Population in New Zealand compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	North Korea	New Zealand	North Korea
1960	2,371,800	11,722,953	-	-
1961	2,419,700	11,990,713	2.02%	2.28%
1962	2,482,000	12,262,882	2.57%	2.27%
1963	2,531,800	12,567,057	2.01%	2.48%
1964	2,585,400	12,889,770	2.12%	2.57%
1965	2,628,400	13,219,369	1.66%	2.56%
1966	2,675,900	13,569,094	1.81%	2.65%
1967	2,724,100	13,958,350	1.8%	2.87%
1968	2,748,100	14,365,596	0.88%	2.92%
1969	2,772,800	14,767,615	0.9%	2.8%
1970	2,810,700	15,172,775	1.37%	2.74%
1971	2,853,000	15,572,457	1.5%	2.63%
1972	2,903,900	15,975,069	1.78%	2.59%
1973	2,961,300	16,350,367	1.98%	2.35%
1974	3,023,700	16,673,121	2.11%	1.97%
1975	3,083,100	16,971,055	1.96%	1.79%
1976	3,110,500	17,243,450	0.89%	1.61%
1977	3,120,200	17,492,798	0.31%	1.45%
1978	3,121,200	17,735,995	0.03%	1.39%
1979	3,109,000	17,983,470	-0.39%	1.4%
1980	3,112,900	18,236,786	0.13%	1.41%
1981	3,124,900	18,501,295	0.39%	1.45%
1982	3,156,100	18,776,357	1%	1.49%
1983	3,199,300	19,054,034	1.37%	1.48%
1984	3,227,100	19,335,043	0.87%	1.47%
1985	3,247,100	19,620,388	0.62%	1.48%
1986	3,246,300	19,910,855	-0.02%	1.48%
1987	3,274,400	20,205,483	0.87%	1.48%
1988	3,283,400	20,503,161	0.27%	1.47%
1989	3,299,200	20,804,367	0.48%	1.47%
1990	3,329,800	21,112,137	0.93%	1.48%
1991	3,495,100	21,428,638	4.96%	1.5%
1992	3,531,700	21,750,911	1.05%	1.5%
1993	3,572,200	22,073,352	1.15%	1.48%
1994	3,620,000	22,393,975	1.34%	1.45%
1995	3,673,400	22,669,304	1.48%	1.23%
1996	3,732,000	22,895,746	1.6%	1%
1997	3,781,300	23,110,830	1.32%	0.94%
1998	3,815,000	23,311,564	0.89%	0.87%
1999	3,835,100	23,497,599	0.53%	0.8%
2000	3,857,700	23,665,910	0.59%	0.72%
2001	3,880,500	23,815,358	0.59%	0.63%
2002	3,948,500	23,943,973	1.75%	0.54%
2003	4,027,200	24,090,380	1.99%	0.61%
2004	4,087,500	24,254,943	1.5%	0.68%
2005	4,133,900	24,396,433	1.14%	0.58%
2006	4,184,600	24,524,507	1.23%	0.52%
2007	4,223,800	24,646,383	0.94%	0.5%
2008	4,259,800	24,764,618	0.85%	0.48%
2009	4,302,600	24,878,332	1%	0.46%
2010	4,350,700	24,987,258	1.12%	0.44%
2011	4,384,000	25,097,874	0.77%	0.44%
2012	4,408,100	25,211,728	0.55%	0.45%
2013	4,442,100	25,329,451	0.77%	0.47%
2014	4,516,500	25,451,262	1.67%	0.48%
2015	4,609,400	25,575,350	2.06%	0.49%
2016	4,714,100	25,698,326	2.27%	0.48%
2017	4,813,600	25,817,709	2.11%	0.46%
2018	4,900,600	25,931,147	1.81%	0.44%
2019	4,979,200	26,037,632	1.6%	0.41%
2020	5,090,200	26,136,312	2.23%	0.38%
2021	5,111,300	26,232,534	0.41%	0.37%
2022	5,117,100	26,328,845	0.11%	0.37%
2023	5,245,000	26,418,204	2.5%	0.34%
2024	5,338,500	26,498,823	1.78%	0.31%
2025	5,377,360	26,571,033	0.73%	0.27%
2026	5,413,790	26,633,682	0.68%	0.24%
2027	5,447,979	26,686,492	0.63%	0.2%
2028	5,479,675	26,729,261	0.58%	0.16%
2029	5,509,133	26,762,008	0.54%	0.12%
2030	5,536,522	26,784,894	0.5%	0.09%
2031	5,562,256	26,797,946	0.46%	0.05%
2032	5,586,456	26,801,071	0.44%	0.01%
2033	5,609,501	26,795,061	0.41%	-0.02%
2034	5,631,457	26,780,481	0.39%	-0.05%
2035	5,652,480	26,757,705	0.37%	-0.09%
2036	5,673,146	26,727,309	0.37%	-0.11%
2037	5,693,185	26,689,907	0.35%	-0.14%
2038	5,713,185	26,646,323	0.35%	-0.16%
2039	5,732,750	26,596,967	0.34%	-0.19%
2040	5,751,482	26,542,417	0.33%	-0.21%
2041	5,770,413	26,483,475	0.33%	-0.22%
2042	5,789,187	26,420,812	0.33%	-0.24%
2043	5,806,468	26,354,324	0.3%	-0.25%
2044	5,822,166	26,284,000	0.27%	-0.27%
2045	5,836,730	26,210,196	0.25%	-0.28%
2046	5,849,932	26,132,922	0.23%	-0.29%
2047	5,861,661	26,052,086	0.2%	-0.31%
2048	5,872,796	25,967,581	0.19%	-0.32%
2049	5,882,711	25,879,244	0.17%	-0.34%
2050	5,892,766	25,787,120	0.17%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.