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	4,970,300	7,731,991	1.42%	2.35%
2020	5,072,400	7,912,558	2.05%	2.34%
2021	5,084,600	8,094,602	0.24%	2.3%
2022	5,081,700	8,276,807	-0.06%	2.25%
2023	5,200,000	8,460,512	2.33%	2.22%
2024	5,287,500	8,642,022	1.68%	2.15%
2025	5,325,989	8,819,789	0.73%	2.06%
2026	5,362,071	8,996,743	0.68%	2.01%
2027	5,395,933	9,174,695	0.63%	1.98%
2028	5,427,327	9,349,021	0.58%	1.9%
2029	5,456,502	9,520,811	0.54%	1.84%
2030	5,483,630	9,694,851	0.5%	1.83%
2031	5,509,118	9,870,295	0.46%	1.81%
2032	5,533,087	10,047,193	0.44%	1.79%
2033	5,555,912	10,221,006	0.41%	1.73%
2034	5,577,658	10,391,485	0.39%	1.67%
2035	5,598,481	10,563,163	0.37%	1.65%
2036	5,618,949	10,734,341	0.37%	1.62%
2037	5,638,796	10,902,263	0.35%	1.56%
2038	5,658,606	11,066,143	0.35%	1.5%
2039	5,677,983	11,230,060	0.34%	1.48%
2040	5,696,537	11,398,391	0.33%	1.5%
2041	5,715,286	11,566,213	0.33%	1.47%
2042	5,733,881	11,728,787	0.33%	1.41%
2043	5,750,997	11,887,934	0.3%	1.36%
2044	5,766,545	12,049,424	0.27%	1.36%
2045	5,780,970	12,208,872	0.25%	1.32%
2046	5,794,046	12,363,446	0.23%	1.27%
2047	5,805,663	12,512,739	0.2%	1.21%
2048	5,816,692	12,659,609	0.19%	1.17%
2049	5,826,512	12,805,136	0.17%	1.15%
2050	5,836,471	12,948,320	0.17%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.