The latest officially reported population of New Zealand was 5,338,500 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current New Zealand's population is 5,406,623 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.
Population statistics:
- New Zealand's population is 43.2 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
- New Zealand is ranked the 124th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for New Zealand vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
- For the last 10 years, New Zealand has had an average growth rate of +1.69% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
- Since 2005, the population of New Zealand has increased from 4.13M people to 5.41M (30.8% growth), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
- New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 6.01M people compared to the peak of 133K people in 2042 for the Seychelles.
New Zealand vs Seychelles: live population counter
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| Current population |
5406623
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125181
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| Population rank | 124/197 | 181/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
5.62 minutes
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5.54 hours
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| One birth every |
9.23 minutes
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5.63 hours
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| One death every |
13.9 minutes
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10 hours
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| One migration net change every |
28 minutes
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5.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | +18,766 | +1,747 |
| Daily growth/decline | +256 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +93,500 | +1,581 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.78% | +1.32% |
| Population growth rate rank | 63/197 | 83/197 |
New Zealand and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 4,979,200 | 97,625 | 1.6% | 0.89% |
| 2020 | 5,090,200 | 98,462 | 2.23% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | 5,111,300 | 99,258 | 0.41% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | 5,117,100 | 119,878 | 0.11% | 20.8% |
| 2023 | 5,245,000 | 119,773 | 2.5% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 5,338,500 | 121,354 | 1.78% | 1.32% |
| 2025 | 5,377,360 | 123,549 | 0.73% | 1.81% |
| 2026 | 5,413,790 | 125,581 | 0.68% | 1.64% |
| 2027 | 5,447,979 | 127,380 | 0.63% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 5,479,675 | 128,883 | 0.58% | 1.18% |
| 2029 | 5,509,133 | 130,011 | 0.54% | 0.87% |
| 2030 | 5,536,522 | 130,635 | 0.5% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 5,562,256 | 130,989 | 0.46% | 0.27% |
| 2032 | 5,586,456 | 131,305 | 0.44% | 0.24% |
| 2033 | 5,609,501 | 131,578 | 0.41% | 0.21% |
| 2034 | 5,631,457 | 131,816 | 0.39% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 5,652,480 | 132,027 | 0.37% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 5,673,146 | 132,202 | 0.37% | 0.13% |
| 2037 | 5,693,185 | 132,348 | 0.35% | 0.11% |
| 2038 | 5,713,185 | 132,467 | 0.35% | 0.09% |
| 2039 | 5,732,750 | 132,552 | 0.34% | 0.06% |
| 2040 | 5,751,482 | 132,631 | 0.33% | 0.06% |
| 2041 | 5,770,413 | 132,681 | 0.33% | 0.04% |
| 2042 | 5,789,187 | 132,700 | 0.33% | 0.01% |
| 2043 | 5,806,468 | 132,698 | 0.3% | -0.001% |
| 2044 | 5,822,166 | 132,665 | 0.27% | -0.03% |
| 2045 | 5,836,730 | 132,613 | 0.25% | -0.04% |
| 2046 | 5,849,932 | 132,531 | 0.23% | -0.06% |
| 2047 | 5,861,661 | 132,415 | 0.2% | -0.09% |
| 2048 | 5,872,796 | 132,264 | 0.19% | -0.11% |
| 2049 | 5,882,711 | 132,085 | 0.17% | -0.14% |
| 2050 | 5,892,766 | 131,885 | 0.17% | -0.15% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).
New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Victoria | 24.7K |
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Population differences between New Zealand and the Seychelles
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| Life expectancy | 82.4 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 39.8 years | 35.4 years |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 35 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 55.2:44.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.56 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman |
| Population density | 52.5 ppl/mi² | 683 ppl/mi² |
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