New Zealand Population
New Zealand has quite a small population, and a land mass slightly larger than the UK.
The population in 1996: 3,618,300
The population in 2001: 3,737,277
The population in 2006: 4,027,947
To give you a comparison, the total population in New Zealand is approximately half the size of the population of New York, and just over a quarter of the population of London!
More than a quarter of New Zealands population live in the largest city, Auckland.
Main Cities: (North to South)
| Auckland | 1,208,094 |
| Hamilton | 184,905 |
| Napier-Hastings | 118,404 |
| Wellington | 360,624 |
| Christchurch | 360,765 |
| Dunedin | 220,997 |
| Remaining Areas | 1,135,113 |
These statistics are provided by Statistics New Zealand