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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Norway	New Zealand	Norway
1960	2,371,800	3,581,239	-	-
1961	2,419,700	3,609,800	2.02%	0.8%
1962	2,482,000	3,638,918	2.57%	0.81%
1963	2,531,800	3,666,537	2.01%	0.76%
1964	2,585,400	3,694,339	2.12%	0.76%
1965	2,628,400	3,723,168	1.66%	0.78%
1966	2,675,900	3,753,012	1.81%	0.8%
1967	2,724,100	3,784,539	1.8%	0.84%
1968	2,748,100	3,816,486	0.88%	0.84%
1969	2,772,800	3,847,707	0.9%	0.82%
1970	2,810,700	3,875,763	1.37%	0.73%
1971	2,853,000	3,903,039	1.5%	0.7%
1972	2,903,900	3,933,004	1.78%	0.77%
1973	2,961,300	3,960,612	1.98%	0.7%
1974	3,023,700	3,985,258	2.11%	0.62%
1975	3,083,100	4,007,313	1.96%	0.55%
1976	3,110,500	4,026,152	0.89%	0.47%
1977	3,120,200	4,043,205	0.31%	0.42%
1978	3,121,200	4,058,671	0.03%	0.38%
1979	3,109,000	4,072,517	-0.39%	0.34%
1980	3,112,900	4,085,620	0.13%	0.32%
1981	3,124,900	4,099,702	0.39%	0.34%
1982	3,156,100	4,114,787	1%	0.37%
1983	3,199,300	4,128,432	1.37%	0.33%
1984	3,227,100	4,140,099	0.87%	0.28%
1985	3,247,100	4,152,516	0.62%	0.3%
1986	3,246,300	4,167,354	-0.02%	0.36%
1987	3,274,400	4,186,905	0.87%	0.47%
1988	3,283,400	4,209,488	0.27%	0.54%
1989	3,299,200	4,226,901	0.48%	0.41%
1990	3,329,800	4,241,473	0.93%	0.34%
1991	3,495,100	4,261,732	4.96%	0.48%
1992	3,531,700	4,286,401	1.05%	0.58%
1993	3,572,200	4,311,991	1.15%	0.6%
1994	3,620,000	4,336,613	1.34%	0.57%
1995	3,673,400	4,359,184	1.48%	0.52%
1996	3,732,000	4,381,336	1.6%	0.51%
1997	3,781,300	4,405,157	1.32%	0.54%
1998	3,815,000	4,431,464	0.89%	0.6%
1999	3,835,100	4,461,913	0.53%	0.69%
2000	3,857,700	4,490,967	0.59%	0.65%
2001	3,880,500	4,513,751	0.59%	0.51%
2002	3,948,500	4,538,159	1.75%	0.54%
2003	4,027,200	4,564,855	1.99%	0.59%
2004	4,087,500	4,591,910	1.5%	0.59%
2005	4,133,900	4,623,291	1.14%	0.68%
2006	4,184,600	4,660,677	1.23%	0.81%
2007	4,223,800	4,709,153	0.94%	1.04%
2008	4,259,800	4,768,212	0.85%	1.25%
2009	4,302,600	4,828,726	1%	1.27%
2010	4,350,700	4,889,252	1.12%	1.25%
2011	4,384,000	4,953,088	0.77%	1.31%
2012	4,408,100	5,018,573	0.55%	1.32%
2013	4,442,100	5,079,623	0.77%	1.22%
2014	4,516,500	5,137,232	1.67%	1.13%
2015	4,609,400	5,188,607	2.06%	1%
2016	4,714,100	5,234,519	2.27%	0.88%
2017	4,813,600	5,276,968	2.11%	0.81%
2018	4,900,600	5,311,916	1.81%	0.66%
2019	4,979,200	5,347,896	1.6%	0.68%
2020	5,090,200	5,379,475	2.23%	0.59%
2021	5,111,300	5,408,320	0.41%	0.54%
2022	5,117,100	5,457,127	0.11%	0.9%
2023	5,245,000	5,519,594	2.5%	1.14%
2024	5,338,500	5,572,272	1.78%	0.95%
2025	5,377,360	5,618,653	0.73%	0.83%
2026	5,413,790	5,648,542	0.68%	0.53%
2027	5,447,979	5,669,085	0.63%	0.36%
2028	5,479,675	5,688,775	0.58%	0.35%
2029	5,509,133	5,707,206	0.54%	0.32%
2030	5,536,522	5,724,586	0.5%	0.3%
2031	5,562,256	5,741,140	0.46%	0.29%
2032	5,586,456	5,756,663	0.44%	0.27%
2033	5,609,501	5,771,048	0.41%	0.25%
2034	5,631,457	5,784,408	0.39%	0.23%
2035	5,652,480	5,796,851	0.37%	0.22%
2036	5,673,146	5,808,721	0.37%	0.2%
2037	5,693,185	5,819,995	0.35%	0.19%
2038	5,713,185	5,830,604	0.35%	0.18%
2039	5,732,750	5,840,493	0.34%	0.17%
2040	5,751,482	5,849,273	0.33%	0.15%
2041	5,770,413	5,857,345	0.33%	0.14%
2042	5,789,187	5,864,766	0.33%	0.13%
2043	5,806,468	5,870,957	0.3%	0.11%
2044	5,822,166	5,876,291	0.27%	0.09%
2045	5,836,730	5,881,391	0.25%	0.09%
2046	5,849,932	5,885,772	0.23%	0.07%
2047	5,861,661	5,889,156	0.2%	0.06%
2048	5,872,796	5,892,131	0.19%	0.05%
2049	5,882,711	5,894,300	0.17%	0.04%
2050	5,892,766	5,895,192	0.17%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.