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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Nigeria	New Zealand	Nigeria
1960	2,371,800	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,419,700	45,989,310	2.02%	2.08%
1962	2,482,000	46,965,292	2.57%	2.12%
1963	2,531,800	47,973,575	2.01%	2.15%
1964	2,585,400	49,012,016	2.12%	2.16%
1965	2,628,400	50,086,764	1.66%	2.19%
1966	2,675,900	51,188,234	1.81%	2.2%
1967	2,724,100	52,293,065	1.8%	2.16%
1968	2,748,100	53,432,783	0.88%	2.18%
1969	2,772,800	54,631,914	0.9%	2.24%
1970	2,810,700	55,893,838	1.37%	2.31%
1971	2,853,000	57,214,684	1.5%	2.36%
1972	2,903,900	58,601,748	1.78%	2.42%
1973	2,961,300	60,082,139	1.98%	2.53%
1974	3,023,700	61,679,144	2.11%	2.66%
1975	3,083,100	63,410,815	1.96%	2.81%
1976	3,110,500	65,258,009	0.89%	2.91%
1977	3,120,200	67,234,590	0.31%	3.03%
1978	3,121,200	69,326,532	0.03%	3.11%
1979	3,109,000	71,498,242	-0.39%	3.13%
1980	3,112,900	73,764,641	0.13%	3.17%
1981	3,124,900	76,068,103	0.39%	3.12%
1982	3,156,100	78,378,701	1%	3.04%
1983	3,199,300	80,438,260	1.37%	2.63%
1984	3,227,100	82,526,443	0.87%	2.6%
1985	3,247,100	84,897,973	0.62%	2.87%
1986	3,246,300	87,235,953	-0.02%	2.75%
1987	3,274,400	89,591,716	0.87%	2.7%
1988	3,283,400	92,020,090	0.27%	2.71%
1989	3,299,200	94,531,014	0.48%	2.73%
1990	3,329,800	97,120,925	0.93%	2.74%
1991	3,495,100	99,720,162	4.96%	2.68%
1992	3,531,700	102,372,770	1.05%	2.66%
1993	3,572,200	105,122,069	1.15%	2.69%
1994	3,620,000	107,935,714	1.34%	2.68%
1995	3,673,400	110,819,428	1.48%	2.67%
1996	3,732,000	113,754,779	1.6%	2.65%
1997	3,781,300	116,754,792	1.32%	2.64%
1998	3,815,000	119,846,254	0.89%	2.65%
1999	3,835,100	123,047,320	0.53%	2.67%
2000	3,857,700	126,382,494	0.59%	2.71%
2001	3,880,500	129,862,595	0.59%	2.75%
2002	3,948,500	133,471,989	1.75%	2.78%
2003	4,027,200	137,202,644	1.99%	2.8%
2004	4,087,500	141,057,045	1.5%	2.81%
2005	4,133,900	145,017,253	1.14%	2.81%
2006	4,184,600	149,077,334	1.23%	2.8%
2007	4,223,800	153,267,261	0.94%	2.81%
2008	4,259,800	157,595,014	0.85%	2.82%
2009	4,302,600	162,049,464	1%	2.83%
2010	4,350,700	166,642,886	1.12%	2.83%
2011	4,384,000	171,379,598	0.77%	2.84%
2012	4,408,100	176,200,625	0.55%	2.81%
2013	4,442,100	181,049,443	0.77%	2.75%
2014	4,516,500	185,896,915	1.67%	2.68%
2015	4,609,400	190,671,878	2.06%	2.57%
2016	4,714,100	195,443,700	2.27%	2.5%
2017	4,813,600	200,254,579	2.11%	2.46%
2018	4,900,600	204,938,755	1.81%	2.34%
2019	4,979,200	209,485,641	1.6%	2.22%
2020	5,090,200	213,996,181	2.23%	2.15%
2021	5,111,300	218,529,286	0.41%	2.12%
2022	5,117,100	223,150,896	0.11%	2.11%
2023	5,245,000	227,882,945	2.5%	2.12%
2024	5,338,500	232,679,478	1.78%	2.1%
2025	5,377,360	237,527,783	0.73%	2.08%
2026	5,413,790	242,431,830	0.68%	2.06%
2027	5,447,979	247,374,258	0.63%	2.04%
2028	5,479,675	252,346,128	0.58%	2.01%
2029	5,509,133	257,352,638	0.54%	1.98%
2030	5,536,522	262,380,975	0.5%	1.95%
2031	5,562,256	267,421,079	0.46%	1.92%
2032	5,586,456	272,483,635	0.44%	1.89%
2033	5,609,501	277,555,116	0.41%	1.86%
2034	5,631,457	282,622,388	0.39%	1.83%
2035	5,652,480	287,685,757	0.37%	1.79%
2036	5,673,146	292,739,390	0.37%	1.76%
2037	5,693,185	297,773,236	0.35%	1.72%
2038	5,713,185	302,782,350	0.35%	1.68%
2039	5,732,750	307,764,754	0.34%	1.65%
2040	5,751,482	312,710,403	0.33%	1.61%
2041	5,770,413	317,607,237	0.33%	1.57%
2042	5,789,187	322,450,302	0.33%	1.52%
2043	5,806,468	327,243,941	0.3%	1.49%
2044	5,822,166	331,983,354	0.27%	1.45%
2045	5,836,730	336,662,502	0.25%	1.41%
2046	5,849,932	341,281,757	0.23%	1.37%
2047	5,861,661	345,844,004	0.2%	1.34%
2048	5,872,796	350,347,757	0.19%	1.3%
2049	5,882,711	354,792,418	0.17%	1.27%
2050	5,892,766	359,185,550	0.17%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) New Zealand's population will grow by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people with a rank change from 124th to 122nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.