Population in New Zealand compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Seychelles	New Zealand	Seychelles
1960	2,371,800	41,700	-	-
1961	2,419,700	42,889	2.02%	2.85%
1962	2,482,000	44,042	2.57%	2.69%
1963	2,531,800	45,176	2.01%	2.57%
1964	2,585,400	46,322	2.12%	2.54%
1965	2,628,400	47,500	1.66%	2.54%
1966	2,675,900	48,699	1.81%	2.52%
1967	2,724,100	49,911	1.8%	2.49%
1968	2,748,100	51,134	0.88%	2.45%
1969	2,772,800	52,365	0.9%	2.41%
1970	2,810,700	53,600	1.37%	2.36%
1971	2,853,000	54,695	1.5%	2.04%
1972	2,903,900	56,029	1.78%	2.44%
1973	2,961,300	56,892	1.98%	1.54%
1974	3,023,700	57,937	2.11%	1.84%
1975	3,083,100	59,292	1.96%	2.34%
1976	3,110,500	60,504	0.89%	2.04%
1977	3,120,200	61,786	0.31%	2.12%
1978	3,121,200	62,150	0.03%	0.59%
1979	3,109,000	62,686	-0.39%	0.86%
1980	3,112,900	63,261	0.13%	0.92%
1981	3,124,900	64,035	0.39%	1.22%
1982	3,156,100	64,413	1%	0.59%
1983	3,199,300	64,335	1.37%	-0.12%
1984	3,227,100	64,717	0.87%	0.59%
1985	3,247,100	65,244	0.62%	0.81%
1986	3,246,300	65,652	-0.02%	0.63%
1987	3,274,400	68,499	0.87%	4.34%
1988	3,283,400	68,755	0.27%	0.37%
1989	3,299,200	69,167	0.48%	0.6%
1990	3,329,800	69,507	0.93%	0.49%
1991	3,495,100	70,439	4.96%	1.34%
1992	3,531,700	70,763	1.05%	0.46%
1993	3,572,200	72,253	1.15%	2.11%
1994	3,620,000	74,205	1.34%	2.7%
1995	3,673,400	75,304	1.48%	1.48%
1996	3,732,000	76,417	1.6%	1.48%
1997	3,781,300	77,319	1.32%	1.18%
1998	3,815,000	78,846	0.89%	1.97%
1999	3,835,100	80,410	0.53%	1.98%
2000	3,857,700	81,131	0.59%	0.9%
2001	3,880,500	81,202	0.59%	0.09%
2002	3,948,500	83,723	1.75%	3.1%
2003	4,027,200	82,781	1.99%	-1.13%
2004	4,087,500	82,475	1.5%	-0.37%
2005	4,133,900	82,858	1.14%	0.46%
2006	4,184,600	84,600	1.23%	2.1%
2007	4,223,800	85,033	0.94%	0.51%
2008	4,259,800	86,956	0.85%	2.26%
2009	4,302,600	87,298	1%	0.39%
2010	4,350,700	89,770	1.12%	2.83%
2011	4,384,000	87,441	0.77%	-2.59%
2012	4,408,100	88,303	0.55%	0.99%
2013	4,442,100	89,949	0.77%	1.86%
2014	4,516,500	91,359	1.67%	1.57%
2015	4,609,400	93,419	2.06%	2.25%
2016	4,714,100	94,677	2.27%	1.35%
2017	4,813,600	95,843	2.11%	1.23%
2018	4,900,600	96,762	1.81%	0.96%
2019	4,970,300	97,625	1.42%	0.89%
2020	5,072,400	98,462	2.05%	0.86%
2021	5,084,600	99,258	0.24%	0.81%
2022	5,081,700	119,878	-0.06%	20.8%
2023	5,200,000	119,773	2.33%	-0.09%
2024	5,287,500	121,354	1.68%	1.32%
2025	5,325,989	123,549	0.73%	1.81%
2026	5,362,071	125,581	0.68%	1.64%
2027	5,395,933	127,380	0.63%	1.43%
2028	5,427,327	128,883	0.58%	1.18%
2029	5,456,502	130,011	0.54%	0.87%
2030	5,483,630	130,635	0.5%	0.48%
2031	5,509,118	130,989	0.46%	0.27%
2032	5,533,087	131,305	0.44%	0.24%
2033	5,555,912	131,578	0.41%	0.21%
2034	5,577,658	131,816	0.39%	0.18%
2035	5,598,481	132,027	0.37%	0.16%
2036	5,618,949	132,202	0.37%	0.13%
2037	5,638,796	132,348	0.35%	0.11%
2038	5,658,606	132,467	0.35%	0.09%
2039	5,677,983	132,552	0.34%	0.06%
2040	5,696,537	132,631	0.33%	0.06%
2041	5,715,286	132,681	0.33%	0.04%
2042	5,733,881	132,700	0.33%	0.01%
2043	5,750,997	132,698	0.3%	-0.001%
2044	5,766,545	132,665	0.27%	-0.03%
2045	5,780,970	132,613	0.25%	-0.04%
2046	5,794,046	132,531	0.23%	-0.06%
2047	5,805,663	132,415	0.2%	-0.09%
2048	5,816,692	132,264	0.19%	-0.11%
2049	5,826,512	132,085	0.17%	-0.14%
2050	5,836,471	131,885	0.17%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.