The current population of New Zealand is 5,406,623 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,338,500 in 2024.
Population facts:
- New Zealand is projected to reach 6.01M people in 2078.
- For the last 20 years, New Zealand has had an average growth rate of 1.54% per year.
- New Zealand accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 4.13M people to 5.41M (30.8% growth in 20 years).
- New Zealand is ranked 124/197 by population and was ranked 122nd in 2005.
New Zealand population clock
New Zealand
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5406623
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 124/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
5.62 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
9.23 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
13.9 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +256 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +93,500 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.78% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 63/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
28 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +18,766 | N/A |
New Zealand population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,371,800 | - |
| 1961 | 2,419,700 | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 2,482,000 | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 2,531,800 | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 2,585,400 | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 2,628,400 | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 2,675,900 | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 2,724,100 | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 2,748,100 | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 2,772,800 | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 2,810,700 | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 2,853,000 | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 2,903,900 | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 2,961,300 | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 3,023,700 | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 3,083,100 | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 3,110,500 | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 3,120,200 | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 3,121,200 | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 3,109,000 | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 3,112,900 | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 3,124,900 | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 3,156,100 | 1% |
| 1983 | 3,199,300 | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 3,227,100 | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 3,247,100 | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 3,246,300 | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 3,274,400 | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 3,283,400 | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 3,299,200 | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 3,329,800 | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 3,495,100 | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 3,531,700 | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 3,572,200 | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 3,620,000 | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 3,673,400 | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 3,732,000 | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 3,781,300 | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 3,815,000 | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 3,835,100 | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 3,857,700 | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 3,880,500 | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 3,948,500 | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 4,027,200 | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 4,087,500 | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 4,133,900 | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 4,184,600 | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 4,223,800 | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 4,259,800 | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 4,302,600 | 1% |
| 2010 | 4,350,700 | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 4,384,000 | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 4,408,100 | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 4,442,100 | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 4,516,500 | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 4,609,400 | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 4,714,100 | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 4,813,600 | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 4,900,600 | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 4,979,200 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 5,090,200 | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 5,111,300 | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 5,117,100 | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 5,245,000 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 5,338,500 | 1.78% |
| 2025 | 5,377,360 | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 5,413,790 | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 5,447,979 | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 5,479,675 | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 5,509,133 | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 5,536,522 | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 5,562,256 | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 5,586,456 | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 5,609,501 | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 5,631,457 | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 5,652,480 | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 5,673,146 | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 5,693,185 | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 5,713,185 | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 5,732,750 | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 5,751,482 | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 5,770,413 | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 5,789,187 | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 5,806,468 | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 5,822,166 | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 5,836,730 | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 5,849,932 | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 5,861,661 | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 5,872,796 | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 5,882,711 | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 5,892,766 | 0.17% |
New Zealand has a population of 5.41M as of 2025, compared to 4.61M in 2015, 4.13M in 2005, and 3.67M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.73% per year. New Zealand is ranked 71st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) New Zealand will have 5,836,730 people (7.96% growth) with a rank change from 124th to 122nd.
By the year 2100, New Zealand's population is projected to grow by 10.1% to 5.95M people.
Largest cities by population
|
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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New Zealand population statistics
|
New Zealand
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 39.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.56 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 52.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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