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Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Auckland, New Zealand metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035. The current metro area population of Auckland in 2024 is 1,693,000, a 1.2% increase from 2023.
Within a year, the population was almost 2,000, which reached 3,500 by the mid-century. By 1900, Auckland was the largest city in New Zealand. It has remained the fastest growing city of New Zealand and the leading industrial center since this time.
Over 20 years Auckland grew by 84% vs just 39% for the rest of New Zealand. Auckland became so (relatively) big that it added more people than the rest of Zealand combined: from 1971 to 2013 Auckland grew by 650,000 people vs 575,000 across the rest of the country.
Auckland is expecting substantial population growth via immigration and natural population increases (which contribute to growth at about one-third and two-thirds, respectively), [14] and is set to grow to an estimated 2 million inhabitants by 2050 (a compounded annual growth rate of 1.2% vs the 2013 number above). [15]
Population of Auckland Region: Current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, median age, population density, urbanization, and urban population. Data tables, maps and charts.
Population of Auckland: Current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, median age, population density, urbanization, and urban population. Data tables, maps and charts.
Use this interactive population pyramid to see our population history and what our future may look like. The 2023 Census product and release finder is an Excel-based tool which provides easy-to-find data, statistical products, publications, and planned release dates in one place for the 2023 Census.
