New Zealand - Net Migration 2019
69,770
+10,631 from 2018
New Zealand's net migration was 69,770 in 2019, increased +10,631 from 59,139 in 2018. This was the 194th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -1.2M | 10.1% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -1.0M | 1.2% |
| 3rd | India | -978,969 | -66.0% |
| 4th | China | -656,091 | -231.0% |
| 5th | Lebanon | -266,992 | -2.8% |
| 6th | Mexico | -169,628 | 3.3% |
| 7th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -144,920 | -16.6% |
| 8th | Brazil | -129,216 | 43.9% |
| 9th | United Arab Emirates | -125,186 | -956.8% |
| 10th | Oman | -117,480 | -123.2% |
| 11th | Zimbabwe | -103,107 | 12.4% |
| 12th | Myanmar | -100,783 | 12.1% |
| 13th | Nigeria | -99,722 | -30.2% |
| 14th | Morocco | -91,217 | -3.5% |
| 15th | Tanzania | -63,602 | -14.7% |
| 16th | Kenya | -61,949 | 46.3% |
| 17th | Guatemala | -57,746 | -2.2% |
| 18th | Cambodia | -57,268 | 33.9% |
| 19th | El Salvador | -55,144 | -1.8% |
| 20th | Mozambique | -49,080 | 2.3% |
| 21st | Mali | -44,373 | -9.0% |
| 22nd | Iraq | -43,919 | -378.4% |
| 23rd | Moldova | -41,233 | -14.3% |
| 24th | Sudan | -39,491 | -131.5% |
| 25th | Central African Republic | -36,849 | 30.4% |
| 26th | Dominican Republic | -35,797 | 0.4% |
| 27th | Haiti | -34,612 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Belarus | -33,954 | -494.1% |
| 29th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -32,794 | -17.3% |
| 30th | Bahrain | -31,967 | -23.1% |
| 31st | Indonesia | -30,421 | -1.7% |
| 32nd | Eritrea | -29,818 | -39.3% |
| 33rd | Chad | -29,451 | -163.1% |
| 34th | Kosovo | -28,829 | -34.8% |
| 35th | Sri Lanka | -28,426 | 0.6% |
| 36th | Romania | -27,909 | 15.5% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -27,841 | 4.5% |
| 38th | Algeria | -27,786 | -2.4% |
| 39th | Burkina Faso | -25,240 | -5.4% |
| 40th | West Bank and Gaza | -24,733 | 1.6% |
| 41st | Rwanda | -24,492 | 3.3% |
| 42nd | North Macedonia | -24,204 | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Cuba | -23,955 | -0.7% |
| 44th | Jordan | -23,156 | -172.2% |
| 45th | Albania | -23,094 | -53.6% |
| 46th | Ghana | -21,857 | -12.8% |
| 47th | Guyana | -20,603 | -168.2% |
| 48th | Nicaragua | -19,730 | 4.9% |
| 49th | Liberia | -19,678 | 15.2% |
| 50th | Tunisia | -19,612 | 6.7% |
| 51st | Trinidad and Tobago | -19,251 | -154.2% |
| 52nd | Serbia | -18,891 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Paraguay | -16,263 | 1.3% |
| 54th | Niger | -15,778 | -312.0% |
| 55th | Türkiye | -15,690 | -108.4% |
| 56th | Armenia | -14,330 | -9.1% |
| 57th | Croatia | -13,239 | 47.1% |
| 58th | Cameroon | -12,255 | -33.4% |
| 59th | Fiji | -11,873 | -1.2% |
| 60th | Botswana | -11,770 | -1.3% |
| 61st | Jamaica | -10,335 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Lao PDR | -10,305 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Curaçao | -9,595 | -137.5% |
| 64th | Uzbekistan | -9,341 | 18.9% |
| 65th | Tajikistan | -9,041 | -47.9% |
| 66th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -8,981 | 3.9% |
| 67th | Eswatini | -8,439 | 1.3% |
| 68th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -7,170 | -485.3% |
| 69th | Ukraine | -6,908 | 78.6% |
| 70th | Lesotho | -6,896 | -0.1% |
| 71st | Honduras | -6,546 | 3.2% |
| 72nd | Congo, Republic of | -6,268 | 29.2% |
| 73rd | Philippines | -6,208 | 96.2% |
| 74th | Georgia | -5,412 | -4.6% |
| 75th | Mauritius | -5,202 | -2.3% |
| 76th | Gambia, The | -4,186 | -6.1% |
