Wellington Region · New Zealand
Wellington population
381,900people · latest figure
Wellington has a population of 381,900, making it the 3rd largest place we list in New Zealand. It is in Wellington Region.
Wellington holds 7.2% of New Zealand's 5,287,479 people. Auckland, the largest place we list there, is 4.1 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 179,240, a rise of 113%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Auckland | 1,547,200 |
| Christchurch | Canterbury | 419,200 |
| Manukau City | Auckland | 362,000 |
| Hamilton | Waikato Region | 192,100 |
| Tauranga | Bay of Plenty | 161,000 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.