Population clock

as at Sunday, 20 Sep 2020 at 07:24:59 a.m.

New Zealand's population is estimated to increase by one person every 17 minutes and 44 seconds.

This is based on the estimated resident population at 30 June 2020 and the following forecasts:

one birth every 8 minutes and 45 seconds

one death every 14 minutes and 26 seconds

one net migration every 1 hour, 28 minutes and 19 seconds.

The forecasts are based on recent trends and do not necessarily reflect actual population change.

The population clock is based on the estimated resident population and does not correspond to the census usually resident population count or census night population count.

The estimated resident population is derived from the 2013 Census usually resident population count, with adjustments for people missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount), residents temporarily overseas on census night, and population change since census night.

For the latest available data on population, births, deaths, and migration see: