Environment-current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by species introduced from outside
Environment-international agreements: party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Geography-note: about 80% of the population lives in cities
@New Zealand:People
Population: 3,625,388 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 23% (male 427,776; female 407,074) 15-64 years: 65% (male 1,188,468; female 1,181,002) 65 years and over: 12% (male 182,253; female 238,815) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.04% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 14.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 7.6 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 3.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)