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The age structure of New Zealand is getting increasingly older. Due to undergoing the demographic transition from a 'pre-industrial' age structure to a 'post-industrial' age structure, the country has a sub-replacement fertility rate which is consequently leading to an older population and more evenly balanced population pyramid.
Over the age of 65: elderly, senior citizens. The age structure of a country has a strong impact on society and the economy. If the proportion of 0–14-year-olds is very high, there may be a so-called youth bulge. If, on the other hand, the proportion of over 65 is very high, the social systems of a country can be heavily burdened.
The median age of the New Zealand population at the 2018 census was 37.4 years, [314] with life expectancy in 2017–2019 being 80.0 years for males and 83.5 years for females. [315] While New Zealand is experiencing sub-replacement fertility, with a total fertility rate of 1.6 in 2020, the fertility rate is above the OECD average.
The most famous of these census evaders is The Wizard of New Zealand, Ian Brackenbury Channell, who has avoided the census on numerous occasions. He spent the night of the 1981 census in a boat beyond New Zealand's 20 kilometres (12 mi) territorial limit in order to avoid enumeration in the country. He has also publicly burnt census forms.
The 2018 New Zealand census, which took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018, was the thirty-fourth national census in New Zealand. [2] The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,699,755 – an increase of 457,707 (10.79%) over the 2013 census. [1] Results from the 2018 census were released to the public on 23 September 2019, from the Statistics ...
Ethnic groups in New Zealand (10 C, 23 P) Expatriates in New Zealand (69 C, 6 P) I. Immigration to New Zealand (7 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Demographics of New Zealand"
Social class in New Zealand is a product of both Māori and Western social structures. Researchers have traditionally discussed New Zealand, a first-world country, as a "classless society", but this claim is problematic in a number of ways.
The economy of New Zealand is a highly developed free-market economy. [23] ... the number of New Zealanders over the age of 65 was projected to grow by about 200,000.