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	4,970,300	17,798	1.42%	-0.09%
2020	5,072,400	17,792	2.05%	-0.03%
2021	5,084,600	17,783	0.24%	-0.05%
2022	5,081,700	17,759	-0.06%	-0.13%
2023	5,200,000	17,727	2.33%	-0.18%
2024	5,287,500	17,695	1.68%	-0.18%
2025	5,325,989	17,663	0.73%	-0.18%
2026	5,362,071	17,618	0.68%	-0.25%
2027	5,395,933	17,564	0.63%	-0.31%
2028	5,427,327	17,504	0.58%	-0.34%
2029	5,456,502	17,436	0.54%	-0.39%
2030	5,483,630	17,376	0.5%	-0.34%
2031	5,509,118	17,299	0.46%	-0.44%
2032	5,533,087	17,228	0.44%	-0.41%
2033	5,555,912	17,163	0.41%	-0.38%
2034	5,577,658	17,092	0.39%	-0.41%
2035	5,598,481	17,012	0.37%	-0.47%
2036	5,618,949	16,940	0.37%	-0.43%
2037	5,638,796	16,858	0.35%	-0.48%
2038	5,658,606	16,779	0.35%	-0.47%
2039	5,677,983	16,689	0.34%	-0.54%
2040	5,696,537	16,604	0.33%	-0.51%
2041	5,715,286	16,510	0.33%	-0.57%
2042	5,733,881	16,403	0.33%	-0.65%
2043	5,750,997	16,302	0.3%	-0.61%
2044	5,766,545	16,202	0.27%	-0.62%
2045	5,780,970	16,097	0.25%	-0.65%
2046	5,794,046	15,977	0.23%	-0.74%
2047	5,805,663	15,863	0.2%	-0.71%
2048	5,816,692	15,749	0.19%	-0.72%
2049	5,826,512	15,632	0.17%	-0.74%
2050	5,836,471	15,515	0.17%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.