Country or area · Polynesia · Oceania · UN WPP 2024

Niue population

Niue population now

1,823

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 1,710–1,935.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 1,818

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 1,832; 95% range, 31 Dec: 1,710–1,935
Median age: 36.1
Aged 65+: 17.2%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 2 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

NIU · 1950–2100 · in brief

Niue in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 1,818 people in Niue: the 236th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 60% fewer people than in 1950 (4,497).

Its population peaked in 1966 at 5,238 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 2,394 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 889 to 59,850.

Births outnumber deaths in all but 6 of the years from 1950 to 2100. Deaths outnumber births in 2020–2025.

The median age was 19.8 in 1950 and 37.5 in 2023; the projection has 41.2 in 2100. 15.9% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 20.0% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1951 at 2,548; in 2023 it was 1,108.

Its place in the world by population: 236th in 2023, 236th in 2050, 234th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes the Falkland Islands in 2090.

Population, mid-2023: 1,818
Rank by population, 2023: 236 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.22% · −4 people
Births, 2023: 25
Deaths, 2023: 27
Net migration, 2023: 0
Children per woman, 2023: 2.51
Median age, 2023: 37.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 70.0 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 4,497
Projected, mid-2050: 1,966
Projected, mid-2100: 2,394

NIU · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Niue, 1950–2100

Niue: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	4,450		199	65	6.32	54.6
1951	estimate	4,544		207	64	6.41	55.0
1952	estimate	4,540		214	64	6.49	55.4
1953	estimate	4,576		218	65	6.57	55.8
1954	estimate	4,579		222	65	6.66	56.2
1955	estimate	4,610		227	64	6.76	56.7
1956	estimate	4,647		231	64	6.88	57.2
1957	estimate	4,693		234	63	6.96	57.7
1958	estimate	4,741		234	62	6.95	58.3
1959	estimate	4,788		233	61	6.96	58.8
1960	estimate	4,824		230	59	6.96	59.4
1961	estimate	4,827		227	57	6.94	60.0
1962	estimate	4,872		225	56	6.92	60.5
1963	estimate	4,980		227	55	6.90	61.0
1964	estimate	5,081		228	54	6.87	61.5
1965	estimate	5,171		229	53	6.82	62.1
1966	estimate	5,231		230	52	6.76	62.6
1967	estimate	5,245		228	50	6.69	63.1
1968	estimate	5,232		221	49	6.60	63.5
1969	estimate	5,190		213	47	6.47	64.0
1970	estimate	5,133		200	45	6.24	64.4
1971	estimate	5,086		187	43	5.97	64.7
1972	estimate	4,990		174	41	5.71	65.1
1973	estimate	4,798		162	39	5.47	65.4
1974	estimate	4,588		150	37	5.28	65.8
1975	estimate	4,356		138	36	5.09	66.1
1976	estimate	4,103		125	34	4.93	66.5
1977	estimate	3,887		116	32	4.81	66.8
1978	estimate	3,806		113	32	4.72	67.1
1979	estimate	3,708		110	31	4.68	67.4
