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	Population change (thousands)
Year	Natural Increase 	Net External Migration	Total Growth
1865	13	93	106
1870	30	21	51
1875	37	82	119
1880	61	55	116
1885	66	28	93
1890	63	-18	45
1895	58	13	71
1900	61	11	72
1905	71	45	117
1910	85	41	126
1915	90	36	126
1920	66	15	81
1925	92	49	141
1930	84	22	106
1935	73	-12	61
1940	81	13	94
1945	94	2	96
1950	156	29	185
1955	170	69	239
1960	198	43	242
1965	205	68	273
1970	189	6	195
1975	180	116	296
1980	137	-102	35
1985	126	10	136
1990	151	-22	129
1995	159	76	235
2000	151	46	197
2005	148	164	312
2010	175	77	252
2015	150	114	264



Sources: T. Papps, 'Growth and distribution of population' in Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Population Division (eds), The Population of New Zealand: Country Monograph Series # 12, 2.vols, Bangkok and New York: United Nations, v1, tables 7 & 15; I. Pool, Te Iwi Maori. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1991; Statistics New Zealand (Estimated natural increase from cohort mortality series used from 1876 onwards, estimated net migration from cohort mortality series used from 1861 to 1875/1876 to 2000, and estimated net migration from '12/16' migration estimates used from 2001 onwards)



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