World Development Indicators

Population, total: New Zealand

Most recent: 5,324,700 (2025)
Earliest: 2,371,800 (1960)
Highest: 5,324,700 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: New Zealand at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Population
2025	5,324,700
2024	5,290,000
2023	5,200,000
2022	5,081,700
2021	5,084,600
2020	5,072,400
2019	4,970,300
2018	4,900,600
2017	4,813,600
2016	4,714,100
2015	4,609,400
2014	4,516,500
2013	4,442,100
2012	4,408,100
2011	4,384,000
2010	4,350,700
2009	4,302,600
2008	4,259,800
2007	4,223,800
2006	4,184,600
2005	4,133,900
2004	4,087,500
2003	4,027,200
2002	3,948,500
2001	3,880,500
2000	3,857,700
1999	3,835,100
1998	3,815,000
1997	3,781,300
1996	3,732,000
1995	3,673,400
1994	3,620,000
1993	3,572,200
1992	3,531,700
1991	3,495,100
1990	3,329,800
1989	3,299,200
1988	3,283,400
1987	3,274,400
1986	3,246,300
1985	3,247,100
1984	3,227,100
1983	3,199,300
1982	3,156,100
1981	3,124,900
1980	3,112,900
1979	3,109,000
1978	3,121,200
1977	3,120,200
1976	3,110,500
1975	3,083,100
1974	3,023,700
1973	2,961,300
1972	2,903,900
1971	2,853,000
1970	2,810,700
1969	2,772,800
1968	2,748,100
1967	2,724,100
1966	2,675,900
1965	2,628,400
1964	2,585,400
1963	2,531,800
1962	2,482,000
1961	2,419,700
1960	2,371,800

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