New Zealand vs United Kingdom statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 74th vs. 78th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

New Zealand and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1960	$5,536,098,360	$73,233,967,692
1961	$5,721,994,864	$77,741,965,703
1962	$6,133,158,532	$81,247,564,157
1963	$6,699,741,645	$86,561,961,812
1964	$7,340,766,415	$94,407,558,351
1965	$5,706,251,400	$101,824,755,079
1966	$5,917,437,693	$108,572,752,102
1967	$6,016,017,227	$113,116,888,211
1968	$5,228,045,415	$107,759,910,068
1969	$5,814,357,709	$116,464,702,803
1970	$6,495,605,331	$130,671,946,244
1971	$7,911,136,757	$148,113,896,325
1972	$9,567,331,065	$169,965,034,965
1973	$12,802,281,898	$192,537,971,583
1974	$13,940,981,798	$206,131,369,799
1975	$12,861,983,284	$241,756,637,168
1976	$13,604,832,424	$232,614,555,256
1977	$15,446,825,318	$263,066,457,352
1978	$18,530,518,395	$335,883,029,722
1979	$20,731,243,113	$438,994,070,309
1980	$23,244,547,385	$564,947,710,899
1981	$24,417,617,184	$540,765,675,241
1982	$24,164,603,059	$515,048,916,841
1983	$24,309,279,706	$489,618,008,186
1984	$21,665,975,319	$461,487,097,632
1985	$24,679,795,396	$489,285,164,271
1986	$30,604,668,357	$601,452,653,181
1987	$40,376,354,070	$745,162,608,269
1988	$45,176,811,594	$910,122,732,124
1989	$43,920,222,525	$926,884,816,754
1990	$45,495,129,385	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$42,745,329,732	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$41,649,829,860	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$46,775,620,817	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$55,314,732,279	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$63,918,703,507	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$70,140,835,299	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$66,075,143,415	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$56,227,169,851	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$58,762,260,626	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$52,623,281,957	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$53,872,425,917	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$66,627,729,311	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$88,250,885,550	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$103,905,210,084	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$114,720,129,550	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$111,538,810,713	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$137,188,946,866	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$133,437,126,590	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$121,663,439,315	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$146,887,902,524	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$168,484,908,960	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$176,560,711,239	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$191,012,364,177	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$201,518,402,787	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$178,224,167,088	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$189,100,085,275	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$206,745,969,246	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$211,985,631,173	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$213,006,341,102	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$213,029,554,654	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$253,977,931,815	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$249,509,991,440	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$255,194,972,673	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$260,235,932,559	$3,643,834,188,783

New Zealand and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1960	$2,334	$1,398
1961	$2,365	$1,472
1962	$2,471	$1,526
1963	$2,646	$1,613
1964	$2,839	$1,748
1965	$2,171	$1,874
1966	$2,211	$1,987
1967	$2,208	$2,059
1968	$1,902	$1,952
1969	$2,097	$2,101
1970	$2,311	$2,348
1971	$2,773	$2,650
1972	$3,295	$3,030
1973	$4,323	$3,426
1974	$4,611	$3,666
1975	$4,172	$4,300
1976	$4,374	$4,138
1977	$4,951	$4,681
1978	$5,937	$5,977
1979	$6,668	$7,805
1980	$7,467	$10,032
1981	$7,814	$9,599
1982	$7,656	$9,146
1983	$7,598	$8,692
1984	$6,714	$8,179
1985	$7,601	$8,652
1986	$9,428	$10,611
1987	$12,331	$13,119
1988	$13,759	$15,987
1989	$13,312	$16,239
1990	$13,663	$19,095
1991	$12,230	$19,901
1992	$11,793	$20,487
1993	$13,094	$18,389
1994	$15,280	$19,709
1995	$17,400	$23,169
1996	$18,794	$24,406
1997	$17,474	$26,766
1998	$14,738	$28,275
1999	$15,322	$28,762
2000	$13,641	$28,281
2001	$13,883	$27,907
2002	$16,874	$30,078
2003	$21,914	$34,443
2004	$25,420	$40,367
2005	$27,751	$42,105
2006	$26,655	$44,512
2007	$32,480	$50,398
2008	$31,325	$47,396
2009	$28,277	$38,744
2010	$33,762	$39,599
2011	$38,432	$42,110
2012	$40,054	$42,490
2013	$43,000	$43,419
2014	$44,618	$47,427
2015	$38,665	$44,984
2016	$40,114	$40,988
2017	$42,950	$40,629
2018	$43,257	$43,315
2019	$42,779	$42,794
2020	$41,851	$40,405
2021	$49,689	$46,926
2022	$48,760	$46,063
2023	$48,655	$49,201
2024	$48,747	$52,637

