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The Māori language has undergone a process of revitalisation and is spoken by 4 percent of the population. New Zealand has an adult literacy rate of 99 percent and over half of the population aged 15–29 hold a tertiary qualification.
New Zealand ranks 21st in the OECD for its gross R&D spending as a percentage of GDP. [305] New Zealand was ranked 25th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024. [306] The New Zealand Space Agency was created by the government in 2016 for space policy, regulation and sector development.
People of European descent constituted the majority of the 4.2 million people living in New Zealand, with 2,969,391 or 74.0% of the population in the 2013 New Zealand census. [25] Those of full or part-Māori ancestry comprise 14.9% of New Zealanders.
There were 861,576 people identifying as being part of the Asian ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census, making up 17.3% of New Zealand's population. [3] This is an increase of 153,978 people (21.8%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 389,868 people (82.7%) since the 2013 census .
There were 16,245 people identifying as being part of the American ethnic group at the 2018 New Zealand census, making up 0.35% of New Zealand's population.This is an increase of 3,903 people (31.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 5,439 people (50.3%) since the 2006 census.
The Auckland Region is New Zealand's most populous territorial authority and Auckland its most populous city. In the 2018 census, 1,571,718 persons declared themselves as residents of the region – an increase of 156,178 people or 11.0% since the 2013 census. The Auckland Region accounts for about one-third (33.4%) of New Zealand's population.
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.
He spent the night of the 1981 census in a boat beyond New Zealand's 20 kilometres (12 mi) territorial limit in order to avoid enumeration in the country. He has also publicly burnt census forms. [20] Following the 2006 census, Statistics New Zealand prosecuted 72 people for failing to return their forms, with 41 convictions.