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	4,979,200	51,764,822	1.6%	0.35%
2020	5,090,200	51,836,239	2.23%	0.14%
2021	5,111,300	51,769,539	0.41%	-0.13%
2022	5,117,100	51,672,569	0.11%	-0.19%
2023	5,245,000	51,712,619	2.5%	0.08%
2024	5,338,500	51,751,065	1.78%	0.07%
2025	5,377,360	51,700,480	0.73%	-0.1%
2026	5,413,790	51,633,793	0.68%	-0.13%
2027	5,447,979	51,552,198	0.63%	-0.16%
2028	5,479,675	51,456,707	0.58%	-0.19%
2029	5,509,133	51,347,230	0.54%	-0.21%
2030	5,536,522	51,221,713	0.5%	-0.24%
2031	5,562,256	51,081,220	0.46%	-0.27%
2032	5,586,456	50,924,233	0.44%	-0.31%
2033	5,609,501	50,747,132	0.41%	-0.35%
2034	5,631,457	50,549,508	0.39%	-0.39%
2035	5,652,480	50,333,286	0.37%	-0.43%
2036	5,673,146	50,098,951	0.37%	-0.47%
2037	5,693,185	49,845,669	0.35%	-0.51%
2038	5,713,185	49,573,234	0.35%	-0.55%
2039	5,732,750	49,283,770	0.34%	-0.58%
2040	5,751,482	48,980,369	0.33%	-0.62%
2041	5,770,413	48,661,905	0.33%	-0.65%
2042	5,789,187	48,331,004	0.33%	-0.68%
2043	5,806,468	47,990,085	0.3%	-0.71%
2044	5,822,166	47,634,183	0.27%	-0.74%
2045	5,836,730	47,263,526	0.25%	-0.78%
2046	5,849,932	46,881,228	0.23%	-0.81%
2047	5,861,661	46,482,133	0.2%	-0.85%
2048	5,872,796	46,063,595	0.19%	-0.9%
2049	5,882,711	45,626,805	0.17%	-0.95%
2050	5,892,766	45,172,356	0.17%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.