International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand.
Key facts
Annual migration
Annual migration by citizenship
Monthly migration
Migration with Australia - year ended December 2024
Latest revisions
Annual migration
Provisional estimates for the July 2025 year compared with the July 2024 year were:
- migrant arrivals: 140,500 (± 1,000), down 20 percent
- migrant departures: 127,400 (± 1,100), up 14 percent
- annual net migration: gain of 13,100 (± 1,400), compared with a net gain of 63,600 (± 200).
Annual migrant arrivals peaked at 234,800 in the year ended October 2023.
Annual migrant departures provisionally peaked at 127,500 in the year ended June 2025.
Annual net migration peaked in the year ended October 2023, with a gain of 135,500.
| "Year ended" | "Migrant arrivals" | "Migrant departures" | "Net migration" |
| "Dec-2001" | 114597 | 84332 | 30265 |
| "Jan-2002" | 118012 | 81053 | 36959 |
| "Feb-2002" | 119546 | 77522 | 42024 |
| "Mar-2002" | 122621 | 75833 | 46788 |
| "Apr-2002" | 124293 | 74785 | 49508 |
| "May-2002" | 125898 | 72871 | 53027 |
| "Jun-2002" | 127609 | 72529 | 55080 |
| "Jul-2002" | 129056 | 72344 | 56712 |
| "Aug-2002" | 130931 | 72260 | 58671 |
| "Sep-2002" | 131989 | 72228 | 59761 |
| "Oct-2002" | 132515 | 72424 | 60091 |
| "Nov-2002" | 133292 | 72624 | 60668 |
| "Dec-2002" | 134046 | 73255 | 60791 |
| "Jan-2003" | 134274 | 73530 | 60744 |
| "Feb-2003" | 134401 | 73453 | 60948 |
| "Mar-2003" | 133470 | 74054 | 59416 |
| "Apr-2003" | 132704 | 73762 | 58942 |
| "May-2003" | 132010 | 73792 | 58218 |
| "Jun-2003" | 130685 | 73738 | 56947 |
| "Jul-2003" | 129472 | 74538 | 54934 |
| "Aug-2003" | 127652 | 75315 | 52337 |
| "Sep-2003" | 125648 | 75691 | 49957 |
| "Oct-2003" | 123953 | 76099 | 47854 |
| "Nov-2003" | 121744 | 77528 | 44216 |
| "Dec-2003" | 120591 | 79175 | 41416 |
| "Jan-2004" | 118185 | 79702 | 38483 |
| "Feb-2004" | 115952 | 80821 | 35131 |
| "Mar-2004" | 113329 | 81108 | 32221 |
| "Apr-2004" | 111579 | 82234 | 29345 |
| "May-2004" | 110514 | 83423 | 27091 |
| "Jun-2004" | 109331 | 84775 | 24556 |
| "Jul-2004" | 107750 | 85821 | 21929 |
| "Aug-2004" | 106449 | 86086 | 20363 |
| "Sep-2004" | 105591 | 87009 | 18582 |
| "Oct-2004" | 104619 | 87539 | 17080 |
| "Nov-2004" | 103777 | 88216 | 15561 |
| "Dec-2004" | 103496 | 89356 | 14140 |
| "Jan-2005" | 102708 | 90105 | 12603 |
| "Feb-2005" | 102288 | 90718 | 11570 |
| "Mar-2005" | 102404 | 91422 | 10982 |
| "Apr-2005" | 103050 | 92285 | 10765 |
| "May-2005" | 103431 | 92502 | 10929 |
| "Jun-2005" | 103639 | 92540 | 11099 |
| "Jul-2005" | 103350 | 93248 | 10102 |
| "Aug-2005" | 103692 | 93518 | 10174 |
| "Sep-2005" | 104000 | 93484 | 10516 |
| "Oct-2005" | 104222 | 93848 | 10374 |
| "Nov-2005" | 103981 | 93062 | 10919 |
| "Dec-2005" | 103982 | 92716 | 11266 |
| "Jan-2006" | 103913 | 92533 | 11380 |
| "Feb-2006" | 104567 | 91972 | 12595 |
| "Mar-2006" | 105175 | 91396 | 13779 |
| "Apr-2006" | 105203 | 91427 | 13776 |
| "May-2006" | 105008 | 91544 | 13464 |
| "Jun-2006" | 105398 | 91927 | 13471 |
| "Jul-2006" | 106358 | 91323 | 15035 |
| "Aug-2006" | 107060 | 91928 | 15132 |
| "Sep-2006" | 107932 | 92624 | 15308 |
| "Oct-2006" | 108681 | 93200 | 15481 |
| "Nov-2006" | 110171 | 93439 | 16732 |
| "Dec-2006" | 110687 | 93974 | 16713 |
| "Jan-2007" | 111122 | 94481 | 16641 |
| "Feb-2007" | 111622 | 95594 | 16028 |
| "Mar-2007" | 112476 | 96595 | 15881 |
| "Apr-2007" | 112711 | 97148 | 15563 |
| "May-2007" | 113104 | 98243 | 14861 |
| "Jun-2007" | 113532 | 99013 | 14519 |
| "Jul-2007" | 113276 | 99593 | 13683 |
| "Aug-2007" | 114015 | 100340 | 13675 |
| "Sep-2007" | 114064 | 100785 | 13279 |
| "Oct-2007" | 114007 | 100971 | 13036 |
| "Nov-2007" | 113873 | 101759 | 12114 |
| "Dec-2007" | 113450 | 102413 | 11037 |
| "Jan-2008" | 113192 | 103084 | 10108 |
| "Feb-2008" | 114608 | 103928 | 10680 |
| "Mar-2008" | 114817 | 104250 | 10567 |
| "Apr-2008" | 115512 | 104623 | 10889 |
| "May-2008" | 116852 | 105032 | 11820 |
| "Jun-2008" | 117659 | 105619 | 12040 |
| "Jul-2008" | 119011 | 106228 | 12783 |
| "Aug-2008" | 119382 | 106837 | 12545 |
| "Sep-2008" | 119286 | 106883 | 12403 |
| "Oct-2008" | 119862 | 107566 | 12296 |
| "Nov-2008" | 119757 | 108086 | 11671 |
| "Dec-2008" | 119994 | 107723 | 12271 |
| "Jan-2009" | 120453 | 107530 | 12923 |
| "Feb-2009" | 120003 | 106275 | 13728 |
| "Mar-2009" | 119362 | 105319 | 14043 |
| "Apr-2009" | 118388 | 103568 | 14820 |
| "May-2009" | 117120 | 101498 | 15622 |
| "Jun-2009" | 115723 | 99455 | 16268 |
| "Jul-2009" | 114771 | 97816 | 16955 |
| "Aug-2009" | 113243 | 95886 | 17357 |
| "Sep-2009" | 112355 | 94449 | 17906 |
| "Oct-2009" | 111024 | 92841 | 18183 |
| "Nov-2009" | 109707 | 91451 | 18256 |
| "Dec-2009" | 108265 | 89996 | 18269 |
| "Jan-2010" | 106819 | 88861 | 17958 |
| "Feb-2010" | 105107 | 89060 | 16047 |
| "Mar-2010" | 104250 | 89618 | 14632 |
| "Apr-2010" | 103467 | 90347 | 13120 |
| "May-2010" | 102496 | 91583 | 10913 |
| "Jun-2010" | 101756 | 92787 | 8969 |
| "Jul-2010" | 101257 | 93960 | 7297 |
| "Aug-2010" | 101310 | 95225 | 6085 |
| "Sep-2010" | 101131 | 96451 | 4680 |
| "Oct-2010" | 101238 | 97984 | 3254 |
| "Nov-2010" | 100912 | 99092 | 1820 |
| "Dec-2010" | 100499 | 100776 | -277 |
| "Jan-2011" | 100149 | 102614 | -2465 |
| "Feb-2011" | 100595 | 103639 | -3044 |
| "Mar-2011" | 100702 | 106185 | -5483 |
| "Apr-2011" | 100902 | 108087 | -7185 |
| "May-2011" | 101051 | 109448 | -8397 |
| "Jun-2011" | 100885 | 110289 | -9404 |
| "Jul-2011" | 101150 | 112156 | -11006 |
| "Aug-2011" | 101159 | 113152 | -11993 |
| "Sep-2011" | 101039 | 113659 | -12620 |
| "Oct-2011" | 100416 | 114484 | -14068 |
| "Nov-2011" | 100611 | 115280 | -14669 |
| "Dec-2011" | 100206 | 116350 | -16144 |
| "Jan-2012" | 100039 | 116837 | -16798 |
| "Feb-2012" | 100184 | 117444 | -17260 |
| "Mar-2012" | 100721 | 116405 | -15684 |
| "Apr-2012" | 100063 | 115895 | -15832 |
| "May-2012" | 100061 | 115354 | -15293 |
| "Jun-2012" | 100734 | 115717 | -14983 |
| "Jul-2012" | 99982 | 114784 | -14802 |
| "Aug-2012" | 99791 | 114469 | -14678 |
| "Sep-2012" | 100034 | 114225 | -14191 |
| "Oct-2012" | 100554 | 113258 | -12704 |
| "Nov-2012" | 100941 | 112612 | -11671 |
| "Dec-2012" | 101762 | 112170 | -10408 |
| "Jan-2013" | 102394 | 110938 | -8544 |
| "Feb-2013" | 101971 | 109389 | -7418 |
| "Mar-2013" | 102204 | 108015 | -5811 |
| "Apr-2013" | 103317 | 106621 | -3304 |
| "May-2013" | 104062 | 105422 | -1360 |
| "Jun-2013" | 104368 | 103559 | 809 |
| "Jul-2013" | 105602 | 102119 | 3483 |
| "Aug-2013" | 106406 | 100375 | 6031 |
| "Sep-2013" | 106839 | 98722 | 8117 |
| "Oct-2013" | 107967 | 97276 | 10691 |
| "Nov-2013" | 108952 | 95533 | 13419 |
| "Dec-2013" | 110282 | 92991 | 17291 |
| "Jan-2014" | 111194 | 91130 | 20064 |
| "Feb-2014" | 113358 | 89566 | 23792 |
| "Mar-2014" | 114646 | 87861 | 26785 |
| "Apr-2014" | 115761 | 86486 | 29275 |
| "May-2014" | 116859 | 85625 | 31234 |
| "Jun-2014" | 118274 | 84812 | 33462 |
| "Jul-2014" | 120265 | 83484 | 36781 |
| "Aug-2014" | 122552 | 82857 | 39695 |
| "Sep-2014" | 124781 | 82512 | 42269 |
| "Oct-2014" | 126300 | 81831 | 44469 |
| "Nov-2014" | 127602 | 81418 | 46184 |
| "Dec-2014" | 128180 | 80767 | 47413 |
| "Jan-2015" | 130398 | 80603 | 49795 |
| "Feb-2015" | 130841 | 80628 | 50213 |
| "Mar-2015" | 132040 | 80774 | 51266 |
| "Apr-2015" | 132665 | 80834 | 51831 |
| "May-2015" | 133388 | 80528 | 52860 |
| "Jun-2015" | 133917 | 80490 | 53427 |
| "Jul-2015" | 135184 | 80580 | 54604 |
| "Aug-2015" | 135859 | 80476 | 55383 |
| "Sep-2015" | 136786 | 80289 | 56497 |
| "Oct-2015" | 138191 | 80493 | 57698 |
| "Nov-2015" | 139167 | 80198 | 58969 |
| "Dec-2015" | 140125 | 80316 | 59809 |
| "Jan-2016" | 140733 | 80057 | 60676 |
| "Feb-2016" | 142582 | 79910 | 62672 |
| "Mar-2016" | 142777 | 79622 | 63155 |
| "Apr-2016" | 143259 | 79896 | 63363 |
| "May-2016" | 143802 | 79808 | 63994 |
| "Jun-2016" | 144182 | 79569 | 64613 |
| "Jul-2016" | 144358 | 79686 | 64672 |
| "Aug-2016" | 143578 | 79544 | 64034 |
| "Sep-2016" | 143537 | 79661 | 63876 |
| "Oct-2016" | 143148 | 79503 | 63645 |
| "Nov-2016" | 143111 | 79917 | 63194 |
| "Dec-2016" | 143124 | 80235 | 62889 |
| "Jan-2017" | 143333 | 80864 | 62469 |
| "Feb-2017" | 142943 | 81319 | 61624 |
| "Mar-2017" | 142588 | 81239 | 61349 |
| "Apr-2017" | 142165 | 81349 | 60816 |
| "May-2017" | 141945 | 82021 | 59924 |
| "Jun-2017" | 142257 | 82724 | 59533 |
