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	4,979,200	21,803,000	1.6%	0.61%
2020	5,090,200	21,919,000	2.23%	0.53%
2021	5,111,300	22,156,000	0.41%	1.08%
2022	5,117,100	22,181,000	0.11%	0.11%
2023	5,245,000	22,037,000	2.5%	-0.65%
2024	5,338,500	21,916,000	1.78%	-0.55%
2025	5,377,360	22,035,440	0.73%	0.54%
2026	5,413,790	22,148,172	0.68%	0.51%
2027	5,447,979	22,255,601	0.63%	0.49%
2028	5,479,675	22,357,682	0.58%	0.46%
2029	5,509,133	22,453,922	0.54%	0.43%
2030	5,536,522	22,546,245	0.5%	0.41%
2031	5,562,256	22,635,106	0.46%	0.39%
2032	5,586,456	22,720,118	0.44%	0.38%
2033	5,609,501	22,802,043	0.41%	0.36%
2034	5,631,457	22,879,527	0.39%	0.34%
2035	5,652,480	22,952,739	0.37%	0.32%
2036	5,673,146	23,022,027	0.37%	0.3%
2037	5,693,185	23,088,877	0.35%	0.29%
2038	5,713,185	23,152,480	0.35%	0.28%
2039	5,732,750	23,211,633	0.34%	0.26%
2040	5,751,482	23,265,986	0.33%	0.23%
2041	5,770,413	23,315,260	0.33%	0.21%
2042	5,789,187	23,359,578	0.33%	0.19%
2043	5,806,468	23,398,752	0.3%	0.17%
2044	5,822,166	23,433,096	0.27%	0.15%
2045	5,836,730	23,464,943	0.25%	0.14%
2046	5,849,932	23,492,738	0.23%	0.12%
2047	5,861,661	23,512,629	0.2%	0.08%
2048	5,872,796	23,525,953	0.19%	0.06%
2049	5,882,711	23,533,940	0.17%	0.03%
2050	5,892,766	23,538,230	0.17%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.