Tauranga · Population

Question: What is the population of Tauranga? Answer: Tauranga, New Zealand (Administrative unit: Bay of Plenty) - last known population is ≈ 130 800 (year 2015). This was 2.888% of total New Zealand population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2013-2015 (+2.01%/year), Tauranga population in 2024 would be: 156 435*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1968-1981] +3.61 %/year
[1981-1996] +3.12 %/year
[1996-2001] +3.17 %/year
[2001-2006] +2.68 %/year
[2006-2013] +1.62 %/year
[2013-2015] +2.01 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: -37.686, 176.167

Local time in Tauranga: 15:19 Friday GMT+13.

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Tauranga on city and population density map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1968e, 1981e, 1996e, 2001e, 2006e, 2013e, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
Statistics New Zealand
Estimated Resident Population for Urban Areas, at 30 June (1996+) (Annual-Jun)
• New Zealand official yearbook ISSN 0078-0170
• Hammond citation world atlas, 1987
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).