New Zealand vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1950	69.3	68.6
1951	69.1	68.2
1952	69.4	69.5
1953	70.2	69.8
1954	70.3	70.2
1955	70.5	70.1
1956	70.7	70.4
1957	70.3	70.5
1958	70.9	70.7
1959	70.8	70.8
1960	71.2	71
1961	70.9	70.8
1962	71.2	70.9
1963	71.3	70.8
1964	71.3	71.5
1965	71.2	71.5
1966	71.1	71.4
1967	71.4	72.1
1968	71.1	71.7
1969	71.5	71.7
1970	71.2	71.9
1971	71.7	72.2
1972	71.8	72
1973	71.7	72.2
1974	71.9	72.4
1975	72.2	72.7
1976	72.4	72.6
1977	72.1	73.1
1978	73	73
1979	73.1	73.2
1980	72.9	73.6
1981	73.6	73.9
1982	73.7	74
1983	73.8	74.3
1984	74.4	74.7
1985	73.9	74.5
1986	74.1	74.8
1987	74.2	75.1
1988	74.5	75.3
1989	74.9	75.4
1990	75.4	75.7
1991	76.1	75.9
1992	76.2	76.3
1993	76.5	76.2
1994	76.9	76.7
1995	76.8	76.6
1996	76.8	76.9
1997	77.3	77.1
1998	78.2	77.3
1999	77.9	77.4
2000	78.7	77.8
2001	78.7	78.1
2002	78.9	78.2
2003	79.1	78.3
2004	79.4	78.9
2005	80	79.1
2006	80	79.3
2007	80.1	79.5
2008	80.2	79.7
2009	80.5	80.2
2010	81.1	80.4
2011	80.8	80.8
2012	81.2	80.9
2013	81.6	80.9
2014	81.4	81.2
2015	81.6	80.9
2016	82	81.1
2017	81.6	81.2
2018	81.9	81.1
2019	81.8	81.4
2020	82.7	80.4
2021	82.3	80.7
2022	81	81.1
2023	82.1	81.3
2024	82.2	81.4
2025	82.4	81.6

New Zealand and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1960	2,371,800	52,400,000
1961	2,419,700	52,800,000
1962	2,482,000	53,250,000
1963	2,531,800	53,650,000
1964	2,585,400	54,000,000
1965	2,628,400	54,348,050
1966	2,675,900	54,648,500
1967	2,724,100	54,943,600
1968	2,748,100	55,211,700
1969	2,772,800	55,441,750
1970	2,810,700	55,663,250
1971	2,853,000	55,896,223
1972	2,903,900	56,086,065
1973	2,961,300	56,194,527
1974	3,023,700	56,229,974
1975	3,083,100	56,225,800
1976	3,110,500	56,211,968
1977	3,120,200	56,193,492
1978	3,121,200	56,196,504
1979	3,109,000	56,246,951
1980	3,112,900	56,314,216
1981	3,124,900	56,333,829
1982	3,156,100	56,313,641
1983	3,199,300	56,332,848
1984	3,227,100	56,422,072
1985	3,247,100	56,550,268
1986	3,246,300	56,681,396
1987	3,274,400	56,802,050
1988	3,283,400	56,928,327
1989	3,299,200	57,076,711
1990	3,329,800	57,247,586
1991	3,495,100	57,424,897
1992	3,531,700	57,580,402
1993	3,572,200	57,718,614
1994	3,620,000	57,865,745
1995	3,673,400	58,019,030
1996	3,732,000	58,166,950
1997	3,781,300	58,316,954
1998	3,815,000	58,487,141
1999	3,835,100	58,682,466
2000	3,857,700	58,892,514
2001	3,880,500	59,119,673
2002	3,948,500	59,370,479
2003	4,027,200	59,647,577
2004	4,087,500	59,987,905
2005	4,133,900	60,401,206
2006	4,184,600	60,846,820
2007	4,223,800	61,322,463
2008	4,259,800	61,806,995
2009	4,302,600	62,276,270
2010	4,350,700	62,766,365
2011	4,384,000	63,258,810
2012	4,408,100	63,711,000
2013	4,442,100	64,139,000
2014	4,516,500	64,620,000
2015	4,609,400	65,088,000
2016	4,714,100	65,607,000
2017	4,813,600	65,966,000
2018	4,900,600	66,289,000
2019	4,979,200	66,631,000
2020	5,090,200	66,744,000
2021	5,111,300	66,984,000
2022	5,117,100	67,604,000
2023	5,245,000	68,492,000
2024	5,338,500	69,226,000