| 77th | Montenegro | -4,083 | 19.3% |
| 78th | Cabo Verde | -4,001 | 14.5% |
| 79th | Latvia | -3,416 | 31.3% |
| 80th | Guinea | -3,240 | 64.7% |
| 81st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,142 | 2.6% |
| 82nd | Mauritania | -3,019 | -1.1% |
| 83rd | Madagascar | -2,976 | -3.1% |
| 84th | Guam | -2,967 | 1.8% |
| 85th | Comoros | -2,916 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Uruguay | -2,899 | 2.2% |
| 87th | French Polynesia | -2,816 | 25.9% |
| 88th | Virgin Islands (US) | -2,743 | 0.0% |
| 89th | St. Martin (French part) | -2,682 | -52.0% |
| 90th | New Caledonia | -2,335 | 11.9% |
| 91st | Samoa | -2,313 | 4.6% |
| 92nd | Sierra Leone | -2,238 | 18.4% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | -2,156 | 44.3% |
| 94th | Viet Nam | -2,051 | -102.1% |
| 95th | Marshall Islands | -2,030 | 1.4% |
| 96th | Solomon Islands | -1,990 | -129.9% |
| 97th | Togo | -1,985 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Malawi | -1,837 | 43.8% |
| 99th | Tonga | -1,778 | -3.2% |
| 100th | São Tomé and Principe | -1,716 | 2.3% |
| 101st | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,551 | -1.6% |
| 102nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1,395 | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,360 | -6.2% |
| 104th | Libya | -1,352 | -123.1% |
| 105th | American Samoa | -1,212 | 3.5% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -982 | 4.3% |
| 107th | Kiribati | -705 | 4.9% |
| 108th | Vanuatu | -652 | -2.2% |
| 109th | Belize | -606 | -424.1% |
| 110th | Tuvalu | -343 | -4.3% |
| 111th | Greenland | -308 | 6.7% |
| 112th | Dominica | -228 | 1.3% |
| 113th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -202 | 0.0% |
| 114th | Monaco | -198 | -119.8% |
| 115th | Grenada | -181 | 0.0% |
| 116th | Nauru | -171 | -30.5% |
| 117th | Barbados | -65 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Palau | -46 | -31.4% |
| 119th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | - |
| 120th | St. Lucia | 0 | 100.0% |
| 121st | Kuwait | 181 | -99.9% |
| 122nd | San Marino | 187 | 8.7% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 191 | 122.4% |
| 124th | Isle of Man | 237 | -10.9% |
| 125th | Liechtenstein | 271 | 74.8% |
| 126th | Bermuda | 286 | -5.3% |
| 127th | Bhutan | 287 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Azerbaijan | 384 | 101.0% |
| 129th | British Virgin Islands | 419 | -85.6% |
| 130th | Aruba | 420 | -2.6% |
| 131st | Brunei Darussalam | 456 | 1.3% |
| 132nd | Gibraltar | 475 | 7.5% |
| 133rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 526 | -1.7% |
| 134th | Faroe Islands | 670 | -0.9% |
| 135th | Cayman Islands | 859 | -15.0% |
| 136th | Singapore | 870 | -96.0% |
| 137th | Channel Islands | 900 | 1.1% |
| 138th | Bahamas, The | 1,002 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Andorra | 1,245 | 8.9% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 1,322 | -7.9% |
| 141st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,359 | -2.9% |
| 142nd | Costa Rica | 1,653 | -1.2% |
| 143rd | Seychelles | 1,770 | 2.1% |
| 144th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,043 | -62.1% |
| 145th | Yemen, Republic of | 2,129 | 108.1% |
| 146th | Gabon | 2,233 | -22.6% |
| 147th | Kazakhstan | 2,594 | 139.0% |
| 148th | Slovak Republic | 3,128 | -9.2% |
| 149th | Benin | 3,366 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Timor-Leste | 3,942 | 28.7% |
| 151st | Iceland | 5,030 | -24.2% |
| 152nd | Thailand | 5,221 | -52.5% |
