Name: New Zealand Population
Creator: TRADING ECONOMICS
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The total population in New Zealand was estimated at 5.4 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. Looking back, in the year of 1960, New Zealand had a population of 2.4 million people. source: Statistics New Zealand

Population in New Zealand is expected to reach 5.45 Million by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the New Zealand Population is projected to trend around 5.51 Million in 2026 and 5.60 Million in 2027, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Employed Persons	2886.00	2872.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Employment Change	0.50	0.00	percent	Dec 2025
Employment Rate	66.70	66.60	percent	Dec 2025
Full Time Employment	2299.00	2293.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Participation Rate	70.50	70.30	percent	Dec 2025
Labour Costs Index	1434.00	1427.00	points	Sep 2025
Part Time Employment	586.00	581.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Population	5.36	5.31	Million	Dec 2024
Productivity	1376.00	1385.00	points	Dec 2024
Unemployed Persons	165.00	161.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Unemployment Rate	5.40	5.30	percent	Dec 2025
Wages	44.08	43.68	NZD/Hour	Dec 2025
Wages in Manufacturing	40.54	40.65	NZD/Hour	Dec 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.20	13.70	percent	Dec 2025

New Zealand Population

The population of New Zealand represents 0.06 percent of the world´s total population which arguably means that one person in every 1585 people on the planet is a resident of New Zealand.