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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	North Macedonia	New Zealand	North Macedonia
1960	2,371,800	1,435,059	-	-
1961	2,419,700	1,455,171	2.02%	1.4%
1962	2,482,000	1,471,745	2.57%	1.14%
1963	2,531,800	1,488,737	2.01%	1.15%
1964	2,585,400	1,510,900	2.12%	1.49%
1965	2,628,400	1,533,466	1.66%	1.49%
1966	2,675,900	1,557,349	1.81%	1.56%
1967	2,724,100	1,582,492	1.8%	1.61%
1968	2,748,100	1,608,930	0.88%	1.67%
1969	2,772,800	1,636,345	0.9%	1.7%
1970	2,810,700	1,664,208	1.37%	1.7%
1971	2,853,000	1,691,216	1.5%	1.62%
1972	2,903,900	1,717,395	1.78%	1.55%
1973	2,961,300	1,743,816	1.98%	1.54%
1974	3,023,700	1,770,545	2.11%	1.53%
1975	3,083,100	1,797,972	1.96%	1.55%
1976	3,110,500	1,825,830	0.89%	1.55%
1977	3,120,200	1,853,138	0.31%	1.5%
1978	3,121,200	1,879,847	0.03%	1.44%
1979	3,109,000	1,906,523	-0.39%	1.42%
1980	3,112,900	1,933,038	0.13%	1.39%
1981	3,124,900	1,959,065	0.39%	1.35%
1982	3,156,100	1,978,956	1%	1.02%
1983	3,199,300	1,991,901	1.37%	0.65%
1984	3,227,100	2,003,399	0.87%	0.58%
1985	3,247,100	2,014,331	0.62%	0.55%
1986	3,246,300	2,024,732	-0.02%	0.52%
1987	3,274,400	2,035,157	0.87%	0.51%
1988	3,283,400	2,045,737	0.27%	0.52%
1989	3,299,200	2,055,649	0.48%	0.48%
1990	3,329,800	2,063,689	0.93%	0.39%
1991	3,495,100	2,055,994	4.96%	-0.37%
1992	3,531,700	2,032,523	1.05%	-1.14%
1993	3,572,200	2,006,854	1.15%	-1.26%
1994	3,620,000	1,992,666	1.34%	-0.71%
1995	3,673,400	1,998,534	1.48%	0.29%
1996	3,732,000	2,012,553	1.6%	0.7%
1997	3,781,300	1,996,869	1.32%	-0.78%
1998	3,815,000	2,007,523	0.89%	0.53%
1999	3,835,100	2,017,142	0.53%	0.48%
2000	3,857,700	2,026,350	0.59%	0.46%
2001	3,880,500	2,034,882	0.59%	0.42%
2002	3,948,500	2,020,157	1.75%	-0.72%
2003	4,027,200	2,022,725	1.99%	0.13%
2004	4,087,500	2,016,186	1.5%	-0.32%
2005	4,133,900	2,005,330	1.14%	-0.54%
2006	4,184,600	1,994,287	1.23%	-0.55%
2007	4,223,800	1,982,933	0.94%	-0.57%
2008	4,259,800	1,971,493	0.85%	-0.58%
2009	4,302,600	1,958,782	1%	-0.64%
2010	4,350,700	1,946,298	1.12%	-0.64%
2011	4,384,000	1,937,398	0.77%	-0.46%
2012	4,408,100	1,929,821	0.55%	-0.39%
2013	4,442,100	1,922,716	0.77%	-0.37%
2014	4,516,500	1,917,557	1.67%	-0.27%
2015	4,609,400	1,912,430	2.06%	-0.27%
2016	4,714,100	1,906,313	2.27%	-0.32%
2017	4,813,600	1,898,657	2.11%	-0.4%
2018	4,900,600	1,889,051	1.81%	-0.51%
2019	4,970,300	1,876,262	1.42%	-0.68%
2020	5,072,400	1,856,124	2.05%	-1.07%
2021	5,084,600	1,837,114	0.24%	-1.02%
2022	5,081,700	1,831,712	-0.06%	-0.29%
2023	5,200,000	1,827,816	2.33%	-0.21%
2024	5,287,500	1,824,359	1.68%	-0.19%
2025	5,325,989	1,815,133	0.73%	-0.51%
2026	5,362,071	1,805,395	0.68%	-0.54%
2027	5,395,933	1,795,422	0.63%	-0.55%
2028	5,427,327	1,785,331	0.58%	-0.56%
2029	5,456,502	1,774,860	0.54%	-0.59%
2030	5,483,630	1,763,791	0.5%	-0.62%
2031	5,509,118	1,752,330	0.46%	-0.65%
2032	5,533,087	1,740,795	0.44%	-0.66%
2033	5,555,912	1,729,225	0.41%	-0.66%
2034	5,577,658	1,717,480	0.39%	-0.68%
2035	5,598,481	1,705,456	0.37%	-0.7%
2036	5,618,949	1,693,196	0.37%	-0.72%
2037	5,638,796	1,680,741	0.35%	-0.74%
2038	5,658,606	1,668,308	0.35%	-0.74%
2039	5,677,983	1,655,824	0.34%	-0.75%
2040	5,696,537	1,643,124	0.33%	-0.77%
2041	5,715,286	1,630,336	0.33%	-0.78%
2042	5,733,881	1,617,428	0.33%	-0.79%
2043	5,750,997	1,604,359	0.3%	-0.81%
2044	5,766,545	1,591,423	0.27%	-0.81%
2045	5,780,970	1,578,519	0.25%	-0.81%
2046	5,794,046	1,565,479	0.23%	-0.83%
2047	5,805,663	1,552,566	0.2%	-0.82%
2048	5,816,692	1,539,797	0.19%	-0.82%
2049	5,826,512	1,526,883	0.17%	-0.84%
2050	5,836,471	1,513,804	0.17%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.