Subnational population estimates give the best available measure of the population, by age and sex, usually living in New Zealand's 16 regions, 67 territorial authority areas, 21 Auckland local board areas, and other areas.
More data
Subnational population estimates tables are available in our free online tool Infoshare.
For subnational population estimates, select the following categories from Infoshare:
Subject category: Population
Group: Population estimates - DPE
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Definitions and metadata
Subnational population estimates - DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce subnational population estimates statistics.
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Next release
Estimated resident population: At 30 June 2023 (2023-base) will be released between March and May 2025, and will include revisions to national and subnational population estimates after 30 June 2018.