New Zealand
population: National quarterly estimate (31 Mar 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 9 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography9 metros
New Zealand metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 9 tracked metros
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #113 | Auckland▲ Largest | Auckland | 1.7M | 26.5 | Major Metro |
| #273 | Wellington★ Capital | Wellington | 544K | 9.7 | Established Metro |
| #443 | Christchurch | Canterbury | 537K | 5.7 | Established Metro |
| #516 | Dunedin (NZ) | Otago | 130K | 4.6 | Emerging Metro |
| #747 | Hamilton (NZ) | Waikato | 329K | 2.6 | Emerging Metro |
| #852 | Napier | Hawke's Bay | 183K | 2.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #1622 | Marlborough | Marlborough | 52K | 0.7 | Local Metro |
| #3307 | Tauranga | Bay of Plenty | 158K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3671 | Palmerston North | Manawatū-Whanganui | 90K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
17 entries listed under New Zealand across 2 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
Regions (16)
Territories (1)
🧩 Constituents and territories
3 entries listed under New Zealand. Click any to see its own metros.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- English, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar ($)
- Government
- Parliamentary monarchy
- Legislature
- New Zealand Parliament
- Demonym
- New Zealand
- Time zones
- UTC+12:00, UTC+13:00
- Driving side
- Left
- Calling code
- +64
- Internet TLD
- .nz
- ISO 3166
- NZ
- Established
- 1841
- Highest point
- Aoraki / Mount Cook (3,724 m (12,218 ft))
- National anthem
- God Defend New Zealand
Facts via Wikidata.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations7 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History55 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Christopher Luxon✦ Current
2023–PresentPrime Minister
Chris Hipkins
2023–2023Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
2017–2023Prime Minister
Bill English
2016–2017Prime Minister
John Key
2008–2016Prime Minister
Helen Clark
1999–2008Prime Minister
Jenny Shipley
1997–1999Prime Minister
Jim Bolger
1990–1997Prime Minister
Mike Moore
1990–1990Prime Minister
Geoffrey Palmer
1989–1990Prime Minister
David Lange
1984–1989Prime Minister
Robert Muldoon
1975–1984Prime Minister
Show all 55 leaders
Bill Rowling
1974–1975Prime Minister
Norman Kirk
1972–1974Prime Minister
Jack Marshall
1972–1972Prime Minister
Keith Holyoake
1960–1972Prime Minister
Walter Nash
1957–1960Prime Minister
Keith Holyoake
1957–1957Prime Minister
Sidney Holland
1949–1957Prime Minister
Peter Fraser
1940–1949Prime Minister
Michael Joseph Savage
1935–1940Prime Minister
George Forbes
1930–1935Prime Minister
Joseph Ward
1928–1930Prime Minister
Gordon Coates
1925–1928Prime Minister
Francis Bell
1925–1925Prime Minister
William Massey
1912–1925Prime Minister
Thomas Mackenzie
1912–1912Prime Minister
Joseph Ward
1906–1912Prime Minister
William Hall-Jones
1906–1906Prime Minister
Richard Seddon
1893–1906Prime Minister
John Ballance
1891–1893Prime Minister
Harry Atkinson
1887–1891Prime Minister
Robert Stout
1884–1887Prime Minister
Harry Atkinson
1884–1884Prime Minister
Robert Stout
1884–1884Prime Minister
Harry Atkinson
1883–1884Prime Minister
Frederick Whitaker
1882–1883Prime Minister
John Hall
1879–1882Prime Minister
George Grey
1877–1879Prime Minister
Harry Atkinson
1876–1877Prime Minister
Julius Vogel
1876–1876Prime Minister
Daniel Pollen
1875–1876Prime Minister
Julius Vogel
1873–1875Prime Minister
William Fox
1873–1873Prime Minister
George Waterhouse
1872–1873Prime Minister
Edward Stafford
1872–1872Prime Minister
William Fox
1869–1872Prime Minister
Edward Stafford
1866–1869Prime Minister
Frederick Weld
1864–1866Prime Minister
Frederick Whitaker
1863–1864Prime Minister
Alfred Domett
1862–1863Prime Minister
William Fox
1861–1862Prime Minister
Edward Stafford
1856–1861Prime Minister
William Fox
1856–1856Prime Minister
Henry Sewell
1856–1856Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Luxon✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2023–Present |
| Chris Hipkins | Prime Minister | 2023–2023 |
| Jacinda Ardern | Prime Minister | 2017–2023 |
