New Zealand vs Thailand statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 74th vs. 50th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

New Zealand and Thailand: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Thailand economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	Thailand
1960	$5,536,098,360	$2,760,750,861
1961	$5,721,994,864	$3,034,037,811
1962	$6,133,158,532	$3,308,912,797
1963	$6,699,741,645	$3,540,403,457
1964	$7,340,766,415	$3,889,129,942
1965	$5,706,251,400	$4,388,937,649
1966	$5,917,437,693	$5,279,230,817
1967	$6,016,017,227	$5,638,461,442
1968	$5,228,045,415	$6,081,009,428
1969	$5,814,357,709	$6,695,336,567
1970	$6,495,605,331	$7,086,538,438
1971	$7,911,136,757	$7,375,000,024
1972	$9,567,331,065	$8,177,873,151
1973	$12,802,281,898	$10,838,587,358
1974	$13,940,981,798	$13,702,998,512
1975	$12,861,983,284	$14,882,770,594
1976	$13,604,832,424	$16,985,208,648
1977	$15,446,825,318	$19,779,312,261
1978	$18,530,518,395	$24,006,566,637
1979	$20,731,243,113	$27,371,650,825
1980	$23,244,547,385	$32,353,514,989
1981	$24,417,617,184	$34,846,039,194
1982	$24,164,603,059	$36,589,772,404
1983	$24,309,279,706	$40,042,798,388
1984	$21,665,975,319	$41,797,647,776
1985	$24,679,795,396	$38,900,711,333
1986	$30,604,668,357	$43,096,773,981
1987	$40,376,354,070	$50,535,446,555
1988	$45,176,811,594	$61,667,253,471
1989	$43,920,222,525	$72,250,748,100
1990	$45,495,129,385	$85,343,190,719
1991	$42,745,329,732	$98,234,714,971
1992	$41,649,829,860	$111,452,746,518
1993	$46,775,620,817	$128,889,262,951
1994	$55,314,732,279	$146,683,778,959
1995	$63,918,703,507	$169,278,916,593
1996	$70,140,835,299	$183,035,237,429
1997	$66,075,143,415	$150,180,456,566
1998	$56,227,169,851	$113,675,596,788
1999	$58,762,260,626	$126,669,211,779
2000	$52,623,281,957	$126,392,224,254
2001	$53,872,425,917	$120,296,476,180
2002	$66,627,729,311	$134,300,904,400
2003	$88,250,885,550	$152,280,615,246
2004	$103,905,210,084	$172,895,685,155
2005	$114,720,129,550	$189,318,408,469
2006	$111,538,810,713	$221,758,296,022
2007	$137,188,946,866	$262,942,621,455
2008	$133,437,126,590	$291,382,982,431
2009	$121,663,439,315	$281,710,630,187
2010	$146,887,902,524	$341,104,766,329
2011	$168,484,908,960	$370,818,739,624
2012	$176,560,711,239	$397,558,325,279
2013	$191,012,364,177	$420,333,654,593
2014	$201,518,402,787	$407,339,040,198
2015	$178,224,167,088	$401,296,238,228
2016	$189,100,085,275	$413,366,349,748
2017	$206,745,969,246	$456,356,813,537
2018	$211,985,631,173	$506,754,208,404
2019	$213,006,341,102	$543,976,691,794
2020	$213,029,554,654	$500,461,898,480
2021	$253,977,931,815	$506,194,668,790
2022	$249,509,991,440	$495,644,697,588
2023	$255,194,972,673	$515,906,283,941
2024	$260,235,932,559	$526,411,265,428