| "Jul-2017" | 142166 | 83421 | 58745 |
| "Aug-2017" | 142285 | 84251 | 58034 |
| "Sep-2017" | 141569 | 85033 | 56536 |
| "Oct-2017" | 141124 | 85771 | 55353 |
| "Nov-2017" | 140608 | 86090 | 54518 |
| "Dec-2017" | 140102 | 86822 | 53280 |
| "Jan-2018" | 140031 | 86947 | 53084 |
| "Feb-2018" | 138857 | 86991 | 51866 |
| "Mar-2018" | 139003 | 88071 | 50932 |
| "Apr-2018" | 138629 | 88438 | 50191 |
| "May-2018" | 138652 | 88739 | 49913 |
| "Jun-2018" | 138055 | 89060 | 48995 |
| "Jul-2018" | 138032 | 89420 | 48612 |
| "Aug-2018" | 138565 | 89685 | 48880 |
| "Sep-2018" | 139004 | 89576 | 49428 |
| "Oct-2018" | 139009 | 89641 | 49368 |
| "Nov-2018" | 138959 | 89722 | 49237 |
| "Dec-2018" | 139014 | 89447 | 49567 |
| "Jan-2019" | 138920 | 89815 | 49105 |
| "Feb-2019" | 139206 | 89695 | 49511 |
| "Mar-2019" | 139035 | 89351 | 49684 |
| "Apr-2019" | 138988 | 89000 | 49988 |
| "May-2019" | 139903 | 88782 | 51121 |
| "Jun-2019" | 141517 | 89416 | 52101 |
| "Jul-2019" | 142920 | 89114 | 53806 |
| "Aug-2019" | 145108 | 88553 | 56555 |
| "Sep-2019" | 147896 | 88769 | 59127 |
| "Oct-2019" | 152931 | 89333 | 63598 |
| "Nov-2019" | 159429 | 91704 | 67725 |
| "Dec-2019" | 165742 | 93154 | 72588 |
| "Jan-2020" | 171637 | 94371 | 77266 |
| "Feb-2020" | 179500 | 94394 | 85106 |
| "Mar-2020" | 184884 | 93204 | 91680 |
| "Apr-2020" | 177317 | 87390 | 89927 |
| "May-2020" | 168432 | 80970 | 87462 |
| "Jun-2020" | 159697 | 74861 | 84836 |
| "Jul-2020" | 149173 | 70670 | 78503 |
| "Aug-2020" | 140245 | 67827 | 72418 |
| "Sep-2020" | 130893 | 65912 | 64981 |
| "Oct-2020" | 119127 | 63326 | 55801 |
| "Nov-2020" | 105752 | 58784 | 46968 |
| "Dec-2020" | 91444 | 54600 | 36844 |
| "Jan-2021" | 76572 | 51573 | 24999 |
| "Feb-2021" | 60524 | 51035 | 9489 |
| "Mar-2021" | 49189 | 50971 | -1782 |
| "Apr-2021" | 53667 | 56415 | -2748 |
| "May-2021" | 57545 | 61745 | -4200 |
| "Jun-2021" | 59928 | 66513 | -6585 |
| "Jul-2021" | 61880 | 69487 | -7607 |
| "Aug-2021" | 59894 | 69971 | -10077 |
| "Sep-2021" | 57284 | 68105 | -10821 |
| "Oct-2021" | 56155 | 67354 | -11199 |
| "Nov-2021" | 55447 | 68067 | -12620 |
| "Dec-2021" | 55459 | 70409 | -14950 |
| "Jan-2022" | 53995 | 71611 | -17616 |
| "Feb-2022" | 51886 | 71979 | -20093 |
| "Mar-2022" | 54171 | 73629 | -19458 |
| "Apr-2022" | 55850 | 75314 | -19464 |
| "May-2022" | 57992 | 77623 | -19631 |
| "Jun-2022" | 61325 | 79017 | -17692 |
| "Jul-2022" | 67025 | 81529 | -14504 |
| "Aug-2022" | 74184 | 84989 | -10805 |
| "Sep-2022" | 83919 | 89088 | -5169 |
| "Oct-2022" | 92809 | 92676 | 133 |
| "Nov-2022" | 106353 | 94927 | 11426 |
| "Dec-2022" | 119440 | 94540 | 24900 |
| "Jan-2023" | 134557 | 95375 | 39182 |
| "Feb-2023" | 154312 | 96992 | 57320 |
| "Mar-2023" | 172050 | 97584 | 74466 |
| "Apr-2023" | 183102 | 97775 | 85327 |
| "May-2023" | 195177 | 98089 | 97088 |
| "Jun-2023" | 207157 | 98760 | 108397 |
| "Jul-2023" | 214059 | 98274 | 115785 |
| "Aug-2023" | 225263 | 97971 | 127292 |
| "Sep-2023" | 231475 | 98752 | 132723 |
| "Oct-2023" | 234818 | 99289 | 135529 |
| "Nov-2023" | 232961 | 100083 | 132878 |
| "Dec-2023" | 229883 | 101932 | 127951 |
| "Jan-2024" | 225700 | 104259 | 121441 |
| "Feb-2024" | 218651 | 105305 | 113346 |
| "Mar-2024" | 206890 | 106866 | 100024 |
| "Apr-2024" | 198731 | 108003 | 90728 |
| "May-2024" | 189486 | 109272 | 80214 |
| "Jun-2024" | 181004 | 110714 | 70289 |
| "Jul-2024" | 175612 | 111966 | 63646 |
| "Aug-2024" | 165306 | 113654 | 51652 |
| "Sep-2024" | 157846 | 115287 | 42559 |
| "Oct-2024" | 152824 | 117068 | 35756 |
| "Nov-2024" | 148057 | 118652 | 29406 |
| "Dec-2024" | 144972 | 120810 | 24162 |
| "Jan-2025" | 142764 | 123190 | 19574 |
| "Feb-2025" | 142716 | 124481 | 18235 |
| "Mar-2025" | 140793 | 125691 | 15103 |
| "Apr-2025" | 139702 | 126235 | 13467 |
| "May-2025" | 139448 | 127419 | 12029 |
| "Jun-2025" | 139381 | 127464 | 11917 |
| "Jul-2025" | 140474 | 127407 | 13066 |
The long-term average for July years (2002 to 2019) before COVID-19 is 119,700 migrant arrivals, 91,600 migrant departures, and a net migration gain of 28,000.
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.
Annual migration by citizenship
The provisional net migration gain of 13,100 in the July 2025 year was made up of a net gain of 60,700 non-New Zealand citizens and a net loss of 47,600 New Zealand citizens.
Text alternative for diagram International migration estimates (provisional), year ended July 2025
For migrant arrivals in the July 2025 year, citizens of New Zealand were the largest group, with 25,800 (± 400) arrivals. The next largest groups were citizens of:
- India: 19,500 (± 200)
- China: 19,200 (± 300)
- Philippines: 10,800 (± 100)
- Sri Lanka: 6,100 (± 100)
- Australia: 4,600 (± 200)
- United Kingdom: 4,500 (± 100).
For migrant departures in the July 2025 year, citizens of New Zealand were the largest group, with 73,400 (± 800) departures. The next largest groups were citizens of:
- China: 7,600 (± 200)
- India: 5,400 (± 200)
- United Kingdom: 5,200 (± 100)
- Australia: 4,300 (± 200)
- United States: 3,100 (± 100)
- Philippines: 2,700 (± 100).
Citizens of India, China, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka drove net migration gains in the July 2025 year. 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.
| Country of citizenship | Jul-2019 | Jul-2024 | Jul-2025 |
| India | 8199 | 33662 | 14136 |
| China | 5717 | 12118 | 11584 |
| Philippines | 8458 | 22158 | 8064 |
| Sri Lanka | 1196 | 6281 | 5636 |
| Fiji | 2065 | 6038 | 1898 |
| South Africa | 9483 | 5302 | 1795 |
| New Zealand | -4610 | -44918 | -47633 |
For non-New Zealand citizens, the net migration gain of 60,700 in the July 2025 year compared with a net migration gain of 108,600 in the July 2024 year. The long-term average for July years (2002 to 2019) is a net migration gain of 47,700 a year.
| "Year ended" | "Migrant arrivals (NZ citizens)" | "Migrant arrivals (non-NZ citizens)" | "Migrant departures (NZ citizens)" | "Migrant departures (non-NZ citizens)" | "Net migration (NZ citizens)" | "Net migration (non-NZ citizens)" |
| "Dec-2001" | 28953 | 85644 | 57042 | 27290 | -28089 | 58354 |
| "Jan-2002" | 29022 | 88990 | 54236 | 26817 | -25214 | 62173 |
| "Feb-2002" | 29290 | 90256 | 51096 | 26426 | -21806 | 63830 |
| "Mar-2002" | 29529 | 93092 | 49907 | 25926 | -20378 | 67166 |
| "Apr-2002" | 29535 | 94758 | 49162 | 25623 | -19627 | 69135 |
| "May-2002" | 29761 | 96137 | 47386 | 25485 | -17625 | 70652 |
| "Jun-2002" | 29904 | 97705 | 47132 | 25397 | -17228 | 72308 |
| "Jul-2002" | 30094 | 98962 | 46828 | 25516 | -16734 | 73446 |
| "Aug-2002" | 30529 | 100402 | 46705 | 25555 | -16176 | 74847 |
| "Sep-2002" | 30791 | 101198 | 46532 | 25696 | -15741 | 75502 |
| "Oct-2002" | 30830 | 101685 | 46574 | 25850 | -15744 | 75835 |
| "Nov-2002" | 31076 | 102216 | 46185 | 26439 | -15109 | 75777 |
| "Dec-2002" | 31578 | 102468 | 46003 | 27252 | -14425 | 75216 |
| "Jan-2003" | 32037 | 102237 | 45687 | 27843 | -13650 | 74394 |
| "Feb-2003" | 32470 | 101931 | 45255 | 28198 | -12785 | 73733 |
| "Mar-2003" | 32799 | 100671 | 45016 | 29038 | -12217 | 71633 |
| "Apr-2003" | 33196 | 99508 | 44465 | 29297 | -11269 | 70211 |
| "May-2003" | 33444 | 98566 | 44270 | 29522 | -10826 | 69044 |
| "Jun-2003" | 33575 | 97110 | 43939 | 29799 | -10364 | 67311 |
| "Jul-2003" | 33750 | 95722 | 44005 | 30533 | -10255 | 65189 |
| "Aug-2003" | 33928 | 93724 | 44205 | 31110 | -10277 | 62614 |
| "Sep-2003" | 34061 | 91587 | 44174 | 31517 | -10113 | 60070 |
| "Oct-2003" | 34160 | 89793 | 44208 | 31891 | -10048 | 57902 |
| "Nov-2003" | 34017 | 87727 | 44658 | 32870 | -10641 | 54857 |
| "Dec-2003" | 33892 | 86699 | 45115 | 34060 | -11223 | 52639 |
| "Jan-2004" | 33824 | 84361 | 45391 | 34311 | -11567 | 50050 |
| "Feb-2004" | 33498 | 82454 | 46118 | 34703 | -12620 | 47751 |
| "Mar-2004" | 33109 | 80220 | 46476 | 34632 | -13367 | 45588 |
| "Apr-2004" | 32813 | 78766 | 47078 | 35156 | -14265 | 43610 |
| "May-2004" | 32548 | 77966 | 47718 | 35705 | -15170 | 42261 |
| "Jun-2004" | 32353 | 76978 | 48325 | 36450 | -15972 | 40528 |
| "Jul-2004" | 32229 | 75521 | 48584 | 37237 | -16355 | 38284 |
| "Aug-2004" | 32022 | 74427 | 48881 | 37205 | -16859 | 37222 |
| "Sep-2004" | 31830 | 73761 | 49526 | 37483 | -17696 | 36278 |
| "Oct-2004" | 31621 | 72998 | 49977 | 37562 | -18356 | 35436 |
| "Nov-2004" | 31329 | 72448 | 50305 | 37911 | -18976 | 34537 |
