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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of New Zealand was 5,338,500 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current New Zealand's population is 5,406,623 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.

Population statistics:

  • Turkey's population is 15.9 times bigger than New Zealand's.
  • New Zealand is ranked the 124th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
  • The countries together account for 1.1% of the world: 0.07% for New Zealand vs 1.04% for Turkey.
  • For the last 10 years, New Zealand has had an average growth rate of +1.69% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
  • Since 2005, the population of New Zealand has increased from 4.13M people to 5.41M (30.8% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
  • New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 6.01M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.

New Zealand vs Turkey: live population counter

New Zealand Turkey
Current population
5406623
85914550
Population rank 124/197 18/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 1.04%
One net population change
5.62 minutes
2.73 minutes
One birth every
9.23 minutes
33 seconds
One death every
13.9 minutes
59.6 seconds
One migration net change every
28 minutes
1.9 minutes
Annual migration change +18,766 -275,952
Daily growth/decline +256 +528
Annual growth/decline +93,500 +192,696
Annual growth/decline rate +1.78% +0.23%
Population growth rate rank 63/197 153/197

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

New Zealand
Population

Growth rate
Turkey
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
New Zealand Turkey New Zealand Turkey
1960 2,371,800 28,329,898 - -
1961 2,419,700 29,119,238 2.02% 2.79%
1962 2,482,000 29,916,147 2.57% 2.74%
1963 2,531,800 30,726,841 2.01% 2.71%
1964 2,585,400 31,543,072 2.12% 2.66%
1965 2,628,400 32,345,220 1.66% 2.54%
1966 2,675,900 33,177,672 1.81% 2.57%
1967 2,724,100 34,050,421 1.8% 2.63%
1968 2,748,100 34,921,684 0.88% 2.56%
1969 2,772,800 35,787,774 0.9% 2.48%
1970 2,810,700 36,638,465 1.37% 2.38%
1971 2,853,000 37,518,611 1.5% 2.4%
1972 2,903,900 38,430,221 1.78% 2.43%
1973 2,961,300 39,329,533 1.98% 2.34%
1974 3,023,700 40,210,234 2.11% 2.24%
1975 3,083,100 41,053,126 1.96% 2.1%
1976 3,110,500 41,899,984 0.89% 2.06%
1977 3,120,200 42,773,298 0.31% 2.08%
1978 3,121,200 43,645,306 0.03% 2.04%
1979 3,109,000 44,510,429 -0.39% 1.98%
1980 3,112,900 45,408,815 0.13% 2.02%
1981 3,124,900 46,321,190 0.39% 2.01%
1982 3,156,100 47,322,096 1% 2.16%
1983 3,199,300 48,447,410 1.37% 2.38%
1984 3,227,100 49,574,069 0.87% 2.33%
1985 3,247,100 50,687,115 0.62% 2.25%
1986 3,246,300 51,777,772 -0.02% 2.15%
1987 3,274,400 52,843,670 0.87% 2.06%
1988 3,283,400 53,909,626 0.27% 2.02%
1989 3,299,200 54,976,723 0.48% 1.98%
1990 3,329,800 56,015,628 0.93% 1.89%
1991 3,495,100 57,009,887 4.96% 1.77%
1992 3,531,700 57,990,118 1.05% 1.72%
1993 3,572,200 58,999,167 1.15% 1.74%
1994 3,620,000 60,033,836 1.34% 1.75%
1995 3,673,400 61,024,503 1.48% 1.65%
1996 3,732,000 61,951,134 1.6% 1.52%
1997 3,781,300 62,852,966 1.32% 1.46%
1998 3,815,000 63,734,383 0.89% 1.4%
1999 3,835,100 64,591,923 0.53% 1.35%
2000 3,857,700 65,425,961 0.59% 1.29%
2001 3,880,500 66,245,128 0.59% 1.25%
2002 3,948,500 67,048,795 1.75% 1.21%
2003 4,027,200 67,831,730 1.99% 1.17%
2004 4,087,500 68,592,617 1.5% 1.12%
2005 4,133,900 69,329,557 1.14% 1.07%
2006 4,184,600 70,045,349 1.23% 1.03%
2007 4,223,800 70,158,112 0.94% 0.16%
2008 4,259,800 71,051,678 0.85% 1.27%
2009 4,302,600 72,039,206 1% 1.39%
2010 4,350,700 73,142,150 1.12% 1.53%
2011 4,384,000 74,223,629 0.77% 1.48%
2012 4,408,100 75,175,827 0.55% 1.28%
2013 4,442,100 76,147,624 0.77% 1.29%
2014 4,516,500 77,181,884 1.67% 1.36%
2015 4,609,400 78,218,479 2.06% 1.34%
2016 4,714,100 79,277,962 2.27% 1.35%
2017 4,813,600 80,312,698 2.11% 1.31%
2018 4,900,600 81,407,204 1.81% 1.36%
2019 4,979,200 82,579,440 1.6% 1.44%
2020 5,090,200 83,384,680 2.23% 0.98%
2021 5,111,300 84,147,318 0.41% 0.91%
2022 5,117,100 84,979,913 0.11% 0.99%
2023 5,245,000 85,325,965 2.5% 0.41%
2024 5,338,500 85,518,661 1.78% 0.23%
2025 5,377,360 85,725,557 0.73% 0.24%
2026 5,413,790 85,960,835 0.68% 0.27%
2027 5,447,979 86,227,115 0.63% 0.31%
2028 5,479,675 86,502,744 0.58% 0.32%
2029 5,509,133 86,771,652 0.54% 0.31%
2030 5,536,522 87,037,680 0.5% 0.31%
2031 5,562,256 87,297,191 0.46% 0.3%
2032 5,586,456 87,537,075 0.44% 0.27%
2033 5,609,501 87,762,403 0.41% 0.26%
2034 5,631,457 87,974,138 0.39% 0.24%
2035 5,652,480 88,172,739 0.37% 0.23%
2036 5,673,146 88,364,318 0.37% 0.22%
2037 5,693,185 88,545,669 0.35% 0.21%
2038 5,713,185 88,707,268 0.35% 0.18%
2039 5,732,750 88,849,956 0.34% 0.16%
2040 5,751,482 88,975,510 0.33% 0.14%
2041 5,770,413 89,083,304 0.33% 0.12%
2042 5,789,187 89,177,769 0.33% 0.11%
2043 5,806,468 89,254,147 0.3% 0.09%
2044 5,822,166 89,311,458 0.27% 0.06%
2045 5,836,730 89,349,806 0.25% 0.04%
2046 5,849,932 89,375,429 0.23% 0.03%
2047 5,861,661 89,383,765 0.2% 0.009%
2048 5,872,796 89,361,174 0.19% -0.03%
2049 5,882,711 89,306,566 0.17% -0.06%
2050 5,892,766 89,218,346 0.17% -0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.

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