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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of New Zealand was 5,287,500 in 2024 vs 12,277,109 people in Tunisia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current New Zealand's population is 5,362,441 people compared to 12,415,813 in Tunisia.

Population statistics:

  • Tunisia's population is 2.32 times bigger than New Zealand's.
  • New Zealand is ranked the 125th most populous country in the world, while Tunisia is the 81st.
  • The countries together account for 0.21% of the world: 0.06% for New Zealand vs 0.15% for Tunisia.
  • For the last 10 years, New Zealand has had an average growth rate of +1.6% per year vs +0.89% in Tunisia.
  • Since 2006, the population of New Zealand has increased from 4.18M people to 5.36M (28.1% growth), while Tunisia has grown from 10.3M to 12.4M (20% growth).
  • New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 5.95M people compared to the peak of 13.1M people in 2051 for Tunisia.

New Zealand vs Tunisia: live population counter

New Zealand Tunisia
Current population
5362441
12415813
Population rank 125/197 81/197
Percent of world population 0.06% 0.15%
One net population change
6.01 minutes
6.85 minutes
One birth every
9.31 minutes
3.13 minutes
One death every
14 minutes
7.1 minutes
One migration net change every
28 minutes
34.5 minutes
Annual migration change +18,766 -15,221
Daily growth/decline +240 +210
Annual growth/decline +87,500 +76,678
Annual growth/decline rate +1.68% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 65/197 125/197

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

New Zealand
Population

Growth rate
Tunisia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
New Zealand Tunisia New Zealand Tunisia
1960 2,371,800 4,267,288 - -
1961 2,419,700 4,316,278 2.02% 1.15%
1962 2,482,000 4,369,136 2.57% 1.22%
1963 2,531,800 4,427,131 2.01% 1.33%
1964 2,585,400 4,489,869 2.12% 1.42%
1965 2,628,400 4,561,385 1.66% 1.59%
1966 2,675,900 4,652,287 1.81% 1.99%
1967 2,724,100 4,760,970 1.8% 2.34%
1968 2,748,100 4,879,899 0.88% 2.5%
1969 2,772,800 5,004,697 0.9% 2.56%
1970 2,810,700 5,131,396 1.37% 2.53%
1971 2,853,000 5,261,658 1.5% 2.54%
1972 2,903,900 5,396,557 1.78% 2.56%
1973 2,961,300 5,537,242 1.98% 2.61%
1974 3,023,700 5,684,674 2.11% 2.66%
1975 3,083,100 5,839,262 1.96% 2.72%
1976 3,110,500 5,996,994 0.89% 2.7%
1977 3,120,200 6,155,931 0.31% 2.65%
1978 3,121,200 6,309,390 0.03% 2.49%
1979 3,109,000 6,456,419 -0.39% 2.33%
1980 3,112,900 6,606,195 0.13% 2.32%
1981 3,124,900 6,758,284 0.39% 2.3%
1982 3,156,100 6,908,642 1% 2.22%
1983 3,199,300 7,053,800 1.37% 2.1%
1984 3,227,100 7,220,044 0.87% 2.36%
1985 3,247,100 7,409,903 0.62% 2.63%
1986 3,246,300 7,600,301 -0.02% 2.57%
1987 3,274,400 7,789,987 0.87% 2.5%
1988 3,283,400 7,974,440 0.27% 2.37%
1989 3,299,200 8,151,660 0.48% 2.22%
1990 3,329,800 8,324,509 0.93% 2.12%
1991 3,495,100 8,501,827 4.96% 2.13%
1992 3,531,700 8,682,512 1.05% 2.13%
1993 3,572,200 8,857,910 1.15% 2.02%
1994 3,620,000 9,018,448 1.34% 1.81%
1995 3,673,400 9,161,258 1.48% 1.58%
1996 3,732,000 9,294,432 1.6% 1.45%
1997 3,781,300 9,421,270 1.32% 1.36%
1998 3,815,000 9,541,667 0.89% 1.28%
1999 3,835,100 9,655,963 0.53% 1.2%
2000 3,857,700 9,764,935 0.59% 1.13%
2001 3,880,500 9,869,677 0.59% 1.07%
2002 3,948,500 9,971,515 1.75% 1.03%
2003 4,027,200 10,071,632 1.99% 1%
2004 4,087,500 10,166,163 1.5% 0.94%
2005 4,133,900 10,255,472 1.14% 0.88%
2006 4,184,600 10,346,410 1.23% 0.89%
2007 4,223,800 10,441,702 0.94% 0.92%
2008 4,259,800 10,542,635 0.85% 0.97%
2009 4,302,600 10,650,681 1% 1.02%
2010 4,350,700 10,765,980 1.12% 1.08%
2011 4,384,000 10,886,035 0.77% 1.12%
2012 4,408,100 11,009,647 0.55% 1.14%
2013 4,442,100 11,141,361 0.77% 1.2%
2014 4,516,500 11,274,288 1.67% 1.19%
2015 4,609,400 11,402,264 2.06% 1.14%
2016 4,714,100 11,528,674 2.27% 1.11%
2017 4,813,600 11,650,498 2.11% 1.06%
2018 4,900,600 11,765,514 1.81% 0.99%
2019 4,970,300 11,875,081 1.42% 0.93%
2020 5,072,400 11,974,057 2.05% 0.83%
2021 5,084,600 12,048,622 0.24% 0.62%
2022 5,081,700 12,119,334 -0.06% 0.59%
2023 5,200,000 12,200,431 2.33% 0.67%
2024 5,287,500 12,277,109 1.68% 0.63%
2025 5,325,989 12,348,580 0.73% 0.58%
2026 5,362,071 12,415,147 0.68% 0.54%
2027 5,395,933 12,476,105 0.63% 0.49%
2028 5,427,327 12,531,994 0.58% 0.45%
2029 5,456,502 12,582,709 0.54% 0.4%
2030 5,483,630 12,628,154 0.5% 0.36%
2031 5,509,118 12,669,925 0.46% 0.33%
2032 5,533,087 12,709,155 0.44% 0.31%
2033 5,555,912 12,746,538 0.41% 0.29%
2034 5,577,658 12,781,017 0.39% 0.27%
2035 5,598,481 12,812,275 0.37% 0.24%
2036 5,618,949 12,842,495 0.37% 0.24%
2037 5,638,796 12,872,063 0.35% 0.23%
2038 5,658,606 12,900,190 0.35% 0.22%
2039 5,677,983 12,927,314 0.34% 0.21%
2040 5,696,537 12,953,871 0.33% 0.21%
2041 5,715,286 12,979,696 0.33% 0.2%
2042 5,733,881 13,005,242 0.33% 0.2%
2043 5,750,997 13,030,307 0.3% 0.19%
2044 5,766,545 13,054,103 0.27% 0.18%
2045 5,780,970 13,076,097 0.25% 0.17%
2046 5,794,046 13,095,748 0.23% 0.15%
2047 5,805,663 13,113,228 0.2% 0.13%
2048 5,816,692 13,127,662 0.19% 0.11%
2049 5,826,512 13,138,151 0.17% 0.08%
2050 5,836,471 13,145,144 0.17% 0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.

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