| "Dec-2004" | 31171 | 72325 | 50996 | 38360 | -19825 | 33965 |
| "Jan-2005" | 30922 | 71786 | 51487 | 38618 | -20565 | 33168 |
| "Feb-2005" | 30906 | 71382 | 51835 | 38883 | -20929 | 32499 |
| "Mar-2005" | 30839 | 71565 | 52377 | 39045 | -21538 | 32520 |
| "Apr-2005" | 30920 | 72130 | 53116 | 39169 | -22196 | 32961 |
| "May-2005" | 30852 | 72579 | 53381 | 39121 | -22529 | 33458 |
| "Jun-2005" | 30808 | 72831 | 53514 | 39026 | -22706 | 33805 |
| "Jul-2005" | 30717 | 72633 | 54193 | 39055 | -23476 | 33578 |
| "Aug-2005" | 30591 | 73101 | 54276 | 39242 | -23685 | 33859 |
| "Sep-2005" | 30509 | 73491 | 54321 | 39163 | -23812 | 34328 |
| "Oct-2005" | 30497 | 73725 | 54679 | 39169 | -24182 | 34556 |
| "Nov-2005" | 30269 | 73712 | 54600 | 38462 | -24331 | 35250 |
| "Dec-2005" | 30127 | 73855 | 54652 | 38064 | -24525 | 35791 |
| "Jan-2006" | 30136 | 73777 | 54816 | 37717 | -24680 | 36060 |
| "Feb-2006" | 30113 | 74454 | 54731 | 37241 | -24618 | 37213 |
| "Mar-2006" | 30180 | 74995 | 54435 | 36961 | -24255 | 38034 |
| "Apr-2006" | 30115 | 75088 | 54474 | 36953 | -24359 | 38135 |
| "May-2006" | 30060 | 74948 | 54558 | 36986 | -24498 | 37962 |
| "Jun-2006" | 29967 | 75431 | 55001 | 36926 | -25034 | 38505 |
| "Jul-2006" | 29998 | 76360 | 54922 | 36401 | -24924 | 39959 |
| "Aug-2006" | 29989 | 77071 | 55456 | 36472 | -25467 | 40599 |
| "Sep-2006" | 30061 | 77871 | 56009 | 36615 | -25948 | 41256 |
| "Oct-2006" | 29989 | 78692 | 56416 | 36784 | -26427 | 41908 |
| "Nov-2006" | 30247 | 79924 | 56805 | 36634 | -26558 | 43290 |
| "Dec-2006" | 29940 | 80747 | 57343 | 36631 | -27403 | 44116 |
| "Jan-2007" | 29814 | 81308 | 57915 | 36566 | -28101 | 44742 |
| "Feb-2007" | 29806 | 81816 | 58831 | 36763 | -29025 | 45053 |
| "Mar-2007" | 29741 | 82735 | 59707 | 36888 | -29966 | 45847 |
| "Apr-2007" | 29616 | 83095 | 60369 | 36779 | -30753 | 46316 |
| "May-2007" | 29631 | 83473 | 61375 | 36868 | -31744 | 46605 |
| "Jun-2007" | 29592 | 83940 | 62057 | 36956 | -32465 | 46984 |
| "Jul-2007" | 29334 | 83942 | 62654 | 36939 | -33320 | 47003 |
| "Aug-2007" | 29349 | 84666 | 63258 | 37082 | -33909 | 47584 |
| "Sep-2007" | 29208 | 84856 | 63715 | 37070 | -34507 | 47786 |
| "Oct-2007" | 29256 | 84751 | 63885 | 37086 | -34629 | 47665 |
| "Nov-2007" | 29241 | 84632 | 64533 | 37226 | -35292 | 47406 |
| "Dec-2007" | 28994 | 84456 | 65288 | 37125 | -36294 | 47331 |
| "Jan-2008" | 28843 | 84349 | 65794 | 37290 | -36951 | 47059 |
| "Feb-2008" | 28824 | 85784 | 66496 | 37432 | -37672 | 48352 |
| "Mar-2008" | 28763 | 86054 | 66700 | 37550 | -37937 | 48504 |
| "Apr-2008" | 28774 | 86738 | 66880 | 37743 | -38106 | 48995 |
| "May-2008" | 28835 | 88017 | 67034 | 37998 | -38199 | 50019 |
| "Jun-2008" | 28914 | 88745 | 67464 | 38155 | -38550 | 50590 |
| "Jul-2008" | 29064 | 89947 | 67679 | 38549 | -38615 | 51398 |
| "Aug-2008" | 29091 | 90291 | 68190 | 38647 | -39099 | 51644 |
| "Sep-2008" | 29099 | 90187 | 68113 | 38770 | -39014 | 51417 |
| "Oct-2008" | 29296 | 90566 | 68614 | 38952 | -39318 | 51614 |
| "Nov-2008" | 29303 | 90454 | 68766 | 39320 | -39463 | 51134 |
| "Dec-2008" | 29759 | 90235 | 68131 | 39592 | -38372 | 50643 |
| "Jan-2009" | 30067 | 90386 | 67664 | 39866 | -37597 | 50520 |
| "Feb-2009" | 30319 | 89684 | 66148 | 40127 | -35829 | 49557 |
| "Mar-2009" | 30582 | 88780 | 64969 | 40350 | -34387 | 48430 |
| "Apr-2009" | 30774 | 87614 | 63203 | 40365 | -32429 | 47249 |
| "May-2009" | 30985 | 86135 | 61128 | 40370 | -30143 | 45765 |
| "Jun-2009" | 31236 | 84487 | 58935 | 40520 | -27699 | 43967 |
| "Jul-2009" | 31542 | 83229 | 57203 | 40613 | -25661 | 42616 |
| "Aug-2009" | 31752 | 81491 | 54985 | 40901 | -23233 | 40590 |
| "Sep-2009" | 31880 | 80475 | 53362 | 41087 | -21482 | 39388 |
| "Oct-2009" | 32059 | 78965 | 51606 | 41235 | -19547 | 37730 |
| "Nov-2009" | 32203 | 77504 | 50140 | 41311 | -17937 | 36193 |
| "Dec-2009" | 32283 | 75982 | 48791 | 41205 | -16508 | 34777 |
| "Jan-2010" | 32376 | 74443 | 47659 | 41202 | -15283 | 33241 |
| "Feb-2010" | 32256 | 72851 | 47630 | 41430 | -15374 | 31421 |
| "Mar-2010" | 32302 | 71948 | 47846 | 41772 | -15544 | 30176 |
| "Apr-2010" | 32342 | 71125 | 48178 | 42169 | -15836 | 28956 |
| "May-2010" | 32206 | 70290 | 49024 | 42559 | -16818 | 27731 |
| "Jun-2010" | 32087 | 69669 | 50095 | 42692 | -18008 | 26977 |
| "Jul-2010" | 32001 | 69256 | 51042 | 42918 | -19041 | 26338 |
| "Aug-2010" | 31852 | 69458 | 52291 | 42934 | -20439 | 26524 |
| "Sep-2010" | 31811 | 69320 | 53318 | 43133 | -21507 | 26187 |
| "Oct-2010" | 31314 | 69924 | 54506 | 43478 | -23192 | 26446 |
| "Nov-2010" | 30948 | 69964 | 55409 | 43683 | -24461 | 26281 |
| "Dec-2010" | 30598 | 69901 | 56978 | 43798 | -26380 | 26103 |
| "Jan-2011" | 30397 | 69752 | 58548 | 44066 | -28151 | 25686 |
| "Feb-2011" | 30143 | 70452 | 59490 | 44149 | -29347 | 26303 |
| "Mar-2011" | 29815 | 70887 | 61415 | 44770 | -31600 | 26117 |
| "Apr-2011" | 29687 | 71215 | 63163 | 44924 | -33476 | 26291 |
| "May-2011" | 29572 | 71479 | 64374 | 45074 | -34802 | 26405 |
| "Jun-2011" | 29296 | 71589 | 65430 | 44859 | -36134 | 26730 |
| "Jul-2011" | 29233 | 71917 | 66943 | 45213 | -37710 | 26704 |
| "Aug-2011" | 29368 | 71791 | 67796 | 45356 | -38428 | 26435 |
| "Sep-2011" | 29245 | 71794 | 68615 | 45044 | -39370 | 26750 |
| "Oct-2011" | 29069 | 71347 | 69342 | 45142 | -40273 | 26205 |
| "Nov-2011" | 28913 | 71698 | 70137 | 45143 | -41224 | 26555 |
| "Dec-2011" | 28415 | 71791 | 71187 | 45163 | -42772 | 26628 |
| "Jan-2012" | 28021 | 72018 | 71540 | 45297 | -43519 | 26721 |
| "Feb-2012" | 28016 | 72168 | 72401 | 45043 | -44385 | 27125 |
| "Mar-2012" | 28113 | 72608 | 72037 | 44368 | -43924 | 28240 |
| "Apr-2012" | 27960 | 72103 | 71870 | 44025 | -43910 | 28078 |
| "May-2012" | 27848 | 72213 | 71810 | 43544 | -43962 | 28669 |
| "Jun-2012" | 28086 | 72648 | 71963 | 43754 | -43877 | 28894 |
| "Jul-2012" | 28102 | 71880 | 71549 | 43235 | -43447 | 28645 |
| "Aug-2012" | 28082 | 71709 | 71498 | 42971 | -43416 | 28738 |
| "Sep-2012" | 28375 | 71659 | 71494 | 42731 | -43119 | 28928 |
| "Oct-2012" | 28701 | 71853 | 71179 | 42079 | -42478 | 29774 |
| "Nov-2012" | 29097 | 71844 | 70781 | 41831 | -41684 | 30013 |
| "Dec-2012" | 30021 | 71741 | 70697 | 41473 | -40676 | 30268 |
| "Jan-2013" | 30594 | 71800 | 70118 | 40820 | -39524 | 30980 |
| "Feb-2013" | 30888 | 71083 | 69010 | 40379 | -38122 | 30704 |
| "Mar-2013" | 31228 | 70976 | 67979 | 40036 | -36751 | 30940 |
| "Apr-2013" | 31672 | 71645 | 66865 | 39756 | -35193 | 31889 |
| "May-2013" | 32134 | 71928 | 65792 | 39630 | -33658 | 32298 |
| "Jun-2013" | 32417 | 71951 | 64361 | 39198 | -31944 | 32753 |
| "Jul-2013" | 32978 | 72624 | 63098 | 39021 | -30120 | 33603 |
| "Aug-2013" | 33390 | 73016 | 61737 | 38638 | -28347 | 34378 |
| "Sep-2013" | 33688 | 73151 | 60202 | 38520 | -26514 | 34631 |
| "Oct-2013" | 34120 | 73847 | 58941 | 38335 | -24821 | 35512 |
| "Nov-2013" | 34336 | 74616 | 57619 | 37914 | -23283 | 36702 |
| "Dec-2013" | 34872 | 75410 | 55682 | 37309 | -20810 | 38101 |
| "Jan-2014" | 34974 | 76220 | 54126 | 37004 | -19152 | 39216 |
| "Feb-2014" | 35405 | 77953 | 52714 | 36852 | -17309 | 41101 |
| "Mar-2014" | 35599 | 79047 | 51348 | 36513 | -15749 | 42534 |
| "Apr-2014" | 35862 | 79899 | 50114 | 36372 | -14252 | 43527 |
| "May-2014" | 36017 | 80842 | 49218 | 36407 | -13201 | 44435 |
| "Jun-2014" | 36144 | 82130 | 48368 | 36444 | -12224 | 45686 |
| "Jul-2014" | 36291 | 83974 | 47467 | 36017 | -11176 | 47957 |
| "Aug-2014" | 36449 | 86103 | 46902 | 35955 | -10453 | 50148 |
| "Sep-2014" | 36702 | 88079 | 46560 | 35952 | -9858 | 52127 |
| "Oct-2014" | 36934 | 89366 | 45977 | 35854 | -9043 | 53512 |
| "Nov-2014" | 37178 | 90424 | 45626 | 35792 | -8448 | 54632 |
| "Dec-2014" | 37504 | 90676 | 45060 | 35707 | -7556 | 54969 |
| "Jan-2015" | 38063 | 92335 | 44647 | 35956 | -6584 | 56379 |
| "Feb-2015" | 37976 | 92865 | 44426 | 36202 | -6450 | 56663 |
| "Mar-2015" | 38196 | 93844 | 44201 | 36573 | -6005 | 57271 |
| "Apr-2015" | 38199 | 94466 | 44191 | 36643 | -5992 | 57823 |
| "May-2015" | 38414 | 94974 | 43913 | 36615 | -5499 | 58359 |
| "Jun-2015" | 38532 | 95385 | 43742 | 36748 | -5210 | 58637 |
| "Jul-2015" | 38619 | 96565 | 43795 | 36785 | -5176 | 59780 |
| "Aug-2015" | 38755 | 97104 | 43620 | 36856 | -4865 | 60248 |
| "Sep-2015" | 38680 | 98106 | 43481 | 36808 | -4801 | 61298 |
| "Oct-2015" | 38778 | 99413 | 43560 | 36933 | -4782 | 62480 |