1980	estimate	3,597		108	30	4.70	67.6
1981	estimate	3,469		105	29	4.71	67.8
1982	estimate	3,318		100	29	4.70	68.0
1983	estimate	3,184		95	28	4.66	68.1
1984	estimate	3,033		89	28	4.58	68.1
1985	estimate	2,865		81	27	4.48	68.0
1986	estimate	2,700		72	26	4.37	67.9
1987	estimate	2,568		65	26	4.28	67.8
1988	estimate	2,550		64	26	4.20	67.6
1989	estimate	2,527		63	27	4.13	67.3
1990	estimate	2,499		61	27	4.02	67.1
1991	estimate	2,468		59	27	3.87	66.8
1992	estimate	2,435		57	27	3.73	66.5
1993	estimate	2,393		55	27	3.60	66.4
1994	estimate	2,358		53	27	3.46	66.4
1995	estimate	2,321		51	27	3.35	66.4
1996	estimate	2,285		49	27	3.24	66.4
1997	estimate	2,246		46	27	3.15	66.4
1998	estimate	2,199		44	27	3.05	66.6
1999	estimate	2,141		42	27	2.97	65.6
2000	estimate	2,080		40	26	2.90	66.7
2001	estimate	2,014		38	25	2.87	66.7
2002	estimate	1,961		37	24	2.86	66.7
2003	estimate	1,924		37	24	2.88	66.8
2004	estimate	1,892		36	25	2.92	65.6
2005	estimate	1,846		36	24	2.96	67.0
2006	estimate	1,808		35	24	3.00	67.1
2007	estimate	1,787		34	23	3.01	67.2
2008	estimate	1,781		34	23	3.01	67.3
2009	estimate	1,778		33	23	3.04	67.5
2010	estimate	1,776		31	23	3.04	67.7
2011	estimate	1,760		29	23	3.03	67.8
2012	estimate	1,753		28	23	3.01	68.0
2013	estimate	1,761		28	24	2.97	68.2
2014	estimate	1,763		27	24	2.93	68.4
2015	estimate	1,775		27	24	2.88	68.6
2016	estimate	1,783		27	25	2.83	68.8
2017	estimate	1,781		26	25	2.77	69.0
2018	estimate	1,779		26	25	2.70	69.1
2019	estimate	1,793		25	25	2.63	69.3
2020	estimate	1,793		25	26	2.60	69.5
2021	estimate	1,804		25	26	2.56	69.6
2022	estimate	1,823		25	27	2.54	69.8
2023	estimate	1,820		25	27	2.51	70.0
2024	estimate	1,815		25	27	2.49	70.1
2025	projection	1,822	1,786–1,852	26	27	2.46	70.2
2026	projection	1,819	1,748–1,889	27	27	2.44	70.3
2027	projection	1,825	1,710–1,935	28	27	2.41	70.5
2028	projection	1,824	1,690–1,952	29	27	2.39	70.6
2029	projection	1,831	1,650–1,992	30	27	2.36	70.8
2030	projection	1,832	1,616–2,032	31	27	2.34	70.9
2031	projection	1,837	1,593–2,070	32	27	2.32	71.0
2032	projection	1,846	1,567–2,124	32	27	2.30	71.2
2033	projection	1,848	1,527–2,156	33	27	2.28	71.3
2034	projection	1,854	1,518–2,216	33	27	2.26	71.4
2035	projection	1,869	1,503–2,278	33	27	2.23	71.6
2036	projection	1,873	1,440–2,379	33	27	2.21	71.7
2037	projection	1,882	1,416–2,457	33	27	2.19	71.8
2038	projection	1,888	1,392–2,587	33	27	2.18	72.0
2039	projection	1,895	1,349–2,648	33	26	2.16	72.1
2040	projection	1,904	1,317–2,752	33	26	2.14	72.3
2041	projection	1,910	1,297–2,897	33	26	2.13	72.4
2042	projection	1,920	1,272–3,086	33	25	2.11	72.5
2043	projection	1,925	1,236–3,286	32	25	2.10	72.7
2044	projection	1,933	1,211–3,516	31	25	2.08	72.8
2045	projection	1,934	1,185–3,733	30	24	2.07	72.9
2046	projection	1,942	1,160–4,022	29	24	2.06	73.1
2047	projection	1,947	1,136–4,260	28	24	2.04	73.2
2048	projection	1,957	1,129–4,457	27	23	2.03	73.3
2049	projection	1,960	1,119–4,681	27	23	2.02	73.5
2050	projection	1,962	1,092–4,854	26	23	2.01	73.6
