Population in New Zealand compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

New Zealand and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	United Kingdom	New Zealand	United Kingdom
1960	2,371,800	52,400,000	-	-
1961	2,419,700	52,800,000	2.02%	0.76%
1962	2,482,000	53,250,000	2.57%	0.85%
1963	2,531,800	53,650,000	2.01%	0.75%
1964	2,585,400	54,000,000	2.12%	0.65%
1965	2,628,400	54,348,050	1.66%	0.64%
1966	2,675,900	54,648,500	1.81%	0.55%
1967	2,724,100	54,943,600	1.8%	0.54%
1968	2,748,100	55,211,700	0.88%	0.49%
1969	2,772,800	55,441,750	0.9%	0.42%
1970	2,810,700	55,663,250	1.37%	0.4%
1971	2,853,000	55,896,223	1.5%	0.42%
1972	2,903,900	56,086,065	1.78%	0.34%
1973	2,961,300	56,194,527	1.98%	0.19%
1974	3,023,700	56,229,974	2.11%	0.06%
1975	3,083,100	56,225,800	1.96%	-0.007%
1976	3,110,500	56,211,968	0.89%	-0.02%
1977	3,120,200	56,193,492	0.31%	-0.03%
1978	3,121,200	56,196,504	0.03%	0.005%
1979	3,109,000	56,246,951	-0.39%	0.09%
1980	3,112,900	56,314,216	0.13%	0.12%
1981	3,124,900	56,333,829	0.39%	0.03%
1982	3,156,100	56,313,641	1%	-0.04%
1983	3,199,300	56,332,848	1.37%	0.03%
1984	3,227,100	56,422,072	0.87%	0.16%
1985	3,247,100	56,550,268	0.62%	0.23%
1986	3,246,300	56,681,396	-0.02%	0.23%
1987	3,274,400	56,802,050	0.87%	0.21%
1988	3,283,400	56,928,327	0.27%	0.22%
1989	3,299,200	57,076,711	0.48%	0.26%
1990	3,329,800	57,247,586	0.93%	0.3%
1991	3,495,100	57,424,897	4.96%	0.31%
1992	3,531,700	57,580,402	1.05%	0.27%
1993	3,572,200	57,718,614	1.15%	0.24%
1994	3,620,000	57,865,745	1.34%	0.25%
1995	3,673,400	58,019,030	1.48%	0.26%
1996	3,732,000	58,166,950	1.6%	0.25%
1997	3,781,300	58,316,954	1.32%	0.26%
1998	3,815,000	58,487,141	0.89%	0.29%
1999	3,835,100	58,682,466	0.53%	0.33%
2000	3,857,700	58,892,514	0.59%	0.36%
2001	3,880,500	59,119,673	0.59%	0.39%
2002	3,948,500	59,370,479	1.75%	0.42%
2003	4,027,200	59,647,577	1.99%	0.47%
2004	4,087,500	59,987,905	1.5%	0.57%
2005	4,133,900	60,401,206	1.14%	0.69%
2006	4,184,600	60,846,820	1.23%	0.74%
2007	4,223,800	61,322,463	0.94%	0.78%
2008	4,259,800	61,806,995	0.85%	0.79%
2009	4,302,600	62,276,270	1%	0.76%
2010	4,350,700	62,766,365	1.12%	0.79%
2011	4,384,000	63,258,810	0.77%	0.78%
2012	4,408,100	63,711,000	0.55%	0.71%
2013	4,442,100	64,139,000	0.77%	0.67%
2014	4,516,500	64,620,000	1.67%	0.75%
2015	4,609,400	65,088,000	2.06%	0.72%
2016	4,714,100	65,607,000	2.27%	0.8%
2017	4,813,600	65,966,000	2.11%	0.55%
2018	4,900,600	66,289,000	1.81%	0.49%
2019	4,970,300	66,631,000	1.42%	0.52%
2020	5,072,400	66,744,000	2.05%	0.17%
2021	5,084,600	66,984,000	0.24%	0.36%
2022	5,081,700	67,604,000	-0.06%	0.93%
2023	5,200,000	68,492,000	2.33%	1.31%
2024	5,287,500	69,226,000	1.68%	1.07%
2025	5,325,989	69,639,673	0.73%	0.6%
2026	5,362,071	70,020,350	0.68%	0.55%
2027	5,395,933	70,382,853	0.63%	0.52%
2028	5,427,327	70,732,699	0.58%	0.5%
2029	5,456,502	71,061,482	0.54%	0.46%
2030	5,483,630	71,377,535	0.5%	0.44%
2031	5,509,118	71,678,351	0.46%	0.42%
2032	5,533,087	71,959,934	0.44%	0.39%
2033	5,555,912	72,234,509	0.41%	0.38%
2034	5,577,658	72,497,650	0.39%	0.36%
2035	5,598,481	72,749,096	0.37%	0.35%
2036	5,618,949	72,990,847	0.37%	0.33%
2037	5,638,796	73,218,850	0.35%	0.31%
2038	5,658,606	73,441,349	0.35%	0.3%
2039	5,677,983	73,658,392	0.34%	0.3%
2040	5,696,537	73,868,334	0.33%	0.29%
2041	5,715,286	74,074,316	0.33%	0.28%
2042	5,733,881	74,275,779	0.33%	0.27%
2043	5,750,997	74,475,035	0.3%	0.27%
2044	5,766,545	74,667,284	0.27%	0.26%
2045	5,780,970	74,848,605	0.25%	0.24%
2046	5,794,046	75,020,949	0.23%	0.23%
2047	5,805,663	75,184,478	0.2%	0.22%
2048	5,816,692	75,337,543	0.19%	0.2%
2049	5,826,512	75,476,141	0.17%	0.18%
2050	5,836,471	75,600,588	0.17%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.