New Zealand vs Rwanda statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 74th vs. 146th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

New Zealand and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	Rwanda
1960	$5,536,098,360	$119,000,024
1961	$5,721,994,864	$122,000,016
1962	$6,133,158,532	$125,000,008
1963	$6,699,741,645	$128,000,000
1964	$7,340,766,415	$129,999,994
1965	$5,706,251,400	$148,799,980
1966	$5,917,437,693	$124,525,703
1967	$6,016,017,227	$159,560,018
1968	$5,228,045,415	$172,200,018
1969	$5,814,357,709	$188,700,037
1970	$6,495,605,331	$219,900,006
1971	$7,911,136,757	$222,952,504
1972	$9,567,331,065	$246,457,838
1973	$12,802,281,898	$290,746,157
1974	$13,940,981,798	$308,458,423
1975	$12,861,983,284	$571,863,500
1976	$13,604,832,424	$637,753,853
1977	$15,446,825,318	$746,650,613
1978	$18,530,518,395	$905,709,076
1979	$20,731,243,113	$1,109,346,131
1980	$23,244,547,385	$1,254,765,642
1981	$24,417,617,184	$1,407,062,527
1982	$24,164,603,059	$1,407,243,139
1983	$24,309,279,706	$1,479,687,587
1984	$21,665,975,319	$1,587,413,084
1985	$24,679,795,396	$1,715,626,331
1986	$30,604,668,357	$1,944,710,684
1987	$40,376,354,070	$2,157,432,668
1988	$45,176,811,594	$2,395,492,687
1989	$43,920,222,525	$2,405,022,593
1990	$45,495,129,385	$2,550,185,679
1991	$42,745,329,732	$1,911,600,237
1992	$41,649,829,860	$2,029,026,962
1993	$46,775,620,817	$1,971,525,712
1994	$55,314,732,279	$753,636,370
1995	$63,918,703,507	$1,293,535,193
1996	$70,140,835,299	$1,382,334,879
1997	$66,075,143,415	$1,851,558,197
1998	$56,227,169,851	$1,989,343,546
1999	$58,762,260,626	$2,157,108,263
2000	$52,623,281,957	$2,068,836,754
2001	$53,872,425,917	$1,966,600,715
2002	$66,627,729,311	$1,966,003,468
2003	$88,250,885,550	$2,138,237,279
2004	$103,905,210,084	$2,376,496,067
2005	$114,720,129,550	$2,933,819,766
2006	$111,538,810,713	$3,319,784,539
2007	$137,188,946,866	$4,070,507,895
2008	$133,437,126,590	$5,179,854,065
2009	$121,663,439,315	$5,674,476,969
2010	$146,887,902,524	$6,124,756,654
2011	$168,484,908,960	$6,884,913,658
2012	$176,560,711,239	$7,654,761,045
2013	$191,012,364,177	$7,819,964,024
2014	$201,518,402,787	$8,238,966,120
2015	$178,224,167,088	$8,543,760,206
2016	$189,100,085,275	$8,695,272,061
2017	$206,745,969,246	$9,252,833,894
2018	$211,985,631,173	$9,637,904,519
2019	$213,006,341,102	$10,349,300,277
2020	$213,029,554,654	$10,174,386,855
2021	$253,977,931,815	$11,078,787,095
2022	$249,509,991,440	$13,316,161,006
2023	$255,194,972,673	$14,331,722,700
2024	$260,235,932,559	$14,251,642,231

New Zealand and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	Rwanda
1960	$2,334	$39.4
1961	$2,365	$39.3
1962	$2,471	$39.2
1963	$2,646	$39.3
1964	$2,839	$39
1965	$2,171	$43.5
1966	$2,211	$35.4
1967	$2,208	$44
1968	$1,902	$46
1969	$2,097	$48.9
1970	$2,311	$55.2
1971	$2,773	$54.4
1972	$3,295	$58.4
1973	$4,323	$66.9
1974	$4,611	$68.9
1975	$4,172	$124.1
1976	$4,374	$134.4
1977	$4,951	$152.7
1978	$5,937	$179.9
1979	$6,668	$213.8
1980	$7,467	$234.4
1981	$7,814	$254.6
1982	$7,656	$246.4
1983	$7,598	$250.6
1984	$6,714	$259.9
1985	$7,601	$271.6
1986	$9,428	$297.7
1987	$12,331	$320
1988	$13,759	$344
1989	$13,312	$335
1990	$13,663	$346
1991	$12,230	$254
1992	$11,793	$264.1
1993	$13,094	$247
1994	$15,280	$111
1995	$17,400	$228
1996	$18,794	$206
1997	$17,474	$238.7
1998	$14,738	$246.2
1999	$15,322	$264.7
2000	$13,641	$251.9
2001	$13,883	$237.3
2002	$16,874	$234
2003	$21,914	$249
2004	$25,420	$269.5
2005	$27,751	$324
2006	$26,655	$357
2007	$32,480	$426
2008	$31,325	$528
2009	$28,277	$564
2010	$33,762	$594
2011	$38,432	$651
2012	$40,054	$707
2013	$43,000	$705
2014	$44,618	$725
2015	$38,665	$734
2016	$40,114	$730
2017	$42,950	$758
2018	$43,257	$772
2019	$42,779	$810
2020	$41,851	$779
2021	$49,689	$830
2022	$48,760	$975
2023	$48,655	$1,027
2024	$48,747	$1,000

