New Zealand vs Palestine
Palestine has about the same population as New Zealand: 5,413,596 vs 5,324,700, a gap of 88,896. Palestine is growing faster (+2.33% vs +0.65% a year), adding about 125,897 people a year against +34,814. New Zealand is the older society: 17.6% aged 65+ against 3.9% in Palestine, while Palestine has more children (37.6% under 15 vs 17.9%). Palestine is 43.4× as densely populated (857.4 vs 19.7 people per km²). People in New Zealand live 12.8 years longer on average (82.0 vs 69.2). GDP per capita is 15.6× higher in New Zealand ($49,591 vs $3,171).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (New Zealand) and 2025 (Palestine); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
New Zealand vs Palestine — side by side
 New Zealand |  Palestine | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,324,7002025 | 5,413,5962025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.65%2025 | +2.33%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 11.02024 | 26.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.12024 | 5.92024 |
| Children per woman | 1.572024 | 3.252024 |
| Life expectancy | 82.0 yrs2024 | 69.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.9%2025 | 37.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.6%2025 | 3.9%2025 |
| Density | 19.7 /km²2023 | 857.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 267,710 km²2023 | 6,025 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 84.0%2025 | 87.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +17,4032025 | -23,1562025 |
| GDP per capita | $49,5912025 | $3,1712025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #124 | #123 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.06% | 0.07% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). New Zealand: 2.2× from 1960 to 2025; Palestine: 2.7× from 1990 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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