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Services › Citizenship › Citizenship Statistics
More than 650,000 people have become citizens since New Zealand citizenship was introduced in 1949. In 2012, 27,221 people were granted New Zealand citizenship. The table below lists the top 10 previous citizenships of people who became New Zealand citizens by grant during 2012.
Statistics for New Zealand Citizenship
Previous Citizenship
Total granted
United Kingdom
5,607
Samoa
2,956
South Africa
2,784
India
2,274
Philippines
2,218
Fiji
2,081
China
1,231
Zimbabwe
713
Korea
559
United States of America
511
Below are links to New Zealand Citizenship statistics from 1949 - 2012
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Top 10 Country figures (1949 - 2012)
Combined Citizenship by Grant figures from 1970-2012