New Zealand and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	Thailand
1960	$2,334	$102.8
1961	$2,365	$109.7
1962	$2,471	$116.2
1963	$2,646	$120.7
1964	$2,839	$128.6
1965	$2,171	$140.9
1966	$2,211	$164.5
1967	$2,208	$170.7
1968	$1,902	$178.8
1969	$2,097	$191.4
1970	$2,311	$197.1
1971	$2,773	$199.7
1972	$3,295	$215.6
1973	$4,323	$278.3
1974	$4,611	$343
1975	$4,172	$364
1976	$4,374	$405
1977	$4,951	$462
1978	$5,937	$548
1979	$6,668	$612
1980	$7,467	$709
1981	$7,814	$748
1982	$7,656	$770
1983	$7,598	$827
1984	$6,714	$847
1985	$7,601	$774
1986	$9,428	$842
1987	$12,331	$970
1988	$13,759	$1,164
1989	$13,312	$1,342
1990	$13,663	$1,559
1991	$12,230	$1,766
1992	$11,793	$1,972
1993	$13,094	$2,245
1994	$15,280	$2,518
1995	$17,400	$2,864
1996	$18,794	$3,055
1997	$17,474	$2,473
1998	$14,738	$1,848
1999	$15,322	$2,033
2000	$13,641	$2,006
2001	$13,883	$1,890
2002	$16,874	$2,090
2003	$21,914	$2,348
2004	$25,420	$2,642
2005	$27,751	$2,868
2006	$26,655	$3,331
2007	$32,480	$3,919
2008	$31,325	$4,309
2009	$28,277	$4,135
2010	$33,762	$4,974
2011	$38,432	$5,374
2012	$40,054	$5,726
2013	$43,000	$6,018
2014	$44,618	$5,801
2015	$38,665	$5,689
2016	$40,114	$5,834
2017	$42,950	$6,413
2018	$43,257	$7,100
2019	$42,779	$7,606
2020	$41,851	$6,986
2021	$49,689	$7,057
2022	$48,760	$6,909
2023	$48,655	$7,195
2024	$48,747	$7,345

New Zealand vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	Thailand
1950	69.3	45.2
1951	69.1	45.9
1952	69.4	46.5
1953	70.2	47.1
1954	70.3	47.6
1955	70.5	48.1
1956	70.7	48.6
1957	70.3	49.1
1958	70.9	49.5
1959	70.8	50.1
1960	71.2	50.6
1961	70.9	51.1
1962	71.2	51.4
1963	71.3	52
1964	71.3	52.5
1965	71.2	53.1
1966	71.1	53.7
1967	71.4	54.3
1968	71.1	55
1969	71.5	55.7
1970	71.2	56.5
1971	71.7	57.1
1972	71.8	57.7
1973	71.7	58.3
1974	71.9	59
1975	72.2	59.7
1976	72.4	60.4
1977	72.1	60.9
1978	73	61.3
1979	73.1	61.7
1980	72.9	62.2
1981	73.6	62.9
1982	73.7	63.6
1983	73.8	64.5
1984	74.4	65.5
1985	73.9	66.5
1986	74.1	67.3
1987	74.2	67.8
1988	74.5	68.2
1989	74.9	68.6
1990	75.4	68.9
1991	76.1	69.1
1992	76.2	69.4
1993	76.5	69.6
1994	76.9	69.7
1995	76.8	69.8
1996	76.8	69.9
1997	77.3	70.4
1998	78.2	70.7
1999	77.9	71
2000	78.7	71.2
2001	78.7	71.5
2002	78.9	71.8
2003	79.1	72.1
2004	79.4	72.1
2005	80	72.9
2006	80	73.3
2007	80.1	73.8
2008	80.2	74.2
2009	80.5	74.7
2010	81.1	75
2011	80.8	75.3
2012	81.2	75.6
2013	81.6	76
2014	81.4	76.3
2015	81.6	76.6
2016	82	76.8
2017	81.6	77
2018	81.9	77.2
2019	81.8	77.2
2020	82.7	77.3
2021	82.3	77.6
2022	81	75.3
2023	82.1	76.4
2024	82.2	76.6
2025	82.4	76.8

New Zealand and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	Thailand
1960	2,371,800	26,851,747
1961	2,419,700	27,650,334
1962	2,482,000	28,481,040
1963	2,531,800	29,342,322
1964	2,585,400	30,232,141
1965	2,628,400	31,149,337
1966	2,675,900	32,086,071
1967	2,724,100	33,037,801
1968	2,748,100	34,002,560
1969	2,772,800	34,973,782
1970	2,810,700	35,954,408
1971	2,853,000	36,937,387
1972	2,903,900	37,933,929
1973	2,961,300	38,947,787
1974	3,023,700	39,952,891
1975	3,083,100	40,940,005
1976	3,110,500	41,896,504
1977	3,120,200	42,843,974
1978	3,121,200	43,788,976
1979	3,109,000	44,718,434
1980	3,112,900	45,650,022
1981	3,124,900	46,575,855
1982	3,156,100	47,494,577
1983	3,199,300	48,423,309
1984	3,227,100	49,351,708
1985	3,247,100	50,270,753
1986	3,246,300	51,177,834
1987	3,274,400	52,074,105
1988	3,283,400	52,969,595
1989	3,299,200	53,848,956
1990	3,329,800	54,738,329
1991	3,495,100	55,637,434
1992	3,531,700	56,528,834
1993	3,572,200	57,408,198
1994	3,620,000	58,260,854
1995	3,673,400	59,098,232
1996	3,732,000	59,920,064
1997	3,781,300	60,724,584
1998	3,815,000	61,522,630
1999	3,835,100	62,299,043
2000	3,857,700	63,007,815
2001	3,880,500	63,651,141
2002	3,948,500	64,266,437
2003	4,027,200	64,868,166
2004	4,087,500	65,452,047
2005	4,133,900	66,017,420
2006	4,184,600	66,567,687
2007	4,223,800	67,102,394
2008	4,259,800	67,619,830
2009	4,302,600	68,121,080
2010	4,350,700	68,579,447
2011	4,384,000	69,007,208
2012	4,408,100	69,436,098
2013	4,442,100	69,845,114
2014	4,516,500	70,216,367
2015	4,609,400	70,540,795
2016	4,714,100	70,859,841
2017	4,813,600	71,160,187
2018	4,900,600	71,376,079
2019	4,979,200	71,522,271
2020	5,090,200	71,641,484
2021	5,111,300	71,727,332
2022	5,117,100	71,735,329
2023	5,245,000	71,702,435
2024	5,338,500	71,668,011