New Zealand vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	Rwanda
1950	69.3	43.2
1951	69.1	43.5
1952	69.4	43.8
1953	70.2	44.1
1954	70.3	44.4
1955	70.5	44.8
1956	70.7	45.2
1957	70.3	45.6
1958	70.9	46.1
1959	70.8	46.5
1960	71.2	47
1961	70.9	47.5
1962	71.2	47.8
1963	71.3	44
1964	71.3	48.1
1965	71.2	48.2
1966	71.1	48.1
1967	71.4	48
1968	71.1	47.7
1969	71.5	47.4
1970	71.2	47.1
1971	71.7	46.8
1972	71.8	46.3
1973	71.7	45.9
1974	71.9	45.6
1975	72.2	45.3
1976	72.4	45.3
1977	72.1	45.6
1978	73	46.2
1979	73.1	47.1
1980	72.9	48.1
1981	73.6	49.2
1982	73.7	50.2
1983	73.8	50.9
1984	74.4	51.4
1985	73.9	51.7
1986	74.1	51.7
1987	74.2	51.5
1988	74.5	50.9
1989	74.9	49.5
1990	75.4	47.8
1991	76.1	46.2
1992	76.2	44.4
1993	76.5	42.9
1994	76.9	12.2
1995	76.8	41.5
1996	76.8	42.5
1997	77.3	42
1998	78.2	43.1
1999	77.9	45.7
2000	78.7	47.8
2001	78.7	49.5
2002	78.9	51.3
2003	79.1	53.5
2004	79.4	55.5
2005	80	57
2006	80	58.3
2007	80.1	59.5
2008	80.2	60.6
2009	80.5	61.8
2010	81.1	62.8
2011	80.8	63.5
2012	81.2	64.2
2013	81.6	64.7
2014	81.4	65.1
2015	81.6	65.4
2016	82	65.7
2017	81.6	66.1
2018	81.9	66.4
2019	81.8	66.7
2020	82.7	67
2021	82.3	66.8
2022	81	67.5
2023	82.1	67.8
2024	82.2	68
2025	82.4	68.2

New Zealand and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	Rwanda
1960	2,371,800	3,022,294
1961	2,419,700	3,106,779
1962	2,482,000	3,186,025
1963	2,531,800	3,258,890
1964	2,585,400	3,334,834
1965	2,628,400	3,423,210
1966	2,675,900	3,521,626
1967	2,724,100	3,629,577
1968	2,748,100	3,744,010
1969	2,772,800	3,861,271
1970	2,810,700	3,980,669
1971	2,853,000	4,100,044
1972	2,903,900	4,220,335
1973	2,961,300	4,345,047
1974	3,023,700	4,474,228
1975	3,083,100	4,607,728
1976	3,110,500	4,745,954
1977	3,120,200	4,888,240
1978	3,121,200	5,035,171
1979	3,109,000	5,189,541
1980	3,112,900	5,353,259
1981	3,124,900	5,527,230
1982	3,156,100	5,711,549
1983	3,199,300	5,905,311
1984	3,227,100	6,107,627
1985	3,247,100	6,317,228
1986	3,246,300	6,531,881
1987	3,274,400	6,749,493
1988	3,283,400	6,968,071
1989	3,299,200	7,184,706
1990	3,329,800	7,375,307
1991	3,495,100	7,526,966
1992	3,531,700	7,683,266
1993	3,572,200	7,981,132
1994	3,620,000	6,792,352
1995	3,673,400	5,674,118
1996	3,732,000	6,708,764
1997	3,781,300	7,755,238
1998	3,815,000	8,081,681
1999	3,835,100	8,147,912
2000	3,857,700	8,213,931
2001	3,880,500	8,287,094
2002	3,948,500	8,400,180
2003	4,027,200	8,586,875
2004	4,087,500	8,816,844
2005	4,133,900	9,054,528
2006	4,184,600	9,299,246
2007	4,223,800	9,549,933
2008	4,259,800	9,804,269
2009	4,302,600	10,060,432
2010	4,350,700	10,317,553
2011	4,384,000	10,573,733
2012	4,408,100	10,829,901
2013	4,442,100	11,093,340
2014	4,516,500	11,364,757
2015	4,609,400	11,640,022
2016	4,714,100	11,919,183
2017	4,813,600	12,202,060
2018	4,900,600	12,487,996
2019	4,979,200	12,776,103
2020	5,090,200	13,065,837
2021	5,111,300	13,355,260
2022	5,117,100	13,651,030
2023	5,245,000	13,954,471
2024	5,338,500	14,256,567

