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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Portugal	New Zealand	Portugal
1960	2,371,800	8,857,716	-	-
1961	2,419,700	8,929,316	2.02%	0.81%
1962	2,482,000	8,993,985	2.57%	0.72%
1963	2,531,800	9,030,355	2.01%	0.4%
1964	2,585,400	9,035,365	2.12%	0.06%
1965	2,628,400	8,998,595	1.66%	-0.41%
1966	2,675,900	8,930,990	1.81%	-0.75%
1967	2,724,100	8,874,520	1.8%	-0.63%
1968	2,748,100	8,836,650	0.88%	-0.43%
1969	2,772,800	8,757,705	0.9%	-0.89%
1970	2,810,700	8,680,431	1.37%	-0.88%
1971	2,853,000	8,643,756	1.5%	-0.42%
1972	2,903,900	8,630,430	1.78%	-0.15%
1973	2,961,300	8,633,100	1.98%	0.03%
1974	3,023,700	8,754,365	2.11%	1.4%
1975	3,083,100	9,093,470	1.96%	3.87%
1976	3,110,500	9,355,810	0.89%	2.88%
1977	3,120,200	9,455,675	0.31%	1.07%
1978	3,121,200	9,558,250	0.03%	1.08%
1979	3,109,000	9,661,265	-0.39%	1.08%
1980	3,112,900	9,766,312	0.13%	1.09%
1981	3,124,900	9,851,362	0.39%	0.87%
1982	3,156,100	9,911,771	1%	0.61%
1983	3,199,300	9,957,865	1.37%	0.47%
1984	3,227,100	9,996,232	0.87%	0.39%
1985	3,247,100	10,023,613	0.62%	0.27%
1986	3,246,300	10,032,734	-0.02%	0.09%
1987	3,274,400	10,030,031	0.87%	-0.03%
1988	3,283,400	10,019,610	0.27%	-0.1%
1989	3,299,200	10,005,000	0.48%	-0.15%
1990	3,329,800	9,983,218	0.93%	-0.22%
1991	3,495,100	9,960,235	4.96%	-0.23%
1992	3,531,700	9,952,494	1.05%	-0.08%
1993	3,572,200	9,964,675	1.15%	0.12%
1994	3,620,000	9,991,525	1.34%	0.27%
1995	3,673,400	10,026,176	1.48%	0.35%
1996	3,732,000	10,063,945	1.6%	0.38%
1997	3,781,300	10,108,977	1.32%	0.45%
1998	3,815,000	10,160,196	0.89%	0.51%
1999	3,835,100	10,217,828	0.53%	0.57%
2000	3,857,700	10,289,898	0.59%	0.71%
2001	3,880,500	10,362,722	0.59%	0.71%
2002	3,948,500	10,419,631	1.75%	0.55%
2003	4,027,200	10,458,821	1.99%	0.38%
2004	4,087,500	10,483,861	1.5%	0.24%
2005	4,133,900	10,503,330	1.14%	0.19%
2006	4,184,600	10,522,288	1.23%	0.18%
2007	4,223,800	10,542,964	0.94%	0.2%
2008	4,259,800	10,558,177	0.85%	0.14%
2009	4,302,600	10,568,247	1%	0.1%
2010	4,350,700	10,573,100	1.12%	0.05%
2011	4,384,000	10,557,560	0.77%	-0.15%
2012	4,408,100	10,514,844	0.55%	-0.4%
2013	4,442,100	10,457,295	0.77%	-0.55%
2014	4,516,500	10,401,062	1.67%	-0.54%
2015	4,609,400	10,358,076	2.06%	-0.41%
2016	4,714,100	10,325,452	2.27%	-0.31%
2017	4,813,600	10,300,300	2.11%	-0.24%
2018	4,900,600	10,283,822	1.81%	-0.16%
2019	4,979,200	10,286,263	1.6%	0.02%
2020	5,090,200	10,297,081	2.23%	0.11%
2021	5,111,300	10,361,831	0.41%	0.63%
2022	5,117,100	10,434,332	0.11%	0.7%
2023	5,245,000	10,578,174	2.5%	1.38%
2024	5,338,500	10,701,636	1.78%	1.17%
2025	5,377,360	10,687,819	0.73%	-0.13%
2026	5,413,790	10,670,917	0.68%	-0.16%
2027	5,447,979	10,653,073	0.63%	-0.17%
2028	5,479,675	10,632,868	0.58%	-0.19%
2029	5,509,133	10,611,484	0.54%	-0.2%
2030	5,536,522	10,591,436	0.5%	-0.19%
2031	5,562,256	10,571,418	0.46%	-0.19%
2032	5,586,456	10,549,456	0.44%	-0.21%
2033	5,609,501	10,526,482	0.41%	-0.22%
2034	5,631,457	10,502,882	0.39%	-0.22%
2035	5,652,480	10,478,843	0.37%	-0.23%
2036	5,673,146	10,454,630	0.37%	-0.23%
2037	5,693,185	10,430,128	0.35%	-0.23%
2038	5,713,185	10,404,947	0.35%	-0.24%
2039	5,732,750	10,377,968	0.34%	-0.26%
2040	5,751,482	10,349,515	0.33%	-0.27%
2041	5,770,413	10,321,577	0.33%	-0.27%
2042	5,789,187	10,294,106	0.33%	-0.27%
2043	5,806,468	10,264,596	0.3%	-0.29%
2044	5,822,166	10,233,543	0.27%	-0.3%
2045	5,836,730	10,201,832	0.25%	-0.31%
2046	5,849,932	10,168,932	0.23%	-0.32%
2047	5,861,661	10,135,159	0.2%	-0.33%
2048	5,872,796	10,101,419	0.19%	-0.33%
2049	5,882,711	10,066,064	0.17%	-0.35%
2050	5,892,766	10,029,252	0.17%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.