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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of New Zealand was 5,338,500 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current New Zealand's population is 5,406,623 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 18.9 times bigger than New Zealand's.
  • New Zealand is ranked the 124th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.3% of the world: 0.07% for New Zealand vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, New Zealand has had an average growth rate of +1.69% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2005, the population of New Zealand has increased from 4.13M people to 5.41M (30.8% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
  • New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 6.01M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.

New Zealand vs Vietnam: live population counter

New Zealand Vietnam
Current population
5406623
102063551
Population rank 124/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 1.23%
One net population change
5.62 minutes
49.6 seconds
One birth every
9.23 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
13.9 minutes
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
28 minutes
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change +18,766 -59,645
Daily growth/decline +256 +1,741
Annual growth/decline +93,500 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate +1.78% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 63/197 124/197

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

New Zealand
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
New Zealand Vietnam New Zealand Vietnam
1960 2,371,800 32,531,933 - -
1961 2,419,700 33,409,059 2.02% 2.7%
1962 2,482,000 34,288,560 2.57% 2.63%
1963 2,531,800 35,249,101 2.01% 2.8%
1964 2,585,400 36,201,563 2.12% 2.7%
1965 2,628,400 37,129,656 1.66% 2.56%
1966 2,675,900 38,024,836 1.81% 2.41%
1967 2,724,100 38,895,080 1.8% 2.29%
1968 2,748,100 39,734,609 0.88% 2.16%
1969 2,772,800 40,582,096 0.9% 2.13%
1970 2,810,700 41,475,230 1.37% 2.2%
1971 2,853,000 42,449,276 1.5% 2.35%
1972 2,903,900 43,429,168 1.78% 2.31%
1973 2,961,300 44,409,861 1.98% 2.26%
1974 3,023,700 45,413,537 2.11% 2.26%
1975 3,083,100 46,482,903 1.96% 2.35%
1976 3,110,500 47,684,931 0.89% 2.59%
1977 3,120,200 48,954,872 0.31% 2.66%
1978 3,121,200 50,249,552 0.03% 2.64%
1979 3,109,000 51,378,211 -0.39% 2.25%
1980 3,112,900 52,490,101 0.13% 2.16%
1981 3,124,900 53,738,141 0.39% 2.38%
1982 3,156,100 55,011,289 1% 2.37%
1983 3,199,300 56,337,921 1.37% 2.41%
1984 3,227,100 57,706,067 0.87% 2.43%
1985 3,247,100 59,060,622 0.62% 2.35%
1986 3,246,300 60,347,048 -0.02% 2.18%
1987 3,274,400 61,584,651 0.87% 2.05%
1988 3,283,400 62,843,228 0.27% 2.04%
1989 3,299,200 64,147,348 0.48% 2.08%
1990 3,329,800 65,504,552 0.93% 2.12%
1991 3,495,100 66,891,775 4.96% 2.12%
1992 3,531,700 68,260,337 1.05% 2.05%
1993 3,572,200 69,586,384 1.15% 1.94%
1994 3,620,000 70,854,391 1.34% 1.82%
1995 3,673,400 72,049,940 1.48% 1.69%
1996 3,732,000 73,156,447 1.6% 1.54%
1997 3,781,300 74,226,889 1.32% 1.46%
1998 3,815,000 75,299,660 0.89% 1.45%
1999 3,835,100 76,287,452 0.53% 1.31%
2000 3,857,700 77,154,011 0.59% 1.14%
2001 3,880,500 77,969,361 0.59% 1.06%
2002 3,948,500 78,772,224 1.75% 1.03%
2003 4,027,200 79,563,777 1.99% 1%
2004 4,087,500 80,338,971 1.5% 0.97%
2005 4,133,900 81,088,313 1.14% 0.93%
2006 4,184,600 82,167,897 1.23% 1.33%
2007 4,223,800 83,633,375 0.94% 1.78%
2008 4,259,800 85,175,788 0.85% 1.84%
2009 4,302,600 86,460,018 1% 1.51%
2010 4,350,700 87,455,152 1.12% 1.15%
2011 4,384,000 88,468,314 0.77% 1.16%
2012 4,408,100 89,510,356 0.55% 1.18%
2013 4,442,100 90,573,104 0.77% 1.19%
2014 4,516,500 91,679,578 1.67% 1.22%
2015 4,609,400 92,823,254 2.06% 1.25%
2016 4,714,100 94,000,117 2.27% 1.27%
2017 4,813,600 95,176,977 2.11% 1.25%
2018 4,900,600 96,237,319 1.81% 1.11%
2019 4,979,200 97,173,776 1.6% 0.97%
2020 5,090,200 98,079,191 2.23% 0.93%
2021 5,111,300 98,935,098 0.41% 0.87%
2022 5,117,100 99,680,655 0.11% 0.75%
2023 5,245,000 100,352,192 2.5% 0.67%
2024 5,338,500 100,987,686 1.78% 0.63%
2025 5,377,360 101,598,531 0.73% 0.6%
2026 5,413,790 102,177,434 0.68% 0.57%
2027 5,447,979 102,727,392 0.63% 0.54%
2028 5,479,675 103,255,746 0.58% 0.51%
2029 5,509,133 103,761,151 0.54% 0.49%
2030 5,536,522 104,254,900 0.5% 0.48%
2031 5,562,256 104,737,913 0.46% 0.46%
2032 5,586,456 105,204,401 0.44% 0.45%
2033 5,609,501 105,656,307 0.41% 0.43%
2034 5,631,457 106,097,515 0.39% 0.42%
2035 5,652,480 106,530,671 0.37% 0.41%
2036 5,673,146 106,945,842 0.37% 0.39%
2037 5,693,185 107,346,046 0.35% 0.37%
2038 5,713,185 107,732,019 0.35% 0.36%
2039 5,732,750 108,097,653 0.34% 0.34%
2040 5,751,482 108,437,634 0.33% 0.31%
2041 5,770,413 108,752,199 0.33% 0.29%
2042 5,789,187 109,040,314 0.33% 0.26%
2043 5,806,468 109,292,559 0.3% 0.23%
2044 5,822,166 109,506,274 0.27% 0.2%
2045 5,836,730 109,685,396 0.25% 0.16%
2046 5,849,932 109,827,664 0.23% 0.13%
2047 5,861,661 109,930,243 0.2% 0.09%
2048 5,872,796 109,994,024 0.19% 0.06%
2049 5,882,711 110,018,017 0.17% 0.02%
2050 5,892,766 110,008,910 0.17% -0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of New Zealand increased by 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, New Zealand gained 797,223 (a 17.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

New Zealand was ranked 122nd most populous country in 2005 and is 124th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

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