Journal of Population Research : Arvind Zodgekar and Mansoor Khawaja

ISSN 1443-2447

Populations of New Zealand and Australia at the Millennium

A joint Special Issue of the Journal of Population Research and the New Zealand Population Review

Edited by Gordon A. Carmichael with A. Dharmalingam

Published September 2002
ISBN 0-9578572-1-7

POPULATION DYNAMICS AND COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES IN NEW ZEALAND’S POPULATION
Arvind Zodgekar, Victoria University of Wellington
Mansoor Khawaja, Statistics New Zealand

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Abstract
This paper discusses population dynamics and their effect on population composition in New Zealand. Trends in natural increase and net migration have contributed unevenly to the growth of the country’s population. New Zealand in the future will have an ageing population and will become culturally more diverse. Other structural changes also are occurring, particularly among cohorts yet to pass through the core age groups for tertiary education. These changes have direct implications for economic and social planning for the future.