Research Note: Current New Zealand Population Projections (June, 2021)

Charles Crothers

doi:10.24135/anzjsi.v1i.29

Charles Crothers AUT http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-5146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/anzjsi.v1i.29

Keywords: Aotearoa New Zealand, Population projections, births, deaths, migration, age-structures, ethnicities, regions, small areas, labour force participation, households, families

Abstract

Key information from current population projections developed by Statistics NZ, especially those based on 2018 or since, are provided, with brief commentary on the results and their interpretation.

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