Population in New Zealand compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Sao Tome	New Zealand	Sao Tome
1960	2,371,800	68,012	-	-
1961	2,419,700	68,707	2.02%	1.02%
1962	2,482,000	69,403	2.57%	1.01%
1963	2,531,800	70,112	2.01%	1.02%
1964	2,585,400	70,865	2.12%	1.07%
1965	2,628,400	71,680	1.66%	1.15%
1966	2,675,900	72,576	1.81%	1.25%
1967	2,724,100	73,596	1.8%	1.41%
1968	2,748,100	74,765	0.88%	1.59%
1969	2,772,800	76,083	0.9%	1.76%
1970	2,810,700	77,626	1.37%	2.03%
1971	2,853,000	79,330	1.5%	2.2%
1972	2,903,900	81,041	1.78%	2.16%
1973	2,961,300	82,798	1.98%	2.17%
1974	3,023,700	84,672	2.11%	2.26%
1975	3,083,100	86,708	1.96%	2.4%
1976	3,110,500	88,922	0.89%	2.55%
1977	3,120,200	91,301	0.31%	2.68%
1978	3,121,200	93,794	0.03%	2.73%
1979	3,109,000	96,252	-0.39%	2.62%
1980	3,112,900	98,544	0.13%	2.38%
1981	3,124,900	100,615	0.39%	2.1%
1982	3,156,100	102,508	1%	1.88%
1983	3,199,300	104,380	1.37%	1.83%
1984	3,227,100	106,394	0.87%	1.93%
1985	3,247,100	108,658	0.62%	2.13%
1986	3,246,300	111,150	-0.02%	2.29%
1987	3,274,400	113,919	0.87%	2.49%
1988	3,283,400	116,939	0.27%	2.65%
1989	3,299,200	119,979	0.48%	2.6%
1990	3,329,800	122,980	0.93%	2.5%
1991	3,495,100	125,697	4.96%	2.21%
1992	3,531,700	128,110	1.05%	1.92%
1993	3,572,200	130,467	1.15%	1.84%
1994	3,620,000	132,732	1.34%	1.74%
1995	3,673,400	134,895	1.48%	1.63%
1996	3,732,000	136,962	1.6%	1.53%
1997	3,781,300	138,922	1.32%	1.43%
1998	3,815,000	140,751	0.89%	1.32%
1999	3,835,100	142,442	0.53%	1.2%
2000	3,857,700	144,018	0.59%	1.11%
2001	3,880,500	146,375	0.59%	1.64%
2002	3,948,500	149,922	1.75%	2.42%
2003	4,027,200	153,814	1.99%	2.6%
2004	4,087,500	157,705	1.5%	2.53%
2005	4,133,900	161,639	1.14%	2.49%
2006	4,184,600	165,638	1.23%	2.47%
2007	4,223,800	169,700	0.94%	2.45%
2008	4,259,800	173,793	0.85%	2.41%
2009	4,302,600	177,853	1%	2.34%
2010	4,350,700	181,802	1.12%	2.22%
2011	4,384,000	185,649	0.77%	2.12%
2012	4,408,100	189,439	0.55%	2.04%
2013	4,442,100	193,148	0.77%	1.96%
2014	4,516,500	196,767	1.67%	1.87%
2015	4,609,400	200,291	2.06%	1.79%
2016	4,714,100	203,689	2.27%	1.7%
2017	4,813,600	206,970	2.11%	1.61%
2018	4,900,600	210,187	1.81%	1.55%
2019	4,979,200	213,392	1.6%	1.52%
2020	5,090,200	217,435	2.23%	1.89%
2021	5,111,300	221,961	0.41%	2.08%
2022	5,117,100	226,305	0.11%	1.96%
2023	5,245,000	230,871	2.5%	2.02%
2024	5,338,500	235,536	1.78%	2.02%
2025	5,377,360	240,251	0.73%	2%
2026	5,413,790	244,987	0.68%	1.97%
2027	5,447,979	249,783	0.63%	1.96%
2028	5,479,675	254,657	0.58%	1.95%
2029	5,509,133	259,597	0.54%	1.94%
2030	5,536,522	264,560	0.5%	1.91%
2031	5,562,256	269,566	0.46%	1.89%
2032	5,586,456	274,643	0.44%	1.88%
2033	5,609,501	279,761	0.41%	1.86%
2034	5,631,457	284,911	0.39%	1.84%
2035	5,652,480	290,082	0.37%	1.81%
2036	5,673,146	295,269	0.37%	1.79%
2037	5,693,185	300,439	0.35%	1.75%
2038	5,713,185	305,590	0.35%	1.71%
2039	5,732,750	310,729	0.34%	1.68%
2040	5,751,482	315,833	0.33%	1.64%
2041	5,770,413	320,875	0.33%	1.6%
2042	5,789,187	325,888	0.33%	1.56%
2043	5,806,468	330,908	0.3%	1.54%
2044	5,822,166	335,919	0.27%	1.51%
2045	5,836,730	340,911	0.25%	1.49%
2046	5,849,932	345,883	0.23%	1.46%
2047	5,861,661	350,758	0.2%	1.41%
2048	5,872,796	355,569	0.19%	1.37%
2049	5,882,711	360,353	0.17%	1.35%
2050	5,892,766	365,103	0.17%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.