| Bill English | Prime Minister | 2016–2017 |
| John Key | Prime Minister | 2008–2016 |
| Helen Clark | Prime Minister | 1999–2008 |
| Jenny Shipley | Prime Minister | 1997–1999 |
| Jim Bolger | Prime Minister | 1990–1997 |
| Mike Moore | Prime Minister | 1990–1990 |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Prime Minister | 1989–1990 |
| David Lange | Prime Minister | 1984–1989 |
| Robert Muldoon | Prime Minister | 1975–1984 |
| Bill Rowling | Prime Minister | 1974–1975 |
| Norman Kirk | Prime Minister | 1972–1974 |
| Jack Marshall | Prime Minister | 1972–1972 |
| Keith Holyoake | Prime Minister | 1960–1972 |
| Walter Nash | Prime Minister | 1957–1960 |
| Keith Holyoake | Prime Minister | 1957–1957 |
| Sidney Holland | Prime Minister | 1949–1957 |
| Peter Fraser | Prime Minister | 1940–1949 |
| Michael Joseph Savage | Prime Minister | 1935–1940 |
| George Forbes | Prime Minister | 1930–1935 |
| Joseph Ward | Prime Minister | 1928–1930 |
| Gordon Coates | Prime Minister | 1925–1928 |
| Francis Bell | Prime Minister | 1925–1925 |
| William Massey | Prime Minister | 1912–1925 |
| Thomas Mackenzie | Prime Minister | 1912–1912 |
| Joseph Ward | Prime Minister | 1906–1912 |
| William Hall-Jones | Prime Minister | 1906–1906 |
| Richard Seddon | Prime Minister | 1893–1906 |
| John Ballance | Prime Minister | 1891–1893 |
| Harry Atkinson | Prime Minister | 1887–1891 |
| Robert Stout | Prime Minister | 1884–1887 |
| Harry Atkinson | Prime Minister | 1884–1884 |
| Robert Stout | Prime Minister | 1884–1884 |
| Harry Atkinson | Prime Minister | 1883–1884 |
| Frederick Whitaker | Prime Minister | 1882–1883 |
| John Hall | Prime Minister | 1879–1882 |
| George Grey | Prime Minister | 1877–1879 |
| Harry Atkinson | Prime Minister | 1876–1877 |
| Julius Vogel | Prime Minister | 1876–1876 |
| Daniel Pollen | Prime Minister | 1875–1876 |
| Julius Vogel | Prime Minister | 1873–1875 |
| William Fox | Prime Minister | 1873–1873 |
| George Waterhouse | Prime Minister | 1872–1873 |
| Edward Stafford | Prime Minister | 1872–1872 |
| William Fox | Prime Minister | 1869–1872 |
| Edward Stafford | Prime Minister | 1866–1869 |
| Frederick Weld | Prime Minister | 1864–1866 |
| Frederick Whitaker | Prime Minister | 1863–1864 |
| Alfred Domett | Prime Minister | 1862–1863 |
| William Fox | Prime Minister | 1861–1862 |
| Edward Stafford | Prime Minister | 1856–1861 |
| William Fox | Prime Minister | 1856–1856 |
| Henry Sewell | Prime Minister | 1856–1856 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19454 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam War● | 1965–1973 | North Vietnam,FNL,Khmer Rouge,Khmer Issarak,Pathet Lao,China,North Korea,Soviet Union | 1,326,494–3,447,494 |
| Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | 1963–1966 | Indonesia | 874+ |
| Korean War [ 9 ]● | 1950–1953 | North Korea,China,Soviet Union | 2,568,927–4,096,927 |
| Flagstaff War | 1845–1846 | Ngāpuhi Iwi,British Empire,Forces of Tamati Waka Nene | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for New Zealand: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires4 · $18.1B combined · click to expand
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 359 | Graeme Hart | $10.0B | Finance & Investments |
| 1360 | Peter Beck | $3.2B | Technology |
| 1424 | Richard Chandler(inherited) | $3.0B | Finance & Investments |
| 2186 | Peter Jackson | $1.9B | Media & Entertainment |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
New Zealand on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by New Zealand's national teams, newest first. 10 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-06-30 | New Zealand | OFC Nations Cup |
| 2021 | 2021-06-23 | New Zealand | World Test Championship |
| 2016 | 2016-06-11 | New Zealand | OFC Nations Cup |
| 2015 | 2015-10-31 | New Zealand | Rugby World Cup |
| 2011 | 2011-10-23 | New Zealand | Rugby World Cup |
| 2008 | 2008-11-22 | New Zealand | Rugby League World Cup |
| 2002 | 2002-07-14 | New Zealand | OFC Nations Cup |
| 1998 | 1998-10-04 | New Zealand | OFC Nations Cup |
| 1987 | 1987-06-20 | New Zealand | Rugby World Cup |
| 1973 | 1973-02-24 | New Zealand | OFC Nations Cup |
🏟️ League Hubs
Domestic league portals that operate in New Zealand: 3 leagues.