Neuseeland - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 41 18 S, 174 47 E
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April
time zone note: New Zealand has two time zones: New Zealand standard time (UTC+12) and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in advance of New Zealand standard time; UTC+12:45)
etymology: named in 1840 after Arthur WELLESLEY, the first Duke of Wellington and victorious general at the Battle of Waterloo
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of New Zealand
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 3 years
land: 264,537 sq km
water: 4,301 sq km
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
arable land: 1.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 41.1% (2018 est.)
forest: 31.4% (2018 est.)
other: 25.4% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 64.36% (male 1,661,312/female 1,627,304)
65 years and over: 16.49% (2023 est.) (male 394,339/female 448,030)
note: shares sum to 124.1% due to multiple responses on the 2018 census
male: 81 years
female: 84.6 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 38.4 years
rate of urbanization: 0.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2020)
4.59% (2020 est.)
4.11% (2019 est.)
32.7% of GDP (2019 est.)
36.61% of GDP (2018 est.)
1.71% (2020 est.)
1.62% (2019 est.)
$50.544 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$57.875 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$48.104 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$57.682 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 96% (2021 est.)
narrow gauge: 4,128 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified)
paved: 61,600 km (2017) (includes 199 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,400 km (2017)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 114 (2021 est.)
New Zealand-Antarctica: asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)