New Zealand's population rose from 3.73M in 1996 to 5.32M in 2025.
New Zealand · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
New Zealand's population growth fell from 1.6 % in 1996 to 0.7 % in 2025.
New Zealand's population density rose from 13.7 in 1994 to 19.7 in 2023.
New Zealand's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.7 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
New Zealand's urbanisation fell from 85.5 % in 1996 to 84.0 % in 2025.
New Zealand's urban population rose from 3.19M in 1996 to 4.47M in 2025.
New Zealand's rural population rose from 542,228 in 1996 to 852,066 in 2025.
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- Fertilityunchanged +0.0 %138th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.7 %137th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −2.2 %112th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.7 %63rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs68th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts143rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts108th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts54th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts110th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.7 pts52nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −7.3 %35th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.7 pts34th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +12.3 %118th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs35th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs40th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs29th of 217