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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Spain	New Zealand	Spain
1960	2,371,800	30,455,000	-	-
1961	2,419,700	30,739,250	2.02%	0.93%
1962	2,482,000	31,023,366	2.57%	0.92%
1963	2,531,800	31,296,651	2.01%	0.88%
1964	2,585,400	31,609,195	2.12%	1%
1965	2,628,400	31,954,292	1.66%	1.09%
1966	2,675,900	32,283,194	1.81%	1.03%
1967	2,724,100	32,682,947	1.8%	1.24%
1968	2,748,100	33,113,134	0.88%	1.32%
1969	2,772,800	33,441,054	0.9%	0.99%
1970	2,810,700	33,814,531	1.37%	1.12%
1971	2,853,000	34,224,490	1.5%	1.21%
1972	2,903,900	34,604,469	1.78%	1.11%
1973	2,961,300	34,988,947	1.98%	1.11%
1974	3,023,700	35,373,335	2.11%	1.1%
1975	3,083,100	35,757,900	1.96%	1.09%
1976	3,110,500	36,137,812	0.89%	1.06%
1977	3,120,200	36,511,638	0.31%	1.03%
1978	3,121,200	36,864,898	0.03%	0.97%
1979	3,109,000	37,191,330	-0.39%	0.89%
1980	3,112,900	37,491,165	0.13%	0.81%
1981	3,124,900	37,758,631	0.39%	0.71%
1982	3,156,100	37,986,012	1%	0.6%
1983	3,199,300	38,171,525	1.37%	0.49%
1984	3,227,100	38,330,364	0.87%	0.42%
1985	3,247,100	38,469,512	0.62%	0.36%
1986	3,246,300	38,584,624	-0.02%	0.3%
1987	3,274,400	38,684,815	0.87%	0.26%
1988	3,283,400	38,766,939	0.27%	0.21%
1989	3,299,200	38,827,764	0.48%	0.16%
1990	3,329,800	38,867,322	0.93%	0.1%
1991	3,495,100	38,966,376	4.96%	0.25%
1992	3,531,700	39,157,685	1.05%	0.49%
1993	3,572,200	39,361,262	1.15%	0.52%
1994	3,620,000	39,549,108	1.34%	0.48%
1995	3,673,400	39,724,050	1.48%	0.44%
1996	3,732,000	39,889,852	1.6%	0.42%
1997	3,781,300	40,057,389	1.32%	0.42%
1998	3,815,000	40,223,509	0.89%	0.41%
1999	3,835,100	40,386,875	0.53%	0.41%
2000	3,857,700	40,567,864	0.59%	0.45%
2001	3,880,500	40,850,412	0.59%	0.7%
2002	3,948,500	41,431,558	1.75%	1.42%
2003	4,027,200	42,187,645	1.99%	1.82%
2004	4,087,500	42,921,895	1.5%	1.74%
2005	4,133,900	43,653,155	1.14%	1.7%
2006	4,184,600	44,397,319	1.23%	1.7%
2007	4,223,800	45,226,803	0.94%	1.87%
2008	4,259,800	45,954,106	0.85%	1.61%
2009	4,302,600	46,362,946	1%	0.89%
2010	4,350,700	46,576,897	1.12%	0.46%
2011	4,384,000	46,742,697	0.77%	0.36%
2012	4,408,100	46,773,055	0.55%	0.06%
2013	4,442,100	46,604,197	0.77%	-0.36%
2014	4,516,500	46,460,733	1.67%	-0.31%
2015	4,609,400	46,422,303	2.06%	-0.08%
2016	4,714,100	46,458,139	2.27%	0.08%
2017	4,813,600	46,571,232	2.11%	0.24%
2018	4,900,600	46,782,011	1.81%	0.45%
2019	4,979,200	47,118,501	1.6%	0.72%
2020	5,090,200	47,359,424	2.23%	0.51%
2021	5,111,300	47,443,821	0.41%	0.18%
2022	5,117,100	47,786,102	0.11%	0.72%
2023	5,245,000	48,347,910	2.5%	1.18%
2024	5,338,500	48,807,137	1.78%	0.95%
2025	5,377,360	48,786,181	0.73%	-0.04%
2026	5,413,790	48,746,279	0.68%	-0.08%
2027	5,447,979	48,696,847	0.63%	-0.1%
2028	5,479,675	48,642,132	0.58%	-0.11%
2029	5,509,133	48,578,166	0.54%	-0.13%
2030	5,536,522	48,501,513	0.5%	-0.16%
2031	5,562,256	48,412,854	0.46%	-0.18%
2032	5,586,456	48,321,195	0.44%	-0.19%
2033	5,609,501	48,230,054	0.41%	-0.19%
2034	5,631,457	48,136,421	0.39%	-0.19%
2035	5,652,480	48,036,650	0.37%	-0.21%
2036	5,673,146	47,929,957	0.37%	-0.22%
2037	5,693,185	47,819,257	0.35%	-0.23%
2038	5,713,185	47,706,580	0.35%	-0.24%
2039	5,732,750	47,588,878	0.34%	-0.25%
2040	5,751,482	47,463,597	0.33%	-0.26%
2041	5,770,413	47,332,618	0.33%	-0.28%
2042	5,789,187	47,194,588	0.33%	-0.29%
2043	5,806,468	47,052,293	0.3%	-0.3%
2044	5,822,166	46,902,636	0.27%	-0.32%
2045	5,836,730	46,738,565	0.25%	-0.35%
2046	5,849,932	46,564,383	0.23%	-0.37%
2047	5,861,661	46,381,681	0.2%	-0.39%
2048	5,872,796	46,190,642	0.19%	-0.41%
2049	5,882,711	45,985,428	0.17%	-0.44%
2050	5,892,766	45,769,362	0.17%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.