Population in Liberia compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Liberia and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	New Zealand	Liberia	New Zealand
1960	1,139,522	2,371,800	-	-
1961	1,167,717	2,419,700	2.47%	2.02%
1962	1,197,039	2,482,000	2.51%	2.57%
1963	1,227,414	2,531,800	2.54%	2.01%
1964	1,258,745	2,585,400	2.55%	2.12%
1965	1,291,156	2,628,400	2.57%	1.66%
1966	1,324,383	2,675,900	2.57%	1.81%
1967	1,358,435	2,724,100	2.57%	1.8%
1968	1,393,530	2,748,100	2.58%	0.88%
1969	1,429,605	2,772,800	2.59%	0.9%
1970	1,466,676	2,810,700	2.59%	1.37%
1971	1,504,077	2,853,000	2.55%	1.5%
1972	1,542,670	2,903,900	2.57%	1.78%
1973	1,583,588	2,961,300	2.65%	1.98%
1974	1,626,362	3,023,700	2.7%	2.11%
1975	1,670,913	3,083,100	2.74%	1.96%
1976	1,717,060	3,110,500	2.76%	0.89%
1977	1,766,019	3,120,200	2.85%	0.31%
1978	1,818,247	3,121,200	2.96%	0.03%
1979	1,872,713	3,109,000	3%	-0.39%
1980	1,929,253	3,112,900	3.02%	0.13%
1981	1,986,867	3,124,900	2.99%	0.39%
1982	2,045,073	3,156,100	2.93%	1%
1983	2,107,113	3,199,300	3.03%	1.37%
1984	2,173,312	3,227,100	3.14%	0.87%
1985	2,240,539	3,247,100	3.09%	0.62%
1986	2,308,511	3,246,300	3.03%	-0.02%
1987	2,377,229	3,274,400	2.98%	0.87%
1988	2,446,941	3,283,400	2.93%	0.27%
1989	2,517,858	3,299,200	2.9%	0.48%
1990	2,223,667	3,329,800	-11.7%	0.93%
1991	1,956,518	3,495,100	-12%	4.96%
1992	2,072,461	3,531,700	5.93%	1.05%
1993	2,155,126	3,572,200	3.99%	1.15%
1994	2,149,928	3,620,000	-0.24%	1.34%
1995	2,169,162	3,673,400	0.89%	1.48%
1996	2,232,289	3,732,000	2.91%	1.6%
1997	2,412,989	3,781,300	8.09%	1.32%
1998	2,670,124	3,815,000	10.7%	0.89%
1999	2,821,684	3,835,100	5.68%	0.53%
2000	2,928,117	3,857,700	3.77%	0.59%
2001	3,015,338	3,880,500	2.98%	0.59%
2002	3,094,782	3,948,500	2.63%	1.75%
2003	3,119,532	4,027,200	0.8%	1.99%
2004	3,156,892	4,087,500	1.2%	1.5%
2005	3,301,015	4,133,900	4.57%	1.14%
2006	3,490,787	4,184,600	5.75%	1.23%
2007	3,669,050	4,223,800	5.11%	0.94%
2008	3,821,003	4,259,800	4.14%	0.85%
2009	3,943,028	4,302,600	3.19%	1%
2010	4,058,890	4,350,700	2.94%	1.12%
2011	4,221,178	4,384,000	4%	0.77%
2012	4,373,043	4,408,100	3.6%	0.55%
2013	4,470,239	4,442,100	2.22%	0.77%
2014	4,564,293	4,516,500	2.1%	1.67%
2015	4,659,431	4,609,400	2.08%	2.06%
2016	4,755,608	4,714,100	2.06%	2.27%
2017	4,848,925	4,813,600	1.96%	2.11%
2018	4,944,726	4,900,600	1.98%	1.81%
2019	5,043,721	4,979,200	2%	1.6%
2020	5,149,463	5,090,200	2.1%	2.23%
2021	5,259,323	5,111,300	2.13%	0.41%
2022	5,373,294	5,117,100	2.17%	0.11%
2023	5,493,031	5,245,000	2.23%	2.5%
2024	5,612,817	5,338,500	2.18%	1.78%
2025	5,731,211	5,377,360	2.11%	0.73%
2026	5,853,958	5,413,790	2.14%	0.68%
2027	5,986,805	5,447,979	2.27%	0.63%
2028	6,118,769	5,479,675	2.2%	0.58%
2029	6,245,093	5,509,133	2.06%	0.54%
2030	6,366,293	5,536,522	1.94%	0.5%
2031	6,486,749	5,562,256	1.89%	0.46%
2032	6,614,257	5,586,456	1.97%	0.44%
2033	6,744,927	5,609,501	1.98%	0.41%
2034	6,873,688	5,631,457	1.91%	0.39%
2035	7,003,567	5,652,480	1.89%	0.37%
2036	7,142,326	5,673,146	1.98%	0.37%
2037	7,278,759	5,693,185	1.91%	0.35%
2038	7,408,720	5,713,185	1.79%	0.35%
2039	7,545,510	5,732,750	1.85%	0.34%
2040	7,681,693	5,751,482	1.8%	0.33%
2041	7,817,089	5,770,413	1.76%	0.33%
2042	7,954,182	5,789,187	1.75%	0.33%
2043	8,077,173	5,806,468	1.55%	0.3%
2044	8,194,136	5,822,166	1.45%	0.27%
2045	8,310,657	5,836,730	1.42%	0.25%
2046	8,428,924	5,849,932	1.42%	0.23%
2047	8,552,033	5,861,661	1.46%	0.2%
2048	8,673,963	5,872,796	1.43%	0.19%
2049	8,795,838	5,882,711	1.41%	0.17%
2050	8,910,539	5,892,766	1.3%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.