| "Nov-2015" | 38750 | 100417 | 43373 | 36825 | -4623 | 63592 |
| "Dec-2015" | 38609 | 101516 | 43336 | 36980 | -4727 | 64536 |
| "Jan-2016" | 38770 | 101963 | 43197 | 36860 | -4427 | 65103 |
| "Feb-2016" | 38982 | 103600 | 43028 | 36882 | -4046 | 66718 |
| "Mar-2016" | 39057 | 103720 | 42624 | 36998 | -3567 | 66722 |
| "Apr-2016" | 39056 | 104203 | 42624 | 37272 | -3568 | 66931 |
| "May-2016" | 38964 | 104838 | 42419 | 37389 | -3455 | 67449 |
| "Jun-2016" | 39007 | 105175 | 42170 | 37399 | -3163 | 67776 |
| "Jul-2016" | 39024 | 105334 | 42040 | 37646 | -3016 | 67688 |
| "Aug-2016" | 39082 | 104496 | 41815 | 37729 | -2733 | 66767 |
| "Sep-2016" | 39238 | 104299 | 41643 | 38018 | -2405 | 66281 |
| "Oct-2016" | 39097 | 104051 | 41445 | 38058 | -2348 | 65993 |
| "Nov-2016" | 39139 | 103972 | 41419 | 38498 | -2280 | 65474 |
| "Dec-2016" | 39101 | 104023 | 41327 | 38908 | -2226 | 65115 |
| "Jan-2017" | 39019 | 104314 | 41451 | 39413 | -2432 | 64901 |
| "Feb-2017" | 38929 | 104014 | 41504 | 39815 | -2575 | 64199 |
| "Mar-2017" | 38619 | 103969 | 41278 | 39961 | -2659 | 64008 |
| "Apr-2017" | 38521 | 103644 | 41201 | 40148 | -2680 | 63496 |
| "May-2017" | 38392 | 103553 | 41200 | 40821 | -2808 | 62732 |
| "Jun-2017" | 38376 | 103881 | 41291 | 41433 | -2915 | 62448 |
| "Jul-2017" | 38143 | 104023 | 41268 | 42153 | -3125 | 61870 |
| "Aug-2017" | 37864 | 104421 | 41422 | 42829 | -3558 | 61592 |
| "Sep-2017" | 37551 | 104018 | 41521 | 43512 | -3970 | 60506 |
| "Oct-2017" | 37331 | 103793 | 41550 | 44221 | -4219 | 59572 |
| "Nov-2017" | 37039 | 103569 | 41538 | 44552 | -4499 | 59017 |
| "Dec-2017" | 36672 | 103430 | 41518 | 45304 | -4846 | 58126 |
| "Jan-2018" | 36261 | 103770 | 41391 | 45556 | -5130 | 58214 |
| "Feb-2018" | 35881 | 102976 | 41157 | 45834 | -5276 | 57142 |
| "Mar-2018" | 35878 | 103125 | 41714 | 46357 | -5836 | 56768 |
| "Apr-2018" | 35707 | 102922 | 41747 | 46691 | -6040 | 56231 |
| "May-2018" | 35652 | 103000 | 41879 | 46860 | -6227 | 56140 |
| "Jun-2018" | 35316 | 102739 | 42107 | 46953 | -6791 | 55786 |
| "Jul-2018" | 35228 | 102804 | 42382 | 47038 | -7154 | 55766 |
| "Aug-2018" | 35254 | 103311 | 42506 | 47179 | -7252 | 56132 |
| "Sep-2018" | 35220 | 103784 | 42503 | 47073 | -7283 | 56711 |
| "Oct-2018" | 35125 | 103884 | 42682 | 46959 | -7557 | 56925 |
| "Nov-2018" | 35096 | 103863 | 42667 | 47055 | -7571 | 56808 |
| "Dec-2018" | 34790 | 104224 | 42402 | 47045 | -7612 | 57179 |
| "Jan-2019" | 34722 | 104198 | 42263 | 47552 | -7541 | 56646 |
| "Feb-2019" | 34706 | 104500 | 42104 | 47591 | -7398 | 56909 |
| "Mar-2019" | 34595 | 104440 | 41686 | 47665 | -7091 | 56775 |
| "Apr-2019" | 34619 | 104369 | 41140 | 47860 | -6521 | 56509 |
| "May-2019" | 34748 | 105155 | 40812 | 47970 | -6064 | 57185 |
| "Jun-2019" | 35116 | 106401 | 40720 | 48696 | -5604 | 57705 |
| "Jul-2019" | 35532 | 107388 | 40142 | 48972 | -4610 | 58416 |
| "Aug-2019" | 36009 | 109099 | 39530 | 49023 | -3521 | 60076 |
| "Sep-2019" | 36620 | 111276 | 39335 | 49434 | -2715 | 61842 |
| "Oct-2019" | 37524 | 115407 | 39079 | 50254 | -1555 | 65153 |
| "Nov-2019" | 38755 | 120674 | 38793 | 52911 | -38 | 67763 |
| "Dec-2019" | 40997 | 124745 | 38095 | 55059 | 2902 | 69686 |
| "Jan-2020" | 42046 | 129591 | 37585 | 56786 | 4461 | 72805 |
| "Feb-2020" | 43426 | 136074 | 36841 | 57553 | 6585 | 78521 |
| "Mar-2020" | 46586 | 138298 | 35259 | 57945 | 11327 | 80353 |
| "Apr-2020" | 45295 | 132022 | 32228 | 55162 | 13067 | 76860 |
| "May-2020" | 44051 | 124381 | 29074 | 51896 | 14977 | 72485 |
| "Jun-2020" | 43073 | 116624 | 25946 | 48915 | 17127 | 67709 |
| "Jul-2020" | 42695 | 106478 | 23301 | 47369 | 19394 | 59109 |
| "Aug-2020" | 42695 | 97550 | 21237 | 46590 | 21458 | 50960 |
| "Sep-2020" | 42706 | 88187 | 19086 | 46826 | 23620 | 41361 |
| "Oct-2020" | 42028 | 77099 | 17456 | 45870 | 24572 | 31229 |
| "Nov-2020" | 40924 | 64828 | 16420 | 42364 | 24504 | 22464 |
| "Dec-2020" | 36942 | 54502 | 15334 | 39266 | 21608 | 15236 |
| "Jan-2021" | 35340 | 41232 | 14566 | 37007 | 20774 | 4225 |
| "Feb-2021" | 33920 | 26604 | 14339 | 36696 | 19581 | -10092 |
| "Mar-2021" | 30928 | 18261 | 14997 | 35974 | 15931 | -17713 |
| "Apr-2021" | 33217 | 20450 | 17495 | 38920 | 15722 | -18470 |
| "May-2021" | 35235 | 22310 | 20044 | 41701 | 15191 | -19391 |
| "Jun-2021" | 35945 | 23983 | 22303 | 44210 | 13642 | -20227 |
| "Jul-2021" | 36374 | 25506 | 24350 | 45137 | 12024 | -19631 |
| "Aug-2021" | 33989 | 25905 | 25020 | 44951 | 8969 | -19046 |
| "Sep-2021" | 31254 | 26030 | 25033 | 43072 | 6221 | -17042 |
| "Oct-2021" | 29751 | 26404 | 24628 | 42726 | 5123 | -16322 |
| "Nov-2021" | 28197 | 27250 | 24866 | 43201 | 3331 | -15951 |
| "Dec-2021" | 27305 | 28154 | 26378 | 44031 | 927 | -15877 |
| "Jan-2022" | 26276 | 27719 | 27991 | 43620 | -1715 | -15901 |
| "Feb-2022" | 24980 | 26906 | 29441 | 42538 | -4461 | -15632 |
| "Mar-2022" | 26170 | 28001 | 30998 | 42631 | -4828 | -14630 |
| "Apr-2022" | 25549 | 30301 | 32947 | 42367 | -7398 | -12066 |
| "May-2022" | 24454 | 33538 | 34860 | 42763 | -10406 | -9225 |
| "Jun-2022" | 24002 | 37323 | 36584 | 42433 | -12582 | -5110 |
| "Jul-2022" | 23067 | 43958 | 38726 | 42803 | -15659 | 1155 |
| "Aug-2022" | 24028 | 50156 | 41479 | 43510 | -17451 | 6646 |
| "Sep-2022" | 25085 | 58834 | 44788 | 44300 | -19703 | 14534 |
| "Oct-2022" | 25367 | 67442 | 47832 | 44844 | -22465 | 22598 |
| "Nov-2022" | 26006 | 80347 | 50369 | 44558 | -24363 | 35789 |
| "Dec-2022" | 26874 | 92566 | 52059 | 42481 | -25185 | 50085 |
| "Jan-2023" | 27330 | 107227 | 53329 | 42046 | -25999 | 65181 |
| "Feb-2023" | 28193 | 126119 | 55193 | 41799 | -27000 | 84320 |
| "Mar-2023" | 26230 | 145820 | 56749 | 40835 | -30519 | 104985 |
| "Apr-2023" | 25137 | 157965 | 57703 | 40072 | -32566 | 117893 |
| "May-2023" | 24506 | 170671 | 58833 | 39256 | -34327 | 131415 |
| "Jun-2023" | 24250 | 182907 | 60431 | 38329 | -36181 | 144578 |
| "Jul-2023" | 23589 | 190470 | 61393 | 36881 | -37804 | 153589 |
| "Aug-2023" | 23313 | 201950 | 61999 | 35972 | -38686 | 165978 |
| "Sep-2023" | 23182 | 208293 | 62922 | 35830 | -39740 | 172463 |
| "Oct-2023" | 22976 | 211842 | 63936 | 35353 | -40960 | 176489 |
| "Nov-2023" | 22616 | 210345 | 64695 | 35388 | -42079 | 174957 |
| "Dec-2023" | 22252 | 207631 | 65792 | 36140 | -43540 | 171491 |
| "Jan-2024" | 22344 | 203356 | 67205 | 37054 | -44861 | 166302 |
| "Feb-2024" | 22229 | 196422 | 67158 | 38147 | -44929 | 158275 |
| "Mar-2024" | 22063 | 184827 | 67472 | 39394 | -45409 | 145433 |
| "Apr-2024" | 21902 | 176829 | 67812 | 40191 | -45910 | 136638 |
| "May-2024" | 22016 | 167470 | 67750 | 41522 | -45734 | 125948 |
| "Jun-2024" | 22052 | 158952 | 67484 | 43230 | -45433 | 115722 |
| "Jul-2024" | 22259 | 153354 | 67177 | 44789 | -44918 | 108564 |
| "Aug-2024" | 22453 | 142853 | 67493 | 46162 | -45040 | 96692 |
| "Sep-2024" | 22650 | 135196 | 67829 | 47459 | -45179 | 87738 |
| "Oct-2024" | 22990 | 129835 | 68218 | 48850 | -45228 | 80984 |
| "Nov-2024" | 23303 | 124754 | 68338 | 50314 | -45035 | 74441 |
| "Dec-2024" | 23743 | 121229 | 69008 | 51802 | -45265 | 69427 |
| "Jan-2025" | 23957 | 118807 | 70221 | 52969 | -46264 | 65838 |
| "Feb-2025" | 24259 | 118457 | 71100 | 53381 | -46841 | 65077 |
| "Mar-2025" | 24675 | 116119 | 71752 | 53939 | -47077 | 62180 |
| "Apr-2025" | 25178 | 114524 | 72127 | 54108 | -46950 | 60416 |
| "May-2025" | 25576 | 113872 | 72759 | 54661 | -47183 | 59212 |
| "Jun-2025" | 25795 | 113586 | 73110 | 54354 | -47315 | 59232 |
| "Jul-2025" | 25773 | 114700 | 73406 | 54001 | -47633 | 60699 |
The July 2025 year provisionally saw two annual records for New Zealand citizens with:
- 73,400 migrant departures, exceeding the previous record of 73,100 in the June 2025 year
- a net migration loss of 47,600, exceeding the previous record of 47,300 in the June 2025 year.
For New Zealand citizens, the net migration loss of 47,600 in the July 2025 year is compared with a net migration loss of 44,900 in the July 2024 year. There was an average annual net migration loss of 26,600 in the July years (2002 to 2013) and net migration loss of 5,700 in the July years (2014 to 2019).
Monthly migration
Provisional estimates for July 2025 compared with July 2024 were:
- migrant arrivals: 14,000 (± 600), up 8 percent
- migrant departures: 9,900 (± 500), down 1 percent
- monthly net migration: gain of 4,100 (± 800), compared with a net gain of 3,000 (± 200).
