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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	South Sudan	New Zealand	South Sudan
1960	2,371,800	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,419,700	2,976,724	2.02%	1.54%
1962	2,482,000	3,024,308	2.57%	1.6%
1963	2,531,800	3,072,669	2.01%	1.6%
1964	2,585,400	3,129,918	2.12%	1.86%
1965	2,628,400	3,189,835	1.66%	1.91%
1966	2,675,900	3,236,423	1.81%	1.46%
1967	2,724,100	3,277,648	1.8%	1.27%
1968	2,748,100	3,321,528	0.88%	1.34%
1969	2,772,800	3,365,533	0.9%	1.32%
1970	2,810,700	3,409,614	1.37%	1.31%
1971	2,853,000	3,468,646	1.5%	1.73%
1972	2,903,900	3,542,497	1.78%	2.13%
1973	2,961,300	3,627,383	1.98%	2.4%
1974	3,023,700	3,723,259	2.11%	2.64%
1975	3,083,100	3,821,494	1.96%	2.64%
1976	3,110,500	3,921,910	0.89%	2.63%
1977	3,120,200	4,024,032	0.31%	2.6%
1978	3,121,200	4,127,657	0.03%	2.58%
1979	3,109,000	4,232,605	-0.39%	2.54%
1980	3,112,900	4,339,030	0.13%	2.51%
1981	3,124,900	4,447,272	0.39%	2.49%
1982	3,156,100	4,557,686	1%	2.48%
1983	3,199,300	4,661,574	1.37%	2.28%
1984	3,227,100	4,750,627	0.87%	1.91%
1985	3,247,100	4,834,296	0.62%	1.76%
1986	3,246,300	4,921,240	-0.02%	1.8%
1987	3,274,400	4,962,395	0.87%	0.84%
1988	3,283,400	4,848,029	0.27%	-2.3%
1989	3,299,200	4,713,229	0.48%	-2.78%
1990	3,329,800	4,737,633	0.93%	0.52%
1991	3,495,100	4,836,677	4.96%	2.09%
1992	3,531,700	4,909,749	1.05%	1.51%
1993	3,572,200	4,956,002	1.15%	0.94%
1994	3,620,000	5,071,184	1.34%	2.32%
1995	3,673,400	5,225,836	1.48%	3.05%
1996	3,732,000	5,356,925	1.6%	2.51%
1997	3,781,300	5,509,136	1.32%	2.84%
1998	3,815,000	5,620,068	0.89%	2.01%
1999	3,835,100	5,771,628	0.53%	2.7%
2000	3,857,700	6,032,267	0.59%	4.52%
2001	3,880,500	6,308,391	0.59%	4.58%
2002	3,948,500	6,596,806	1.75%	4.57%
2003	4,027,200	6,903,127	1.99%	4.64%
2004	4,087,500	7,233,041	1.5%	4.78%
2005	4,133,900	7,590,143	1.14%	4.94%
2006	4,184,600	7,976,526	1.23%	5.09%
2007	4,223,800	8,388,788	0.94%	5.17%
2008	4,259,800	8,817,647	0.85%	5.11%
2009	4,302,600	9,243,556	1%	4.83%
2010	4,350,700	9,745,953	1.12%	5.44%
2011	4,384,000	10,288,109	0.77%	5.56%
2012	4,408,100	10,756,240	0.55%	4.55%
2013	4,442,100	11,166,275	0.77%	3.81%
2014	4,516,500	11,235,073	1.67%	0.62%
2015	4,609,400	11,107,561	2.06%	-1.13%
2016	4,714,100	10,830,102	2.27%	-2.5%
2017	4,813,600	10,259,154	2.11%	-5.27%
2018	4,900,600	10,122,977	1.81%	-1.33%
2019	4,970,300	10,423,384	1.42%	2.97%
2020	5,072,400	10,698,467	2.05%	2.64%
2021	5,084,600	10,865,780	0.24%	1.56%
2022	5,081,700	11,021,177	-0.06%	1.43%
2023	5,200,000	11,483,374	2.33%	4.19%
2024	5,287,500	11,943,408	1.68%	4.01%
2025	5,325,989	12,188,793	0.73%	2.05%
2026	5,362,071	12,436,036	0.68%	2.03%
2027	5,395,933	12,687,301	0.63%	2.02%
2028	5,427,327	12,941,503	0.58%	2%
2029	5,456,502	13,198,080	0.54%	1.98%
2030	5,483,630	13,457,446	0.5%	1.97%
2031	5,509,118	13,725,413	0.46%	1.99%
2032	5,533,087	13,996,343	0.44%	1.97%
2033	5,555,912	14,261,762	0.41%	1.9%
2034	5,577,658	14,527,550	0.39%	1.86%
2035	5,598,481	14,798,602	0.37%	1.87%
2036	5,618,949	15,070,098	0.37%	1.83%
2037	5,638,796	15,335,700	0.35%	1.76%
2038	5,658,606	15,595,968	0.35%	1.7%
2039	5,677,983	15,850,696	0.34%	1.63%
2040	5,696,537	16,101,470	0.33%	1.58%
2041	5,715,286	16,350,149	0.33%	1.54%
2042	5,733,881	16,593,361	0.33%	1.49%
2043	5,750,997	16,829,209	0.3%	1.42%
2044	5,766,545	17,060,176	0.27%	1.37%
2045	5,780,970	17,286,412	0.25%	1.33%
2046	5,794,046	17,509,693	0.23%	1.29%
2047	5,805,663	17,728,331	0.2%	1.25%
2048	5,816,692	17,938,437	0.19%	1.19%
2049	5,826,512	18,142,893	0.17%	1.14%
2050	5,836,471	18,341,968	0.17%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.