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	4,970,300	5,347,896	1.42%	0.68%
2020	5,072,400	5,379,475	2.05%	0.59%
2021	5,084,600	5,408,320	0.24%	0.54%
2022	5,081,700	5,457,127	-0.06%	0.9%
2023	5,200,000	5,519,601	2.33%	1.14%
2024	5,287,500	5,572,279	1.68%	0.95%
2025	5,325,989	5,618,660	0.73%	0.83%
2026	5,362,071	5,648,550	0.68%	0.53%
2027	5,395,933	5,669,092	0.63%	0.36%
2028	5,427,327	5,688,782	0.58%	0.35%
2029	5,456,502	5,707,214	0.54%	0.32%
2030	5,483,630	5,724,593	0.5%	0.3%
2031	5,509,118	5,741,147	0.46%	0.29%
2032	5,533,087	5,756,671	0.44%	0.27%
2033	5,555,912	5,771,055	0.41%	0.25%
2034	5,577,658	5,784,415	0.39%	0.23%
2035	5,598,481	5,796,858	0.37%	0.22%
2036	5,618,949	5,808,729	0.37%	0.2%
2037	5,638,796	5,820,002	0.35%	0.19%
2038	5,658,606	5,830,612	0.35%	0.18%
2039	5,677,983	5,840,501	0.34%	0.17%
2040	5,696,537	5,849,280	0.33%	0.15%
2041	5,715,286	5,857,353	0.33%	0.14%
2042	5,733,881	5,864,774	0.33%	0.13%
2043	5,750,997	5,870,964	0.3%	0.11%
2044	5,766,545	5,876,299	0.27%	0.09%
2045	5,780,970	5,881,399	0.25%	0.09%
2046	5,794,046	5,885,779	0.23%	0.07%
2047	5,805,663	5,889,164	0.2%	0.06%
2048	5,816,692	5,892,138	0.19%	0.05%
2049	5,826,512	5,894,308	0.17%	0.04%
2050	5,836,471	5,895,200	0.17%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Norway gained 573,842 people (a 12.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Norway's population increased by 414,255 (a 7.91% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Norway was ranked 116th in 2006 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.36% to 5,895,200 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.