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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	New Zealand	Vatican	New Zealand	Vatican
1960	2,371,800	-	-	-
1961	2,419,700	-	2.02%	-
1962	2,482,000	-	2.57%	-
1963	2,531,800	-	2.01%	-
1964	2,585,400	-	2.12%	-
1965	2,628,400	-	1.66%	-
1966	2,675,900	-	1.81%	-
1967	2,724,100	-	1.8%	-
1968	2,748,100	-	0.88%	-
1969	2,772,800	-	0.9%	-
1970	2,810,700	-	1.37%	-
1971	2,853,000	-	1.5%	-
1972	2,903,900	-	1.78%	-
1973	2,961,300	-	1.98%	-
1974	3,023,700	-	2.11%	-
1975	3,083,100	-	1.96%	-
1976	3,110,500	-	0.89%	-
1977	3,120,200	-	0.31%	-
1978	3,121,200	-	0.03%	-
1979	3,109,000	-	-0.39%	-
1980	3,112,900	-	0.13%	-
1981	3,124,900	-	0.39%	-
1982	3,156,100	-	1%	-
1983	3,199,300	-	1.37%	-
1984	3,227,100	-	0.87%	-
1985	3,247,100	-	0.62%	-
1986	3,246,300	-	-0.02%	-
1987	3,274,400	-	0.87%	-
1988	3,283,400	-	0.27%	-
1989	3,299,200	-	0.48%	-
1990	3,329,800	-	0.93%	-
1991	3,495,100	-	4.96%	-
1992	3,531,700	-	1.05%	-
1993	3,572,200	-	1.15%	-
1994	3,620,000	-	1.34%	-
1995	3,673,400	-	1.48%	-
1996	3,732,000	-	1.6%	-
1997	3,781,300	-	1.32%	-
1998	3,815,000	-	0.89%	-
1999	3,835,100	-	0.53%	-
2000	3,857,700	880	0.59%	-
2001	3,880,500	890	0.59%	1.14%
2002	3,948,500	900	1.75%	1.12%
2003	4,027,200	911	1.99%	1.22%
2004	4,087,500	921	1.5%	1.1%
2005	4,133,900	921	1.14%	0%
2006	4,184,600	932	1.23%	1.19%
2007	4,223,800	821	0.94%	-11.9%
2008	4,259,800	824	0.85%	0.37%
2009	4,302,600	826	1%	0.24%
2010	4,350,700	829	1.12%	0.36%
2011	4,384,000	832	0.77%	0.36%
2012	4,408,100	836	0.55%	0.48%
2013	4,442,100	839	0.77%	0.36%
2014	4,516,500	842	1.67%	0.36%
2015	4,609,400	1,000	2.06%	18.8%
2016	4,714,100	-	2.27%	0%
2017	4,813,600	1,000	2.11%	0%
2018	4,900,600	-	1.81%	0%
2019	4,970,300	1,000	1.42%	0%
2020	5,072,400	987	2.05%	-1.29%
2021	5,084,600	970	0.24%	-1.68%
2022	5,081,700	944	-0.06%	-2.66%
2023	5,200,000	922	2.33%	-2.34%
2024	5,287,500	933	1.68%	1.2%
2025	5,325,989	939	0.73%	0.59%
2026	5,362,071	952	0.68%	1.37%
2027	5,395,933	974	0.63%	2.32%
2028	5,427,327	985	0.58%	1.13%
2029	5,456,502	983	0.54%	-0.19%
2030	5,483,630	976	0.5%	-0.75%
2031	5,509,118	968	0.46%	-0.75%
2032	5,533,087	968	0.44%	0%
2033	5,555,912	988	0.41%	2.09%
2034	5,577,658	992	0.39%	0.37%
2035	5,598,481	1,000	0.37%	0.74%
2036	5,618,949	998	0.37%	-0.18%
2037	5,638,796	1,003	0.35%	0.55%
2038	5,658,606	1,022	0.35%	1.83%
2039	5,677,983	1,060	0.34%	3.78%
2040	5,696,537	1,095	0.33%	3.3%
2041	5,715,286	1,127	0.33%	2.86%
2042	5,733,881	1,149	0.33%	1.96%
2043	5,750,997	1,169	0.3%	1.76%
2044	5,766,545	1,186	0.27%	1.42%
2045	5,780,970	1,209	0.25%	2.02%
2046	5,794,046	1,224	0.23%	1.22%
2047	5,805,663	1,248	0.2%	1.95%
2048	5,816,692	1,272	0.19%	1.92%
2049	5,826,512	1,296	0.17%	1.88%
2050	5,836,471	1,325	0.17%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of New Zealand increased by 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, New Zealand gained 648,341 (a 13.8% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2006 and is 125th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.