Population Counts

Population Counts

· New Zealand’s Census night population has passed the 4 Million mark.
There were 4,143,279 people in New Zealand on census night, an increase
of 322,530 (8.4 percent) since the 2001 Census.

· In the 10 years to March 2006, New Zealand’s census night population
increased by nearly half a million (up 461,733 or 12.5 percent).

· In the past 50 years, New Zealand’s census night population has almost
doubled – from 2,174,061 in 1956 to reach 4,143,279 in 2006.

· The number of overseas visitors in New Zealand on census night almost
doubled in the 10 years between 1996 and 2006 – increasing from 63,243 to
reach 115,332.

From Statistics New Zealand, Tatauranga Aotearoa, based on the information on the census usually resident population count from New Zealand’s 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, held on 7 March 2006

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Population Counts