New Zealand's Population Growth

New Zealand's Compound Annual Growth Rate for its Population over the last 10, 5 and 3 years was 12.8%, 3.3% and 2.1% respectively.

These numbers can be relied on as accurate, as the World Economics Population Data Quality Index rates New Zealand's data as A Grade

New Zealand's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C. and World Economics Research, London



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Population Data Quality Grade
(A-E)		 Population
Growth
10-Year
(2015-2025)		 Population
Growth
5-Year
(2020-2025)		 Population
Growth
3-Year
(2022-2025)		 Share of
Global Population
(2025)
Chad E 36.5% 20.0% 13.0% 0.3%
Niger D 34.0% 16.3% 9.7% 0.4%
Congo, Dem. Rep E 33.4% 16.2% 9.6% 1.4%
Angola E 33.0% 15.4% 9.0% 0.5%
Uganda D 31.6% 14.4% 8.1% 0.6%
Mali E 30.6% 14.9% 8.7% 0.3%
Tanzania D 30.6% 14.5% 8.5% 0.9%
Mozambique E 29.6% 14.6% 8.6% 0.4%
Yemen, Rep. E 29.5% 14.4% 8.7% 0.5%
Mauritania E 29.4% 14.4% 8.5% 0.1%
Zambia D 29.1% 13.9% 8.2% 0.3%
Oman B 27.7% 19.7% 15.1% 0.1%
Kuwait B 27.4% 13.4% 9.0% 0.1%
Cameroon E 27.3% 13.0% 7.6% 0.4%
United Arab Emirates A 27.0% 18.3% 10.1% 0.1%
Benin D 26.6% 12.4% 7.2% 0.2%
Ethiopia E 26.6% 12.9% 7.5% 1.7%
Burundi E 26.5% 13.1% 7.6% 0.2%
Namibia D 26.5% 12.4% 6.6% 0.0%
Malawi D 26.3% 12.7% 7.5% 0.3%
Senegal D 26.1% 11.9% 6.8% 0.2%
Afghanistan E 26.0% 11.4% 7.6% 0.6%
Cote d'Ivoire D 26.0% 12.2% 7.2% 0.4%
Sudan E 25.6% 9.7% 4.3% 0.7%
Madagascar E 25.3% 12.2% 7.1% 0.4%
Qatar B 25.2% 10.5% 7.3% 0.0%
Guinea E 25.0% 12.0% 7.0% 0.2%
Burkina Faso D 24.9% 11.3% 6.5% 0.3%
Congo, Rep. E 24.1% 11.8% 7.0% 0.1%
Gabon E 24.0% 10.9% 6.3% 0.0%
Gambia E 23.8% 11.3% 6.6% 0.0%
Togo E 23.8% 11.3% 6.5% 0.1%
Guinea-Bissau E 23.0% 10.9% 6.4% 0.0%
Sierra Leone E 22.5% 10.7% 6.1% 0.1%
Rwanda C 22.4% 10.7% 6.3% 0.2%
Tajikistan D 22.1% 9.9% 5.5% 0.1%
Nigeria C 22.0% 10.3% 6.0% 3.0%
Papua New Guinea E 20.7% 9.0% 5.1% 0.1%
Liberia E 20.6% 10.5% 6.2% 0.1%
Malta B 20.4% 4.9% 3.0% 0.0%
Turkmenistan E 20.3% 9.0% 5.0% 0.1%
Ghana D 20.0% 9.3% 5.4% 0.4%
Kenya D 19.9% 9.5% 5.6% 0.7%
Comoros E 19.4% 9.4% 5.5% 0.0%
Kyrgyzstan C 19.4% 8.9% 4.5% 0.1%
Jordan C 18.8% 5.6% 2.0% 0.1%
Uzbekistan C 18.6% 9.7% 5.7% 0.5%
Iceland A 18.4% 8.1% 4.4% 0.0%
Bahrain B 18.2% 10.1% 6.7% 0.0%
Luxembourg A 17.7% 7.4% 3.8% 0.0%
Central African Republic E 17.4% 9.1% 7.7% 0.1%
Honduras E 17.3% 8.1% 4.8% 0.1%
Egypt C 17.1% 7.7% 4.7% 1.5%
Algeria C 16.9% 7.2% 4.0% 0.6%
Israel B 16.6% 7.6% 4.2% 0.1%
Mongolia B 16.6% 6.4% 3.6% 0.0%
Zimbabwe E 16.2% 8.6% 5.1% 0.2%
Pakistan E 15.9% 8.0% 4.4% 3.2%
Guatemala C 15.5% 7.1% 4.3% 0.2%
Botswana B 14.9% 7.7% 4.6% 0.0%
Laos E 14.4% 6.7% 3.8% 0.1%
Panama B 14.2% 6.0% 3.5% 0.1%
Saudi Arabia B 14.2% 10.8% 7.0% 0.4%
Kazakhstan B 14.1% 6.6% 3.7% 0.3%
Malaysia B 13.9% 5.7% 3.4% 0.5%
Bolivia C 13.1% 6.0% 3.8% 0.2%
Cambodia E 13.1% 6.2% 3.4% 0.2%
Libya E 13.1% 5.5% 2.9% 0.1%
South Africa B 13.0% 6.4% 3.4% 0.8%
New Zealand A 12.8% 3.3% 2.1% 0.1%
Nicaragua D 12.8% 6.2% 3.7% 0.1%
Paraguay C 12.8% 5.7% 3.4% 0.1%
