Net
migration exceeds 100,000 – Media release
11 October 2023
New Zealand had a record net migration gain
of 110,200 in the August 2023 year, according to provisional estimates
released by Stats NZ today.
Revised estimates show that annual net migration
first exceeded 100,000 in the July 2023 year. Net migration is the difference
between migrant arrivals and migrant departures.
“Annual migrant arrivals reached an all-time
high of 225,400 in the August 2023 year. The 115,100 migrant departures
were just below the annual record of 117,400 in the February 2012 year,”
population indicators manager Tehseen Islam said.
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