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	4,979,200	328,329,953	1.6%	0.46%
2020	5,090,200	331,526,933	2.23%	0.97%
2021	5,111,300	331,893,745	0.41%	0.11%
2022	5,117,100	333,271,411	0.11%	0.42%
2023	5,245,000	334,914,895	2.5%	0.49%
2024	5,338,500	340,110,988	1.78%	1.55%
2025	5,377,360	341,931,772	0.73%	0.54%
2026	5,413,790	343,664,369	0.68%	0.51%
2027	5,447,979	345,331,185	0.63%	0.49%
2028	5,479,675	346,981,137	0.58%	0.48%
2029	5,509,133	348,601,982	0.54%	0.47%
2030	5,536,522	350,176,974	0.5%	0.45%
2031	5,562,256	351,725,612	0.46%	0.44%
2032	5,586,456	353,249,060	0.44%	0.43%
2033	5,609,501	354,749,644	0.41%	0.42%
2034	5,631,457	356,234,239	0.39%	0.42%
2035	5,652,480	357,694,316	0.37%	0.41%
2036	5,673,146	359,119,002	0.37%	0.4%
2037	5,693,185	360,517,853	0.35%	0.39%
2038	5,713,185	361,895,407	0.35%	0.38%
2039	5,732,750	363,229,908	0.34%	0.37%
2040	5,751,482	364,512,364	0.33%	0.35%
2041	5,770,413	365,753,139	0.33%	0.34%
2042	5,789,187	366,969,419	0.33%	0.33%
2043	5,806,468	368,146,925	0.3%	0.32%
2044	5,822,166	369,258,123	0.27%	0.3%
2045	5,836,730	370,318,770	0.25%	0.29%
2046	5,849,932	371,328,255	0.23%	0.27%
2047	5,861,661	372,299,116	0.2%	0.26%
2048	5,872,796	373,230,539	0.19%	0.25%
2049	5,882,711	374,119,803	0.17%	0.24%
2050	5,892,766	374,986,259	0.17%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.