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	4,970,300	209,485,641	1.42%	2.22%
2020	5,072,400	213,996,181	2.05%	2.15%
2021	5,084,600	218,529,286	0.24%	2.12%
2022	5,081,700	223,150,896	-0.06%	2.11%
2023	5,200,000	227,882,945	2.33%	2.12%
2024	5,287,500	232,679,478	1.68%	2.1%
2025	5,325,989	237,527,783	0.73%	2.08%
2026	5,362,071	242,431,830	0.68%	2.06%
2027	5,395,933	247,374,258	0.63%	2.04%
2028	5,427,327	252,346,128	0.58%	2.01%
2029	5,456,502	257,352,638	0.54%	1.98%
2030	5,483,630	262,380,975	0.5%	1.95%
2031	5,509,118	267,421,079	0.46%	1.92%
2032	5,533,087	272,483,635	0.44%	1.89%
2033	5,555,912	277,555,116	0.41%	1.86%
2034	5,577,658	282,622,388	0.39%	1.83%
2035	5,598,481	287,685,757	0.37%	1.79%
2036	5,618,949	292,739,390	0.37%	1.76%
2037	5,638,796	297,773,236	0.35%	1.72%
2038	5,658,606	302,782,350	0.35%	1.68%
2039	5,677,983	307,764,754	0.34%	1.65%
2040	5,696,537	312,710,403	0.33%	1.61%
2041	5,715,286	317,607,237	0.33%	1.57%
2042	5,733,881	322,450,302	0.33%	1.52%
2043	5,750,997	327,243,941	0.3%	1.49%
2044	5,766,545	331,983,354	0.27%	1.45%
2045	5,780,970	336,662,502	0.25%	1.41%
2046	5,794,046	341,281,757	0.23%	1.37%
2047	5,805,663	345,844,004	0.2%	1.34%
2048	5,816,692	350,347,757	0.19%	1.3%
2049	5,826,512	354,792,418	0.17%	1.27%
2050	5,836,471	359,185,550	0.17%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) New Zealand's population will grow by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people with a rank change from 125th to 122nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.