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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Palau	New Zealand	Palau
1960	2,371,800	9,328	-	-
1961	2,419,700	9,555	2.02%	2.43%
1962	2,482,000	9,793	2.57%	2.49%
1963	2,531,800	10,037	2.01%	2.49%
1964	2,585,400	10,292	2.12%	2.54%
1965	2,628,400	10,547	1.66%	2.48%
1966	2,675,900	10,805	1.81%	2.45%
1967	2,724,100	10,988	1.8%	1.69%
1968	2,748,100	11,080	0.88%	0.84%
1969	2,772,800	11,159	0.9%	0.71%
1970	2,810,700	11,368	1.37%	1.87%
1971	2,853,000	11,759	1.5%	3.44%
1972	2,903,900	12,194	1.78%	3.7%
1973	2,961,300	12,552	1.98%	2.94%
1974	3,023,700	12,687	2.11%	1.08%
1975	3,083,100	12,655	1.96%	-0.25%
1976	3,110,500	12,598	0.89%	-0.45%
1977	3,120,200	12,525	0.31%	-0.58%
1978	3,121,200	12,440	0.03%	-0.68%
1979	3,109,000	12,337	-0.39%	-0.83%
1980	3,112,900	12,271	0.13%	-0.53%
1981	3,124,900	12,402	0.39%	1.07%
1982	3,156,100	12,694	1%	2.35%
1983	3,199,300	13,006	1.37%	2.46%
1984	3,227,100	13,337	0.87%	2.54%
1985	3,247,100	13,688	0.62%	2.63%
1986	3,246,300	14,024	-0.02%	2.45%
1987	3,274,400	14,334	0.87%	2.21%
1988	3,283,400	14,645	0.27%	2.17%
1989	3,299,200	14,945	0.48%	2.05%
1990	3,329,800	15,259	0.93%	2.1%
1991	3,495,100	15,614	4.96%	2.33%
1992	3,531,700	15,989	1.05%	2.4%
1993	3,572,200	16,372	1.15%	2.4%
1994	3,620,000	16,770	1.34%	2.43%
1995	3,673,400	17,195	1.48%	2.53%
1996	3,732,000	17,654	1.6%	2.67%
1997	3,781,300	18,108	1.32%	2.57%
1998	3,815,000	18,524	0.89%	2.3%
1999	3,835,100	18,901	0.53%	2.04%
2000	3,857,700	19,178	0.59%	1.47%
2001	3,880,500	19,352	0.59%	0.91%
2002	3,948,500	19,503	1.75%	0.78%
2003	4,027,200	19,659	1.99%	0.8%
2004	4,087,500	19,820	1.5%	0.82%
2005	4,133,900	19,819	1.14%	-0.005%
2006	4,184,600	19,593	1.23%	-1.14%
2007	4,223,800	19,302	0.94%	-1.49%
2008	4,259,800	19,009	0.85%	-1.52%
2009	4,302,600	18,709	1%	-1.58%
2010	4,350,700	18,396	1.12%	-1.67%
2011	4,384,000	18,078	0.77%	-1.73%
2012	4,408,100	17,765	0.55%	-1.73%
2013	4,442,100	17,648	0.77%	-0.66%
2014	4,516,500	17,715	1.67%	0.38%
2015	4,609,400	17,770	2.06%	0.31%
2016	4,714,100	17,797	2.27%	0.15%
2017	4,813,600	17,812	2.11%	0.08%
2018	4,900,600	17,814	1.81%	0.01%
2019	4,979,200	17,798	1.6%	-0.09%
2020	5,090,200	17,792	2.23%	-0.03%
2021	5,111,300	17,783	0.41%	-0.05%
2022	5,117,100	17,759	0.11%	-0.13%
2023	5,245,000	17,727	2.5%	-0.18%
2024	5,338,500	17,695	1.78%	-0.18%
2025	5,377,360	17,663	0.73%	-0.18%
2026	5,413,790	17,618	0.68%	-0.25%
2027	5,447,979	17,564	0.63%	-0.31%
2028	5,479,675	17,504	0.58%	-0.34%
2029	5,509,133	17,436	0.54%	-0.39%
2030	5,536,522	17,376	0.5%	-0.34%
2031	5,562,256	17,299	0.46%	-0.44%
2032	5,586,456	17,228	0.44%	-0.41%
2033	5,609,501	17,163	0.41%	-0.38%
2034	5,631,457	17,092	0.39%	-0.41%
2035	5,652,480	17,012	0.37%	-0.47%
2036	5,673,146	16,940	0.37%	-0.43%
2037	5,693,185	16,858	0.35%	-0.48%
2038	5,713,185	16,779	0.35%	-0.47%
2039	5,732,750	16,689	0.34%	-0.54%
2040	5,751,482	16,604	0.33%	-0.51%
2041	5,770,413	16,510	0.33%	-0.57%
2042	5,789,187	16,403	0.33%	-0.65%
2043	5,806,468	16,302	0.3%	-0.61%
2044	5,822,166	16,202	0.27%	-0.62%
2045	5,836,730	16,097	0.25%	-0.65%
2046	5,849,932	15,977	0.23%	-0.74%
2047	5,861,661	15,863	0.2%	-0.71%
2048	5,872,796	15,749	0.19%	-0.72%
2049	5,882,711	15,632	0.17%	-0.74%
2050	5,892,766	15,515	0.17%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.