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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Tuvalu	New Zealand	Tuvalu
1960	2,371,800	5,598	-	-
1961	2,419,700	5,648	2.02%	0.89%
1962	2,482,000	5,699	2.57%	0.9%
1963	2,531,800	5,751	2.01%	0.91%
1964	2,585,400	5,752	2.12%	0.02%
1965	2,628,400	5,715	1.66%	-0.64%
1966	2,675,900	5,686	1.81%	-0.51%
1967	2,724,100	5,652	1.8%	-0.6%
1968	2,748,100	5,624	0.88%	-0.5%
1969	2,772,800	5,631	0.9%	0.12%
1970	2,810,700	5,663	1.37%	0.57%
1971	2,853,000	5,685	1.5%	0.39%
1972	2,903,900	5,692	1.78%	0.12%
1973	2,961,300	5,681	1.98%	-0.19%
1974	3,023,700	5,822	2.11%	2.48%
1975	3,083,100	6,117	1.96%	5.07%
1976	3,110,500	6,404	0.89%	4.69%
1977	3,120,200	6,686	0.31%	4.4%
1978	3,121,200	6,957	0.03%	4.05%
1979	3,109,000	7,184	-0.39%	3.26%
1980	3,112,900	7,366	0.13%	2.53%
1981	3,124,900	7,526	0.39%	2.17%
1982	3,156,100	7,664	1%	1.83%
1983	3,199,300	7,789	1.37%	1.63%
1984	3,227,100	7,902	0.87%	1.45%
1985	3,247,100	8,046	0.62%	1.82%
1986	3,246,300	8,217	-0.02%	2.13%
1987	3,274,400	8,371	0.87%	1.87%
1988	3,283,400	8,518	0.27%	1.76%
1989	3,299,200	8,662	0.48%	1.69%
1990	3,329,800	8,798	0.93%	1.57%
1991	3,495,100	8,928	4.96%	1.48%
1992	3,531,700	9,038	1.05%	1.23%
1993	3,572,200	9,126	1.15%	0.97%
1994	3,620,000	9,207	1.34%	0.89%
1995	3,673,400	9,280	1.48%	0.79%
1996	3,732,000	9,342	1.6%	0.67%
1997	3,781,300	9,400	1.32%	0.62%
1998	3,815,000	9,451	0.89%	0.54%
1999	3,835,100	9,496	0.53%	0.48%
2000	3,857,700	9,544	0.59%	0.51%
2001	3,880,500	9,586	0.59%	0.44%
2002	3,948,500	9,623	1.75%	0.39%
2003	4,027,200	9,695	1.99%	0.75%
2004	4,087,500	9,816	1.5%	1.25%
2005	4,133,900	9,940	1.14%	1.26%
2006	4,184,600	10,056	1.23%	1.17%
2007	4,223,800	10,182	0.94%	1.25%
2008	4,259,800	10,321	0.85%	1.37%
2009	4,302,600	10,461	1%	1.36%
2010	4,350,700	10,614	1.12%	1.46%
2011	4,384,000	10,780	0.77%	1.56%
2012	4,408,100	10,934	0.55%	1.43%
2013	4,442,100	11,001	0.77%	0.61%
2014	4,516,500	10,984	1.67%	-0.15%
2015	4,609,400	10,963	2.06%	-0.19%
2016	4,714,100	10,930	2.27%	-0.3%
2017	4,813,600	10,869	2.11%	-0.56%
2018	4,900,600	10,751	1.81%	-1.09%
2019	4,979,200	10,581	1.6%	-1.58%
2020	5,090,200	10,399	2.23%	-1.72%
2021	5,111,300	10,194	0.41%	-1.97%
2022	5,117,100	9,992	0.11%	-1.98%
2023	5,245,000	9,816	2.5%	-1.76%
2024	5,338,500	9,646	1.78%	-1.73%
2025	5,377,360	9,493	0.73%	-1.58%
2026	5,413,790	9,363	0.68%	-1.37%
2027	5,447,979	9,255	0.63%	-1.15%
2028	5,479,675	9,175	0.58%	-0.87%
2029	5,509,133	9,102	0.54%	-0.79%
2030	5,536,522	9,047	0.5%	-0.6%
2031	5,562,256	9,011	0.46%	-0.4%
2032	5,586,456	8,984	0.44%	-0.3%
2033	5,609,501	8,975	0.41%	-0.1%
2034	5,631,457	8,970	0.39%	-0.06%
2035	5,652,480	8,977	0.37%	0.08%
2036	5,673,146	8,995	0.37%	0.2%
2037	5,693,185	9,017	0.35%	0.24%
2038	5,713,185	9,051	0.35%	0.38%
2039	5,732,750	9,095	0.34%	0.48%
2040	5,751,482	9,143	0.33%	0.53%
2041	5,770,413	9,191	0.33%	0.52%
2042	5,789,187	9,245	0.33%	0.6%
2043	5,806,468	9,308	0.3%	0.68%
2044	5,822,166	9,375	0.27%	0.72%
2045	5,836,730	9,435	0.25%	0.64%
2046	5,849,932	9,502	0.23%	0.71%
2047	5,861,661	9,571	0.2%	0.72%
2048	5,872,796	9,644	0.19%	0.76%
2049	5,882,711	9,712	0.17%	0.71%
2050	5,892,766	9,778	0.17%	0.68%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Tuvalu gained 1,023 people (a 10.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Tuvalu's population decreased by -1,470 (a 13.4% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Tuvalu was ranked 196th in 2005 and still ranked 196th 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 Tuvalu will increase by 3% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th.