Population in New Zealand compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Sierra Leone	New Zealand	Sierra Leone
1960	2,371,800	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,419,700	2,304,227	2.02%	1.58%
1962	2,482,000	2,342,242	2.57%	1.65%
1963	2,531,800	2,382,258	2.01%	1.71%
1964	2,585,400	2,424,390	2.12%	1.77%
1965	2,628,400	2,468,666	1.66%	1.83%
1966	2,675,900	2,514,638	1.81%	1.86%
1967	2,724,100	2,562,384	1.8%	1.9%
1968	2,748,100	2,611,532	0.88%	1.92%
1969	2,772,800	2,661,365	0.9%	1.91%
1970	2,810,700	2,712,286	1.37%	1.91%
1971	2,853,000	2,763,222	1.5%	1.88%
1972	2,903,900	2,814,388	1.78%	1.85%
1973	2,961,300	2,866,955	1.98%	1.87%
1974	3,023,700	2,920,459	2.11%	1.87%
1975	3,083,100	2,974,657	1.96%	1.86%
1976	3,110,500	3,028,820	0.89%	1.82%
1977	3,120,200	3,085,354	0.31%	1.87%
1978	3,121,200	3,145,517	0.03%	1.95%
1979	3,109,000	3,207,499	-0.39%	1.97%
1980	3,112,900	3,272,089	0.13%	2.01%
1981	3,124,900	3,338,940	0.39%	2.04%
1982	3,156,100	3,408,183	1%	2.07%
1983	3,199,300	3,481,646	1.37%	2.16%
1984	3,227,100	3,558,758	0.87%	2.21%
1985	3,247,100	3,638,438	0.62%	2.24%
1986	3,246,300	3,728,380	-0.02%	2.47%
1987	3,274,400	3,829,718	0.87%	2.72%
1988	3,283,400	3,934,517	0.27%	2.74%
1989	3,299,200	4,034,037	0.48%	2.53%
1990	3,329,800	4,196,828	0.93%	4.04%
1991	3,495,100	4,246,267	4.96%	1.18%
1992	3,531,700	4,166,366	1.05%	-1.88%
1993	3,572,200	4,157,130	1.15%	-0.22%
1994	3,620,000	4,173,105	1.34%	0.38%
1995	3,673,400	4,179,179	1.48%	0.15%
1996	3,732,000	4,199,210	1.6%	0.48%
1997	3,781,300	4,253,716	1.32%	1.3%
1998	3,815,000	4,295,785	0.89%	0.99%
1999	3,835,100	4,318,043	0.53%	0.52%
2000	3,857,700	4,423,611	0.59%	2.44%
2001	3,880,500	4,692,716	0.59%	6.08%
2002	3,948,500	4,971,435	1.75%	5.94%
2003	4,027,200	5,177,687	1.99%	4.15%
2004	4,087,500	5,355,717	1.5%	3.44%
2005	4,133,900	5,501,712	1.14%	2.73%
2006	4,184,600	5,624,466	1.23%	2.23%
2007	4,223,800	5,749,352	0.94%	2.22%
2008	4,259,800	5,894,722	0.85%	2.53%
2009	4,302,600	6,055,646	1%	2.73%
2010	4,350,700	6,222,714	1.12%	2.76%
2011	4,384,000	6,387,251	0.77%	2.64%
2012	4,408,100	6,551,080	0.55%	2.56%
2013	4,442,100	6,714,051	0.77%	2.49%
2014	4,516,500	6,876,385	1.67%	2.42%
2015	4,609,400	7,037,655	2.06%	2.35%
2016	4,714,100	7,205,328	2.27%	2.38%
2017	4,813,600	7,379,299	2.11%	2.41%
2018	4,900,600	7,554,563	1.81%	2.38%
2019	4,979,200	7,731,991	1.6%	2.35%
2020	5,090,200	7,912,558	2.23%	2.34%
2021	5,111,300	8,094,602	0.41%	2.3%
2022	5,117,100	8,276,807	0.11%	2.25%
2023	5,245,000	8,460,512	2.5%	2.22%
2024	5,338,500	8,642,022	1.78%	2.15%
2025	5,377,360	8,819,789	0.73%	2.06%
2026	5,413,790	8,996,743	0.68%	2.01%
2027	5,447,979	9,174,695	0.63%	1.98%
2028	5,479,675	9,349,021	0.58%	1.9%
2029	5,509,133	9,520,811	0.54%	1.84%
2030	5,536,522	9,694,851	0.5%	1.83%
2031	5,562,256	9,870,295	0.46%	1.81%
2032	5,586,456	10,047,193	0.44%	1.79%
2033	5,609,501	10,221,006	0.41%	1.73%
2034	5,631,457	10,391,485	0.39%	1.67%
2035	5,652,480	10,563,163	0.37%	1.65%
2036	5,673,146	10,734,341	0.37%	1.62%
2037	5,693,185	10,902,263	0.35%	1.56%
2038	5,713,185	11,066,143	0.35%	1.5%
2039	5,732,750	11,230,060	0.34%	1.48%
2040	5,751,482	11,398,391	0.33%	1.5%
2041	5,770,413	11,566,213	0.33%	1.47%
2042	5,789,187	11,728,787	0.33%	1.41%
2043	5,806,468	11,887,934	0.3%	1.36%
2044	5,822,166	12,049,424	0.27%	1.36%
2045	5,836,730	12,208,872	0.25%	1.32%
2046	5,849,932	12,363,446	0.23%	1.27%
2047	5,861,661	12,512,739	0.2%	1.21%
2048	5,872,796	12,659,609	0.19%	1.17%
2049	5,882,711	12,805,136	0.17%	1.15%
2050	5,892,766	12,948,320	0.17%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.