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New Zealand: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 5,124,100 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 0.248 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 53.876 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 86.884 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 3.9 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 82.207 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 43.41 billion kWh (2021) #57
Consumption 40.52 billion kWh (2021) #59
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 35.7 billion kWh (2021) #31

Oil

Ranking
Production 20.63 thousand bbl/day (2021) #76
Consumption 149.37 thousand bbl/day (2021) #65
Exports (Refined) [3] 34.09 thousand bbl/day (2013) #47
Imports (Refined) [3] 104.7 thousand bbl/day (2013) #44
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.041 billion bbl (2021) #78

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 181.448 billion cu ft (2015) #55
Consumption (Dry) 145.6 billion cu ft (2021) #66
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 1.1 trillion cu ft (2021) #64

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 123 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 6,400,000 (2018 est.)
Highways 94,000 km (2017)
Internet Users 3,958,642 (2016 est.)
Railways 4,128 km (2018)
Telephones 1,760,000 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationOceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Total Area268,838 sq. km
Land Area264,537 sq. km
Water Area4,301 sq. km
Coastline15,134 km
Climatetemperate with sharp regional contrasts
Terrainpredominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
Lowest PointPacific Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,724 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020