# Population in New Zealand

Population in New Zealand was 5.32 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `nz`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/new-zealand
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/new-zealand.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=nz

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 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 |