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	4,970,300	10,286,263	1.42%	0.02%
2020	5,072,400	10,297,081	2.05%	0.11%
2021	5,084,600	10,361,831	0.24%	0.63%
2022	5,081,700	10,434,332	-0.06%	0.7%
2023	5,200,000	10,578,174	2.33%	1.38%
2024	5,287,500	10,694,681	1.68%	1.1%
2025	5,325,989	10,680,873	0.73%	-0.13%
2026	5,362,071	10,663,982	0.68%	-0.16%
2027	5,395,933	10,646,150	0.63%	-0.17%
2028	5,427,327	10,625,957	0.58%	-0.19%
2029	5,456,502	10,604,587	0.54%	-0.2%
2030	5,483,630	10,584,552	0.5%	-0.19%
2031	5,509,118	10,564,548	0.46%	-0.19%
2032	5,533,087	10,542,600	0.44%	-0.21%
2033	5,555,912	10,519,640	0.41%	-0.22%
2034	5,577,658	10,496,056	0.39%	-0.22%
2035	5,598,481	10,472,033	0.37%	-0.23%
2036	5,618,949	10,447,836	0.37%	-0.23%
2037	5,638,796	10,423,350	0.35%	-0.23%
2038	5,658,606	10,398,185	0.35%	-0.24%
2039	5,677,983	10,371,223	0.34%	-0.26%
2040	5,696,537	10,342,789	0.33%	-0.27%
2041	5,715,286	10,314,869	0.33%	-0.27%
2042	5,733,881	10,287,416	0.33%	-0.27%
2043	5,750,997	10,257,925	0.3%	-0.29%
2044	5,766,545	10,226,892	0.27%	-0.3%
2045	5,780,970	10,195,202	0.25%	-0.31%
2046	5,794,046	10,162,323	0.23%	-0.32%
2047	5,805,663	10,128,572	0.2%	-0.33%
2048	5,816,692	10,094,854	0.19%	-0.33%
2049	5,826,512	10,059,522	0.17%	-0.35%
2050	5,836,471	10,022,734	0.17%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.