Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (secondary) · Dutch (secondary) · Dutch (Brabantian) (secondary) · Fijian (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · German (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Japanese (secondary) · Kannada (secondary) · Khmer (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Malayalam (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Samoan (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Tamil (secondary) · Telugu (secondary) · Thai (secondary) · Tokelauan (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary) · Vietnamese (secondary) · Welsh (secondary) · Wu Chinese (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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New Zealand

Peoples

Largest first.

PeoplePopulationLanguageReligion
Anglo-New Zealander2963000 EnglishChristianity
Maori666000 MaoriChristianity
British, English219000 EnglishChristianity
South Asian, general178000 EnglishHinduism
Han Chinese, Cantonese110000 Chinese, YueNon-Religious
Anglo-Australian82000 EnglishChristianity
Filipino, Tagalog75000 TagalogChristianity
Hindi73000 HindiHinduism
Cook Islands Maori70000 Cook Islands MaoriChristianity
Fijian68000 FijianChristianity
Samoan60000 SamoanChristianity
Chinese, general59000 EnglishNon-Religious
Korean34000 KoreanChristianity
European, general30000 EnglishChristianity
Americans, U.S.30000 EnglishChristianity
Tongan29000 TonganChristianity
British, Scottish28000 EnglishChristianity
Gujarati27000 GujaratiHinduism
Niuean27000 NiueChristianity
Han Chinese, Wu26000 Chinese, WuNon-Religious
Japanese25000 JapaneseBuddhism
Punjabi22000 Punjabi, EasternIslam
Malay22000 MalayIslam
Dutch21000 DutchNon-Religious
Anglo-South African20000 EnglishChristianity
German18000 German, StandardChristianity
Sinhalese, general16000 SinhalaBuddhism
Anglo-Canadian13000 EnglishChristianity
Tamil (Hindu traditions)11000 TamilHinduism
Irish11000 EnglishChristianity
Khmer9900 KhmerBuddhism
Thai, Isan9200 Thai, NortheasternBuddhism
Latin American, general8800 SpanishChristianity
Thai8400 ThaiBuddhism
Tokelauan8200 TokelauanChristianity
Urdu7900 UrduIslam
Vietnamese7600 VietnameseBuddhism
Jewish, English-speaking7600 EnglishJudaism
Russian6900 RussianChristianity
Malayali6800 MalayalamHinduism
Arab, Iraqi6700 Arabic, MesopotamianIslam
Han Chinese, Min Nan6600 Chinese, Min NanEthnic Religions
Indonesian6300 IndonesianIslam
Persian5400 Persian, IranianIslam
French5300 FrenchChristianity
South Asian, Telugu-speaking5300 TeluguHinduism
Pacific Islanders, general4900 EnglishChristianity
Welsh4300 WelshChristianity
Tuvaluan4100 TuvaluanChristianity
Rakahanga-Manihiki4100 Rakahanga-ManihikiChristianity

Languages

47 languages recorded here.

Angloromani
Arabic, Mesopotamian
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Chinese, Min Nan
Chinese, Wu
Chinese, Yue
Cook Islands Maori
Dari
Dutch
English
Fiji Hindi
Fijian
French
German, Standard
Gujarati
Hindi
Indonesian
Japanese
Kannada
Khmer
Kiribati
Korean
Malay
Malayalam
Maori
Niue
Persian, Iranian
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Pukapuka
Punjabi, Eastern
Rakahanga-Manihiki
Russian
Samoan
Sinhala
Spanish
Tagalog
Tahitian
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Thai, Northeastern
Tokelauan
Tongan
Tuvaluan
Urdu
Vietnamese
Welsh