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Rwanda

Fertility rate

New Zealand

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Rwanda
1960	4.24	8.28
1961	4.31	8.28
1962	4.19	8.27
1963	4.05	8.27
1964	3.8	8.27
1965	3.54	8.25
1966	3.41	8.23
1967	3.35	8.21
1968	3.34	8.19
1969	3.28	8.18
1970	3.17	8.15
1971	3.18	8.09
1972	3	8.09
1973	2.76	8.09
1974	2.58	8.1
1975	2.37	8.1
1976	2.27	8.12
1977	2.21	8.14
1978	2.07	8.16
1979	2.12	8.13
1980	2.03	8.12
1981	2.01	8.1
1982	1.95	8.06
1983	1.92	8
1984	1.93	7.91
1985	1.93	7.79
1986	1.96	7.61
1987	2.03	7.43
1988	2.1	7.23
1989	2.12	7.03
1990	2.18	6.8
1991	2.09	6.62
1992	2.06	6.54
1993	2.04	6.48
1994	1.98	6.42
1995	1.98	6.35
1996	1.96	6.29
1997	1.96	6.24
1998	1.89	6.17
1999	1.97	6.06
2000	1.98	5.97
2001	1.97	5.89
2002	1.89	5.82
2003	1.93	5.74
2004	1.98	5.64
2005	1.97	5.5
2006	2.01	5.34
2007	2.18	5.14
2008	2.19	4.92
2009	2.13	4.71
2010	2.17	4.52
2011	2.09	4.33
2012	2.1	4.2
2013	2.01	4.14
2014	1.92	4.12
2015	1.99	4.11
2016	1.87	4.11
2017	1.81	4.08
2018	1.71	4.05
2019	1.72	3.99
2020	1.61	3.91
2021	1.64	3.84
2022	1.66	3.78
2023	1.56	3.7

New Zealand and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	Rwanda
1960	27.5	15.5
1961	27.1	15.1
1962	26.8	14.9
1963	26.4	14.8
1964	26.2	14.7
1965	26	14.8
1966	25.9	14.9
1967	25.8	15.1
1968	25.7	15.3
1969	25.7	15.5
1970	25.6	15.7
1971	25.7	15.9
1972	25.9	16
1973	26	16.2
1974	26.2	16.3
1975	26.3	16.4
1976	26.5	16.5
1977	26.8	16.6
1978	27.1	16.6
1979	27.5	16.5
1980	27.9	16.5
1981	28.2	16.4
1982	28.5	16.2
1983	28.8	16.1
1984	29.1	16
1985	29.4	15.8
1986	29.8	15.7
1987	30.1	15.6
1988	30.4	15.6
1989	30.8	15.5
1990	31.1	15.5
1991	31.4	15.5
1992	31.7	15.6
1993	32	15.7
1994	32.3	15
1995	32.6	14.3
1996	32.8	14.6
1997	33.2	14.8
1998	33.6	15.3
1999	34	15.8
2000	34.3	16.3
2001	34.6	16.8
2002	34.8	17.1
2003	35	17.4
2004	35.2	17.6
2005	35.5	17.8
2006	35.8	18
2007	36.1	18.1
2008	36.4	18.3
2009	36.6	18.4
2010	36.8	18.5
2011	37	18.7
2012	37.2	18.8
2013	37.4	19
2014	37.5	19.1
2015	37.4	19.3
2016	37.3	19.4
2017	37.2	19.6
2018	37.3	19.7
2019	37.3	19.8
2020	37.5	19.9
2021	37.8	20
2022	38.1	20.3
2023	38.3	20.5
2024	38.6	20.8

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