People born in Samoa granted New Zealand citizenship
1949–2020
| Year | Number of people granted citizenship |
|---|---|
| 1949 | 52 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 3 |
| 1952 | 2 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1954 | 4 |
| 1955 | 8 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1957 | 9 |
| 1958 | 3 |
| 1959 | 15 |
| 1960 | 28 |
| 1961 | 42 |
| 1962 | 31 |
| 1963 | 43 |
| 1964 | 51 |
| 1965 | 67 |
| 1966 | 61 |
| 1967 | 117 |
| 1968 | 87 |
| 1969 | 156 |
| 1970 | 97 |
| 1971 | 86 |
| 1972 | 184 |
| 1973 | 154 |
| 1974 | 129 |
| 1975 | 117 |
| 1976 | 138 |
| 1977 | 151 |
| 1978 | 551 |
| 1979 | 313 |
| 1980 | 259 |
| 1981 | 316 |
| 1982 | 814 |
| 1983 | 4,155 |
| 1984 | 3,609 |
| 1985 | 1,869 |
| 1986 | 2,083 |
| 1987 | 2,479 |
| 1988 | 2,687 |
| 1989 | 2,131 |
| 1990 | 2,147 |
| 1991 | 1,871 |
| 1992 | 1,751 |
| 1993 | 1,903 |
| 1994 | 879 |
| 1995 | 1,212 |
| 1996 | 1,432 |
| 1997 | 1,502 |
| 1998 | 1,673 |
| 1999 | 1,659 |
| 2000 | 1,708 |
| 2001 | 1,600 |
| 2002 | 1,321 |
| 2003 | 1,196 |
| 2004 | 1,070 |
| 2005 | 1,161 |
| 2006 | 1,378 |
| 2007 | 1,447 |
| 2008 | 1,434 |
| 2009 | 1,551 |
| 2010 | 1,908 |
| 2011 | 2,034 |
| 2012 | 2,956 |
| 2013 | 2,934 |
| 2014 | 2,590 |
| 2015 | 2,722 |
| 2016 | 3,029 |
| 2017 | 2,954 |
| 2018 | 3,185 |
| 2019 | 2,813 |
| 2020 | 1,331 |
Data calculation/treatment
The country or territory indicates the country of birth of the applicant. Some countries no longer exist or have been renamed.
Figure.NZ calculated totals for the following countries to improve the data quality and useability of the output:
United Kingdom: United Kingdom + England + Wales + Scotland + Northern Ireland + Channel Islands + Island of Jersey + Jersey + Guernsey + Great Britain
Samoa: Samoa + Western Samoa
China (including Hong Kong and Macau): China + Tibet + Inner Mongolia + Hong Kong + Macau + Macao
Vietnam: Vietnam + North Vietnam + South Vietnam
Ireland: Ireland + Republic of Ireland
South Korea: Korea + Republic of Korea + South Korea
United States of America: United States of America + U.S.A.
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka + Ceylon
Germany: Germany + West Germany + Federal Republic of Germany + East Germany + Democratic Republic of Germany.
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Limitations of the data
The country of birth is as indicated by the applicant. If a country has changed name (for example, Burma vs Myanmar) it is reported separately for each name change.
Some countries were established through new borders (eg. Czechia vs Slovakia). People born prior to that year would not be counted.
Figure.NZ has partially resolved this issue by manually calculating totals for select countries.
Exclusions
This data excludes new citizenships by descent granted to those born overseas to a New Zealand citizen.
Data provided by
Department of Internal Affairs
Dataset name
Citizenship Statistics 2020
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How to find the data
At URL provided, under 'Download' tab select CSV file.
This dataset was edited by Figure.NZ.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Citizenship Statistics 2020
From the dataset Citizenship Statistics 2020, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 2-351
- Columns: 3-74
- Provided: 22,176 data points
This data forms the table Citizenship - Granted citizenship by country 1949–2020.
Dataset originally released on:
March 25, 2022
About this dataset
This dataset presents an aggregate number of granted New Zealand Citizenships segmented by country of birth.