Population: 3,388,737 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.57% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 15.52 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 8.06 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.38 years
male: 72.76 years
female: 80.18 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.03 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: New Zealander(s)
adjective:

Ethnic divisions: European 88%, Maori 8.9%, Pacific Islander 2.9%, other 0.2%

Religions: Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 9% (1986)

Languages: English (official), Maori

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 1,603,500 (June 1991)
by occupation: services 67.4%, manufacturing 19.8%, primary production 9.3% (1987)

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.