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New Zealand vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 74th vs. 1st).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

New Zealand Russia
Population
5406623
142718132
Population rank 124/197 9/197
GDP
$260B
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 53/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$48,747
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 26/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$55,094
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$133B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.3%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$24,936
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 28/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$36,132
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
101,665 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
52.5 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.56
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
38.6 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

New Zealand and Russia: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Russia economies compared

GDP
New Zealand

Russia
Year GDP
New Zealand Russia
1960 $5,536,098,360 -
1961 $5,721,994,864 -
1962 $6,133,158,532 -
1963 $6,699,741,645 -
1964 $7,340,766,415 -
1965 $5,706,251,400 -
1966 $5,917,437,693 -
1967 $6,016,017,227 -
1968 $5,228,045,415 -
1969 $5,814,357,709 -
1970 $6,495,605,331 -
1971 $7,911,136,757 -
1972 $9,567,331,065 -
1973 $12,802,281,898 -
1974 $13,940,981,798 -
1975 $12,861,983,284 -
1976 $13,604,832,424 -
1977 $15,446,825,318 -
1978 $18,530,518,395 -
1979 $20,731,243,113 -
1980 $23,244,547,385 -
1981 $24,417,617,184 -
1982 $24,164,603,059 -
1983 $24,309,279,706 -
1984 $21,665,975,319 -
1985 $24,679,795,396 -
1986 $30,604,668,357 -
1987 $40,376,354,070 -
1988 $45,176,811,594 $554,828,660,436
1989 $43,920,222,525 $506,631,299,735
1990 $45,495,129,385 $517,014,446,228
1991 $42,745,329,732 $517,962,962,963
1992 $41,649,829,860 $460,290,556,901
1993 $46,775,620,817 $435,083,713,851
1994 $55,314,732,279 $395,077,301,248
1995 $63,918,703,507 $395,537,185,735
1996 $70,140,835,299 $391,724,890,744
1997 $66,075,143,415 $404,928,954,192
1998 $56,227,169,851 $270,955,486,862
1999 $58,762,260,626 $195,907,128,351
2000 $52,623,281,957 $259,710,142,197
2001 $53,872,425,917 $306,602,070,621
2002 $66,627,729,311 $345,470,494,418
2003 $88,250,885,550 $430,347,420,185
2004 $103,905,210,084 $591,016,690,732
2005 $114,720,129,550 $764,015,973,481
2006 $111,538,810,713 $989,932,071,353
2007 $137,188,946,866 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $133,437,126,590 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $121,663,439,315 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $146,887,902,524 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $168,484,908,960 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $176,560,711,239 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $191,012,364,177 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $201,518,402,787 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $178,224,167,088 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $189,100,085,275 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $206,745,969,246 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $211,985,631,173 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $213,006,341,102 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $213,029,554,654 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $253,977,931,815 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $249,509,991,440 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $255,194,972,673 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $260,235,932,559 $2,173,835,806,672

New Zealand and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
New Zealand

Russia
Year GDP per capita
New Zealand Russia
1960 $2,334 -
1961 $2,365 -
1962 $2,471 -
1963 $2,646 -
1964 $2,839 -
1965 $2,171 -
1966 $2,211 -
1967 $2,208 -
1968 $1,902 -
1969 $2,097 -
1970 $2,311 -
1971 $2,773 -
1972 $3,295 -
1973 $4,323 -
1974 $4,611 -
1975 $4,172 -
1976 $4,374 -
1977 $4,951 -
1978 $5,937 -
1979 $6,668 -
1980 $7,467 -
1981 $7,814 -
1982 $7,656 -
1983 $7,598 -
1984 $6,714 -
1985 $7,601 -
1986 $9,428 -
1987 $12,331 -
1988 $13,759 $3,778
1989 $13,312 $3,430
1990 $13,663 $3,494
1991 $12,230 $3,490
1992 $11,793 $3,099
1993 $13,094 $2,931
1994 $15,280 $2,662
1995 $17,400 $2,666
1996 $18,794 $2,644
1997 $17,474 $2,738
1998 $14,738 $1,835
1999 $15,322 $1,331
2000 $13,641 $1,772
2001 $13,883 $2,100
2002 $16,874 $2,378
2003 $21,914 $2,975
2004 $25,420 $4,102
2005 $27,751 $5,323
2006 $26,655 $6,920
2007 $32,480 $9,101
2008 $31,325 $11,635
2009 $28,277 $8,563
2010 $33,762 $10,675
2011 $38,432 $14,305
2012 $40,054 $15,402
2013 $43,000 $15,941
2014 $44,618 $14,277
2015 $38,665 $9,427
2016 $40,114 $8,804
2017 $42,950 $10,835
2018 $43,257 $11,399
2019 $42,779 $11,640
2020 $41,851 $10,280
2021 $49,689 $12,637
2022 $48,760 $15,888
2023 $48,655 $14,403
2024 $48,747 $15,145

