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Latin American migrants by country of birth, 2001 and 2023

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This graph shows the significant increase in Latin American migration, especially from Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, in the first two decades of the 21st century. While migrants from these countries remained a small proportion of New Zealand’s overseas-born population, their communities were growing. 

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: New Zealand census, 2001 and 2023

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John Wilson, Latin Americans – Immigration history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/668/latin-american-migrants-by-country-of-birth-2001-and-2023 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.