Just under two in five migrant arrivals in July 2025 were on a student visa, coinciding with the start of the second academic semester.
| "Month-Year" | "Migrant arrivals (estimate)" | "Migrant arrivals (seasonally adjusted)" | "Migrant departures (estimate)" | "Migrant departures (seasonally adjusted)" |
| "Jan-2001" | 10541 | 8210 | 9812 | 8890 |
| "Feb-2001" | 10448 | 9330 | 9183 | 9710 |
| "Mar-2001" | 7870 | 8670 | 8122 | 7580 |
| "Apr-2001" | 7666 | 9220 | 7178 | 7300 |
| "May-2001" | 6766 | 9060 | 7998 | 7950 |
| "Jun-2001" | 7820 | 9450 | 6373 | 6650 |
| "Jul-2001" | 9868 | 9720 | 6286 | 6180 |
| "Aug-2001" | 8876 | 9600 | 5467 | 6100 |
| "Sep-2001" | 10345 | 10320 | 5493 | 6190 |
| "Oct-2001" | 10549 | 10620 | 4896 | 6020 |
| "Nov-2001" | 11390 | 10570 | 6021 | 5890 |
| "Dec-2001" | 12458 | 9810 | 7503 | 5730 |
| "Jan-2002" | 13956 | 10760 | 6533 | 5980 |
| "Feb-2002" | 11982 | 10700 | 5652 | 6030 |
| "Mar-2002" | 10945 | 12020 | 6433 | 6040 |
| "Apr-2002" | 9338 | 11120 | 6130 | 6230 |
| "May-2002" | 8371 | 11120 | 6084 | 6130 |
| "Jun-2002" | 9531 | 11480 | 6031 | 6280 |
| "Jul-2002" | 11315 | 11130 | 6101 | 5990 |
| "Aug-2002" | 10751 | 11650 | 5383 | 6010 |
| "Sep-2002" | 11403 | 11360 | 5461 | 6150 |
| "Oct-2002" | 11075 | 11160 | 5092 | 6240 |
| "Nov-2002" | 12167 | 11320 | 6221 | 5950 |
| "Dec-2002" | 13212 | 10250 | 8134 | 6030 |
| "Jan-2003" | 14184 | 11000 | 6808 | 6330 |
| "Feb-2003" | 12109 | 10910 | 5575 | 6010 |
| "Mar-2003" | 10014 | 11180 | 7034 | 6760 |
| "Apr-2003" | 8572 | 10370 | 5838 | 5980 |
| "May-2003" | 7677 | 10190 | 6114 | 6210 |
| "Jun-2003" | 8206 | 9920 | 5977 | 6200 |
| "Jul-2003" | 10102 | 10070 | 6901 | 6740 |
| "Aug-2003" | 8931 | 9690 | 6160 | 6900 |
| "Sep-2003" | 9399 | 9320 | 5837 | 6570 |
| "Oct-2003" | 9380 | 9430 | 5500 | 6710 |
| "Nov-2003" | 9958 | 9230 | 7650 | 7280 |
| "Dec-2003" | 12059 | 9130 | 9781 | 7080 |
| "Jan-2004" | 11778 | 9260 | 7335 | 6900 |
| "Feb-2004" | 9876 | 8920 | 6694 | 7240 |
| "Mar-2004" | 7391 | 8320 | 7321 | 7100 |
| "Apr-2004" | 6822 | 8300 | 6964 | 7130 |
| "May-2004" | 6612 | 8730 | 7303 | 7440 |
| "Jun-2004" | 7023 | 8500 | 7329 | 7580 |
| "Jul-2004" | 8521 | 8560 | 7947 | 7720 |
| "Aug-2004" | 7630 | 8250 | 6425 | 7130 |
| "Sep-2004" | 8541 | 8440 | 6760 | 7570 |
| "Oct-2004" | 8408 | 8460 | 6030 | 7300 |
| "Nov-2004" | 9116 | 8490 | 8327 | 7980 |
| "Dec-2004" | 11778 | 8890 | 10921 | 7880 |
| "Jan-2005" | 10990 | 8740 | 8084 | 7710 |
| "Feb-2005" | 9456 | 8490 | 7307 | 7920 |
| "Mar-2005" | 7507 | 8440 | 8025 | 7900 |
| "Apr-2005" | 7468 | 9080 | 7827 | 7940 |
| "May-2005" | 6993 | 9130 | 7520 | 7610 |
| "Jun-2005" | 7231 | 8690 | 7367 | 7550 |
| "Jul-2005" | 8232 | 8280 | 8655 | 8450 |
| "Aug-2005" | 7972 | 8550 | 6695 | 7370 |
| "Sep-2005" | 8849 | 8740 | 6726 | 7500 |
| "Oct-2005" | 8630 | 8700 | 6394 | 7670 |
| "Nov-2005" | 8875 | 8330 | 7541 | 7380 |
| "Dec-2005" | 11779 | 8960 | 10575 | 7660 |
| "Jan-2006" | 10921 | 8840 | 7901 | 7580 |
| "Feb-2006" | 10110 | 8930 | 6746 | 7260 |
| "Mar-2006" | 8115 | 9090 | 7449 | 7400 |
| "Apr-2006" | 7496 | 9110 | 7858 | 7970 |
| "May-2006" | 6798 | 8820 | 7637 | 7710 |
| "Jun-2006" | 7621 | 9090 | 7750 | 7900 |
| "Jul-2006" | 9192 | 9170 | 8051 | 7880 |
| "Aug-2006" | 8674 | 9200 | 7300 | 7950 |
| "Sep-2006" | 9721 | 9600 | 7422 | 8250 |
| "Oct-2006" | 9379 | 9500 | 6970 | 8270 |
| "Nov-2006" | 10365 | 9820 | 7780 | 7720 |
| "Dec-2006" | 12295 | 9680 | 11110 | 8150 |
| "Jan-2007" | 11356 | 9330 | 8408 | 8070 |
| "Feb-2007" | 10610 | 9200 | 7859 | 8380 |
| "Mar-2007" | 8969 | 9920 | 8450 | 8400 |
| "Apr-2007" | 7731 | 9370 | 8411 | 8500 |
| "May-2007" | 7191 | 9280 | 8732 | 8740 |
| "Jun-2007" | 8049 | 9550 | 8520 | 8640 |
| "Jul-2007" | 8936 | 8800 | 8631 | 8480 |
| "Aug-2007" | 9413 | 9860 | 8047 | 8680 |
| "Sep-2007" | 9770 | 9650 | 7867 | 8740 |
| "Oct-2007" | 9322 | 9410 | 7156 | 8380 |
| "Nov-2007" | 10231 | 9770 | 8568 | 8600 |
| "Dec-2007" | 11872 | 9550 | 11764 | 8820 |
| "Jan-2008" | 11098 | 9250 | 9079 | 8710 |
| "Feb-2008" | 12026 | 10170 | 8703 | 9220 |
| "Mar-2008" | 9178 | 10010 | 8772 | 8690 |
| "Apr-2008" | 8426 | 10220 | 8784 | 8950 |
| "May-2008" | 8531 | 10950 | 9141 | 9160 |
| "Jun-2008" | 8856 | 10550 | 9107 | 9230 |
| "Jul-2008" | 10288 | 9960 | 9240 | 9000 |
| "Aug-2008" | 9784 | 10140 | 8656 | 9270 |
| "Sep-2008" | 9674 | 9560 | 7913 | 8840 |
| "Oct-2008" | 9898 | 9990 | 7839 | 9120 |
| "Nov-2008" | 10126 | 9740 | 9088 | 9090 |
| "Dec-2008" | 12109 | 9780 | 11401 | 8540 |
| "Jan-2009" | 11557 | 9750 | 8886 | 8580 |
| "Feb-2009" | 11576 | 9730 | 7448 | 7950 |
| "Mar-2009" | 8537 | 9310 | 7816 | 7740 |
| "Apr-2009" | 7452 | 9190 | 7033 | 7300 |
| "May-2009" | 7263 | 9400 | 7071 | 7170 |
| "Jun-2009" | 7459 | 9020 | 7064 | 7160 |
| "Jul-2009" | 9336 | 9040 | 7601 | 7270 |
| "Aug-2009" | 8256 | 8540 | 6726 | 7250 |
| "Sep-2009" | 8786 | 8680 | 6476 | 7310 |
| "Oct-2009" | 8567 | 8550 | 6231 | 7250 |
| "Nov-2009" | 8809 | 8450 | 7698 | 7530 |
| "Dec-2009" | 10667 | 8440 | 9946 | 7360 |
| "Jan-2010" | 10111 | 8610 | 7751 | 7550 |
| "Feb-2010" | 9864 | 8300 | 7647 | 8180 |
| "Mar-2010" | 7680 | 8350 | 8374 | 8220 |
| "Apr-2010" | 6669 | 8300 | 7762 | 8100 |
| "May-2010" | 6292 | 8150 | 8307 | 8420 |
| "Jun-2010" | 6719 | 8190 | 8268 | 8360 |
| "Jul-2010" | 8837 | 8470 | 8774 | 8340 |
| "Aug-2010" | 8309 | 8580 | 7991 | 8570 |
| "Sep-2010" | 8607 | 8500 | 7702 | 8780 |
| "Oct-2010" | 8674 | 8710 | 7764 | 9030 |
| "Nov-2010" | 8483 | 8200 | 8806 | 8690 |
| "Dec-2010" | 10254 | 8320 | 11630 | 8750 |
| "Jan-2011" | 9761 | 8350 | 9589 | 9290 |
| "Feb-2011" | 10310 | 8520 | 8672 | 9270 |
| "Mar-2011" | 7787 | 8250 | 10920 | 10620 |
| "Apr-2011" | 6869 | 8510 | 9664 | 10000 |
| "May-2011" | 6441 | 8320 | 9668 | 9740 |
| "Jun-2011" | 6553 | 8010 | 9109 | 9190 |
| "Jul-2011" | 9102 | 8640 | 10641 | 10120 |
| "Aug-2011" | 8318 | 8570 | 8987 | 9630 |
| "Sep-2011" | 8487 | 8380 | 8209 | 9390 |
| "Oct-2011" | 8051 | 8040 | 8589 | 10010 |
| "Nov-2011" | 8678 | 8420 | 9602 | 9610 |
| "Dec-2011" | 9849 | 8260 | 12700 | 9550 |
| "Jan-2012" | 9594 | 8200 | 10076 | 9790 |
| "Feb-2012" | 10455 | 8680 | 9279 | 9930 |
| "Mar-2012" | 8324 | 8710 | 9881 | 9570 |
| "Apr-2012" | 6211 | 7700 | 9154 | 9450 |
| "May-2012" | 6439 | 8300 | 9127 | 9130 |
| "Jun-2012" | 7226 | 8860 | 9472 | 9540 |
| "Jul-2012" | 8350 | 7930 | 9708 | 9210 |
| "Aug-2012" | 8127 | 8330 | 8672 | 9280 |
| "Sep-2012" | 8730 | 8590 | 7965 | 9120 |
| "Oct-2012" | 8571 | 8510 | 7622 | 8920 |
| "Nov-2012" | 9065 | 8740 | 8956 | 8990 |
| "Dec-2012" | 10670 | 8750 | 12258 | 9130 |
| "Jan-2013" | 10226 | 8790 | 8844 | 8610 |
| "Feb-2013" | 10032 | 8500 | 7730 | 8330 |
| "Mar-2013" | 8557 | 8970 | 8507 | 8280 |
| "Apr-2013" | 7324 | 9140 | 7760 | 8020 |
| "May-2013" | 7184 | 9290 | 7928 | 7900 |
| "Jun-2013" | 7532 | 9230 | 7609 | 7640 |
| "Jul-2013" | 9584 | 9120 | 8268 | 7810 |
| "Aug-2013" | 8931 | 9120 | 6928 | 7430 |
| "Sep-2013" | 9163 | 8990 | 6312 | 7240 |
| "Oct-2013" | 9699 | 9560 | 6176 | 7290 |
| "Nov-2013" | 10050 | 9700 | 7213 | 7170 |
| "Dec-2013" | 12000 | 10010 | 9716 | 7110 |
| "Jan-2014" | 11138 | 9540 | 6983 | 6860 |
| "Feb-2014" | 12196 | 10380 | 6166 | 6730 |
| "Mar-2014" | 9845 | 10280 | 6802 | 6680 |
| "Apr-2014" | 8439 | 10580 | 6385 | 6640 |
| "May-2014" | 8282 | 10630 | 7067 | 7030 |
| "Jun-2014" | 8947 | 10890 | 6796 | 6810 |
| "Jul-2014" | 11575 | 10870 | 6940 | 6530 |
| "Aug-2014" | 11218 | 11430 | 6301 | 6770 |
