New Zealand Population

New Zealand population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 5,324,700 people.
COUNTRY: New Zealand
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-10-19 05:12:00
Economy Data Rating
New Zealand · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
81 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.6 / 20
External stability 13.3 / 15
Financial robustness 11.3 / 15
Structural stability 7 / 10
Future capacity 8 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2025 1960– 2025
1960 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

New Zealand · total population by country.

1960–2025
5.32 m people
5.29 m people
5.05 m people
83 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2025
population rate reference line

Countries by population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 1.46 bn
China 1.41 bn
United States 341.78 m
Indonesia 285.72 m
Pakistan 255.22 m
Nigeria 237.53 m
Brazil 212.81 m
Bangladesh 175.69 m

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Australia 27.61 m
Fiji 933,154
United States 341.78 m
China 1.41 bn

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Urban Population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Life Expectancy SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility Rate SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.TOTL

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-10-19 05:12:00

New Zealand Snapshot

country profile
Population 5.32 m
GDP 260.17 bn
Debt/GDP 52.25%
Inflation 2.84%
Unemployment 5.08%
Currency n/a
Region Oceania
Income group High income

New Zealand Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Population for New Zealand. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: new zealand population rate, population data new zealand, new zealand population statistics, new zealand people, total population by country..