Population in New Zealand compared to Somalia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Somalia	New Zealand	Somalia
1960	2,371,800	2,876,331	-	-
1961	2,419,700	2,952,054	2.02%	2.63%
1962	2,482,000	3,030,091	2.57%	2.64%
1963	2,531,800	3,110,361	2.01%	2.65%
1964	2,585,400	3,192,796	2.12%	2.65%
1965	2,628,400	3,277,874	1.66%	2.66%
1966	2,675,900	3,365,106	1.81%	2.66%
1967	2,724,100	3,454,537	1.8%	2.66%
1968	2,748,100	3,546,590	0.88%	2.66%
1969	2,772,800	3,641,015	0.9%	2.66%
1970	2,810,700	3,738,448	1.37%	2.68%
1971	2,853,000	3,837,691	1.5%	2.65%
1972	2,903,900	3,939,436	1.78%	2.65%
1973	2,961,300	4,045,592	1.98%	2.69%
1974	3,023,700	4,151,842	2.11%	2.63%
1975	3,083,100	4,257,535	1.96%	2.55%
1976	3,110,500	4,365,812	0.89%	2.54%
1977	3,120,200	4,484,050	0.31%	2.71%
1978	3,121,200	4,814,892	0.03%	7.38%
1979	3,109,000	5,449,117	-0.39%	13.2%
1980	3,112,900	5,936,154	0.13%	8.94%
1981	3,124,900	5,982,849	0.39%	0.79%
1982	3,156,100	6,003,840	1%	0.35%
1983	3,199,300	6,198,430	1.37%	3.24%
1984	3,227,100	6,428,389	0.87%	3.71%
1985	3,247,100	6,693,289	0.62%	4.12%
1986	3,246,300	6,974,788	-0.02%	4.21%
1987	3,274,400	7,228,302	0.87%	3.63%
1988	3,283,400	7,235,360	0.27%	0.1%
1989	3,299,200	7,114,817	0.48%	-1.67%
1990	3,329,800	7,082,811	0.93%	-0.45%
1991	3,495,100	6,813,760	4.96%	-3.8%
1992	3,531,700	6,495,107	1.05%	-4.68%
1993	3,572,200	6,681,399	1.15%	2.87%
1994	3,620,000	7,026,797	1.34%	5.17%
1995	3,673,400	7,285,007	1.48%	3.67%
1996	3,732,000	7,554,474	1.6%	3.7%
1997	3,781,300	7,824,525	1.32%	3.57%
1998	3,815,000	8,155,417	0.89%	4.23%
1999	3,835,100	8,492,059	0.53%	4.13%
2000	3,857,700	8,838,713	0.59%	4.08%
2001	3,880,500	9,198,493	0.59%	4.07%
2002	3,948,500	9,550,063	1.75%	3.82%
2003	4,027,200	9,909,157	1.99%	3.76%
2004	4,087,500	10,280,998	1.5%	3.75%
2005	4,133,900	10,644,228	1.14%	3.53%
2006	4,184,600	10,975,502	1.23%	3.11%
2007	4,223,800	11,322,582	0.94%	3.16%
2008	4,259,800	11,663,084	0.85%	3.01%
2009	4,302,600	11,961,201	1%	2.56%
2010	4,350,700	12,261,756	1.12%	2.51%
2011	4,384,000	12,348,830	0.77%	0.71%
2012	4,408,100	12,461,160	0.55%	0.91%
2013	4,442,100	12,869,594	0.77%	3.28%
2014	4,516,500	13,339,491	1.67%	3.65%
2015	4,609,400	13,806,963	2.06%	3.5%
2016	4,714,100	14,348,740	2.27%	3.92%
2017	4,813,600	14,916,629	2.11%	3.96%
2018	4,900,600	15,452,487	1.81%	3.59%
2019	4,979,200	16,030,971	1.6%	3.74%
2020	5,090,200	16,651,191	2.23%	3.87%
2021	5,111,300	17,271,431	0.41%	3.72%
2022	5,117,100	17,801,897	0.11%	3.07%
2023	5,245,000	18,358,615	2.5%	3.13%
2024	5,338,500	19,009,151	1.78%	3.54%
2025	5,377,360	19,654,737	0.73%	3.4%
2026	5,413,790	20,305,905	0.68%	3.31%
2027	5,447,979	20,959,056	0.63%	3.22%
2028	5,479,675	21,601,810	0.58%	3.07%
2029	5,509,133	22,247,714	0.54%	2.99%
2030	5,536,522	22,915,042	0.5%	3%
2031	5,562,256	23,589,793	0.46%	2.94%
2032	5,586,456	24,258,789	0.44%	2.84%
2033	5,609,501	24,921,830	0.41%	2.73%
2034	5,631,457	25,593,666	0.39%	2.7%
2035	5,652,480	26,294,943	0.37%	2.74%
2036	5,673,146	27,009,199	0.37%	2.72%
2037	5,693,185	27,731,170	0.35%	2.67%
2038	5,713,185	28,455,755	0.35%	2.61%
2039	5,732,750	29,167,897	0.34%	2.5%
2040	5,751,482	29,896,286	0.33%	2.5%
2041	5,770,413	30,635,956	0.33%	2.47%
2042	5,789,187	31,350,028	0.33%	2.33%
2043	5,806,468	32,057,980	0.3%	2.26%
2044	5,822,166	32,780,417	0.27%	2.25%
2045	5,836,730	33,510,163	0.25%	2.23%
2046	5,849,932	34,248,030	0.23%	2.2%
2047	5,861,661	34,996,366	0.2%	2.19%
2048	5,872,796	35,743,960	0.19%	2.14%
2049	5,882,711	36,474,683	0.17%	2.04%
2050	5,892,766	37,206,497	0.17%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.