Bay of Plenty · New Zealand
Whakatane population
18,602people · latest figure
Whakatane has a population of 18,602, making it the 35th largest place we list in New Zealand. It is in Bay of Plenty.
Whakatane holds 0.35% of New Zealand's 5,287,479 people. Auckland, the largest place we list there, is 83 times its size. The World Gazetteer published 18,602 for Whakatane in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond | Tasman District | 19,950 |
| Levin | Manawatu-Wanganui | 19,789 |
| Rangiora | Canterbury | 19,300 |
| Otahuhu | Auckland | 17,780 |
| Takanini | Auckland | 17,060 |
| Mount Eden | Auckland | 15,650 |
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.