Population: 3,308,973 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 79 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--New Zealander(s); adjective--New Zealand

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

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

Language: English (official), Maori

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970)

Labor force: 1,591,900; services 67.4%, manufacturing 19.8%, primary production 9.3% (1987)

Organized labor: 681,000 members; 43% of labor force (1986)

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.