Source: Statistics New Zealand
International migration: January 2026 – information release
13 March 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 January 2026 year compared with the January 2025 year were:
- migrant arrivals: 137,500 (± 1,300), down 1 percent
- migrant departures: 114,200 (± 1,100), down 5 percent
- annual net migration: gain of 23,200 (± 1,600), compared with a gain of 19,700 (± 200).
Annual migrant arrivals peaked at 234,800 in the October 2023 year.