All catalogue fields

149 fields recorded
rog3
NZ
iso3
NZL
iso2
NZ
ctry
New Zealand
poplpeoples
5191000
cntpeoples
60
cntpeopleslr
19
poplpeopleslr
446000
jpscalectry
5
rol3officiallanguage
eng
officiallang
English
rlg3primary
1
religionprimary
Christianity
percentchristianity
50.786928977925
percentevangelical
17.816438741937
c_10_40window
N
rog2
SOP
continent
Oceania
regioncode
1
regionname
Australia and Pacific
workersneeded
22
harvest_rog3
NZ
harvest_iso3
NZL
harvest_iso2
NZ
harvest_owcountrycode
NEWZ
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
NZ
harvest_countrynumber
153
harvest_ctry
New Zealand
harvest_ctryshort
New Zealand
harvest_countrynamechinese
新西兰
harvest_countrynamechineseshort
新西兰
harvest_countrynamedutch
Nieuw Zeeland
harvest_countrynamefrench
Nouvelle-Zélande
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
Nouvelle-Zélande
harvest_countrynamegerman
Neuseeland
harvest_countrynamegermanshort
Neuseeland
harvest_countrynameindonesian
Selandia Baru
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
Selandia Baru
harvest_countrynameitalian
Nuova Zelanda
harvest_countrynameitalianshort
Nuova Zelanda
harvest_countrynamekorean
뉴질랜드
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
뉴질랜드
harvest_countrynamenorwegian
New Zealand
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
New Zealand
harvest_countrynameportuguese
Nova Zelândia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
Nova Zelândia
harvest_countrynamerussian
Новая Зеландия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort
Новая Зеландия
harvest_countrynamespanish
Nueva Zelanda
harvest_countrynamespanishshort
Nueva Zelanda
harvest_countrynamevietnamese
New Zealand
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
New Zealand
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
-
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
harvest_ethnologuemapexists
Y
harvest_rog2
SOP
harvest_regioncode2414
32
harvest_regioncode
1
harvest_unsr
053
harvest_worldabc
C
harvest_capital
Wellington
harvest_population
5252000
harvest_populationsource
UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo
https://prayercast.com/new-zealand.html
harvest_waldnerguide
prayer-guide-nz.pdf
harvest_jpscale
5
harvest_c_10_40window
N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
N
harvest_owpctevang
18.2
harvest_owpctcharismatic
9.4223032
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
0.5
harvest_owcountrypage
new-zealand
harvest_literacyrate
99
harvest_literacysource
Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized
87
harvest_rol3officiallanguage
eng
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
mri
harvest_rlg3primary
1
harvest_rlg4primary
3
harvest_pctanimist
0
harvest_pctbahai
0.06
harvest_pctbuddhism
1.45
harvest_pctchinese
0.05
harvest_pcthindu
2.02
harvest_pctislam
1.23
harvest_pctsikh
0.31
harvest_pctjudaism
0.16
harvest_pctnonreligious
40.92
harvest_pctother
0.6
harvest_pctchristian
53.2
harvest_pctchristianprotestant
17.46
harvest_pctchristianindependent
3.12
harvest_pctchristiananglican
12.2
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
12.35
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
0.39
harvest_pctchristianmarginal
2.29
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
5.39
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
0
harvest_pctchristianother
0
harvest_pctchristianextra
0
harvest_rop1
A010
harvest_hdiyear
2015
harvest_hdivalue
0.915
harvest_hdirank
13
harvest_internetusers
88.5
harvest_flashmapzoom
326
harvest_flashmapzoomx
-241
harvest_flashmapzoomy
-216
harvest_googlemapzoom
5
harvest_googlemaplat
-41
harvest_googlemaplng
174
harvest_ctrylatitude
-40.900557
harvest_ctrylongitude
174.885971
harvest_securitylevel
0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/new-zealand/
harvest_provincesdisplayable
Y
harvest_adm1label
Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode
601
harvest_poplgrowthrate
0.8762322015334063
harvest_godreportsurl
http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=nz&joshua=nz
harvest_datareportalurl
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-new-zealand
harvest_internetusage
91
harvest_internetusagesourceyear
2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl
https://biblesociety.org.nz/
harvest_areasquaremiles
104452
harvest_areasquarekilometers
267515
harvest_populationpersquaremile
37
harvest_countryphonecode
64
harvest_owpctchristian1986
73
harvest_owpctevangelical1986
16.7
harvest_owpctchristian1993
69.8
harvest_owpctevangelical1993
25.9
harvest_owpctchristian2001
61.71
harvest_owpctevangelical2001
22.1
harvest_religiondatayear
2010
harvest_internetctrycode
.nz
harvest_worldfactbookurl
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/new-zealand
harvest_source
pjj
harvest_editname
BM
harvest_editdate
09/12/02 00:00:00