Population in New Zealand compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
1960	2,371,800	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,419,700	9,899,372	2.02%	2.46%
1962	2,482,000	10,143,754	2.57%	2.47%
1963	2,531,800	10,395,040	2.01%	2.48%
1964	2,585,400	10,653,397	2.12%	2.49%
1965	2,628,400	10,916,965	1.66%	2.47%
1966	2,675,900	11,183,928	1.81%	2.45%
1967	2,724,100	11,457,328	1.8%	2.44%
1968	2,748,100	11,736,088	0.88%	2.43%
1969	2,772,800	12,013,858	0.9%	2.37%
1970	2,810,700	12,287,110	1.37%	2.27%
1971	2,853,000	12,551,910	1.5%	2.16%
1972	2,903,900	12,809,205	1.78%	2.05%
1973	2,961,300	13,060,916	1.98%	1.97%
1974	3,023,700	13,305,693	2.11%	1.87%
1975	3,083,100	13,548,984	1.96%	1.83%
1976	3,110,500	13,796,770	0.89%	1.83%
1977	3,120,200	14,049,371	0.31%	1.83%
1978	3,121,200	14,310,128	0.03%	1.86%
1979	3,109,000	14,579,614	-0.39%	1.88%
1980	3,112,900	14,847,974	0.13%	1.84%
1981	3,124,900	15,099,414	0.39%	1.69%
1982	3,156,100	15,286,567	1%	1.24%
1983	3,199,300	15,388,794	1.37%	0.67%
1984	3,227,100	15,441,860	0.87%	0.34%
1985	3,247,100	15,544,154	0.62%	0.66%
1986	3,246,300	15,731,256	-0.02%	1.2%
1987	3,274,400	15,916,576	0.87%	1.18%
1988	3,283,400	16,078,621	0.27%	1.02%
1989	3,299,200	16,248,557	0.48%	1.06%
1990	3,329,800	16,352,458	0.93%	0.64%
1991	3,495,100	16,475,354	4.96%	0.75%
1992	3,531,700	16,739,284	1.05%	1.6%
1993	3,572,200	17,025,918	1.15%	1.71%
1994	3,620,000	17,275,773	1.34%	1.47%
1995	3,673,400	17,564,068	1.48%	1.67%
1996	3,732,000	17,905,018	1.6%	1.94%
1997	3,781,300	18,248,200	1.32%	1.92%
1998	3,815,000	18,596,003	0.89%	1.91%
1999	3,835,100	18,944,731	0.53%	1.88%
2000	3,857,700	19,293,054	0.59%	1.84%
2001	3,880,500	19,600,362	0.59%	1.59%
2002	3,948,500	19,805,752	1.75%	1.05%
2003	4,027,200	19,951,521	1.99%	0.74%
2004	4,087,500	20,087,605	1.5%	0.68%
2005	4,133,900	20,216,524	1.14%	0.64%
2006	4,184,600	20,352,411	1.23%	0.67%
2007	4,223,800	20,492,545	0.94%	0.69%
2008	4,259,800	20,629,378	0.85%	0.67%
2009	4,302,600	20,756,435	1%	0.62%
2010	4,350,700	20,879,089	1.12%	0.59%
2011	4,384,000	21,009,048	0.77%	0.62%
2012	4,408,100	21,169,458	0.55%	0.76%
2013	4,442,100	20,585,000	0.77%	-2.76%
2014	4,516,500	20,778,000	1.67%	0.94%
2015	4,609,400	20,970,000	2.06%	0.92%
2016	4,714,100	21,209,000	2.27%	1.14%
2017	4,813,600	21,453,000	2.11%	1.15%
2018	4,900,600	21,670,000	1.81%	1.01%
2019	4,970,300	21,803,000	1.42%	0.61%
2020	5,072,400	21,919,000	2.05%	0.53%
2021	5,084,600	22,156,000	0.24%	1.08%
2022	5,081,700	22,181,000	-0.06%	0.11%
2023	5,200,000	22,037,000	2.33%	-0.65%
2024	5,287,500	21,916,000	1.68%	-0.55%
2025	5,325,989	22,035,440	0.73%	0.54%
2026	5,362,071	22,148,172	0.68%	0.51%
2027	5,395,933	22,255,601	0.63%	0.49%
2028	5,427,327	22,357,682	0.58%	0.46%
2029	5,456,502	22,453,922	0.54%	0.43%
2030	5,483,630	22,546,245	0.5%	0.41%
2031	5,509,118	22,635,106	0.46%	0.39%
2032	5,533,087	22,720,118	0.44%	0.38%
2033	5,555,912	22,802,043	0.41%	0.36%
2034	5,577,658	22,879,527	0.39%	0.34%
2035	5,598,481	22,952,739	0.37%	0.32%
2036	5,618,949	23,022,027	0.37%	0.3%
2037	5,638,796	23,088,877	0.35%	0.29%
2038	5,658,606	23,152,480	0.35%	0.28%
2039	5,677,983	23,211,633	0.34%	0.26%
2040	5,696,537	23,265,986	0.33%	0.23%
2041	5,715,286	23,315,260	0.33%	0.21%
2042	5,733,881	23,359,578	0.33%	0.19%
2043	5,750,997	23,398,752	0.3%	0.17%
2044	5,766,545	23,433,096	0.27%	0.15%
2045	5,780,970	23,464,943	0.25%	0.14%
2046	5,794,046	23,492,738	0.23%	0.12%
2047	5,805,663	23,512,629	0.2%	0.08%
2048	5,816,692	23,525,953	0.19%	0.06%
2049	5,826,512	23,533,940	0.17%	0.03%
2050	5,836,471	23,538,230	0.17%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.