Tonga → New Zealand
Migration corridor · visas, permits and flows
- From
- Tonga
- To
- New Zealand
- Inflow, 2023 (OECD)
- 2,658
- Change since 2018
- +95.2%
- Share of all arrivals in New Zealand, 2023
- 1.28%
Inflow 20232,658OECD
Year by year
Data as at 2025
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Migration from Tonga to New Zealand
Inflows of nationals of Tonga recorded by New Zealand; stock of nationals of Tonga living there; and acquisitions of New Zealand's nationality (OECD).
Inflows by year
Data table
| 2000 | 920 |
| 2001 | 1,121 |
| 2002 | 1,072 |
| 2003 | 1,206 |
| 2004 | 1,594 |
| 2005 | 1,843 |
| 2006 | 1,823 |
| 2007 | 1,859 |
| 2008 | 2,084 |
| 2009 | 1,585 |
| 2010 | 1,160 |
| 2011 | 1,062 |
| 2012 | 889 |
| 2013 | 1,002 |
| 2014 | 1,029 |
| 2015 | 1,284 |
| 2016 | 1,260 |
| 2017 | 1,326 |
| 2018 | 1,362 |
| 2019 | 2,205 |
| 2020 | 1,170 |
| 2021 | 279 |
| 2022 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 2,658 |
| Year | Inflow | Stock | Acquired nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,658 | — | 531 |
| 2022 | 1,104 | — | 270 |
| 2021 | 279 | — | 312 |
| 2020 | 1,170 | — | 385 |
| 2019 | 2,205 | — | 701 |
| 2018 | 1,362 | — | 848 |
| 2017 | 1,326 | — | 684 |
| 2016 | 1,260 | — | 764 |
| 2015 | 1,284 | — | 506 |
| 2014 | 1,029 | — | 500 |
| 2013 | 1,002 | — | 521 |
| 2012 | 889 | — | 458 |
| 2011 | 1,062 | — | 333 |
| 2010 | 1,160 | — | 384 |
Source: OECD, International Migration Database (OECD.ELS.IMD), accessed 24 Oct 2026Data as at 2023
Migrant population
People born in Tonga who live in New Zealand: mid-year estimates of the international migrant stock (UN DESA).
Migrant population by year
Data table
| 1990 | 10,170 |
| 1995 | 13,577 |
| 2000 | 17,509 |
| 2005 | 20,188 |
| 2010 | 21,722 |
| 2015 | 24,561 |
| 2020 | 28,005 |
| 2024 | 29,981 |
- Estimate, 2024
- 29,981
- Share of all international migrants in the destination, 2024
- 2.0%
- Rank among countries of birth, 2024
- 11
- Counted by
- country of birth, refugees added
Source: United Nations, DESA Population Division, International Migrant Stock 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO)Data as at 2024
Compared with other corridors
Nationalities with the most arrivals in New Zealand, 2023; Tonga ranks 13.
- India47,163
- Philippines38,838
- China26,214
- Fiji11,157
- South Africa8,667
- Sri Lanka7,044
- Vietnam5,919
- United Kingdom5,847
- Australia5,196
- United States4,191
- Samoa2,994
- Nepal2,811
- United States230
- Australia116
- Japan65
- France10
- Sweden3
- Italy2
Source: OECD, International Migration Database (OECD.ELS.IMD), accessed 24 Oct 2026Data as at 2023
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