New Zealand vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
New Zealand

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
New Zealand Russia
1950 69.3 55.5
1951 69.1 55.3
1952 69.4 57.6
1953 70.2 58.8
1954 70.3 59.9
1955 70.5 62.1
1956 70.7 66.5
1957 70.3 66
1958 70.9 67.7
1959 70.8 67.4
1960 71.2 68.3
1961 70.9 68.6
1962 71.2 68.5
1963 71.3 69.1
1964 71.3 69.5
1965 71.2 69.3
1966 71.1 69.4
1967 71.4 69.2
1968 71.1 69.1
1969 71.5 68.6
1970 71.2 68.7
1971 71.7 68.9
1972 71.8 68.8
1973 71.7 68.9
1974 71.9 68.7
1975 72.2 68.3
1976 72.4 68.1
1977 72.1 67.9
1978 73 67.8
1979 73.1 67.6
1980 72.9 67.5
1981 73.6 67.6
1982 73.7 68.1
1983 73.8 68
1984 74.4 67.6
1985 73.9 68.3
1986 74.1 70
1987 74.2 70.1
1988 74.5 69.9
1989 74.9 69.7
1990 75.4 69.3
1991 76.1 69
1992 76.2 67.8
1993 76.5 65
1994 76.9 63.8
1995 76.8 64
1996 76.8 65.4
1997 77.3 66.6
1998 78.2 66.9
1999 77.9 65.6
2000 78.7 65
2001 78.7 65
2002 78.9 64.7
2003 79.1 64.7
2004 79.4 65.1
2005 80 65.2
2006 80 66.5
2007 80.1 67.5
2008 80.2 67.9
2009 80.5 68.7
2010 81.1 68.2
2011 80.8 69.7
2012 81.2 70.1
2013 81.6 70.6
2014 81.4 70.8
2015 81.6 71.3
2016 82 71.9
2017 81.6 72.8
2018 81.9 72.9
2019 81.8 73.1
2020 82.7 71.2
2021 82.3 69.8
2022 81 72.5
2023 82.1 73.2
2024 82.2 73.3
2025 82.4 73.5

New Zealand and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
New Zealand

Russia
Year Population
New Zealand Russia
1960 2,371,800 119,897,000
1961 2,419,700 121,236,000
1962 2,482,000 122,591,000
1963 2,531,800 123,960,000
1964 2,585,400 125,345,000
1965 2,628,400 126,745,000
1966 2,675,900 127,468,000
1967 2,724,100 128,196,000
1968 2,748,100 128,928,000
1969 2,772,800 129,664,000
1970 2,810,700 130,404,000
1971 2,853,000 131,155,000
1972 2,903,900 131,909,000
1973 2,961,300 132,669,000
1974 3,023,700 133,432,000
1975 3,083,100 134,200,000
1976 3,110,500 135,147,000
1977 3,120,200 136,100,000
1978 3,121,200 137,060,000
1979 3,109,000 138,027,000
1980 3,112,900 139,010,000
1981 3,124,900 139,941,000
1982 3,156,100 140,823,000
1983 3,199,300 141,668,000
1984 3,227,100 142,745,000
1985 3,247,100 143,858,000
1986 3,246,300 144,894,000
1987 3,274,400 145,908,000
1988 3,283,400 146,857,000
1989 3,299,200 147,721,000
1990 3,329,800 147,969,406
1991 3,495,100 148,394,216
1992 3,531,700 148,538,197
1993 3,572,200 148,458,777
1994 3,620,000 148,407,912
1995 3,673,400 148,375,787
1996 3,732,000 148,160,129
1997 3,781,300 147,915,361
1998 3,815,000 147,670,784
1999 3,835,100 147,214,776
2000 3,857,700 146,596,869
2001 3,880,500 145,976,482
2002 3,948,500 145,306,497
2003 4,027,200 144,648,618
2004 4,087,500 144,067,316
2005 4,133,900 143,518,814
2006 4,184,600 143,049,637
2007 4,223,800 142,805,114
2008 4,259,800 142,742,366
2009 4,302,600 142,785,348
2010 4,350,700 142,849,468
2011 4,384,000 143,018,195
2012 4,408,100 143,378,447
2013 4,442,100 143,805,638
2014 4,516,500 144,237,223
2015 4,609,400 144,640,716
2016 4,714,100 145,015,460
2017 4,813,600 145,293,260
2018 4,900,600 145,398,106
2019 4,979,200 145,453,291
2020 5,090,200 145,245,148
2021 5,111,300 144,746,762
2022 5,117,100 144,236,933
2023 5,245,000 143,826,130
2024 5,338,500 143,533,851

