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	4,970,300	105,669	1.42%	0.1%
2020	5,072,400	105,704	2.05%	0.03%
2021	5,084,600	105,490	0.24%	-0.2%
2022	5,081,700	105,042	-0.06%	-0.42%
2023	5,200,000	104,597	2.33%	-0.42%
2024	5,287,500	104,175	1.68%	-0.4%
2025	5,325,989	103,744	0.73%	-0.41%
2026	5,362,071	103,290	0.68%	-0.44%
2027	5,395,933	102,899	0.63%	-0.38%
2028	5,427,327	102,568	0.58%	-0.32%
2029	5,456,502	102,280	0.54%	-0.28%
2030	5,483,630	102,069	0.5%	-0.21%
2031	5,509,118	101,927	0.46%	-0.14%
2032	5,533,087	101,837	0.44%	-0.09%
2033	5,555,912	101,807	0.41%	-0.03%
2034	5,577,658	101,806	0.39%	-0.001%
2035	5,598,481	101,833	0.37%	0.03%
2036	5,618,949	101,895	0.37%	0.06%
2037	5,638,796	101,993	0.35%	0.1%
2038	5,658,606	102,173	0.35%	0.18%
2039	5,677,983	102,367	0.34%	0.19%
2040	5,696,537	102,568	0.33%	0.2%
2041	5,715,286	102,805	0.33%	0.23%
2042	5,733,881	103,038	0.33%	0.23%
2043	5,750,997	103,306	0.3%	0.26%
2044	5,766,545	103,612	0.27%	0.3%
2045	5,780,970	103,928	0.25%	0.3%
2046	5,794,046	104,232	0.23%	0.29%
2047	5,805,663	104,502	0.2%	0.26%
2048	5,816,692	104,744	0.19%	0.23%
2049	5,826,512	104,975	0.17%	0.22%
2050	5,836,471	105,193	0.17%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.