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Year	Rural	Urban	Metropolitan
1881-	334	195	
1886-	370	246	
1891-	395	270	
1896-	435	307	
1901-	460	352	
1906-	507	428	
1911-	544	510	
1916-	547	591	134
1921-	580	689	371
1926-	449	955	468
1931-	 477 	1010	 502 
1936-	504	1065	536
1941-	 488 	1146	 591 
1946-	472	1227	645
1951-	509	1425	735
1956-	544	1626	827
1961-	543	1867	1057
1966-	527	2146	1220
1971-	496	2361	1345
1976-	511	2614	1580
1981-	520	2651	1650
1986-	535	2772	1762
1991-	511	2923	1887
1996-	549	3133	2087
2001-	557	3264	2167
2006-	565	3463	2452

Source: T. Papps, ‘Growth and distribution of population.’ In Population of New Zealand / Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 12, 2 vols. New York: United Nations, 1985, vol. 1, tables 12 & 19; I. Pool, Te iwi Maori: a New Zealand population, past, present & projected. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1991; Statistics New Zealand

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