New Zealand — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

In New Zealand, the population reading was 5.34M people in 2025, compared with 5.30M people in 2024. The period change was +0.75%.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20305.50M people
20295.47M people
20285.44M people
20275.41M people
20265.38M people
15 earlier values
20255.34M people
20245.30M people
20235.25M people
20225.14M people
20215.11M people
20205.10M people
20195.01M people
20184.92M people
20174.84M people
20164.74M people
20154.64M people
20144.54M people
20134.46M people
20124.42M people
20114.39M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.