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Thailand

Fertility rate

New Zealand

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Thailand
1960	4.24	6.33
1961	4.31	6.32
1962	4.19	6.33
1963	4.05	6.34
1964	3.8	6.31
1965	3.54	6.26
1966	3.41	6.18
1967	3.35	6.08
1968	3.34	5.93
1969	3.28	5.7
1970	3.17	5.45
1971	3.18	5.25
1972	3	5.08
1973	2.76	4.85
1974	2.58	4.6
1975	2.37	4.36
1976	2.27	4.12
1977	2.21	3.87
1978	2.07	3.62
1979	2.12	3.45
1980	2.03	3.29
1981	2.01	3.13
1982	1.95	2.94
1983	1.92	2.76
1984	1.93	2.58
1985	1.93	2.45
1986	1.96	2.36
1987	2.03	2.26
1988	2.1	2.17
1989	2.12	2.14
1990	2.18	2.07
1991	2.09	2.04
1992	2.06	2.01
1993	2.04	1.97
1994	1.98	1.93
1995	1.98	1.89
1996	1.96	1.87
1997	1.96	1.85
1998	1.89	1.82
1999	1.97	1.77
2000	1.98	1.73
2001	1.97	1.71
2002	1.89	1.69
2003	1.93	1.67
2004	1.98	1.67
2005	1.97	1.64
2006	2.01	1.63
2007	2.18	1.62
2008	2.19	1.59
2009	2.13	1.57
2010	2.17	1.56
2011	2.09	1.57
2012	2.1	1.56
2013	2.01	1.53
2014	1.92	1.48
2015	1.99	1.45
2016	1.87	1.4
2017	1.81	1.36
2018	1.71	1.32
2019	1.72	1.29
2020	1.61	1.26
2021	1.64	1.23
2022	1.66	1.22
2023	1.56	1.21

New Zealand and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	Thailand
1960	27.5	18
1961	27.1	17.9
1962	26.8	17.7
1963	26.4	17.6
1964	26.2	17.5
1965	26	17.4
1966	25.9	17.3
1967	25.8	17.3
1968	25.7	17.3
1969	25.7	17.4
1970	25.6	17.5
1971	25.7	17.6
1972	25.9	17.8
1973	26	18
1974	26.2	18.2
1975	26.3	18.4
1976	26.5	18.7
1977	26.8	18.9
1978	27.1	19.2
1979	27.5	19.5
1980	27.9	19.9
1981	28.2	20.2
1982	28.5	20.6
1983	28.8	21
1984	29.1	21.5
1985	29.4	21.9
1986	29.8	22.4
1987	30.1	22.8
1988	30.4	23.3
1989	30.8	23.7
1990	31.1	24.3
1991	31.4	24.8
1992	31.7	25.4
1993	32	26
1994	32.3	26.6
1995	32.6	27.2
1996	32.8	27.7
1997	33.2	28.3
1998	33.6	28.9
1999	34	29.5
2000	34.3	30
2001	34.6	30.5
2002	34.8	30.9
2003	35	31.3
2004	35.2	31.7
2005	35.5	32.2
2006	35.8	32.6
2007	36.1	33.1
2008	36.4	33.6
2009	36.6	34
2010	36.8	34.5
2011	37	35
2012	37.2	35.4
2013	37.4	35.9
2014	37.5	36.3
2015	37.4	36.8
2016	37.3	37.3
2017	37.2	37.7
2018	37.3	38.2
2019	37.3	38.7
2020	37.5	39.2
2021	37.8	39.7
2022	38.1	40.2
2023	38.3	40.7
2024	38.6	41.1

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