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Russia

Fertility rate
New Zealand

Russia
Year Fertility rate
New Zealand Russia
1960 4.24 2.52
1961 4.31 2.45
1962 4.19 2.36
1963 4.05 2.27
1964 3.8 2.18
1965 3.54 2.13
1966 3.41 2.1
1967 3.35 2.04
1968 3.34 1.99
1969 3.28 1.97
1970 3.17 1.99
1971 3.18 2.03
1972 3 2.04
1973 2.76 2.01
1974 2.58 2
1975 2.37 1.98
1976 2.27 1.97
1977 2.21 1.95
1978 2.07 1.92
1979 2.12 1.9
1980 2.03 1.89
1981 2.01 1.91
1982 1.95 2.04
1983 1.92 2.11
1984 1.93 2.06
1985 1.93 2.05
1986 1.96 2.15
1987 2.03 2.22
1988 2.1 2.12
1989 2.12 2.01
1990 2.18 1.89
1991 2.09 1.73
1992 2.06 1.55
1993 2.04 1.39
1994 1.98 1.4
1995 1.98 1.34
1996 1.96 1.27
1997 1.96 1.22
1998 1.89 1.23
1999 1.97 1.16
2000 1.98 1.2
2001 1.97 1.22
2002 1.89 1.29
2003 1.93 1.32
2004 1.98 1.34
2005 1.97 1.29
2006 2.01 1.31
2007 2.18 1.42
2008 2.19 1.5
2009 2.13 1.54
2010 2.17 1.57
2011 2.09 1.58
2012 2.1 1.69
2013 2.01 1.71
2014 1.92 1.75
2015 1.99 1.78
2016 1.87 1.76
2017 1.81 1.62
2018 1.71 1.58
2019 1.72 1.5
2020 1.61 1.51
2021 1.64 1.51
2022 1.66 1.42
2023 1.56 1.41

New Zealand and Russia demographics compared

Median age
New Zealand

Russia
Year Median age, years
New Zealand Russia
1960 27.5 27.1
1961 27.1 27.4
1962 26.8 27.7
1963 26.4 28.1
1964 26.2 28.3
1965 26 28.6
1966 25.9 28.9
1967 25.8 29.2
1968 25.7 29.8
1969 25.7 30.3
1970 25.6 30.7
1971 25.7 31
1972 25.9 31.1
1973 26 31.1
1974 26.2 30.9
1975 26.3 30.7
1976 26.5 30.6
1977 26.8 30.9
1978 27.1 31
1979 27.5 31.1
1980 27.9 31.3
1981 28.2 31.4
1982 28.5 31.6
1983 28.8 31.7
1984 29.1 31.8
1985 29.4 32
1986 29.8 32.2
1987 30.1 32.4
1988 30.4 32.6
1989 30.8 32.9
1990 31.1 33.2
1991 31.4 33.6
1992 31.7 33.9
1993 32 34.4
1994 32.3 34.7
1995 32.6 35
1996 32.8 35.3
1997 33.2 35.7
1998 33.6 36
1999 34 36.3
2000 34.3 36.6
2001 34.6 36.8
2002 34.8 36.9
2003 35 37
2004 35.2 37.2
2005 35.5 37.4
2006 35.8 37.6
2007 36.1 37.7
2008 36.4 37.8
2009 36.6 37.9
2010 36.8 38
2011 37 38.1
2012 37.2 38.3
2013 37.4 38.4
2014 37.5 38.6
2015 37.4 38.7
2016 37.3 38.8
2017 37.2 39
2018 37.3 39.2
2019 37.3 39.4
2020 37.5 39.7
2021 37.8 39.9
2022 38.1 40.1
2023 38.3 40.5
2024 38.6 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

New Zealand Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$247B
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.28%
2023
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.22%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
10,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.18%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.72%
2024
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
67.4%
2022
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.6%
2022
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
78.1
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
5
2025
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
112
2024
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$92.9B
2024
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$22.1B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$598M
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
996,000
2020
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
18.8%
2018
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
97.9%
2024
79.3%
2024

Energy

New Zealand Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,629 kg
2023
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.8
2023
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
35.8 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.82 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.4%
2023
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
28.9%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
39.7%
2023
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
31.6%
2023
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
7,952 kWh
2023
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
81.4%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.5%
2023
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

New Zealand Russia
% of world population
0.07%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
+18,766
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
87.1%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.83 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
89
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
83
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
91
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.11
2021
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.6
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.9%
2021
English speaking
97.8%
2023
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
96.2%
2023
94.4%
2024

Health

New Zealand Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,804
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$561
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.57
2022
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
27.8 years
2025
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.7
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
34.3%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.7%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
90
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.2%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

New Zealand Russia
% of world land
0.18%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
19,044 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
37,494 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
38,418 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
60,159 mi
2020
981,326 mi
2023

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