Population in New Zealand compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,371,800	1,995,110	-	-
1961	2,419,700	2,046,127	2.02%	2.56%
1962	2,482,000	2,093,919	2.57%	2.34%
1963	2,531,800	2,141,376	2.01%	2.27%
1964	2,585,400	2,188,325	2.12%	2.19%
1965	2,628,400	2,235,820	1.66%	2.17%
1966	2,675,900	2,285,774	1.81%	2.23%
1967	2,724,100	2,337,532	1.8%	2.26%
1968	2,748,100	2,390,803	0.88%	2.28%
1969	2,772,800	2,446,927	0.9%	2.35%
1970	2,810,700	2,505,628	1.37%	2.4%
1971	2,853,000	2,566,421	1.5%	2.43%
1972	2,903,900	2,628,432	1.78%	2.42%
1973	2,961,300	2,690,629	1.98%	2.37%
1974	3,023,700	2,752,671	2.11%	2.31%
1975	3,083,100	2,814,820	1.96%	2.26%
1976	3,110,500	2,877,327	0.89%	2.22%
1977	3,120,200	2,940,327	0.31%	2.19%
1978	3,121,200	3,003,714	0.03%	2.16%
1979	3,109,000	3,067,341	-0.39%	2.12%
1980	3,112,900	3,131,512	0.13%	2.09%
1981	3,124,900	3,197,019	0.39%	2.09%
1982	3,156,100	3,264,291	1%	2.1%
1983	3,199,300	3,333,633	1.37%	2.12%
1984	3,227,100	3,405,198	0.87%	2.15%
1985	3,247,100	3,478,936	0.62%	2.17%
1986	3,246,300	3,554,793	-0.02%	2.18%
1987	3,274,400	3,632,543	0.87%	2.19%
1988	3,283,400	3,711,880	0.27%	2.18%
1989	3,299,200	3,796,078	0.48%	2.27%
1990	3,329,800	3,896,481	0.93%	2.64%
1991	3,495,100	4,021,837	4.96%	3.22%
1992	3,531,700	4,166,699	1.05%	3.6%
1993	3,572,200	4,320,872	1.15%	3.7%
1994	3,620,000	4,480,208	1.34%	3.69%
1995	3,673,400	4,644,278	1.48%	3.66%
1996	3,732,000	4,813,361	1.6%	3.64%
1997	3,781,300	4,987,883	1.32%	3.63%
1998	3,815,000	5,166,390	0.89%	3.58%
1999	3,835,100	5,349,333	0.53%	3.54%
2000	3,857,700	5,537,064	0.59%	3.51%
2001	3,880,500	5,728,435	0.59%	3.46%
2002	3,948,500	5,924,003	1.75%	3.41%
2003	4,027,200	6,123,997	1.99%	3.38%
2004	4,087,500	6,328,041	1.5%	3.33%
2005	4,133,900	6,535,905	1.14%	3.28%
2006	4,184,600	6,747,720	1.23%	3.24%
2007	4,223,800	6,963,345	0.94%	3.2%
2008	4,259,800	7,183,002	0.85%	3.15%
2009	4,302,600	7,406,438	1%	3.11%
2010	4,350,700	7,633,523	1.12%	3.07%
2011	4,384,000	7,859,346	0.77%	2.96%
2012	4,408,100	8,081,390	0.55%	2.83%
2013	4,442,100	8,302,698	0.77%	2.74%
2014	4,516,500	8,523,441	1.67%	2.66%
2015	4,609,400	8,743,246	2.06%	2.58%
2016	4,714,100	8,961,718	2.27%	2.5%
2017	4,813,600	9,178,714	2.11%	2.42%
2018	4,900,600	9,394,513	1.81%	2.35%
2019	4,979,200	9,609,010	1.6%	2.28%
2020	5,090,200	9,815,746	2.23%	2.15%
2021	5,111,300	10,012,896	0.41%	2.01%
2022	5,117,100	10,203,169	0.11%	1.9%
2023	5,245,000	10,389,635	2.5%	1.83%
2024	5,338,500	10,576,502	1.78%	1.8%
2025	5,377,360	10,762,813	0.73%	1.76%
2026	5,413,790	10,947,845	0.68%	1.72%
2027	5,447,979	11,131,268	0.63%	1.68%
2028	5,479,675	11,312,895	0.58%	1.63%
2029	5,509,133	11,492,799	0.54%	1.59%
2030	5,536,522	11,671,420	0.5%	1.55%
2031	5,562,256	11,848,221	0.46%	1.51%
2032	5,586,456	12,023,121	0.44%	1.48%
2033	5,609,501	12,196,639	0.41%	1.44%
2034	5,631,457	12,369,248	0.39%	1.42%
2035	5,652,480	12,540,596	0.37%	1.39%
2036	5,673,146	12,710,682	0.37%	1.36%
2037	5,693,185	12,879,737	0.35%	1.33%
2038	5,713,185	13,047,122	0.35%	1.3%
2039	5,732,750	13,212,668	0.34%	1.27%
2040	5,751,482	13,376,156	0.33%	1.24%
2041	5,770,413	13,537,361	0.33%	1.21%
2042	5,789,187	13,696,139	0.33%	1.17%
2043	5,806,468	13,853,410	0.3%	1.15%
2044	5,822,166	14,009,926	0.27%	1.13%
2045	5,836,730	14,165,578	0.25%	1.11%
2046	5,849,932	14,318,889	0.23%	1.08%
2047	5,861,661	14,469,210	0.2%	1.05%
2048	5,872,796	14,617,364	0.19%	1.02%
2049	5,882,711	14,763,600	0.17%	1%
2050	5,892,766	14,906,584	0.17%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.