World population/New Zealand
Oceania
Population of New Zealand
5,287,477
Growing by 0.00 people every second
#126
world rank
0.06%
of world population
+0.63%
yearly change
+33,393
people this year
57,999
births a year
39,924
deaths a year
How the figure for New Zealand is worked out
The United Nations puts the population of New Zealand at 5,287,477 on 1 July 2026, and projects 5,320,870 for 1 July 2027. The counter above moves steadily between those two published points, which works out at about 0.00 people added every second.
That places New Zealand at number 126 of the 237 countries and areas the United Nations reports, holding 0.06 per cent of everyone alive, and among the largest of the 23 entries in Oceania.
Underneath that single number sit roughly 57,999 births and 39,924 deaths a year. The gap between them is natural increase; the difference between natural increase and the change in total population is migration.
None of this is counted in real time. No country registers births and deaths as they happen and publishes them to the second. The seconds ticking above are arithmetic between two annual reference points, and the broad figure is far more reliable than its final digits.
Other countries in Oceania
Ranked by population.