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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Rwanda	New Zealand	Rwanda
1960	2,371,800	3,022,294	-	-
1961	2,419,700	3,106,779	2.02%	2.8%
1962	2,482,000	3,186,025	2.57%	2.55%
1963	2,531,800	3,258,890	2.01%	2.29%
1964	2,585,400	3,334,834	2.12%	2.33%
1965	2,628,400	3,423,210	1.66%	2.65%
1966	2,675,900	3,521,626	1.81%	2.87%
1967	2,724,100	3,629,577	1.8%	3.07%
1968	2,748,100	3,744,010	0.88%	3.15%
1969	2,772,800	3,861,271	0.9%	3.13%
1970	2,810,700	3,980,669	1.37%	3.09%
1971	2,853,000	4,100,044	1.5%	3%
1972	2,903,900	4,220,335	1.78%	2.93%
1973	2,961,300	4,345,047	1.98%	2.96%
1974	3,023,700	4,474,228	2.11%	2.97%
1975	3,083,100	4,607,728	1.96%	2.98%
1976	3,110,500	4,745,954	0.89%	3%
1977	3,120,200	4,888,240	0.31%	3%
1978	3,121,200	5,035,171	0.03%	3.01%
1979	3,109,000	5,189,541	-0.39%	3.07%
1980	3,112,900	5,353,259	0.13%	3.15%
1981	3,124,900	5,527,230	0.39%	3.25%
1982	3,156,100	5,711,549	1%	3.33%
1983	3,199,300	5,905,311	1.37%	3.39%
1984	3,227,100	6,107,627	0.87%	3.43%
1985	3,247,100	6,317,228	0.62%	3.43%
1986	3,246,300	6,531,881	-0.02%	3.4%
1987	3,274,400	6,749,493	0.87%	3.33%
1988	3,283,400	6,968,071	0.27%	3.24%
1989	3,299,200	7,184,706	0.48%	3.11%
1990	3,329,800	7,375,307	0.93%	2.65%
1991	3,495,100	7,526,966	4.96%	2.06%
1992	3,531,700	7,683,266	1.05%	2.08%
1993	3,572,200	7,981,132	1.15%	3.88%
1994	3,620,000	6,792,352	1.34%	-14.9%
1995	3,673,400	5,674,118	1.48%	-16.5%
1996	3,732,000	6,708,764	1.6%	18.2%
1997	3,781,300	7,755,238	1.32%	15.6%
1998	3,815,000	8,081,681	0.89%	4.21%
1999	3,835,100	8,147,912	0.53%	0.82%
2000	3,857,700	8,213,931	0.59%	0.81%
2001	3,880,500	8,287,094	0.59%	0.89%
2002	3,948,500	8,400,180	1.75%	1.36%
2003	4,027,200	8,586,875	1.99%	2.22%
2004	4,087,500	8,816,844	1.5%	2.68%
2005	4,133,900	9,054,528	1.14%	2.7%
2006	4,184,600	9,299,246	1.23%	2.7%
2007	4,223,800	9,549,933	0.94%	2.7%
2008	4,259,800	9,804,269	0.85%	2.66%
2009	4,302,600	10,060,432	1%	2.61%
2010	4,350,700	10,317,553	1.12%	2.56%
2011	4,384,000	10,573,733	0.77%	2.48%
2012	4,408,100	10,829,901	0.55%	2.42%
2013	4,442,100	11,093,340	0.77%	2.43%
2014	4,516,500	11,364,757	1.67%	2.45%
2015	4,609,400	11,640,022	2.06%	2.42%
2016	4,714,100	11,919,183	2.27%	2.4%
2017	4,813,600	12,202,060	2.11%	2.37%
2018	4,900,600	12,487,996	1.81%	2.34%
2019	4,979,200	12,776,103	1.6%	2.31%
2020	5,090,200	13,065,837	2.23%	2.27%
2021	5,111,300	13,355,260	0.41%	2.22%
2022	5,117,100	13,651,030	0.11%	2.21%
2023	5,245,000	13,954,471	2.5%	2.22%
2024	5,338,500	14,256,567	1.78%	2.16%
2025	5,377,360	14,569,343	0.73%	2.19%
2026	5,413,790	14,889,694	0.68%	2.2%
2027	5,447,979	15,214,324	0.63%	2.18%
2028	5,479,675	15,536,461	0.58%	2.12%
2029	5,509,133	15,844,649	0.54%	1.98%
2030	5,536,522	16,154,698	0.5%	1.96%
2031	5,562,256	16,473,106	0.46%	1.97%
2032	5,586,456	16,771,820	0.44%	1.81%
2033	5,609,501	17,073,475	0.41%	1.8%
2034	5,631,457	17,402,250	0.39%	1.93%
2035	5,652,480	17,746,315	0.37%	1.98%
2036	5,673,146	18,076,769	0.37%	1.86%
2037	5,693,185	18,395,838	0.35%	1.77%
2038	5,713,185	18,729,778	0.35%	1.82%
2039	5,732,750	19,076,783	0.34%	1.85%
2040	5,751,482	19,440,762	0.33%	1.91%
2041	5,770,413	19,806,170	0.33%	1.88%
2042	5,789,187	20,153,979	0.33%	1.76%
2043	5,806,468	20,500,826	0.3%	1.72%
2044	5,822,166	20,837,079	0.27%	1.64%
2045	5,836,730	21,152,650	0.25%	1.51%
2046	5,849,932	21,459,144	0.23%	1.45%
2047	5,861,661	21,764,578	0.2%	1.42%
2048	5,872,796	22,086,112	0.19%	1.48%
2049	5,882,711	22,403,887	0.17%	1.44%
2050	5,892,766	22,707,896	0.17%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.