The latest officially reported population of Luxembourg was 677,717 in 2024 vs 5,338,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Luxembourg's population is 690,832 people compared to 5,406,623 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- New Zealand's population is 7.83 times bigger than Luxembourg's.
- Luxembourg is ranked the 164th most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.008% for Luxembourg vs 0.07% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, Luxembourg has had an average growth rate of +2.03% per year vs +1.69% in New Zealand.
- Since 2005, the population of Luxembourg has increased from 465K people to 691K (48.5% growth), while New Zealand has grown from 4.13M to 5.41M (30.8% growth).
- Luxembourg is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 806K people compared to the peak of 6.01M people in 2078 for New Zealand.
Luxembourg vs New Zealand: live population counter
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| Current population |
690832
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5406623
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| Population rank | 164/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.008% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
46.6 minutes
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5.62 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.38 hours
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9.23 minutes
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| One death every |
1.99 hours
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13.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.54 hours
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +5,677 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | +31 | +256 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,287 | +93,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.69% | +1.78% |
| Population growth rate rank | 68/197 | 63/197 |
Luxembourg and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 313,970 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 316,845 | 2,419,700 | 0.92% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 320,750 | 2,482,000 | 1.23% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 324,100 | 2,531,800 | 1.04% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 327,750 | 2,585,400 | 1.13% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 331,500 | 2,628,400 | 1.14% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 333,895 | 2,675,900 | 0.72% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 334,995 | 2,724,100 | 0.33% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 335,850 | 2,748,100 | 0.26% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 337,500 | 2,772,800 | 0.49% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 339,171 | 2,810,700 | 0.5% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 342,421 | 2,853,000 | 0.96% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 346,600 | 2,903,900 | 1.22% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 350,450 | 2,961,300 | 1.11% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 355,050 | 3,023,700 | 1.31% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 358,950 | 3,083,100 | 1.1% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 360,731 | 3,110,500 | 0.5% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 361,358 | 3,120,200 | 0.17% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 362,007 | 3,121,200 | 0.18% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 362,856 | 3,109,000 | 0.23% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 364,150 | 3,112,900 | 0.36% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 365,225 | 3,124,900 | 0.3% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 365,525 | 3,156,100 | 0.08% | 1% |
| 1983 | 365,622 | 3,199,300 | 0.03% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 365,998 | 3,227,100 | 0.1% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 366,706 | 3,247,100 | 0.19% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 368,355 | 3,246,300 | 0.45% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 370,750 | 3,274,400 | 0.65% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 373,450 | 3,283,400 | 0.73% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 377,100 | 3,299,200 | 0.98% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 381,850 | 3,329,800 | 1.26% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 387,000 | 3,495,100 | 1.35% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 392,175 | 3,531,700 | 1.34% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 397,475 | 3,572,200 | 1.35% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 402,925 | 3,620,000 | 1.37% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 408,625 | 3,673,400 | 1.41% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 414,225 | 3,732,000 | 1.37% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 419,450 | 3,781,300 | 1.26% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 424,700 | 3,815,000 | 1.25% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 430,475 | 3,835,100 | 1.36% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 436,300 | 3,857,700 | 1.35% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 441,525 | 3,880,500 | 1.2% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 446,175 | 3,948,500 | 1.05% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 451,630 | 4,027,200 | 1.22% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 458,095 | 4,087,500 | 1.43% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 465,158 | 4,133,900 | 1.54% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 472,637 | 4,184,600 | 1.61% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 479,993 | 4,223,800 | 1.56% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 488,650 | 4,259,800 | 1.8% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 497,783 | 4,302,600 | 1.87% | 1% |
| 2010 | 506,953 | 4,350,700 | 1.84% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 518,347 | 4,384,000 | 2.25% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 530,946 | 4,408,100 | 2.43% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 543,360 | 4,442,100 | 2.34% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 556,319 | 4,516,500 | 2.38% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 569,604 | 4,609,400 | 2.39% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 582,014 | 4,714,100 | 2.18% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 596,336 | 4,813,600 | 2.46% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 607,950 | 4,900,600 | 1.95% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 620,001 | 4,979,200 | 1.98% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 630,419 | 5,090,200 | 1.68% | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 640,064 | 5,111,300 | 1.53% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 653,103 | 5,117,100 | 2.04% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 666,430 | 5,245,000 | 2.04% | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 677,717 | 5,338,500 | 1.69% | 1.78% |
| 2025 | 685,180 | 5,377,360 | 1.1% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 692,217 | 5,413,790 | 1.03% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 699,102 | 5,447,979 | 0.99% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 705,956 | 5,479,675 | 0.98% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 712,502 | 5,509,133 | 0.93% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 718,627 | 5,536,522 | 0.86% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 724,433 | 5,562,256 | 0.81% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 730,118 | 5,586,456 | 0.78% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 735,604 | 5,609,501 | 0.75% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 740,767 | 5,631,457 | 0.7% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 745,776 | 5,652,480 | 0.68% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 750,596 | 5,673,146 | 0.65% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 755,119 | 5,693,185 | 0.6% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 759,551 | 5,713,185 | 0.59% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 763,923 | 5,732,750 | 0.58% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 767,972 | 5,751,482 | 0.53% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 771,757 | 5,770,413 | 0.49% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 775,418 | 5,789,187 | 0.47% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 778,811 | 5,806,468 | 0.44% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 781,936 | 5,822,166 | 0.4% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 784,957 | 5,836,730 | 0.39% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 787,788 | 5,849,932 | 0.36% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 790,356 | 5,861,661 | 0.33% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 792,821 | 5,872,796 | 0.31% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 795,064 | 5,882,711 | 0.28% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 796,958 | 5,892,766 | 0.24% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Luxembourg increased by 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Luxembourg gained 121,228 (a 21.3% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).
Luxembourg was ranked 167th most populous country in 2005 and is 164th 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) Luxembourg's population will grow by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th. 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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| City | Population |
| Luxembourg | 136K |
| Esch-sur-Alzette | 37.5K |
| Differdange | 30.4K |
| Dudelange | 22K |
| Petange | 20.9K |
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| 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 Luxembourg and New Zealand
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| Life expectancy | 82.5 years | 82.4 years |
| Average age | 40.6 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.25 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 682 ppl/mi² | 52.5 ppl/mi² |
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