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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Syria	New Zealand	Syria
1960	2,371,800	4,673,500	-	-
1961	2,419,700	4,815,466	2.02%	3.04%
1962	2,482,000	4,959,340	2.57%	2.99%
1963	2,531,800	5,110,467	2.01%	3.05%
1964	2,585,400	5,269,087	2.12%	3.1%
1965	2,628,400	5,435,267	1.66%	3.15%
1966	2,675,900	5,609,047	1.81%	3.2%
1967	2,724,100	5,790,198	1.8%	3.23%
1968	2,748,100	5,978,742	0.88%	3.26%
1969	2,772,800	6,175,166	0.9%	3.29%
1970	2,810,700	6,380,609	1.37%	3.33%
1971	2,853,000	6,598,094	1.5%	3.41%
1972	2,903,900	6,826,024	1.78%	3.45%
1973	2,961,300	7,060,321	1.98%	3.43%
1974	3,023,700	7,302,160	2.11%	3.43%
1975	3,083,100	7,554,364	1.96%	3.45%
1976	3,110,500	7,817,320	0.89%	3.48%
1977	3,120,200	8,090,501	0.31%	3.49%
1978	3,121,200	8,372,759	0.03%	3.49%
1979	3,109,000	8,661,909	-0.39%	3.45%
1980	3,112,900	8,957,663	0.13%	3.41%
1981	3,124,900	9,260,189	0.39%	3.38%
1982	3,156,100	9,572,511	1%	3.37%
1983	3,199,300	9,904,809	1.37%	3.47%
1984	3,227,100	10,258,398	0.87%	3.57%
1985	3,247,100	10,625,672	0.62%	3.58%
1986	3,246,300	11,002,844	-0.02%	3.55%
1987	3,274,400	11,388,923	0.87%	3.51%
1988	3,283,400	11,782,264	0.27%	3.45%
1989	3,299,200	12,179,060	0.48%	3.37%
1990	3,329,800	12,579,208	0.93%	3.29%
1991	3,495,100	12,980,821	4.96%	3.19%
1992	3,531,700	13,385,571	1.05%	3.12%
1993	3,572,200	13,795,686	1.15%	3.06%
1994	3,620,000	14,208,583	1.34%	2.99%
1995	3,673,400	14,616,801	1.48%	2.87%
1996	3,732,000	15,018,104	1.6%	2.75%
1997	3,781,300	15,417,542	1.32%	2.66%
1998	3,815,000	15,820,413	0.89%	2.61%
1999	3,835,100	16,228,061	0.53%	2.58%
2000	3,857,700	16,637,888	0.59%	2.53%
2001	3,880,500	17,051,338	0.59%	2.48%
2002	3,948,500	17,468,332	1.75%	2.45%
2003	4,027,200	17,889,296	1.99%	2.41%
2004	4,087,500	18,336,875	1.5%	2.5%
2005	4,133,900	18,814,091	1.14%	2.6%
2006	4,184,600	19,637,022	1.23%	4.37%
2007	4,223,800	20,884,125	0.94%	6.35%
2008	4,259,800	21,636,564	0.85%	3.6%
2009	4,302,600	21,976,969	1%	1.57%
2010	4,350,700	22,482,421	1.12%	2.3%
2011	4,384,000	22,878,098	0.77%	1.76%
2012	4,408,100	22,759,763	0.55%	-0.52%
2013	4,442,100	21,666,917	0.77%	-4.8%
2014	4,516,500	20,273,659	1.67%	-6.43%
2015	4,609,400	19,424,618	2.06%	-4.19%
2016	4,714,100	19,193,834	2.27%	-1.19%
2017	4,813,600	19,224,668	2.11%	0.16%
2018	4,900,600	19,577,845	1.81%	1.84%
2019	4,970,300	20,353,534	1.42%	3.96%
2020	5,072,400	21,049,429	2.05%	3.42%
2021	5,084,600	21,628,839	0.24%	2.75%
2022	5,081,700	22,462,173	-0.06%	3.85%
2023	5,200,000	23,594,623	2.33%	5.04%
2024	5,287,500	24,672,760	1.68%	4.57%
2025	5,325,989	25,620,422	0.73%	3.84%
2026	5,362,071	26,472,499	0.68%	3.33%
2027	5,395,933	27,261,544	0.63%	2.98%
2028	5,427,327	28,006,558	0.58%	2.73%
2029	5,456,502	28,719,309	0.54%	2.54%
2030	5,483,630	29,395,545	0.5%	2.35%
2031	5,509,118	30,029,824	0.46%	2.16%
2032	5,533,087	30,633,661	0.44%	2.01%
2033	5,555,912	31,212,478	0.41%	1.89%
2034	5,577,658	31,768,138	0.39%	1.78%
2035	5,598,481	32,294,792	0.37%	1.66%
2036	5,618,949	32,788,153	0.37%	1.53%
2037	5,638,796	33,258,407	0.35%	1.43%
2038	5,658,606	33,710,718	0.35%	1.36%
2039	5,677,983	34,131,238	0.34%	1.25%
2040	5,696,537	34,533,185	0.33%	1.18%
2041	5,715,286	34,916,936	0.33%	1.11%
2042	5,733,881	35,279,863	0.33%	1.04%
2043	5,750,997	35,623,325	0.3%	0.97%
2044	5,766,545	35,944,394	0.27%	0.9%
2045	5,780,970	36,265,295	0.25%	0.89%
2046	5,794,046	36,583,260	0.23%	0.88%
2047	5,805,663	36,878,640	0.2%	0.81%
2048	5,816,692	37,171,029	0.19%	0.79%
2049	5,826,512	37,477,690	0.17%	0.83%
2050	5,836,471	37,793,378	0.17%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.