1% |
| 164th | Malta | 9,588 | 4.3% |
| 165th | Turkmenistan | 9,936 | 14.3% |
| 166th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10,547 | -48.4% |
| 167th | Cyprus | 11,277 | -2.8% |
| 168th | Luxembourg | 11,377 | 1.4% |
| 169th | Gabon | 12,041 | -27.3% |
| 170th | Finland | 12,655 | -20.5% |
| 171st | Namibia | 12,755 | 14.6% |
| 172nd | Ireland | 13,376 | 2,885.7% |
| 173rd | Hungary | 13,856 | 19.6% |
| 174th | Ecuador | 14,724 | 547.8% |
| 175th | Zambia | 16,261 | -1.9% |
| 176th | Niger | 17,051 | 338.2% |
| 177th | Equatorial Guinea | 17,697 | -2.0% |
| 178th | Belarus | 18,088 | 20.8% |
| 179th | Israel | 29,735 | 17.5% |
| 180th | Norway | 30,242 | -21.5% |
| 181st | Papua New Guinea | 30,580 | -6.9% |
| 182nd | Thailand | 32,500 | -41.3% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 34,387 | -4.6% |
| 184th | Bahrain | 36,809 | -9.8% |
| 185th | Italy | 39,389 | -25.2% |
| 186th | Singapore | 41,852 | 4.2% |
| 187th | Cameroon | 42,008 | -56.5% |
| 188th | Denmark | 42,284 | 55.2% |
| 189th | Netherlands | 55,585 | 51.9% |
| 190th | Chile | 55,689 | 5.7% |
| 191st | Belgium | 63,536 | 69.6% |
| 192nd | Sudan | 66,476 | -28.1% |
| 193rd | New Zealand | 70,870 | 22.2% |
| 194th | Switzerland | 71,876 | -8.0% |
| 195th | Angola | 74,171 | -12.3% |
| 196th | Sweden | 80,534 | 3.7% |
| 197th | Austria | 115,175 | 54.9% |
| 198th | Kuwait | 129,695 | 28.5% |
| 199th | Oman | 133,842 | 77.1% |
| 200th | Japan | 168,896 | 190.7% |
| 201st | Qatar | 177,467 | -8.9% |
| 202nd | Malaysia | 187,663 | 17.4% |
| 203rd | Tanzania | 201,495 | 1,055.7% |
| 204th | Australia | 212,350 | 6.1% |
| 205th | Canada | 224,332 | 16.3% |
| 206th | Korea | 276,427 | -10.3% |
| 207th | United Arab Emirates | 342,468 | -4.9% |
| 208th | United Kingdom | 347,839 | 13.6% |
| 209th | Russian Federation | 384,756 | 45.4% |
| 210th | Saudi Arabia | 465,292 | -0.8% |
| 211th | Jordan | 490,844 | -22.8% |
| 212th | South Africa | 641,150 | 135.1% |
| 213th | Türkiye | 1.1M | 2.9% |
| 214th | Germany | 1.2M | 98.4% |
| 215th | European Union | 1.5M | 94.2% |
| 216th | United States | 1.7M | 3.0% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's net migration in 2015?▾
New Zealand's net migration in 2015 was 70,870. This ranked 193rd globally.
How did New Zealand's net migration change in 2015?▾
New Zealand's net migration increased by 22.2% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2015?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2015 at 1.7M.
What is the net migration of New Zealand in 2015?▾
The net migration of New Zealand in 2015 was 70,870. This ranked 193rd globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for New Zealand's net migration?▾
New Zealand's net migration went from 57,974 in 2014 to 70,870 in 2015, a 22.2% increase.
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