The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 5,338,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 5,406,623 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 260 times bigger than New Zealand's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 17.1% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.07% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +1.69% in New Zealand.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while New Zealand has grown from 4.13M to 5.41M (30.8% growth).
- New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 6.01M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs New Zealand: live population counter
China
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New Zealand
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
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5406623
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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5.62 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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9.23 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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13.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +256 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +93,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +1.78% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 63/197 |
China and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
New Zealand
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
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New Zealand
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China
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New Zealand
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 2,419,700 | -1.01% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 2,482,000 | 0.82% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 2,531,800 | 2.49% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 2,585,400 | 2.35% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 2,628,400 | 2.41% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 2,675,900 | 2.83% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 2,724,100 | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 2,748,100 | 2.65% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 2,772,800 | 2.78% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 2,810,700 | 2.8% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 2,853,000 | 2.78% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 2,903,900 | 2.49% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 2,961,300 | 2.31% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 3,023,700 | 2.09% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 3,083,100 | 1.78% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 3,110,500 | 1.56% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 3,120,200 | 1.37% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 3,121,200 | 1.35% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 3,109,000 | 1.34% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 3,112,900 | 1.26% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 3,124,900 | 1.29% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 3,156,100 | 1.48% | 1% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 3,199,300 | 1.46% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 3,227,100 | 1.32% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 3,247,100 | 1.37% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 3,246,300 | 1.5% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 3,274,400 | 1.62% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 3,283,400 | 1.62% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 3,299,200 | 1.54% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 3,329,800 | 1.48% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 3,495,100 | 1.37% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 3,531,700 | 1.23% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 3,572,200 | 1.16% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 3,620,000 | 1.14% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 3,673,400 | 1.09% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 3,732,000 | 1.05% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 3,781,300 | 1.03% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 3,815,000 | 0.96% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 3,835,100 | 0.87% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 3,857,700 | 0.79% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 3,880,500 | 0.73% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 3,948,500 | 0.67% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 4,027,200 | 0.62% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 4,087,500 | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 4,133,900 | 0.59% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 4,184,600 | 0.56% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 4,223,800 | 0.52% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 4,259,800 | 0.51% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 4,302,600 | 0.5% | 1% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 4,350,700 | 0.48% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 4,384,000 | 0.55% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 4,408,100 | 0.68% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 4,442,100 | 0.67% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 4,516,500 | 0.63% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 4,609,400 | 0.58% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 4,714,100 | 0.57% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 4,813,600 | 0.61% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 4,900,600 | 0.47% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 4,979,200 | 0.36% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 5,090,200 | 0.24% | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 5,111,300 | 0.09% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 5,117,100 | -0.01% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 5,245,000 | -0.1% | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 5,338,500 | -0.12% | 1.78% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 5,377,360 | -0.23% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 5,413,790 | -0.22% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 5,447,979 | -0.23% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 5,479,675 | -0.25% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 5,509,133 | -0.27% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 5,536,522 | -0.29% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 5,562,256 | -0.32% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 5,586,456 | -0.34% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 5,609,501 | -0.36% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 5,631,457 | -0.38% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 5,652,480 | -0.4% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 5,673,146 | -0.41% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 5,693,185 | -0.43% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 5,713,185 | -0.45% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 5,732,750 | -0.47% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 5,751,482 | -0.49% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 5,770,413 | -0.51% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 5,789,187 | -0.53% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 5,806,468 | -0.55% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 5,822,166 | -0.57% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 5,836,730 | -0.6% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 5,849,932 | -0.64% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 5,861,661 | -0.67% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 5,872,796 | -0.71% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 5,882,711 | -0.75% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 5,892,766 | -0.79% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.
Biggest cities by population
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China
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|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Chongqing | 32.1M |
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 21.9M |
| Chengdu | 20.9M |
| Guangzhou | 18.7M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Tianjin | 13.9M |
| Xi'an | 13M |
| Suzhou | 12.7M |
| Zhengzhou | 12.6M |
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New Zealand
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between China and New Zealand
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China
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New Zealand
|
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|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 82.4 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 52.5 ppl/mi² |
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