| "Sep-2014" | 11392 | 11200 | 5967 | 6820 |
| "Oct-2014" | 11218 | 10980 | 5495 | 6520 |
| "Nov-2014" | 11352 | 10970 | 6800 | 6760 |
| "Dec-2014" | 12578 | 10560 | 9065 | 6580 |
| "Jan-2015" | 13356 | 11380 | 6819 | 6760 |
| "Feb-2015" | 12639 | 10760 | 6191 | 6800 |
| "Mar-2015" | 11044 | 11570 | 6948 | 6870 |
| "Apr-2015" | 9064 | 11450 | 6445 | 6700 |
| "May-2015" | 9005 | 11520 | 6761 | 6690 |
| "Jun-2015" | 9476 | 11490 | 6758 | 6780 |
| "Jul-2015" | 12842 | 11930 | 7030 | 6610 |
| "Aug-2015" | 11893 | 12080 | 6197 | 6650 |
| "Sep-2015" | 12319 | 12090 | 5780 | 6560 |
| "Oct-2015" | 12623 | 12290 | 5699 | 6760 |
| "Nov-2015" | 12328 | 11950 | 6505 | 6490 |
| "Dec-2015" | 13536 | 11760 | 9183 | 6670 |
| "Jan-2016" | 13964 | 11770 | 6560 | 6470 |
| "Feb-2016" | 14488 | 12390 | 6044 | 6660 |
| "Mar-2016" | 11239 | 11890 | 6660 | 6610 |
| "Apr-2016" | 9546 | 12180 | 6719 | 6990 |
| "May-2016" | 9548 | 12120 | 6673 | 6600 |
| "Jun-2016" | 9856 | 11920 | 6519 | 6550 |
| "Jul-2016" | 13018 | 12000 | 7147 | 6710 |
| "Aug-2016" | 11113 | 11290 | 6055 | 6490 |
| "Sep-2016" | 12278 | 12060 | 5897 | 6650 |
| "Oct-2016" | 12234 | 11840 | 5541 | 6550 |
| "Nov-2016" | 12291 | 11910 | 6919 | 6910 |
| "Dec-2016" | 13549 | 11770 | 9501 | 6890 |
| "Jan-2017" | 14173 | 11840 | 7189 | 7050 |
| "Feb-2017" | 14098 | 12120 | 6499 | 7220 |
| "Mar-2017" | 10884 | 11550 | 6580 | 6550 |
| "Apr-2017" | 9123 | 11830 | 6829 | 7100 |
| "May-2017" | 9328 | 11800 | 7345 | 7290 |
| "Jun-2017" | 10168 | 12280 | 7222 | 7290 |
| "Jul-2017" | 12927 | 11830 | 7844 | 7360 |
| "Aug-2017" | 11232 | 11430 | 6885 | 7350 |
| "Sep-2017" | 11562 | 11360 | 6679 | 7490 |
| "Oct-2017" | 11789 | 11380 | 6279 | 7390 |
| "Nov-2017" | 11775 | 11400 | 7238 | 7270 |
| "Dec-2017" | 13043 | 11340 | 10233 | 7430 |
| "Jan-2018" | 14102 | 11650 | 7314 | 7070 |
| "Feb-2018" | 12924 | 11140 | 6543 | 7330 |
| "Mar-2018" | 11030 | 11780 | 7660 | 7670 |
| "Apr-2018" | 8749 | 11470 | 7196 | 7450 |
| "May-2018" | 9351 | 11780 | 7646 | 7620 |
| "Jun-2018" | 9571 | 11510 | 7543 | 7670 |
| "Jul-2018" | 12904 | 11790 | 8204 | 7720 |
| "Aug-2018" | 11765 | 12020 | 7150 | 7560 |
| "Sep-2018" | 12001 | 11870 | 6570 | 7310 |
| "Oct-2018" | 11794 | 11350 | 6344 | 7360 |
| "Nov-2018" | 11725 | 11320 | 7319 | 7460 |
| "Dec-2018" | 13098 | 11480 | 9958 | 7290 |
| "Jan-2019" | 14008 | 11500 | 7682 | 7320 |
| "Feb-2019" | 13210 | 11410 | 6423 | 7230 |
| "Mar-2019" | 10859 | 11610 | 7316 | 7360 |
| "Apr-2019" | 8702 | 11500 | 6845 | 7050 |
| "May-2019" | 10266 | 12890 | 7428 | 7420 |
| "Jun-2019" | 11185 | 13420 | 8177 | 8370 |
| "Jul-2019" | 14307 | 13110 | 7902 | 7460 |
| "Aug-2019" | 13953 | 14260 | 6589 | 6910 |
| "Sep-2019" | 14789 | 14680 | 6786 | 7510 |
| "Oct-2019" | 16829 | 16230 | 6908 | 7940 |
| "Nov-2019" | 18223 | 17690 | 9690 | 9910 |
| "Dec-2019" | 19411 | 17110 | 11408 | 8370 |
| "Jan-2020" | 19903 | 16290 | 8899 | 8370 |
| "Feb-2020" | 21073 | 18210 | 6446 | 7300 |
| "Mar-2020" | 16243 | 16240 | 6126 | 6130 |
| "Apr-2020" | 1135 | 1140 | 1031 | 1030 |
| "May-2020" | 1381 | 1380 | 1008 | 1010 |
| "Jun-2020" | 2450 | 2450 | 2068 | 2070 |
| "Jul-2020" | 3783 | 3780 | 3711 | 3710 |
| "Aug-2020" | 5025 | 5020 | 3746 | 3750 |
| "Sep-2020" | 5437 | 5440 | 4871 | 4870 |
| "Oct-2020" | 5063 | 5060 | 4322 | 4320 |
| "Nov-2020" | 4848 | 4850 | 5148 | 5150 |
| "Dec-2020" | 5103 | 5100 | 7224 | 7220 |
| "Jan-2021" | 5031 | 5030 | 5872 | 5870 |
| "Feb-2021" | 5025 | 5020 | 5908 | 5910 |
| "Mar-2021" | 4908 | 4910 | 6062 | 6060 |
| "Apr-2021" | 5613 | 5610 | 6475 | 6480 |
| "May-2021" | 5259 | 5260 | 6338 | 6340 |
| "Jun-2021" | 4833 | 4830 | 6836 | 6840 |
| "Jul-2021" | 5735 | 5740 | 6685 | 6680 |
| "Aug-2021" | 3039 | 3040 | 4230 | 4230 |
| "Sep-2021" | 2827 | 2830 | 3005 | 3000 |
| "Oct-2021" | 3934 | 3930 | 3571 | 3570 |
| "Nov-2021" | 4140 | 4140 | 5861 | 5860 |
| "Dec-2021" | 5115 | 5120 | 9566 | 9570 |
| "Jan-2022" | 3567 | 3570 | 7074 | 7070 |
| "Feb-2022" | 2916 | 2920 | 6276 | 6280 |
| "Mar-2022" | 7193 | 7190 | 7712 | 7710 |
| "Apr-2022" | 7292 | 7290 | 8160 | 8160 |
| "May-2022" | 7401 | 7400 | 8647 | 8650 |
| "Jun-2022" | 8166 | 8170 | 8230 | 8230 |
| "Jul-2022" | 11435 | 11440 | 9197 | 9200 |
| "Aug-2022" | 10198 | 10200 | 7690 | 7690 |
| "Sep-2022" | 12561 | 12560 | 7105 | 7100 |
| "Oct-2022" | 12824 | 12820 | 7160 | 7160 |
| "Nov-2022" | 17684 | 17680 | 8112 | 8110 |
| "Dec-2022" | 18203 | 18200 | 9178 | 9180 |
| "Jan-2023" | 18684 | 16550 | 7909 | 7520 |
| "Feb-2023" | 22670 | 19400 | 7893 | 8570 |
| "Mar-2023" | 24931 | 25200 | 8303 | 8170 |
| "Apr-2023" | 18347 | 22980 | 8352 | 8610 |
| "May-2023" | 19476 | 22600 | 8961 | 8660 |
| "Jun-2023" | 20146 | 21660 | 8900 | 8810 |
| "Jul-2023" | 18336 | 15740 | 8712 | 8530 |
| "Aug-2023" | 21403 | 21080 | 7387 | 8110 |
| "Sep-2023" | 18772 | 18670 | 7886 | 8800 |
| "Oct-2023" | 16166 | 16130 | 7696 | 8830 |
| "Nov-2023" | 15827 | 16290 | 8906 | 9200 |
| "Dec-2023" | 15135 | 15320 | 11035 | 8470 |
| "Jan-2024" | 14499 | 13130 | 10235 | 9650 |
| "Feb-2024" | 15619 | 13580 | 8939 | 9660 |
| "Mar-2024" | 13168 | 13370 | 9864 | 9640 |
| "Apr-2024" | 10186 | 12750 | 9489 | 9820 |
| "May-2024" | 10231 | 11940 | 10229 | 9800 |
| "Jun-2024" | 11663 | 12370 | 10342 | 10200 |
| "Jul-2024" | 12945 | 11200 | 9963 | 9930 |
| "Aug-2024" | 11096 | 10920 | 9074 | 10150 |
| "Sep-2024" | 11312 | 11210 | 9518 | 10620 |
| "Oct-2024" | 11144 | 11170 | 9476 | 10870 |
| "Nov-2024" | 11060 | 11330 | 10489 | 10650 |
| "Dec-2024" | 12050 | 11640 | 13193 | 10130 |
| "Jan-2025" | 12291 | 11290 | 12616 | 11800 |
| "Feb-2025" | 15571 | 13650 | 10229 | 10970 |
| "Mar-2025" | 11245 | 11510 | 11074 | 10780 |
| "Apr-2025" | 9095 | 11420 | 10034 | 10380 |
| "May-2025" | 9977 | 11700 | 11413 | 10900 |
| "Jun-2025" | 11595 | 12170 | 10386 | 10240 |
| "Jul-2025" | 14038 | 12050 | 9906 | 9990 |
| "Month-Year" | "Net migration (estimate)" | "Net migration (seasonally adjusted)" |
| "Jan-2001" | 729 | -680 |
| "Feb-2001" | 1265 | -380 |
| "Mar-2001" | -252 | 1090 |
| "Apr-2001" | 488 | 1920 |
| "May-2001" | -1232 | 1110 |
| "Jun-2001" | 1447 | 2800 |
| "Jul-2001" | 3582 | 3540 |
| "Aug-2001" | 3409 | 3500 |
| "Sep-2001" | 4852 | 4130 |
| "Oct-2001" | 5653 | 4600 |
| "Nov-2001" | 5369 | 4670 |
| "Dec-2001" | 4955 | 4080 |
| "Jan-2002" | 7423 | 4780 |
| "Feb-2002" | 6330 | 4670 |
| "Mar-2002" | 4512 | 5980 |
| "Apr-2002" | 3208 | 4900 |
| "May-2002" | 2287 | 4990 |
| "Jun-2002" | 3500 | 5200 |
| "Jul-2002" | 5214 | 5150 |
| "Aug-2002" | 5368 | 5630 |
| "Sep-2002" | 5942 | 5210 |
| "Oct-2002" | 5983 | 4930 |
| "Nov-2002" | 5946 | 5370 |
| "Dec-2002" | 5078 | 4230 |
| "Jan-2003" | 7376 | 4670 |
| "Feb-2003" | 6534 | 4900 |
| "Mar-2003" | 2980 | 4420 |
| "Apr-2003" | 2734 | 4400 |
| "May-2003" | 1563 | 3980 |
| "Jun-2003" | 2229 | 3720 |
| "Jul-2003" | 3201 | 3330 |
| "Aug-2003" | 2771 | 2790 |
| "Sep-2003" | 3562 | 2750 |
| "Oct-2003" | 3880 | 2720 |
| "Nov-2003" | 2308 | 1950 |
| "Dec-2003" | 2278 | 2050 |
| "Jan-2004" | 4443 | 2350 |
| "Feb-2004" | 3182 | 1680 |
| "Mar-2004" | 70 | 1220 |
| "Apr-2004" | -142 | 1170 |
| "May-2004" | -691 | 1290 |
| "Jun-2004" | -306 | 920 |
| "Jul-2004" | 574 | 840 |
| "Aug-2004" | 1205 | 1120 |
| "Sep-2004" | 1781 | 870 |
| "Oct-2004" | 2378 | 1160 |
| "Nov-2004" | 789 | 510 |
| "Dec-2004" | 857 | 1010 |
| "Jan-2005" | 2906 | 1030 |
| "Feb-2005" | 2149 | 580 |
| "Mar-2005" | -518 | 540 |
| "Apr-2005" | -359 | 1140 |
