Northland

155,628
POPULATION STATISTICS BY ISLAND (3.6%)

North Island population: 3,283,207

South Island population: 1,026,456
12.Whangarei
51,304

North Island TFR: 2.30 Auckland

1,436,022
South Island TFR: 1.99 (33.3%)
1. Auckland City
POPULATION MAP North Island PGR:
South Island PGR:
1.0
0.9
1,332,898

4.Hamilton 6.Tauranga
199,865 117,740 Gisborne
Waikato 46,046
405,820 Bay of Plenty (1.1%)
TOTAL FERTILITY RATES (BABIES PER WOMAN) TOP 16 CITIES BY POPULATION (9.4%) 272,059
(6.3%)
1961: 4.31 Today: 2.18 10.Rotorua
11.New 55,656 16.Gisborne
1. Auckland City - 1,332,898 Plymouth
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH 33,734
2. Christchurch - 385,640 51,505
Male 1959: 68.4 Female 1959: 73.8 3. Wellington City - 384,573
Wanganui-Manawatu
229,429
Male Today: 78.0 Female Today: 82.2 4. Hamilton - 199,865 Taranaki (5.3%) 5.Napier City
107,823 122,723
MEDIAN AGE FIRST MARRIAGE 5. Napier City - 122,723 (2.5%)
Hawkes Bay
6. Tauranga - 117,740
Male 1961: 24.2 Female 1961: 21.3 14.Wanganui 152,853
7. Dunedin - 115,245 Tasman 39,541
(3.5%)
Male Today: 29.9 Female Today: 28.1 8. Palmerston North - 80,279 46,826
(1.1%) 8.Palmerston North
MEDIAN AGE OF MOTHERS (NEW BIRTHS) 9. Nelson - 59,111 9.Nelson 80,279
59,111 Wellington
Female 1979: 25.7 Mothers Today: 29.9 10. Rotorua - 55,656 477,016
11. New Plymouth - 51,505 (11.1%)
12. Whangarei - 51,304 West Coast Marlborough 3.Wellington City
TOTAL NATIONAL POPULATION 13. Invercargill - 48,000
32,397
(0.8%)
45,034 384,573
(1%)
1911: 1.06 million 14. Wanganui - 39,541
Today: 4.31 million 15. Kapiti - 39,514
16. Gisborne - 33,734
NATIONAL GROWTH RATE Map Key
1911: 2.52 million
Today: 0.92 million 2.Christchurch
Canterbury 385,640 Region Name
BIRTHS: 64,343 DEATHS: 29,188 Region Population
558,881
(13%) (Population Percentage)
NATURAL INCREASE: 35,155
City Ranking
NET OVERSEAS MIGRATION: 3,814 City Name
MEDIAN AGE City Population
1996: 32.9 Today: 36.1
Oamaru
Otago 50,849
205,332
Southland (4.8%) 7.Dunedin
93,000 115,245
www.mccrindle.co.nz (2.2%)
15.Kapiti
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48,000
39,514

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590,410 % of population: 24% % of population: 21% % of population: 21% % of population: 21%
% of population: 13%
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