Live population of New Zealand

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of New Zealand as of 2023 May 30 was 4,898,079

According to the 2022 Census, New Zealand's share of the world population is 0.062%

New Zealand population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	4,822,233	2,370,163	2,452,070	643,015	18.31	1.90	90,534	87,134	65.73	68.94
2015	4,614,527	2,268,961	2,345,566	630,320	17.53	1.90	83,789	80,987	64.85	67.82
2010	4,370,060	2,145,763	2,224,297	604,805	16.60	2.04	77,296	76,878	63.54	66.53
2005	4,135,353	2,025,748	2,109,605	564,865	15.71	2.14	72,544	72,746	62.26	65.26
2000	3,858,992	1,893,983	1,965,009	539,447	14.66	1.95	71,249	70,467	60.98	63.88
1995	3,674,940	1,810,954	1,863,986	530,932	13.96	1.95	71,837	67,810	59.85	62.94
1990	3,398,175	1,672,540	1,725,635	518,492	12.91	2.07	70,183	64,002	58.70	61.75
1985	3,268,234	1,618,678	1,649,556	533,610	12.41	2.03	72,608	64,371	57.32	60.35
1980	3,146,610	1,564,015	1,582,595	521,457	11.95	1.97	69,946	59,612	55.87	58.81
1975	3,082,622	1,537,384	1,545,238	531,012	11.71	2.18	69,168	56,677	53.67	55.90
1970	2,818,391	1,408,238	1,410,153	532,513	10.70	2.84	66,923	55,400	50.66	52.91
1965	2,626,649	1,317,313	1,309,336	554,452	9.98	3.35	63,284	51,610	47.59	49.57
1960	2,372,599	1,192,251	1,180,348	569,460	9.01	3.85	59,938	48,682	44.32	46.09
1955	2,136,388	1,075,365	1,061,023	563,435	8.11	4.07	55,738	44,399	41.52	42.76
1950	1,908,011	959,006	949,005	524,268	7.25	3.69	51,141	41,308	37.56	39.11