Facts and figures
Country of birth
The New Zealand census figures listed here show the number of residents born in countries of the Middle East.
Arabia
- 1881 census: 1
- 1921 census: 4
Saudi Arabia
- 2001 census: 258
- 2006 census: 627
Persia
- 1881 census: 2
- 1921 census: 8
- 1951 census: 20
Iran
- 2001 census: 1,980
- 2006 census: 2,793
Syria
- 1921 census: 338
- 1951 census: 48
- 2001 census: 243
- 2006 census: 354
Turkey
- 1921 census: 21
- 1951 census: 28
- 1976 census: 201
- 2001 census: 396
- 2006 census: 600
Lebanon
- 1951 census: 204
- 1976 census: 211
- 2001 census: 408
- 2006 census: 411
Jordan
- 1951 census: 2
- 2001 census: 216
- 2006 census: 348
Bahrain
- 2001 census: 192
- 2006 census: 291
Iraq
- 2001 census: 4,848
- 2006 census: 6,024
Kuwait
- 2001 census: 456
- 2006 census: 606
Oman
- 2001 census: 78
- 2006 census: 285
Palestine
- 2001 census: 123
- 2006 census: 108
Qatar
- 2001 census: 48
- 2006 census: 72
United Arab Emirates
- 2001 census: 411
- 2006 census: 744
Yemen
- 2001 census: 66
- 2006 census: 81
Ethnic identity
In the 2006 census, people were asked to indicate the ethnic group or groups with which they identified. The numbers include those who indicated more than one group.
- Arab: 2,607
- Assyrian: 1,683
- Iranian/Persian: 2,895
- Iraqi: 3,222
- Lebanese: 999
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