| "May-2005" | -527 | 1530 |
| "Jun-2005" | -136 | 1140 |
| "Jul-2005" | -423 | -170 |
| "Aug-2005" | 1277 | 1170 |
| "Sep-2005" | 2123 | 1240 |
| "Oct-2005" | 2236 | 1030 |
| "Nov-2005" | 1334 | 950 |
| "Dec-2005" | 1204 | 1300 |
| "Jan-2006" | 3020 | 1270 |
| "Feb-2006" | 3364 | 1670 |
| "Mar-2006" | 666 | 1690 |
| "Apr-2006" | -362 | 1130 |
| "May-2006" | -839 | 1110 |
| "Jun-2006" | -129 | 1180 |
| "Jul-2006" | 1141 | 1290 |
| "Aug-2006" | 1374 | 1250 |
| "Sep-2006" | 2299 | 1350 |
| "Oct-2006" | 2409 | 1230 |
| "Nov-2006" | 2585 | 2100 |
| "Dec-2006" | 1185 | 1530 |
| "Jan-2007" | 2948 | 1260 |
| "Feb-2007" | 2751 | 810 |
| "Mar-2007" | 519 | 1510 |
| "Apr-2007" | -680 | 870 |
| "May-2007" | -1541 | 540 |
| "Jun-2007" | -471 | 920 |
| "Jul-2007" | 305 | 330 |
| "Aug-2007" | 1366 | 1170 |
| "Sep-2007" | 1903 | 910 |
| "Oct-2007" | 2166 | 1030 |
| "Nov-2007" | 1663 | 1170 |
| "Dec-2007" | 108 | 730 |
| "Jan-2008" | 2019 | 540 |
| "Feb-2008" | 3323 | 950 |
| "Mar-2008" | 406 | 1330 |
| "Apr-2008" | -358 | 1270 |
| "May-2008" | -610 | 1790 |
| "Jun-2008" | -251 | 1320 |
| "Jul-2008" | 1048 | 970 |
| "Aug-2008" | 1128 | 870 |
| "Sep-2008" | 1761 | 720 |
| "Oct-2008" | 2059 | 870 |
| "Nov-2008" | 1038 | 660 |
| "Dec-2008" | 708 | 1250 |
| "Jan-2009" | 2671 | 1170 |
| "Feb-2009" | 4128 | 1780 |
| "Mar-2009" | 721 | 1570 |
| "Apr-2009" | 419 | 1890 |
| "May-2009" | 192 | 2230 |
| "Jun-2009" | 395 | 1860 |
| "Jul-2009" | 1735 | 1770 |
| "Aug-2009" | 1530 | 1290 |
| "Sep-2009" | 2310 | 1360 |
| "Oct-2009" | 2336 | 1300 |
| "Nov-2009" | 1111 | 920 |
| "Dec-2009" | 721 | 1080 |
| "Jan-2010" | 2360 | 1070 |
| "Feb-2010" | 2217 | 120 |
| "Mar-2010" | -694 | 130 |
| "Apr-2010" | -1093 | 200 |
| "May-2010" | -2015 | -270 |
| "Jun-2010" | -1549 | -170 |
| "Jul-2010" | 63 | 130 |
| "Aug-2010" | 318 | 0 |
| "Sep-2010" | 905 | -280 |
| "Oct-2010" | 910 | -320 |
| "Nov-2010" | -323 | -500 |
| "Dec-2010" | -1376 | -430 |
| "Jan-2011" | 172 | -940 |
| "Feb-2011" | 1638 | -750 |
| "Mar-2011" | -3133 | -2370 |
| "Apr-2011" | -2795 | -1490 |
| "May-2011" | -3227 | -1420 |
| "Jun-2011" | -2556 | -1180 |
| "Jul-2011" | -1539 | -1480 |
| "Aug-2011" | -669 | -1060 |
| "Sep-2011" | 278 | -1010 |
| "Oct-2011" | -538 | -1970 |
| "Nov-2011" | -924 | -1190 |
| "Dec-2011" | -2851 | -1290 |
| "Jan-2012" | -482 | -1590 |
| "Feb-2012" | 1176 | -1250 |
| "Mar-2012" | -1557 | -870 |
| "Apr-2012" | -2943 | -1750 |
| "May-2012" | -2688 | -830 |
| "Jun-2012" | -2246 | -680 |
| "Jul-2012" | -1358 | -1280 |
| "Aug-2012" | -545 | -950 |
| "Sep-2012" | 765 | -530 |
| "Oct-2012" | 949 | -410 |
| "Nov-2012" | 109 | -250 |
| "Dec-2012" | -1588 | -390 |
| "Jan-2013" | 1382 | 170 |
| "Feb-2013" | 2302 | 170 |
| "Mar-2013" | 50 | 690 |
| "Apr-2013" | -436 | 1110 |
| "May-2013" | -744 | 1390 |
| "Jun-2013" | -77 | 1590 |
| "Jul-2013" | 1316 | 1310 |
| "Aug-2013" | 2003 | 1690 |
| "Sep-2013" | 2851 | 1750 |
| "Oct-2013" | 3523 | 2270 |
| "Nov-2013" | 2837 | 2520 |
| "Dec-2013" | 2284 | 2900 |
| "Jan-2014" | 4155 | 2680 |
| "Feb-2014" | 6030 | 3640 |
| "Mar-2014" | 3043 | 3600 |
| "Apr-2014" | 2054 | 3940 |
| "May-2014" | 1215 | 3600 |
| "Jun-2014" | 2151 | 4070 |
| "Jul-2014" | 4635 | 4340 |
| "Aug-2014" | 4917 | 4660 |
| "Sep-2014" | 5425 | 4380 |
| "Oct-2014" | 5723 | 4460 |
| "Nov-2014" | 4552 | 4210 |
| "Dec-2014" | 3513 | 3980 |
| "Jan-2015" | 6537 | 4620 |
| "Feb-2015" | 6448 | 3960 |
| "Mar-2015" | 4096 | 4710 |
| "Apr-2015" | 2619 | 4740 |
| "May-2015" | 2244 | 4820 |
| "Jun-2015" | 2718 | 4720 |
| "Jul-2015" | 5812 | 5320 |
| "Aug-2015" | 5696 | 5430 |
| "Sep-2015" | 6539 | 5530 |
| "Oct-2015" | 6924 | 5520 |
| "Nov-2015" | 5823 | 5460 |
| "Dec-2015" | 4353 | 5100 |
| "Jan-2016" | 7404 | 5300 |
| "Feb-2016" | 8444 | 5730 |
| "Mar-2016" | 4579 | 5280 |
| "Apr-2016" | 2827 | 5190 |
| "May-2016" | 2875 | 5520 |
| "Jun-2016" | 3337 | 5370 |
| "Jul-2016" | 5871 | 5280 |
| "Aug-2016" | 5058 | 4800 |
| "Sep-2016" | 6381 | 5400 |
| "Oct-2016" | 6693 | 5300 |
| "Nov-2016" | 5372 | 5010 |
| "Dec-2016" | 4048 | 4880 |
| "Jan-2017" | 6984 | 4780 |
| "Feb-2017" | 7599 | 4900 |
| "Mar-2017" | 4304 | 4990 |
| "Apr-2017" | 2294 | 4730 |
| "May-2017" | 1983 | 4510 |
| "Jun-2017" | 2946 | 5000 |
| "Jul-2017" | 5083 | 4470 |
| "Aug-2017" | 4347 | 4080 |
| "Sep-2017" | 4883 | 3870 |
| "Oct-2017" | 5510 | 3990 |
| "Nov-2017" | 4537 | 4130 |
| "Dec-2017" | 2810 | 3910 |
| "Jan-2018" | 6788 | 4580 |
| "Feb-2018" | 6381 | 3820 |
| "Mar-2018" | 3370 | 4110 |
| "Apr-2018" | 1553 | 4020 |
| "May-2018" | 1705 | 4170 |
| "Jun-2018" | 2028 | 3840 |
| "Jul-2018" | 4700 | 4060 |
| "Aug-2018" | 4615 | 4460 |
| "Sep-2018" | 5431 | 4550 |
| "Oct-2018" | 5450 | 3980 |
| "Nov-2018" | 4406 | 3860 |
| "Dec-2018" | 3140 | 4200 |
| "Jan-2019" | 6326 | 4180 |
| "Feb-2019" | 6787 | 4180 |
| "Mar-2019" | 3543 | 4250 |
| "Apr-2019" | 1857 | 4450 |
| "May-2019" | 2838 | 5470 |
| "Jun-2019" | 3008 | 5050 |
| "Jul-2019" | 6405 | 5650 |
| "Aug-2019" | 7364 | 7350 |
| "Sep-2019" | 8003 | 7170 |
| "Oct-2019" | 9921 | 8290 |
| "Nov-2019" | 8533 | 7780 |
| "Dec-2019" | 8003 | 8740 |
| "Jan-2020" | 11004 | 7930 |
| "Feb-2020" | 14627 | 10910 |
| "Mar-2020" | 10117 | 10120 |
| "Apr-2020" | 104 | 100 |
| "May-2020" | 373 | 370 |
| "Jun-2020" | 382 | 380 |
| "Jul-2020" | 72 | 70 |
| "Aug-2020" | 1279 | 1280 |
| "Sep-2020" | 566 | 570 |
| "Oct-2020" | 741 | 740 |
| "Nov-2020" | -300 | -300 |
| "Dec-2020" | -2121 | -2120 |
| "Jan-2021" | -841 | -840 |
| "Feb-2021" | -883 | -880 |
| "Mar-2021" | -1154 | -1150 |
| "Apr-2021" | -862 | -860 |
| "May-2021" | -1079 | -1080 |
| "Jun-2021" | -2003 | -2000 |
| "Jul-2021" | -950 | -950 |
| "Aug-2021" | -1191 | -1190 |
| "Sep-2021" | -178 | -180 |
| "Oct-2021" | 363 | 360 |
| "Nov-2021" | -1721 | -1720 |
| "Dec-2021" | -4451 | -4450 |
| "Jan-2022" | -3507 | -3510 |
| "Feb-2022" | -3360 | -3360 |
| "Mar-2022" | -519 | -520 |
| "Apr-2022" | -868 | -870 |
| "May-2022" | -1246 | -1250 |
| "Jun-2022" | -64 | -60 |
| "Jul-2022" | 2238 | 2240 |
| "Aug-2022" | 2508 | 2510 |
| "Sep-2022" | 5456 | 5460 |
| "Oct-2022" | 5664 | 5660 |
| "Nov-2022" | 9572 | 9570 |
| "Dec-2022" | 9025 | 9020 |
| "Jan-2023" | 10775 | 9030 |
| "Feb-2023" | 14777 | 10840 |
| "Mar-2023" | 16628 | 17030 |
| "Apr-2023" | 9995 | 14370 |
| "May-2023" | 10515 | 13940 |
| "Jun-2023" | 11246 | 12850 |
| "Jul-2023" | 9624 | 7210 |
| "Aug-2023" | 14016 | 12970 |
| "Sep-2023" | 10886 | 9870 |
| "Oct-2023" | 8470 | 7310 |
| "Nov-2023" | 6921 | 7090 |
| "Dec-2023" | 4100 | 6840 |
| "Jan-2024" | 4264 | 3480 |
| "Feb-2024" | 6680 | 3930 |
| "Mar-2024" | 3304 | 3740 |
| "Apr-2024" | 697 | 2920 |
| "May-2024" | 2 | 2140 |
| "Jun-2024" | 1321 | 2170 |
| "Jul-2024" | 2982 | 1280 |
| "Aug-2024" | 2021 | 780 |
| "Sep-2024" | 1795 | 590 |
| "Oct-2024" | 1668 | 300 |
| "Nov-2024" | 571 | 670 |
| "Dec-2024" | -1143 | 1510 |
| "Jan-2025" | -324 | -510 |
| "Feb-2025" | 5341 | 2680 |
| "Mar-2025" | 172 | 730 |
| "Apr-2025" | -939 | 1040 |
| "May-2025" | -1436 | 800 |
| "Jun-2025" | 1209 | 1930 |
| "Jul-2025" | 4131 | 2060 |
Provisional migration estimates are revised each month until they are finalised after 16 months.
Migration with Australia - year ended December 2024
There was a provisional net migration loss of 30,000 people to Australia in the year ended December 2024. This was made up of 17,300 migrant arrivals from Australia to New Zealand, and 47,300 migrant departures from New Zealand to Australia.
