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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Romania	New Zealand	Romania
1960	2,371,800	18,406,905	-	-
1961	2,419,700	18,555,250	2.02%	0.81%
1962	2,482,000	18,676,550	2.57%	0.65%
1963	2,531,800	18,797,850	2.01%	0.65%
1964	2,585,400	18,919,126	2.12%	0.65%
1965	2,628,400	19,031,576	1.66%	0.59%
1966	2,675,900	19,215,450	1.81%	0.97%
1967	2,724,100	19,534,242	1.8%	1.66%
1968	2,748,100	19,799,831	0.88%	1.36%
1969	2,772,800	20,009,141	0.9%	1.06%
1970	2,810,700	20,250,398	1.37%	1.21%
1971	2,853,000	20,461,567	1.5%	1.04%
1972	2,903,900	20,657,957	1.78%	0.96%
1973	2,961,300	20,835,681	1.98%	0.86%
1974	3,023,700	21,029,429	2.11%	0.93%
1975	3,083,100	21,293,583	1.96%	1.26%
1976	3,110,500	21,551,634	0.89%	1.21%
1977	3,120,200	21,756,096	0.31%	0.95%
1978	3,121,200	21,951,464	0.03%	0.9%
1979	3,109,000	22,090,488	-0.39%	0.63%
1980	3,112,900	22,207,282	0.13%	0.53%
1981	3,124,900	22,353,070	0.39%	0.66%
1982	3,156,100	22,475,741	1%	0.55%
1983	3,199,300	22,560,478	1.37%	0.38%
1984	3,227,100	22,640,547	0.87%	0.35%
1985	3,247,100	22,732,999	0.62%	0.41%
1986	3,246,300	22,836,841	-0.02%	0.46%
1987	3,274,400	22,949,430	0.87%	0.49%
1988	3,283,400	23,057,662	0.27%	0.47%
1989	3,299,200	23,161,458	0.48%	0.45%
1990	3,329,800	23,201,835	0.93%	0.17%
1991	3,495,100	23,001,155	4.96%	-0.86%
1992	3,531,700	22,794,284	1.05%	-0.9%
1993	3,572,200	22,763,280	1.15%	-0.14%
1994	3,620,000	22,730,211	1.34%	-0.15%
1995	3,673,400	22,684,270	1.48%	-0.2%
1996	3,732,000	22,619,004	1.6%	-0.29%
1997	3,781,300	22,553,978	1.32%	-0.29%
1998	3,815,000	22,507,344	0.89%	-0.21%
1999	3,835,100	22,472,040	0.53%	-0.16%
2000	3,857,700	22,442,971	0.59%	-0.13%
2001	3,880,500	22,131,970	0.59%	-1.39%
2002	3,948,500	21,730,496	1.75%	-1.81%
2003	4,027,200	21,574,326	1.99%	-0.72%
2004	4,087,500	21,451,748	1.5%	-0.57%
2005	4,133,900	21,319,685	1.14%	-0.62%
2006	4,184,600	21,193,760	1.23%	-0.59%
2007	4,223,800	20,882,982	0.94%	-1.47%
2008	4,259,800	20,537,875	0.85%	-1.65%
2009	4,302,600	20,367,487	1%	-0.83%
2010	4,350,700	20,246,871	1.12%	-0.59%
2011	4,384,000	20,147,528	0.77%	-0.49%
2012	4,408,100	20,058,035	0.55%	-0.44%
2013	4,442,100	19,983,693	0.77%	-0.37%
2014	4,516,500	19,908,979	1.67%	-0.37%
2015	4,609,400	19,815,616	2.06%	-0.47%
2016	4,714,100	19,702,267	2.27%	-0.57%
2017	4,813,600	19,588,715	2.11%	-0.58%
2018	4,900,600	19,473,970	1.81%	-0.59%
2019	4,970,300	19,371,648	1.42%	-0.53%
2020	5,072,400	19,265,250	2.05%	-0.55%
2021	5,084,600	19,122,059	0.24%	-0.74%
2022	5,081,700	19,048,502	-0.06%	-0.38%
2023	5,200,000	19,061,062	2.33%	0.07%
2024	5,287,500	19,051,804	1.68%	-0.05%
2025	5,325,989	18,945,157	0.73%	-0.56%
2026	5,362,071	18,836,893	0.68%	-0.57%
2027	5,395,933	18,727,645	0.63%	-0.58%
2028	5,427,327	18,617,757	0.58%	-0.59%
2029	5,456,502	18,506,702	0.54%	-0.6%
2030	5,483,630	18,394,947	0.5%	-0.6%
2031	5,509,118	18,282,991	0.46%	-0.61%
2032	5,533,087	18,170,681	0.44%	-0.61%
2033	5,555,912	18,057,661	0.41%	-0.62%
2034	5,577,658	17,943,814	0.39%	-0.63%
2035	5,598,481	17,828,772	0.37%	-0.64%
2036	5,618,949	17,712,177	0.37%	-0.65%
2037	5,638,796	17,595,189	0.35%	-0.66%
2038	5,658,606	17,477,597	0.35%	-0.67%
2039	5,677,983	17,360,012	0.34%	-0.67%
2040	5,696,537	17,242,939	0.33%	-0.67%
2041	5,715,286	17,124,773	0.33%	-0.69%
2042	5,733,881	17,006,515	0.33%	-0.69%
2043	5,750,997	16,888,882	0.3%	-0.69%
2044	5,766,545	16,770,593	0.27%	-0.7%
2045	5,780,970	16,652,406	0.25%	-0.7%
2046	5,794,046	16,534,847	0.23%	-0.71%
2047	5,805,663	16,416,456	0.2%	-0.72%
2048	5,816,692	16,297,099	0.19%	-0.73%
2049	5,826,512	16,177,534	0.17%	-0.73%
2050	5,836,471	16,058,209	0.17%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.