Source: Statistics New Zealand
International migration: July 2026 – information release
14 September 2026
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
Provisional estimates for the July 2026 year compared with the July 2025 year were:
- migrant arrivals: 134,400 (± 1,400), up 5 percent
- migrant departures: 114,100 (± 1,200), down 4 percent
- annual net migration: gain of 20,300 (± 1,800), compared with a gain of 9,600 (± 200).
Annual migrant arrivals peaked at 232,900 in the October 2023 year.