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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Vanuatu	New Zealand	Vanuatu
1960	2,371,800	64,431	-	-
1961	2,419,700	66,264	2.02%	2.84%
1962	2,482,000	68,174	2.57%	2.88%
1963	2,531,800	70,159	2.01%	2.91%
1964	2,585,400	72,219	2.12%	2.94%
1965	2,628,400	74,358	1.66%	2.96%
1966	2,675,900	76,590	1.81%	3%
1967	2,724,100	78,921	1.8%	3.04%
1968	2,748,100	81,314	0.88%	3.03%
1969	2,772,800	83,755	0.9%	3%
1970	2,810,700	86,266	1.37%	3%
1971	2,853,000	88,862	1.5%	3.01%
1972	2,903,900	91,562	1.78%	3.04%
1973	2,961,300	94,362	1.98%	3.06%
1974	3,023,700	97,260	2.11%	3.07%
1975	3,083,100	100,269	1.96%	3.09%
1976	3,110,500	103,388	0.89%	3.11%
1977	3,120,200	106,618	0.31%	3.12%
1978	3,121,200	109,963	0.03%	3.14%
1979	3,109,000	113,040	-0.39%	2.8%
1980	3,112,900	115,660	0.13%	2.32%
1981	3,124,900	118,249	0.39%	2.24%
1982	3,156,100	121,035	1%	2.36%
1983	3,199,300	123,998	1.37%	2.45%
1984	3,227,100	127,109	0.87%	2.51%
1985	3,247,100	130,356	0.62%	2.55%
1986	3,246,300	133,720	-0.02%	2.58%
1987	3,274,400	137,187	0.87%	2.59%
1988	3,283,400	140,756	0.27%	2.6%
1989	3,299,200	144,393	0.48%	2.58%
1990	3,329,800	148,063	0.93%	2.54%
1991	3,495,100	151,793	4.96%	2.52%
1992	3,531,700	155,608	1.05%	2.51%
1993	3,572,200	159,463	1.15%	2.48%
1994	3,620,000	163,314	1.34%	2.41%
1995	3,673,400	167,137	1.48%	2.34%
1996	3,732,000	170,911	1.6%	2.26%
1997	3,781,300	174,626	1.32%	2.17%
1998	3,815,000	178,313	0.89%	2.11%
1999	3,835,100	182,048	0.53%	2.09%
2000	3,857,700	186,281	0.59%	2.33%
2001	3,880,500	191,031	0.59%	2.55%
2002	3,948,500	195,863	1.75%	2.53%
2003	4,027,200	200,746	1.99%	2.49%
2004	4,087,500	205,711	1.5%	2.47%
2005	4,133,900	210,760	1.14%	2.45%
2006	4,184,600	215,923	1.23%	2.45%
2007	4,223,800	221,276	0.94%	2.48%
2008	4,259,800	226,896	0.85%	2.54%
2009	4,302,600	232,731	1%	2.57%
2010	4,350,700	238,248	1.12%	2.37%
2011	4,384,000	243,474	0.77%	2.19%
2012	4,408,100	248,883	0.55%	2.22%
2013	4,442,100	254,482	0.77%	2.25%
2014	4,516,500	260,240	1.67%	2.26%
2015	4,609,400	266,101	2.06%	2.25%
2016	4,714,100	272,087	2.27%	2.25%
2017	4,813,600	278,507	2.11%	2.36%
2018	4,900,600	285,259	1.81%	2.42%
2019	4,979,200	291,985	1.6%	2.36%
2020	5,090,200	298,858	2.23%	2.35%
2021	5,111,300	305,868	0.41%	2.35%
2022	5,117,100	313,046	0.11%	2.35%
2023	5,245,000	320,409	2.5%	2.35%
2024	5,338,500	327,777	1.78%	2.3%
2025	5,377,360	335,169	0.73%	2.26%
2026	5,413,790	342,565	0.68%	2.21%
2027	5,447,979	349,970	0.63%	2.16%
2028	5,479,675	357,397	0.58%	2.12%
2029	5,509,133	364,883	0.54%	2.09%
2030	5,536,522	372,429	0.5%	2.07%
2031	5,562,256	380,015	0.46%	2.04%
2032	5,586,456	387,657	0.44%	2.01%
2033	5,609,501	395,366	0.41%	1.99%
2034	5,631,457	403,188	0.39%	1.98%
2035	5,652,480	411,061	0.37%	1.95%
2036	5,673,146	419,006	0.37%	1.93%
2037	5,693,185	427,031	0.35%	1.92%
2038	5,713,185	435,150	0.35%	1.9%
2039	5,732,750	443,311	0.34%	1.88%
2040	5,751,482	451,509	0.33%	1.85%
2041	5,770,413	459,733	0.33%	1.82%
2042	5,789,187	468,003	0.33%	1.8%
2043	5,806,468	476,308	0.3%	1.77%
2044	5,822,166	484,636	0.27%	1.75%
2045	5,836,730	492,989	0.25%	1.72%
2046	5,849,932	501,316	0.23%	1.69%
2047	5,861,661	509,621	0.2%	1.66%
2048	5,872,796	517,889	0.19%	1.62%
2049	5,882,711	526,138	0.17%	1.59%
2050	5,892,766	534,374	0.17%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.