3 The reverse diaspora (continued)
| Number of countries from which New Zealand has at least… | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 migrants | 149 | 135 | 141 | 163 | 177 |
| 100 migrants | 85 | 84 | 89 | 108 | 120 |
| 1,000 migrants | 28 | 33 | 36 | 46 | 48 |
| 10,000 migrants | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 16 |
Note – For the purposes of this table, a “migrant” is a person who was born outside New Zealand
Source – Calculated from unpublished Census tabulations from Statistics New Zealand
- Numbers of migrant communities, New Zealand and selected countries, 2001
| Number of countries from which the selected country has at least… | Australia | Canada | Denmark | Ireland | Italy | Nether-lands | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 migrants | 166 | 185 | 114 | -- | 143 | 146 | 120 |
| 1,000 migrants | 110 | 140 | 51 | 30 | 83 | 76 | 48 |
| 10,000 migrants | 56 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 26 | 16 |
Note – For the purposes of this table, a “migrant” is a person who was born outside his or her present country
Source – See Appendix Table 1
| Australia | Canada | Denmark | Ireland | Italy | Netherlands | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (millions) | 19.5 | 31.1 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 57.3 | 16.0 | 3.7 |
Source – OECD Labour Market Data online database.
Table 9 compares the number of migrant communities in New Zealand with numbers in six other countries for which the necessary data were available, and Table 10 compares New Zealand’s population with that of the same six countries. Together the tables suggest that New Zealand has fewer migrant communities than the OECD norm, but more than might be expected for a country with such a small population.
