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New Zealand: cities by population

New Zealand has a population of 4,885,500, with Wellington as its capital. The 50 largest of its 429 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Auckland	Auckland	1,547,200
2	Christchurch	Canterbury	419,200
3	Wellington	Wellington Region	381,900
4	Manukau City	Auckland	362,000
5	Hamilton	Waikato Region	192,100
6	Tauranga	Bay of Plenty	161,000
7	Dunedin	Otago	132,800
8	Lower Hutt	Wellington Region	114,200
9	Palmerston North	Manawatu-Wanganui	90,500
10	New Plymouth	Taranaki Region	90,100
11	Hastings	Hawke's Bay Region	88,300
12	Napier	Hawke's Bay Region	66,400
13	Rotorua	Bay of Plenty	65,901
14	Porirua	Wellington Region	61,500
15	Invercargill	Southland	58,000
16	Papatoetoe	Auckland	56,010
17	Nelson	Nelson Region	54,400
18	Whangarei	Northland	50,900
19	Whanganui	Manawatu-Wanganui	49,200
20	Upper Hutt	Wellington Region	47,400
21	Manurewa	Auckland	40,820
22	Gisborne	Gisborne	38,100
23	Papakura	Auckland	37,720
24	Rolleston	Canterbury	34,100
25	Paraparaumu	Wellington Region	29,900
26	Blenheim	Marlborough	29,800
27	Timaru	Canterbury	29,300
28	Masterton	Wellington Region	28,900
29	Remuera	Auckland	27,810
30	Taupo	Waikato Region	27,000
31	Avondale	Auckland	26,450
32	Otara	Auckland	24,420
33	New Lynn	Auckland	23,800
34	Mangere	Auckland	23,310
35	Ashburton	Canterbury	21,600
36	Pukekohe East	Auckland	21,438
37	Wainuiomata	Wellington Region	20,450
38	Stoke	Nelson Region	20,260
39	Richmond	Tasman District	19,950
40	Levin	Manawatu-Wanganui	19,789
41	Rangiora	Canterbury	19,300
42	Whakatane	Bay of Plenty	18,602
43	Otahuhu	Auckland	17,780
44	Takanini	Auckland	17,060
45	Mount Eden	Auckland	15,650
46	Karori	Wellington Region	15,380
47	Cambridge	Waikato Region	15,192
48	Havelock North	Hawke's Bay Region	14,900
49	Mosgiel	Otago	14,800
50	Tokoroa	Waikato Region	14,500

Twenty years earlier: New Zealand in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 4,122,609.