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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	United States	New Zealand	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,371,800	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,419,700	183,691,481	2.02%	1.67%
1962	2,482,000	186,537,737	2.57%	1.55%
1963	2,531,800	189,241,798	2.01%	1.45%
1964	2,585,400	191,888,791	2.12%	1.4%
1965	2,628,400	194,302,963	1.66%	1.26%
1966	2,675,900	196,560,338	1.81%	1.16%
1967	2,724,100	198,712,056	1.8%	1.09%
1968	2,748,100	200,706,052	0.88%	1%
1969	2,772,800	202,676,946	0.9%	0.98%
1970	2,810,700	205,052,174	1.37%	1.17%
1971	2,853,000	207,660,677	1.5%	1.27%
1972	2,903,900	209,896,021	1.78%	1.08%
1973	2,961,300	211,908,788	1.98%	0.96%
1974	3,023,700	213,853,928	2.11%	0.92%
1975	3,083,100	215,973,199	1.96%	0.99%
1976	3,110,500	218,035,164	0.89%	0.95%
1977	3,120,200	220,239,425	0.31%	1.01%
1978	3,121,200	222,584,545	0.03%	1.06%
1979	3,109,000	225,055,487	-0.39%	1.11%
1980	3,112,900	226,542,250	0.13%	0.66%
1981	3,124,900	229,465,744	0.39%	1.29%
1982	3,156,100	231,664,432	1%	0.96%
1983	3,199,300	233,792,014	1.37%	0.92%
1984	3,227,100	235,824,908	0.87%	0.87%
1985	3,247,100	237,923,734	0.62%	0.89%
1986	3,246,300	240,132,831	-0.02%	0.93%
1987	3,274,400	242,288,936	0.87%	0.9%
1988	3,283,400	244,499,004	0.27%	0.91%
1989	3,299,200	246,819,222	0.48%	0.95%
1990	3,329,800	250,131,894	0.93%	1.34%
1991	3,495,100	253,492,503	4.96%	1.34%
1992	3,531,700	256,894,189	1.05%	1.34%
1993	3,572,200	260,255,352	1.15%	1.31%
1994	3,620,000	263,435,673	1.34%	1.22%
1995	3,673,400	266,557,091	1.48%	1.18%
1996	3,732,000	269,667,391	1.6%	1.17%
1997	3,781,300	272,911,760	1.32%	1.2%
1998	3,815,000	276,115,288	0.89%	1.17%
1999	3,835,100	279,294,713	0.53%	1.15%
2000	3,857,700	282,162,411	0.59%	1.03%
2001	3,880,500	284,968,955	0.59%	0.99%
2002	3,948,500	287,625,193	1.75%	0.93%
2003	4,027,200	290,107,933	1.99%	0.86%
2004	4,087,500	292,805,298	1.5%	0.93%
2005	4,133,900	295,516,599	1.14%	0.93%
2006	4,184,600	298,379,912	1.23%	0.97%
2007	4,223,800	301,231,207	0.94%	0.96%
2008	4,259,800	304,093,966	0.85%	0.95%
2009	4,302,600	306,771,529	1%	0.88%
2010	4,350,700	309,327,143	1.12%	0.83%
2011	4,384,000	311,583,481	0.77%	0.73%
2012	4,408,100	313,877,662	0.55%	0.74%
2013	4,442,100	316,059,947	0.77%	0.7%
2014	4,516,500	318,386,329	1.67%	0.74%
2015	4,609,400	320,738,994	2.06%	0.74%
2016	4,714,100	323,071,755	2.27%	0.73%
2017	4,813,600	325,122,128	2.11%	0.63%
2018	4,900,600	326,838,199	1.81%	0.53%
2019	4,970,300	328,329,953	1.42%	0.46%
2020	5,072,400	331,526,933	2.05%	0.97%
2021	5,084,600	331,893,745	0.24%	0.11%
2022	5,081,700	333,271,411	-0.06%	0.42%
2023	5,200,000	334,914,895	2.33%	0.49%
2024	5,287,500	340,110,988	1.68%	1.55%
2025	5,325,989	341,931,772	0.73%	0.54%
2026	5,362,071	343,664,369	0.68%	0.51%
2027	5,395,933	345,331,185	0.63%	0.49%
2028	5,427,327	346,981,137	0.58%	0.48%
2029	5,456,502	348,601,982	0.54%	0.47%
2030	5,483,630	350,176,974	0.5%	0.45%
2031	5,509,118	351,725,612	0.46%	0.44%
2032	5,533,087	353,249,060	0.44%	0.43%
2033	5,555,912	354,749,644	0.41%	0.42%
2034	5,577,658	356,234,239	0.39%	0.42%
2035	5,598,481	357,694,316	0.37%	0.41%
2036	5,618,949	359,119,002	0.37%	0.4%
2037	5,638,796	360,517,853	0.35%	0.39%
2038	5,658,606	361,895,407	0.35%	0.38%
2039	5,677,983	363,229,908	0.34%	0.37%
2040	5,696,537	364,512,364	0.33%	0.35%
2041	5,715,286	365,753,139	0.33%	0.34%
2042	5,733,881	366,969,419	0.33%	0.33%
2043	5,750,997	368,146,925	0.3%	0.32%
2044	5,766,545	369,258,123	0.27%	0.3%
2045	5,780,970	370,318,770	0.25%	0.29%
2046	5,794,046	371,328,255	0.23%	0.27%
2047	5,805,663	372,299,116	0.2%	0.26%
2048	5,816,692	373,230,539	0.19%	0.25%
2049	5,826,512	374,119,803	0.17%	0.24%
2050	5,836,471	374,986,259	0.17%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.