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	4,979,200	66,631,000	1.6%	0.52%
2020	5,090,200	66,744,000	2.23%	0.17%
2021	5,111,300	66,984,000	0.41%	0.36%
2022	5,117,100	67,604,000	0.11%	0.93%
2023	5,245,000	68,492,000	2.5%	1.31%
2024	5,338,500	69,226,000	1.78%	1.07%
2025	5,377,360	69,639,673	0.73%	0.6%
2026	5,413,790	70,020,350	0.68%	0.55%
2027	5,447,979	70,382,853	0.63%	0.52%
2028	5,479,675	70,732,699	0.58%	0.5%
2029	5,509,133	71,061,482	0.54%	0.46%
2030	5,536,522	71,377,535	0.5%	0.44%
2031	5,562,256	71,678,351	0.46%	0.42%
2032	5,586,456	71,959,934	0.44%	0.39%
2033	5,609,501	72,234,509	0.41%	0.38%
2034	5,631,457	72,497,650	0.39%	0.36%
2035	5,652,480	72,749,096	0.37%	0.35%
2036	5,673,146	72,990,847	0.37%	0.33%
2037	5,693,185	73,218,850	0.35%	0.31%
2038	5,713,185	73,441,349	0.35%	0.3%
2039	5,732,750	73,658,392	0.34%	0.3%
2040	5,751,482	73,868,334	0.33%	0.29%
2041	5,770,413	74,074,316	0.33%	0.28%
2042	5,789,187	74,275,779	0.33%	0.27%
2043	5,806,468	74,475,035	0.3%	0.27%
2044	5,822,166	74,667,284	0.27%	0.26%
2045	5,836,730	74,848,605	0.25%	0.24%
2046	5,849,932	75,020,949	0.23%	0.23%
2047	5,861,661	75,184,478	0.2%	0.22%
2048	5,872,796	75,337,543	0.19%	0.2%
2049	5,882,711	75,476,141	0.17%	0.18%
2050	5,892,766	75,600,588	0.17%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.