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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Tonga	New Zealand	Tonga
1960	2,371,800	66,170	-	-
1961	2,419,700	68,037	2.02%	2.82%
1962	2,482,000	69,940	2.57%	2.8%
1963	2,531,800	71,885	2.01%	2.78%
1964	2,585,400	73,879	2.12%	2.77%
1965	2,628,400	75,924	1.66%	2.77%
1966	2,675,900	78,002	1.81%	2.74%
1967	2,724,100	79,814	1.8%	2.32%
1968	2,748,100	81,353	0.88%	1.93%
1969	2,772,800	82,885	0.9%	1.88%
1970	2,810,700	84,401	1.37%	1.83%
1971	2,853,000	85,896	1.5%	1.77%
1972	2,903,900	87,356	1.78%	1.7%
1973	2,961,300	88,805	1.98%	1.66%
1974	3,023,700	90,683	2.11%	2.11%
1975	3,083,100	93,017	1.96%	2.57%
1976	3,110,500	95,325	0.89%	2.48%
1977	3,120,200	96,725	0.31%	1.47%
1978	3,121,200	97,204	0.03%	0.5%
1979	3,109,000	97,544	-0.39%	0.35%
1980	3,112,900	97,769	0.13%	0.23%
1981	3,124,900	97,909	0.39%	0.14%
1982	3,156,100	97,980	1%	0.07%
1983	3,199,300	97,998	1.37%	0.02%
1984	3,227,100	97,990	0.87%	-0.008%
1985	3,247,100	97,984	0.62%	-0.006%
1986	3,246,300	98,010	-0.02%	0.03%
1987	3,274,400	98,376	0.87%	0.37%
1988	3,283,400	98,969	0.27%	0.6%
1989	3,299,200	99,403	0.48%	0.44%
1990	3,329,800	99,700	0.93%	0.3%
1991	3,495,100	99,895	4.96%	0.2%
1992	3,531,700	100,022	1.05%	0.13%
1993	3,572,200	100,103	1.15%	0.08%
1994	3,620,000	100,166	1.34%	0.06%
1995	3,673,400	100,225	1.48%	0.06%
1996	3,732,000	100,275	1.6%	0.05%
1997	3,781,300	100,674	1.32%	0.4%
1998	3,815,000	101,388	0.89%	0.71%
1999	3,835,100	102,046	0.53%	0.65%
2000	3,857,700	102,677	0.59%	0.62%
2001	3,880,500	103,288	0.59%	0.6%
2002	3,948,500	103,874	1.75%	0.57%
2003	4,027,200	104,464	1.99%	0.57%
2004	4,087,500	105,071	1.5%	0.58%
2005	4,133,900	105,671	1.14%	0.57%
2006	4,184,600	106,253	1.23%	0.55%
2007	4,223,800	106,726	0.94%	0.45%
2008	4,259,800	107,020	0.85%	0.28%
2009	4,302,600	107,203	1%	0.17%
2010	4,350,700	107,400	1.12%	0.18%
2011	4,384,000	107,570	0.77%	0.16%
2012	4,408,100	107,460	0.55%	-0.1%
2013	4,442,100	107,078	0.77%	-0.36%
2014	4,516,500	106,609	1.67%	-0.44%
2015	4,609,400	106,095	2.06%	-0.48%
2016	4,714,100	105,524	2.27%	-0.54%
2017	4,813,600	105,356	2.11%	-0.16%
2018	4,900,600	105,567	1.81%	0.2%
2019	4,979,200	105,669	1.6%	0.1%
2020	5,090,200	105,704	2.23%	0.03%
2021	5,111,300	105,490	0.41%	-0.2%
2022	5,117,100	105,042	0.11%	-0.42%
2023	5,245,000	104,597	2.5%	-0.42%
2024	5,338,500	104,175	1.78%	-0.4%
2025	5,377,360	103,744	0.73%	-0.41%
2026	5,413,790	103,290	0.68%	-0.44%
2027	5,447,979	102,899	0.63%	-0.38%
2028	5,479,675	102,568	0.58%	-0.32%
2029	5,509,133	102,280	0.54%	-0.28%
2030	5,536,522	102,069	0.5%	-0.21%
2031	5,562,256	101,927	0.46%	-0.14%
2032	5,586,456	101,837	0.44%	-0.09%
2033	5,609,501	101,807	0.41%	-0.03%
2034	5,631,457	101,806	0.39%	-0.001%
2035	5,652,480	101,833	0.37%	0.03%
2036	5,673,146	101,895	0.37%	0.06%
2037	5,693,185	101,993	0.35%	0.1%
2038	5,713,185	102,173	0.35%	0.18%
2039	5,732,750	102,367	0.34%	0.19%
2040	5,751,482	102,568	0.33%	0.2%
2041	5,770,413	102,805	0.33%	0.23%
2042	5,789,187	103,038	0.33%	0.23%
2043	5,806,468	103,306	0.3%	0.26%
2044	5,822,166	103,612	0.27%	0.3%
2045	5,836,730	103,928	0.25%	0.3%
2046	5,849,932	104,232	0.23%	0.29%
2047	5,861,661	104,502	0.2%	0.26%
2048	5,872,796	104,744	0.19%	0.23%
2049	5,882,711	104,975	0.17%	0.22%
2050	5,892,766	105,193	0.17%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.