NZ population expanding rapidly
Te Whanganui-a-Tara - New Zealand’s estimated resident population was provisionally 5,127,200 at the end of last year.
There were 2,544,600 males and 2,582,600 females. The median age of males and females was 36.9 and 38.9 years respectively.
During last year, New Zealand’s population grew by 23,500 and the estimated natural increase (births minus deaths) was 27,400.
The estimated net migration (migrant arrivals minus migrant departures) was minus 3900.
Deaths in New Zealand increased to the highest on record in 2021, but this is expected as it reflects the aging population, StatsNZ says.
There were 34,932 deaths registered in New Zealand in 2021, up from 32,613 in 2020, which is an increase of seven percent, or 2319 deaths.
However, the 2021 total was only a slight increase of two percent or 672 deaths, on the 34,260 deaths registered in 2019.
Annual deaths are generally increasing over time because of population growth and more people in older age groups where most deaths occur.
The World population is projected at 7,874,965,825 or 7,875 million or 7.87 billion as of July 1, 2021. The Global population is estimated at 7,794,798,739 or 7,795 million or 7.79 billion for the year 2020.
In 2023, the human population will grow to more than 8 billion. By 2037, this number will exceed 9 billion. In 2057, 10 billion milestones are projected.
In 2021, the world’s population growth rate is 1.03 percent, half the peak level of 2.09 percent in 1968. That annual growth rate is expected to continue declining, reaching 0.5 percent by mid-century and moving close to zero by 2100. In the period 1965-1972, the global population growth rate was above two percent each year.
The annual increase of world population in 2021 is 80 million, which is three million less than the population of the 19th ranked Germany. Annual additions are projected to continue declining by around 1 million every year, reaching 48 million by 2050 and 3 million by 2100. The absolute increase of the population per year peaked in 1988 with almost 93 million.
Lisa was born in Auckland at the start of the 1970s, living in a small campsite community on the North Shore called Browns Bay. She spent a significant part of her life with her grandparents, often hanging out at the beaches. Lisa has many happy memories from those days at Browns Bay beach, where fish were plentiful on the point and the ocean was rich in seaweed. She played in the water for hours, going home totally “sun-kissed.” “An adorable time to grow up,” Lisa tells me.
Lisa enjoyed many sports; she was a keen tennis player and netballer, playing in the top teams for her age right up until the family moved to Wellington. Lisa was fifteen years old, which unfortunately marked the end of her sporting career. Local teams were well established in Wellington, and her attention was drawn elsewhere.