What is the population of Niue in 2026?

Niue has about 1,823 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 1,822.

How many people are born each day in Niue?

Very few: about 30 a year. About 30 people die each year.

Is the population of Niue growing?

Yes: it grows by 0.33% a year, or about 2 people.

What will the population of Niue be in 2050?

According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 1,966.

Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?

The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.

How many people live in Niue right now?

Right now, according to UN estimates

1,823

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2026 figures

Rank by population: 236 of 237
Share of world population: < 0.0001%
Median age: 35.1 years
Children per woman: 2.44
Life expectancy: 70.4 years
People per km²: 7

According to UN estimates, about 1,823 people live in Niue right now. It ranks 236th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Tokelau and Vatican City, and it is home to one in every 4.6 million people on the planet.

Every year, about 30 people are born there and about 30 die. Overall, it gains about 2 people a year.

In 1950, about 4,497 people lived there. Today there are 59% fewer. It peaked in 1966, at about 5,238, and is still below that figure today. By 2050 it is projected to have about 1,966 people (8% more than today), and by 2100 about 2,394.

Half of its people are younger than 35 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.44 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 70 years (worldwide, 74). There are 7 people per square kilometer.

Population from 1950 to 2100

UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Niue in 2026?: Niue has about 1,823 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 1,822.
How many people are born each day in Niue?: Very few: about 30 a year. About 30 people die each year.
Is the population of Niue growing?: Yes: it grows by 0.33% a year, or about 2 people.
What will the population of Niue be in 2050?: According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 1,966.
Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?: The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.

Countries with a similar population

More countries in Oceania

Australia 27,305,144
Papua New Guinea 11,005,616
New Zealand 5,298,032
Fiji 938,561
Solomon Islands 864,515
Vanuatu 344,892
New Caledonia 298,674
French Polynesia 283,264
Samoa 220,922
Guam 170,550
Kiribati 139,061
Micronesia 114,346

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Where these figures come from

The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.

It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.