| 153rd | Estonia | 5,386 | -24.0% |
| 154th | Argentina | 5,397 | -6.0% |
| 155th | Czechia | 5,553 | -5.1% |
| 156th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 7,050 | -66.1% |
| 157th | Poland | 7,696 | 3,551.1% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 8,660 | 10.9% |
| 159th | Macao SAR, China | 8,967 | 0.6% |
| 160th | Afghanistan | 9,159 | 124.9% |
| 161st | Denmark | 9,488 | -49.8% |
| 162nd | Maldives | 9,648 | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Cyprus | 9,983 | -3.2% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 10,503 | 3.5% |
| 165th | Qatar | 10,557 | -15.3% |
| 166th | Panama | 10,623 | -4.6% |
| 167th | Puerto Rico (US) | 10,623 | 3.1% |
| 168th | Lithuania | 10,665 | 408.3% |
| 169th | Burundi | 14,253 | -79.1% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | 14,695 | -5.7% |
| 171st | Finland | 15,671 | 32.6% |
| 172nd | Israel | 16,134 | 3.3% |
| 173rd | Slovenia | 16,352 | 11.7% |
| 174th | Zambia | 18,385 | -0.2% |
| 175th | Namibia | 19,676 | 9.8% |
| 176th | Turkmenistan | 19,735 | 2.3% |
| 177th | Malta | 20,302 | 19.7% |
| 178th | Papua New Guinea | 22,978 | -6.9% |
| 179th | Norway | 25,707 | 39.2% |
| 180th | Ireland | 29,663 | -11.2% |
| 181st | Hungary | 34,339 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Greece | 36,762 | 104.9% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 38,386 | 14.4% |
| 184th | Austria | 41,090 | 16.4% |
| 185th | Switzerland | 44,517 | 7.9% |
| 186th | Italy | 46,634 | -44.3% |
| 187th | Kyrgyz Republic | 47,303 | 1,253.8% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 53,124 | 30.1% |
| 189th | Ecuador | 54,921 | -42.5% |
| 190th | Belgium | 58,469 | 15.5% |
| 191st | Angola | 58,984 | -4.3% |
| 192nd | Portugal | 63,031 | 180.2% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 65,198 | -58.6% |
| 194th | New Zealand | 69,770 | 18.0% |
| 195th | France | 71,972 | -45.9% |
| 196th | Sweden | 72,619 | -17.0% |
| 197th | Peru | 74,270 | -78.1% |
| 198th | Uganda | 107,210 | 76.6% |
| 199th | Netherlands | 109,003 | 25.0% |
| 200th | Korea | 128,622 | 8.8% |
| 201st | Chile | 181,339 | -23.7% |
| 202nd | Nepal | 182,203 | 161.7% |
| 203rd | Saudi Arabia | 191,582 | 119.4% |
| 204th | Malaysia | 203,284 | -8.4% |
| 205th | Australia | 207,142 | -8.5% |
| 206th | United Kingdom | 232,727 | -10.4% |
| 207th | Japan | 318,190 | -0.8% |
| 208th | Germany | 319,082 | -21.0% |
| 209th | South Africa | 331,124 | 4.0% |
| 210th | Russian Federation | 336,494 | -1.0% |
| 211th | Canada | 387,685 | -7.7% |
| 212th | Colombia | 396,826 | -19.9% |
| 213th | Spain | 464,783 | 37.7% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 500,985 | -2.6% |
| 215th | European Union | 1.4M | 4.4% |
| 216th | United States | 1.8M | 0.5% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's net migration in 2019?▾
New Zealand's net migration in 2019 was 69,770. This ranked 194th globally.
How did New Zealand's net migration change in 2019?▾
New Zealand's net migration increased by 18.0% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2019?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2019 at 1.8M.
What is the net migration of New Zealand in 2019?▾
The net migration of New Zealand in 2019 was 69,770. This ranked 194th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for New Zealand's net migration?▾
New Zealand's net migration went from 59,139 in 2018 to 69,770 in 2019, a 18.0% increase.
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