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	4,970,300	9,609,010	1.42%	2.28%
2020	5,072,400	9,815,746	2.05%	2.15%
2021	5,084,600	10,012,896	0.24%	2.01%
2022	5,081,700	10,203,169	-0.06%	1.9%
2023	5,200,000	10,389,635	2.33%	1.83%
2024	5,287,500	10,576,502	1.68%	1.8%
2025	5,325,989	10,762,813	0.73%	1.76%
2026	5,362,071	10,947,845	0.68%	1.72%
2027	5,395,933	11,131,268	0.63%	1.68%
2028	5,427,327	11,312,895	0.58%	1.63%
2029	5,456,502	11,492,799	0.54%	1.59%
2030	5,483,630	11,671,420	0.5%	1.55%
2031	5,509,118	11,848,221	0.46%	1.51%
2032	5,533,087	12,023,121	0.44%	1.48%
2033	5,555,912	12,196,639	0.41%	1.44%
2034	5,577,658	12,369,248	0.39%	1.42%
2035	5,598,481	12,540,596	0.37%	1.39%
2036	5,618,949	12,710,682	0.37%	1.36%
2037	5,638,796	12,879,737	0.35%	1.33%
2038	5,658,606	13,047,122	0.35%	1.3%
2039	5,677,983	13,212,668	0.34%	1.27%
2040	5,696,537	13,376,156	0.33%	1.24%
2041	5,715,286	13,537,361	0.33%	1.21%
2042	5,733,881	13,696,139	0.33%	1.17%
2043	5,750,997	13,853,410	0.3%	1.15%
2044	5,766,545	14,009,926	0.27%	1.13%
2045	5,780,970	14,165,578	0.25%	1.11%
2046	5,794,046	14,318,889	0.23%	1.08%
2047	5,805,663	14,469,210	0.2%	1.05%
2048	5,816,692	14,617,364	0.19%	1.02%
2049	5,826,512	14,763,600	0.17%	1%
2050	5,836,471	14,906,584	0.17%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.