Traditionally, there has been a net migration loss from New Zealand to Australia. This averaged about 30,000 a year from 2004 to 2013, and 3,000 a year from 2014 to 2019.
| Quarter | "Migrant arrivals (from AU to NZ | "Migrant departures (from NZ to AU | Net migration (from AU to NZ) | Migrant arrivals (from RoW to NZ) | Migrant departures (from NZ to RoW) | Net migration (from RoW to NZ) |
| Dec-2003 | estimated from Stats NZ data)" | estimated from ABS data)" | -6415 | 24734 | 9853 | 14881 |
| Mar-2004 | 6663 | 13078 | -6103 | 23582 | 9784 | 13798 |
| Jun-2004 | 5463 | 11566 | -4566 | 16110 | 12683 | 3427 |
| Sep-2004 | 4347 | 8913 | -4583 | 20254 | 12111 | 8143 |
| Dec-2004 | 4438 | 9021 | -4585 | 23307 | 14698 | 8609 |
| Mar-2005 | 5995 | 10580 | -7155 | 23100 | 11408 | 11692 |
| Jun-2005 | 4853 | 12008 | -6434 | 17813 | 12401 | 5412 |
| Sep-2005 | 3879 | 10313 | -5751 | 20886 | 12158 | 8728 |
| Dec-2005 | 4167 | 9918 | -5541 | 23519 | 13204 | 10315 |
| Mar-2006 | 5765 | 11306 | -7082 | 24460 | 10328 | 14132 |
| Jun-2006 | 4686 | 11768 | -6861 | 18234 | 12703 | 5531 |
| Sep-2006 | 3681 | 10542 | -6496 | 23311 | 12001 | 11310 |
| Dec-2006 | 4276 | 10772 | -6696 | 26124 | 13249 | 12875 |
| Mar-2007 | 5915 | 12611 | -8979 | 26197 | 11000 | 15197 |
| Jun-2007 | 4738 | 13717 | -8987 | 19163 | 12868 | 6295 |
| Sep-2007 | 3808 | 12795 | -7610 | 23867 | 12683 | 11184 |
| Dec-2007 | 4252 | 11862 | -8360 | 25685 | 13388 | 12297 |
| Mar-2008 | 5740 | 14100 | -11173 | 27800 | 10879 | 16921 |
| Jun-2008 | 4502 | 15675 | -10516 | 22193 | 12896 | 9297 |
| Sep-2008 | 3620 | 14136 | -9455 | 25727 | 12335 | 13392 |
| Dec-2008 | 4019 | 13474 | -8804 | 26289 | 13680 | 12609 |
| Mar-2009 | 5844 | 14648 | -8730 | 26968 | 10718 | 16250 |
| Jun-2009 | 4702 | 13432 | -5235 | 17994 | 11753 | 6241 |
| Sep-2009 | 4180 | 9415 | -4019 | 21620 | 12026 | 9594 |
| Dec-2009 | 4758 | 8777 | -4353 | 21534 | 13013 | 8521 |
| Mar-2010 | 6509 | 10862 | -6963 | 22391 | 11545 | 10846 |
| Jun-2010 | 5264 | 12227 | -6598 | 15238 | 13297 | 1941 |
| Sep-2010 | 4442 | 11040 | -6984 | 20894 | 12624 | 8270 |
| Dec-2010 | 4859 | 11843 | -7839 | 21167 | 14117 | 7050 |
| Mar-2011 | 6244 | 14083 | -11751 | 22856 | 12428 | 10428 |
| Jun-2011 | 5002 | 16753 | -11081 | 16052 | 13549 | 2503 |
| Sep-2011 | 3811 | 14892 | -10019 | 21579 | 13490 | 8089 |
| Dec-2011 | 4328 | 14347 | -9848 | 20588 | 15053 | 5535 |
| Mar-2012 | 5990 | 15838 | -12799 | 23561 | 11625 | 11936 |
| Jun-2012 | 4812 | 17611 | -11077 | 15917 | 12717 | 3200 |
| Sep-2012 | 3959 | 15036 | -9161 | 20274 | 12251 | 8023 |
| Dec-2012 | 4933 | 14094 | -7814 | 21076 | 13792 | 7284 |
| Mar-2013 | 7230 | 15044 | -8903 | 22736 | 10099 | 12637 |
| Jun-2013 | 6079 | 14982 | -5779 | 16582 | 12060 | 4522 |
| Sep-2013 | 5458 | 11237 | -3095 | 20877 | 11612 | 9265 |
| Dec-2013 | 6801 | 9896 | -1570 | 22472 | 12258 | 10214 |
| Mar-2014 | 9277 | 10847 | -2700 | 25626 | 9698 | 15928 |
| Jun-2014 | 7553 | 10253 | -1644 | 19343 | 12279 | 7064 |
| Sep-2014 | 6325 | 7969 | -454 | 26783 | 11352 | 15431 |
| Dec-2014 | 7402 | 7856 | 839 | 25060 | 12111 | 12949 |
| Mar-2015 | 10088 | 9249 | -1344 | 29038 | 10613 | 18425 |
| Jun-2015 | 8001 | 9345 | -616 | 20754 | 12557 | 8197 |
| Sep-2015 | 6791 | 7407 | 232 | 29252 | 11437 | 17815 |
| Dec-2015 | 7802 | 7570 | 1030 | 28061 | 11991 | 16070 |
| Mar-2016 | 10426 | 9396 | -1618 | 31243 | 9198 | 22045 |
| Jun-2016 | 8448 | 10066 | -2234 | 22391 | 11118 | 11273 |
| Sep-2016 | 6559 | 8793 | -1307 | 28932 | 10315 | 18617 |
| Dec-2016 | 7477 | 8784 | 559 | 28077 | 12523 | 15554 |
| Mar-2017 | 9997 | 9438 | -1215 | 31493 | 11391 | 20102 |
| Jun-2017 | 7662 | 8877 | -1157 | 22416 | 14036 | 8380 |
| Sep-2017 | 6203 | 7360 | -849 | 29009 | 13847 | 15162 |
| Dec-2017 | 6712 | 7561 | 424 | 27589 | 15156 | 12433 |
| Mar-2018 | 9018 | 8594 | -1654 | 31162 | 12969 | 18193 |
| Jun-2018 | 6894 | 8548 | -1551 | 22080 | 15243 | 6837 |
| Sep-2018 | 5591 | 7142 | -966 | 30171 | 14459 | 15712 |
| Dec-2018 | 6499 | 7465 | -181 | 28235 | 15058 | 13177 |
| Mar-2019 | 8382 | 8563 | -1739 | 31371 | 12976 | 18395 |
| Jun-2019 | 6706 | 8445 | -1344 | 24123 | 15076 | 9047 |
| Sep-2019 | 6030 | 7374 | -375 | 35658 | 13511 | 22147 |
| Dec-2019 | 7391 | 7766 | 778 | 43886 | 18207 | 25679 |
| Mar-2020 | 10577 | 9799 | 1616 | 48445 | 14313 | 34132 |
| Jun-2020 | 8774 | 7158 | 1294 | 3103 | 3538 | -435 |
| Sep-2020 | 1863 | 569 | 4394 | 8754 | 11231 | -2477 |
| Dec-2020 | 5491 | 1097 | 36 | 9920 | 11636 | -1716 |
| Mar-2021 | 5094 | 5058 | -2053 | 10804 | 11629 | -825 |
| Jun-2021 | 4160 | 6213 | -998 | 8765 | 11711 | -2946 |
| Sep-2021 | 6940 | 7938 | -841 | 9080 | 10558 | -1478 |
| Dec-2021 | 2521 | 3362 | -1495 | 10154 | 14468 | -4314 |
| Mar-2022 | 3035 | 4530 | -2573 | 9205 | 14018 | -4813 |
| Jun-2022 | 4471 | 7044 | -2788 | 17269 | 16659 | 610 |
| Sep-2022 | 5590 | 8378 | -4151 | 29427 | 15075 | 14352 |
| Dec-2022 | 4767 | 8918 | -5077 | 43299 | 13961 | 29338 |
| Mar-2023 | 5412 | 10489 | -6729 | 61247 | 12338 | 48909 |
| Jun-2023 | 5038 | 11767 | -7249 | 54685 | 15680 | 39005 |
| Sep-2023 | 3284 | 10533 | -7032 | 54815 | 13257 | 41558 |
| Dec-2023 | 3696 | 10728 | -8369 | 42560 | 14698 | 27862 |
| Mar-2024 | 4568 | 12937 | -9410 | 39256 | 15598 | 23658 |
| Jun-2024 | 4030 | 13440 | -7193 | 28708 | 19494 | 9213 |
| Sep-2024 | 3372 | 10565 | -6435 | 31189 | 17956 | 13233 |
| Dec-2024 | 4164 | 10599 | -6914 | 28499 | 20489 | 8010 |
The provisional net migration loss to Australia in the year ended December 2024 was made up of a net loss of 28,800 New Zealand citizens, and a net loss of 1,100 non-New Zealand citizens. This compared with a net migration loss to Australia of 29,400 in the year ended December 2023, made up of a net loss of 28,300 New Zealand citizens and a net loss of 1,100 non-New Zealand citizens.
In the December 2024 year, 58 percent of New Zealand citizen migrant departures were to Australia.
Net migration loss to Australia in 2024 (published in July 2025 and based on provisional data to December 2024) has more information.
These net migration estimates draw on two Infoshare series (select 'Tourism', then 'International Travel and Migration - ITM'):
- Estimated migrant arrivals by citizenship, visa type, and CLPR, 12/16-month rule (Quarterly) - this uses Stats NZ monthly estimates currently available to July 2025.
- Estimated migrant arrivals to Australia by CLPR, citizenship, and birthplace (Quarterly) - this uses Australian Bureau of Statistics quarterly estimates currently available to December 2024. Data for the March 2025 quarter will be available in late September 2025.
As the country of last previous residence (CLPR) of migrants arriving in New Zealand and Australia is not always known, an allowance for non-response to the CLPR question on both New Zealand and Australian arrival cards has been made.
Latest revisions
Migration estimates from April 2024 are provisional and subject to revision because it is not yet known whether some travellers are migrants or non-migrants.
Why migration estimates change has more information.
From August 2024 onwards, starting with the release of June 2024 estimates, a new training period was implemented for the international migration model.
Adjusting the training window for the international migration model (published 6 August 2024) and International migration: June 2024 (published 13 August 2024) have more information on the change of training period.
We encourage customers to make their own judgement on whether to use provisional migration estimates for the latest months, which have higher uncertainty, or provisional migration estimates for older months, which have lower uncertainty. Annual arrival and departure estimates are subject to notably less revision at five to six months after the reference period.
Comparison of provisional and final migration estimates: August 2017 to July 2025 contains a history of published migration estimates and revisions.
This month, revisions to the preceding month June 2025 were:
- migrant arrivals up 100 (1 percent). The average revision size to the preceding month was 500 (3 percent), and revisions were all downwards, over the previous 12 months (June 2024 to May 2025).
- migrant departures up 200 (2 percent). The average revision size to the preceding month was 500 (5 percent), with half of revisions upwards and half downwards, over the previous 12 months.
- net migration down 100. The average revision size to the preceding month was 700, and revisions were generally downwards, over the previous 12 months.
Text alternative for graphs Estimated migration by direction, monthly, November 2018-July 2025
This month, revisions to the preceding year (ended June 2025) were:
- migrant arrivals up 500 (less than 1 percent). The average revision size to the preceding year was 3,600 (2 percent), and revisions were all downwards, over the previous 12 months (year ended June 2024 to year ended May 2025).
- migrant departures up 2,200 (2 percent). The average revision size to the preceding year was 2,300 (2 percent), and revisions were generally downwards, over the previous 12 months.
- net migration down 1,800. The average revision size to the preceding year was 3,000, and revisions were generally downwards, over the previous 12 months.
More data
Use Infoshare to access time-series data for international travel and migration:
Subject category: Tourism
Group: International travel and migration - ITM
Definitions and metadata
International migration - DataInfo+ gives general methodology used to produce international travel and migration statistics.
International migration concepts - DataInfo+ gives definitions of terms used in this release.
Subnational short-term NZ-resident arrivals - DataInfo+ gives methodology for determining the New Zealand-location information in short-term New Zealand-resident arrival records.
Provisional migration estimates
Comparisons between the July 2025 and 2024 months and years use the latest provisional estimates for each period.
The provisional estimates have 95 percent confidence intervals (±) beside them - the wider the interval, the greater the uncertainty about the estimate. However, these intervals reflect the model uncertainty, not the extent of future revisions to provisional data.
Migration estimates in more recent months have greater uncertainty and are therefore subject to larger revisions than estimates for earlier periods.
Provisional migration estimates are revised each month until they are finalised after 16 months.
Migration data transformation has more information about the migration estimates, including the 12/16-month rule and a monthly summary of the number of border movements, the number requiring modelling as migrants or non-migrants, and the history of revisions to migration estimates.
Comparison of provisional and final migration estimates: August 2017 to July 2025 also has more information.
Why migration estimates change
The outcomes-based measure of migration with provisional and final estimates is the official way we measure migration in New Zealand.
International migration uses new official measure has more information.
To classify a border crossing as a migrant movement, we need to observe up to 16 months of travel history, and it takes 17 months before final migration estimates are available, using the 12/16-month rule.
To produce timely results, we use a statistical model to produce provisional migration estimates. As new data becomes available each month, the provisional migration model has more information about the border crossings it is trying to estimate. This causes shifts in the estimated number of migrant arrivals and migrant departures, and thus changes in the net migration estimates.
Text alternative for diagram International migration estimates (provisional), year ended July 2025
Diagram shows outcomes-based (provisional) estimates of migration, by citizenship (New Zealand or non-New Zealand) for the year ended July 2025. Overall, net migration is 13,100, made up of a net loss of 47,600 NZ citizens (based on 25,800 migrant arrivals, a 16 percent increase on the year ended July 2024, and 73,400 migrant departures, a 9 percent increase) and a net gain of 60,700 non-NZ citizens (based on 114,700 migrant arrivals, a 25 percent decrease on the year ended July 2024, and 54,000 migrant departures, a 21 percent increase). Estimates are provisional as of 10 September 2025. Source: Stats NZ.
Text alternative for graphs Estimated migration by direction, monthly, November 2018-July 2025
Graphs show monthly revisions to provisional migrant arrivals, migrant departures, and net migration for each month from November 2018 to July 2025. The data is shown in three line graphs arranged one after the other vertically, starting with migrant arrivals (top), migrant departures (middle), and net migration (bottom). The vertical axis shows estimated number of migrants. Months are labelled on the horizontal axis. Source: Stats NZ.
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