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Population, long-run history in New Zealand

Latest
5,245
Previous
5,188
Change
+56.19 (+1.1%)
Reference period
Frequency
Annual
Unit
Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Population, long-run history in New Zealand

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Observations for Population, long-run history in New Zealand
Date Value
2,541
2,592
2,640
2,688
2,728
2,759
2,789
2,828
2,875
2,929
2,992
3,058
3,118
3,154
3,165
3,166
3,165
3,170
3,185
3,217
3,258
3,298
3,324
3,341
3,352
3,361
3,378
3,414
3,548
3,585
3,629
3,679
3,735
3,793
3,838
3,868
3,890
3,912
3,947
4,018
4,094
4,151
4,198
4,248
4,287
4,323
4,370
4,416
4,446
4,471
4,516
4,597
4,695
4,800
4,897
4,982
5,074
5,159
5,188
5,245

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

New Zealand

  • 1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
  • 1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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