The latest officially reported population of New Zealand was 5,338,500 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current New Zealand's population is 5,406,623 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- Poland's population is 6.69 times bigger than New Zealand's.
- New Zealand is ranked the 124th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 0.5% of the world: 0.07% for New Zealand vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, New Zealand has had an average growth rate of +1.69% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of New Zealand has increased from 4.13M people to 5.41M (30.8% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 6.01M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
New Zealand vs Poland: live population counter
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| Current population |
5406623
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36176920
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| Population rank | 124/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
5.62 minutes
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3.96 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.23 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
13.9 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
28 minutes
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2.21 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +18,766 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | +256 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | +93,500 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.78% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 63/197 | 179/197 |
New Zealand and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,371,800 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,419,700 | 29,964,000 | 2.02% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 2,482,000 | 30,308,500 | 2.57% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 2,531,800 | 30,712,000 | 2.01% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 2,585,400 | 31,139,450 | 2.12% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 2,628,400 | 31,444,950 | 1.66% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 2,675,900 | 31,681,000 | 1.81% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 2,724,100 | 31,987,155 | 1.8% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 2,748,100 | 32,294,655 | 0.88% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 2,772,800 | 32,548,300 | 0.9% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 2,810,700 | 32,664,300 | 1.37% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 2,853,000 | 32,783,500 | 1.5% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 2,903,900 | 33,055,650 | 1.78% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 2,961,300 | 33,357,200 | 1.98% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 3,023,700 | 33,678,899 | 2.11% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 3,083,100 | 34,015,199 | 1.96% | 1% |
| 1976 | 3,110,500 | 34,356,300 | 0.89% | 1% |
| 1977 | 3,120,200 | 34,689,050 | 0.31% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 3,121,200 | 34,965,600 | 0.03% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 3,109,000 | 35,247,217 | -0.39% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 3,112,900 | 35,574,150 | 0.13% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 3,124,900 | 35,898,587 | 0.39% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 3,156,100 | 36,230,481 | 1% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 3,199,300 | 36,571,808 | 1.37% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 3,227,100 | 36,904,134 | 0.87% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 3,247,100 | 37,201,885 | 0.62% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 3,246,300 | 37,456,119 | -0.02% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 3,274,400 | 37,668,045 | 0.87% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 3,283,400 | 37,824,487 | 0.27% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 3,299,200 | 37,961,529 | 0.48% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 3,329,800 | 38,110,782 | 0.93% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 3,495,100 | 38,246,193 | 4.96% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 3,531,700 | 38,363,667 | 1.05% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 3,572,200 | 38,461,408 | 1.15% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 3,620,000 | 38,542,652 | 1.34% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 3,673,400 | 38,594,998 | 1.48% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 3,732,000 | 38,624,370 | 1.6% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 3,781,300 | 38,649,660 | 1.32% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 3,815,000 | 38,663,481 | 0.89% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 3,835,100 | 38,660,271 | 0.53% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 3,857,700 | 38,258,629 | 0.59% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 3,880,500 | 38,248,076 | 0.59% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 3,948,500 | 38,230,364 | 1.75% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 4,027,200 | 38,204,570 | 1.99% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 4,087,500 | 38,182,222 | 1.5% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 4,133,900 | 38,165,445 | 1.14% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 4,184,600 | 38,141,267 | 1.23% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 4,223,800 | 38,120,560 | 0.94% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 4,259,800 | 38,125,759 | 0.85% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 4,302,600 | 38,151,603 | 1% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 4,350,700 | 38,042,794 | 1.12% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 4,384,000 | 38,063,255 | 0.77% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 4,408,100 | 38,063,164 | 0.55% | -0% |
| 2013 | 4,442,100 | 38,040,196 | 0.77% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 4,516,500 | 38,011,735 | 1.67% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 4,609,400 | 37,986,412 | 2.06% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 4,714,100 | 37,970,087 | 2.27% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 4,813,600 | 37,974,826 | 2.11% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 4,900,600 | 37,974,750 | 1.81% | -0% |
| 2019 | 4,979,200 | 37,965,475 | 1.6% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 5,090,200 | 37,515,748 | 2.23% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 5,111,300 | 36,981,559 | 0.41% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 5,117,100 | 36,821,749 | 0.11% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 5,245,000 | 36,687,353 | 2.5% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 5,338,500 | 36,554,707 | 1.78% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 5,377,360 | 36,176,920 | 0.73% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 5,413,790 | 35,894,534 | 0.68% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 5,447,979 | 35,753,988 | 0.63% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 5,479,675 | 35,605,295 | 0.58% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 5,509,133 | 35,447,860 | 0.54% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 5,536,522 | 35,283,068 | 0.5% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 5,562,256 | 35,111,838 | 0.46% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 5,586,456 | 34,934,626 | 0.44% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 5,609,501 | 34,753,118 | 0.41% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 5,631,457 | 34,567,292 | 0.39% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 5,652,480 | 34,377,478 | 0.37% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 5,673,146 | 34,183,187 | 0.37% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 5,693,185 | 33,984,777 | 0.35% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 5,713,185 | 33,782,992 | 0.35% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 5,732,750 | 33,577,269 | 0.34% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 5,751,482 | 33,368,049 | 0.33% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 5,770,413 | 33,156,329 | 0.33% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 5,789,187 | 32,941,367 | 0.33% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 5,806,468 | 32,722,775 | 0.3% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 5,822,166 | 32,501,991 | 0.27% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 5,836,730 | 32,278,695 | 0.25% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 5,849,932 | 32,052,771 | 0.23% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 5,861,661 | 31,824,481 | 0.2% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 5,872,796 | 31,593,911 | 0.19% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 5,882,711 | 31,360,713 | 0.17% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 5,892,766 | 31,124,396 | 0.17% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between New Zealand and Poland
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| Life expectancy | 82.4 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 39.8 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.56 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 52.5 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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