Colombia B 12.7% 5.1% 2.9% 0.7%
Peru C 12.5% 4.9% 3.0% 0.4%
Haiti E 12.1% 5.5% 3.2% 0.1%
Ireland A 12.0% 6.1% 3.6% 0.1%
Australia A 11.7% 4.4% 2.7% 0.3%
Cyprus B 11.5% 4.9% 2.6% 0.0%
Ecuador C 11.5% 3.9% 2.3% 0.2%
Lesotho E 11.3% 5.3% 3.0% 0.0%
Canada A 10.8% 4.8% 3.1% 0.5%
Morocco B 10.3% 4.7% 2.6% 0.5%
Philippines C 10.1% 3.8% 2.1% 1.5%
Brunei B 9.7% 3.9% 2.1% 0.0%
Dominican Republic D 9.7% 4.3% 2.3% 0.1%
Guyana C 9.5% 3.2% 1.4% 0.0%
India C 9.5% 4.0% 2.4% 18.4%
Bangladesh D 9.4% 5.2% 3.3% 2.2%
Chile B 9.3% 2.2% 1.3% 0.3%
Suriname C 9.3% 4.1% 2.4% 0.0%
Eswatini E 9.2% 4.9% 2.7% 0.0%
Türkiye B 8.9% 1.6% 0.4% 1.1%
Vietnam D 8.8% 3.3% 1.7% 1.3%
Indonesia D 8.5% 3.6% 2.2% 3.6%
Mexico B 8.3% 3.7% 2.3% 1.7%
Sweden A 8.2% 2.7% 1.4% 0.1%
Norway A 7.8% 4.2% 2.8% 0.1%
Switzerland A 7.7% 3.5% 1.7% 0.1%
Tunisia B 7.7% 2.8% 1.6% 0.2%
Bhutan C 7.0% 3.1% 1.7% 0.0%
Myanmar E 6.8% 3.1% 1.7% 0.7%
Netherlands A 6.8% 3.7% 2.2% 0.2%
Costa Rica B 6.5% 2.1% 1.1% 0.1%
Sri Lanka B 6.4% 2.7% 1.5% 0.3%
Azerbaijan C 6.2% 1.8% 0.7% 0.1%
United States A 6.1% 2.0% 1.4% 4.4%
United Kingdom A 6.0% 3.0% 1.8% 0.9%
Nepal E 5.9% 1.9% -0.7% 0.4%
Singapore A 5.8% 4.1% 3.5% 0.1%
Trinidad and Tobago C 5.4% 1.8% 0.8% 0.0%
Denmark A 5.2% 2.7% 1.4% 0.1%
Argentina B 5.1% 1.2% 0.7% 0.6%
Austria A 5.1% 1.9% 0.3% 0.1%
Brazil B 5.1% 1.7% 0.9% 2.7%
Bahamas, The C 4.2% 1.5% 1.1% 0.0%
Belgium A 4.0% 1.6% 0.8% 0.1%
Cabo Verde B 2.6% 2.1% 1.2% 0.0%
El Salvador C 2.6% 1.8% 1.0% 0.1%
Slovenia A 2.5% 0.5% -0.1% 0.0%
Finland A 2.4% 1.5% 0.7% 0.1%
France B 2.4% 0.9% 0.3% 0.8%
Spain A 2.3% 0.2% -0.1% 0.6%
Germany A 2.2% 0.3% -0.2% 1.1%
Estonia A 2.0% 0.9% -0.6% 0.0%
Thailand B 1.3% -0.3% -0.4% 0.9%
China C 1.2% -0.9% -0.9% 17.8%
Korea, Rep. A 1.1% -0.6% -0.5% 0.7%
Jamaica B 0.9% -0.1% -0.4% 0.0%
Armenia B 0.8% 1.9% 2.2% 0.0%
Slovak Republic B 0.8% 0.2% -0.2% 0.1%
Czechia B 0.6% 0.4% -0.8% 0.1%
Georgia B 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Portugal A 0.2% 0.2% -0.3% 0.1%
Uruguay A 0.2% -0.7% -0.4% 0.0%
Hong Kong B 0.1% -1.5% -1.2% 0.1%
Poland A -0.5% -0.3% -0.9% 0.5%
Russia C -1.1% -1.9% -1.3% 1.8%
Taiwan B -2.0% -2.6% -1.6% 0.3%
Mauritius B -2.1% -1.4% -0.9% 0.0%
Hungary B -2.3% -1.4% -0.8% 0.1%
Italy B -2.6% -1.5% -1.0% 0.7%
Lithuania B -2.8% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0%
Japan A -3.5% -2.7% -1.7% 1.6%
Albania B -4.7% -3.8% -2.3% 0.0%
Romania B -5.2% -2.7% -1.6% 0.2%
Belarus B -5.5% -4.1% -2.1% 0.1%
Latvia A -6.7% -2.7% -1.7% 0.0%
Bulgaria B -6.8% -3.4% -1.8% 0.1%
Serbia B -7.2% -3.4% -1.7% 0.1%
Croatia B -8.5% -2.9% -1.7% 0.0%
Greece B -8.6% -7.5% -4.8% 0.1%
North Macedonia B -9.0% -3.4% -1.7% 0.0%
Moldova B -9.4% -2.6% -1.7% 0.0%
Lebanon E -10.2% 2.3% 1.6% 0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina C -11.5% -5.1% -2.2% 0.0%
Ukraine B -15.6% -13.2% -5.0% 0.5%

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Key:
Data quality grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality





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