Fertility rates in New Zealand and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1960	4.24	2.69
1961	4.31	2.78
1962	4.19	2.86
1963	4.05	2.88
1964	3.8	2.93
1965	3.54	2.86
1966	3.41	2.78
1967	3.35	2.68
1968	3.34	2.6
1969	3.28	2.51
1970	3.17	2.44
1971	3.18	2.41
1972	3	2.2
1973	2.76	2.04
1974	2.58	1.92
1975	2.37	1.81
1976	2.27	1.74
1977	2.21	1.69
1978	2.07	1.75
1979	2.12	1.86
1980	2.03	1.9
1981	2.01	1.82
1982	1.95	1.78
1983	1.92	1.77
1984	1.93	1.77
1985	1.93	1.79
1986	1.96	1.78
1987	2.03	1.81
1988	2.1	1.82
1989	2.12	1.79
1990	2.18	1.83
1991	2.09	1.82
1992	2.06	1.79
1993	2.04	1.76
1994	1.98	1.74
1995	1.98	1.71
1996	1.96	1.73
1997	1.96	1.72
1998	1.89	1.71
1999	1.97	1.68
2000	1.98	1.64
2001	1.97	1.63
2002	1.89	1.63
2003	1.93	1.7
2004	1.98	1.75
2005	1.97	1.76
2006	2.01	1.82
2007	2.18	1.86
2008	2.19	1.91
2009	2.13	1.89
2010	2.17	1.92
2011	2.09	1.91
2012	2.1	1.92
2013	2.01	1.83
2014	1.92	1.81
2015	1.99	1.8
2016	1.87	1.79
2017	1.81	1.74
2018	1.71	1.68
2019	1.72	1.63
2020	1.61	1.57
2021	1.64	1.58
2022	1.66	1.56
2023	1.56	1.56

New Zealand and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1960	27.5	35.5
1961	27.1	35.4
1962	26.8	35.3
1963	26.4	35.3
1964	26.2	35.2
1965	26	35.1
1966	25.9	34.9
1967	25.8	34.8
1968	25.7	34.6
1969	25.7	34.4
1970	25.6	34.2
1971	25.7	34.1
1972	25.9	34
1973	26	34
1974	26.2	34
1975	26.3	34
1976	26.5	34
1977	26.8	34.1
1978	27.1	34.2
1979	27.5	34.3
1980	27.9	34.4
1981	28.2	34.5
1982	28.5	34.8
1983	28.8	35
1984	29.1	35.2
1985	29.4	35.3
1986	29.8	35.4
1987	30.1	35.4
1988	30.4	35.7
1989	30.8	35.9
1990	31.1	36
1991	31.4	36.1
1992	31.7	36.2
1993	32	36.3
1994	32.3	36.5
1995	32.6	36.6
1996	32.8	36.8
1997	33.2	37
1998	33.6	37.2
1999	34	37.4
2000	34.3	37.7
2001	34.6	37.9
2002	34.8	38.1
2003	35	38.2
2004	35.2	38.4
2005	35.5	38.5
2006	35.8	38.6
2007	36.1	38.8
2008	36.4	38.9
2009	36.6	39
2010	36.8	39.2
2011	37	39.3
2012	37.2	39.5
2013	37.4	39.6
2014	37.5	39.7
2015	37.4	39.8
2016	37.3	39.8
2017	37.2	39.9
2018	37.3	40
2019	37.3	40.1
2020	37.5	40.2
2021	37.8	40.3
2022	38.1	40.5
2023	38.3	40.8
2024	38.6	41

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