Population in New Zealand compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	South Korea	New Zealand	South Korea
1960	2,371,800	25,012,374	-	-
1961	2,419,700	25,765,673	2.02%	3.01%
1962	2,482,000	26,513,030	2.57%	2.9%
1963	2,531,800	27,261,747	2.01%	2.82%
1964	2,585,400	27,984,155	2.12%	2.65%
1965	2,628,400	28,704,674	1.66%	2.57%
1966	2,675,900	29,435,571	1.81%	2.55%
1967	2,724,100	30,130,983	1.8%	2.36%
1968	2,748,100	30,838,302	0.88%	2.35%
1969	2,772,800	31,544,266	0.9%	2.29%
1970	2,810,700	32,240,827	1.37%	2.21%
1971	2,853,000	32,882,704	1.5%	1.99%
1972	2,903,900	33,505,406	1.78%	1.89%
1973	2,961,300	34,103,149	1.98%	1.78%
1974	3,023,700	34,692,266	2.11%	1.73%
1975	3,083,100	35,280,725	1.96%	1.7%
1976	3,110,500	35,848,523	0.89%	1.61%
1977	3,120,200	36,411,795	0.31%	1.57%
1978	3,121,200	36,969,185	0.03%	1.53%
1979	3,109,000	37,534,236	-0.39%	1.53%
1980	3,112,900	38,123,775	0.13%	1.57%
1981	3,124,900	38,723,248	0.39%	1.57%
1982	3,156,100	39,326,352	1%	1.56%
1983	3,199,300	39,910,403	1.37%	1.49%
1984	3,227,100	40,405,956	0.87%	1.24%
1985	3,247,100	40,805,744	0.62%	0.99%
1986	3,246,300	41,213,674	-0.02%	1%
1987	3,274,400	41,621,690	0.87%	0.99%
1988	3,283,400	42,031,247	0.27%	0.98%
1989	3,299,200	42,449,038	0.48%	0.99%
1990	3,329,800	42,869,283	0.93%	0.99%
1991	3,495,100	43,295,704	4.96%	0.99%
1992	3,531,700	43,747,962	1.05%	1.04%
1993	3,572,200	44,194,628	1.15%	1.02%
1994	3,620,000	44,641,540	1.34%	1.01%
1995	3,673,400	45,092,991	1.48%	1.01%
1996	3,732,000	45,524,681	1.6%	0.96%
1997	3,781,300	45,953,580	1.32%	0.94%
1998	3,815,000	46,286,503	0.89%	0.72%
1999	3,835,100	46,616,677	0.53%	0.71%
2000	3,857,700	47,008,111	0.59%	0.84%
2001	3,880,500	47,370,164	0.59%	0.77%
2002	3,948,500	47,644,736	1.75%	0.58%
2003	4,027,200	47,892,330	1.99%	0.52%
2004	4,087,500	48,082,519	1.5%	0.4%
2005	4,133,900	48,184,561	1.14%	0.21%
2006	4,184,600	48,438,292	1.23%	0.53%
2007	4,223,800	48,683,638	0.94%	0.51%
2008	4,259,800	49,054,708	0.85%	0.76%
2009	4,302,600	49,307,835	1%	0.52%
2010	4,350,700	49,554,112	1.12%	0.5%
2011	4,384,000	49,936,638	0.77%	0.77%
2012	4,408,100	50,199,853	0.55%	0.53%
2013	4,442,100	50,428,893	0.77%	0.46%
2014	4,516,500	50,746,659	1.67%	0.63%
2015	4,609,400	51,014,947	2.06%	0.53%
2016	4,714,100	51,217,803	2.27%	0.4%
2017	4,813,600	51,361,911	2.11%	0.28%
2018	4,900,600	51,585,058	1.81%	0.43%
2019	4,970,300	51,764,822	1.42%	0.35%
2020	5,072,400	51,836,239	2.05%	0.14%
2021	5,084,600	51,769,539	0.24%	-0.13%
2022	5,081,700	51,672,569	-0.06%	-0.19%
2023	5,200,000	51,712,619	2.33%	0.08%
2024	5,287,500	51,751,065	1.68%	0.07%
2025	5,325,989	51,700,480	0.73%	-0.1%
2026	5,362,071	51,633,793	0.68%	-0.13%
2027	5,395,933	51,552,198	0.63%	-0.16%
2028	5,427,327	51,456,707	0.58%	-0.19%
2029	5,456,502	51,347,230	0.54%	-0.21%
2030	5,483,630	51,221,713	0.5%	-0.24%
2031	5,509,118	51,081,220	0.46%	-0.27%
2032	5,533,087	50,924,233	0.44%	-0.31%
2033	5,555,912	50,747,132	0.41%	-0.35%
2034	5,577,658	50,549,508	0.39%	-0.39%
2035	5,598,481	50,333,286	0.37%	-0.43%
2036	5,618,949	50,098,951	0.37%	-0.47%
2037	5,638,796	49,845,669	0.35%	-0.51%
2038	5,658,606	49,573,234	0.35%	-0.55%
2039	5,677,983	49,283,770	0.34%	-0.58%
2040	5,696,537	48,980,369	0.33%	-0.62%
2041	5,715,286	48,661,905	0.33%	-0.65%
2042	5,733,881	48,331,004	0.33%	-0.68%
2043	5,750,997	47,990,085	0.3%	-0.71%
2044	5,766,545	47,634,183	0.27%	-0.74%
2045	5,780,970	47,263,526	0.25%	-0.78%
2046	5,794,046	46,881,228	0.23%	-0.81%
2047	5,805,663	46,482,133	0.2%	-0.85%
2048	5,816,692	46,063,595	0.19%	-0.9%
2049	5,826,512	45,626,805	0.17%	-0.95%
2050	5,836,471	45,172,356	0.17%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.