Citizenship - Granted citizenship by country 1949–2018
Department of Internal Affairs
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
For more information
https://www.dia.govt.nz/press.nsf/d77da9b523f12931cc256ac5000d19b6/ca28f03c297b5690cc25838c0075986c!OpenDocument
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.
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. In 2018, there were 13,691.
Data provided by
Department of Internal Affairs
Dataset name
Citizenship Statistics (edited) 2018
Webpage:
http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Citizenship-Citizenship-Statistics
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Granted New Zealand Citizenship by country of birth from 1949-2018 (xls 244kb)' file.
This dataset was edited by Figure.NZ.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Citizenship Statistics (edited) 2018
From the dataset Citizenship Statistics (edited) 2018, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: AW_Grants_by_CoB_Crosstab
- Range:
C2:BT340
- Provided: 20,790 data points
Dataset originally released on:
February 28, 2019