2051	projection	1,970	1,057–5,249	26	23	2.00	73.7
2052	projection	1,974	1,030–5,770	26	22	1.99	73.9
2053	projection	1,984	1,022–6,155	26	22	1.98	74.0
2054	projection	1,987	1,013–6,382	26	22	1.97	74.1
2055	projection	1,992	991–6,830	26	22	1.96	74.3
2056	projection	2,002	969–7,205	27	22	1.95	74.4
2057	projection	2,011	934–7,623	27	21	1.94	74.5
2058	projection	2,017	907–8,194	27	21	1.93	74.7
2059	projection	2,030	894–8,752	28	21	1.92	74.8
2060	projection	2,033	874–9,383	28	21	1.92	74.9
2061	projection	2,043	851–9,682	29	21	1.91	75.0
2062	projection	2,055	858–9,965	29	21	1.90	75.2
2063	projection	2,067	845–10,439	29	21	1.89	75.3
2064	projection	2,073	835–11,274	29	21	1.89	75.5
2065	projection	2,082	812–11,878	30	21	1.88	75.6
2066	projection	2,095	817–12,674	30	21	1.88	75.7
2067	projection	2,110	804–13,009	30	21	1.87	75.9
2068	projection	2,118	798–13,672	30	21	1.87	76.0
2069	projection	2,136	792–14,409	30	21	1.86	76.2
2070	projection	2,153	800–15,143	30	20	1.85	76.3
2071	projection	2,161	787–15,661	30	20	1.85	76.4
2072	projection	2,173	791–15,924	29	21	1.84	76.5
2073	projection	2,187	793–16,355	29	21	1.84	76.7
2074	projection	2,199	801–17,171	29	21	1.83	76.8
2075	projection	2,212	811–17,872	28	21	1.83	77.0
2076	projection	2,225	811–18,898	28	21	1.82	77.1
2077	projection	2,236	813–19,682	27	21	1.82	77.2
2078	projection	2,247	812–20,629	27	21	1.81	77.4
2079	projection	2,259	817–21,557	27	22	1.81	77.5
2080	projection	2,272	827–22,610	26	22	1.80	77.6
2081	projection	2,285	840–23,617	26	22	1.80	77.8
2082	projection	2,296	869–24,682	26	22	1.80	77.9
2083	projection	2,299	866–26,189	26	23	1.80	78.0
2084	projection	2,310	873–27,141	26	23	1.79	78.2
2085	projection	2,317	894–28,749	26	23	1.79	78.3
2086	projection	2,319	895–29,747	26	24	1.79	78.4
2087	projection	2,324	896–30,927	26	24	1.78	78.5
2088	projection	2,333	889–32,155	26	25	1.78	78.7
2089	projection	2,334	893–34,330	26	25	1.78	78.8
2090	projection	2,345	906–35,895	26	25	1.78	78.9
2091	projection	2,348	885–37,563	27	26	1.77	79.0
2092	projection	2,358	897–39,986	27	26	1.77	79.2
2093	projection	2,366	888–42,726	27	26	1.77	79.3
2094	projection	2,373	878–45,349	27	26	1.77	79.4
2095	projection	2,378	896–47,815	27	27	1.76	79.5
2096	projection	2,379	899–49,879	27	27	1.76	79.7
2097	projection	2,381	905–51,635	27	27	1.76	79.8
2098	projection	2,386	897–54,032	27	27	1.76	79.9
2099	projection	2,387	895–57,231	27	27	1.75	80.0
2100	projection	2,392	889–59,850	27	27	1.75	80.2

Show the numbers: Niue, mid-2026, by single year of age

Niue: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	14	13
1	13	12
2	13	12
3	13	12
4	12	12
5	12	12
6	12	12
7	13	12
8	13	12
9	14	11
10	15	12
11	14	13
12	14	14
13	15	16
14	15	18
15	16	21
16	16	21
17	16	18
18	16	16
19	16	17
20	14	16
21	14	14
22	13	14
23	11	12
24	8	12
25	8	12
26	8	14
27	6	16
28	8	12
29	11	11
30	11	12
31	10	10
32	9	8
33	10	7
34	10	8
35	10	7
36	12	4
37	10	7
38	6	8
39	8	12
40	9	14
41	9	12
42	9	12
43	8	8
44	9	5
45	12	10
46	14	14
47	12	11
48	12	13
49	12	15
50	11	16
51	10	12
52	10	10
53	10	14
54	10	15
55	8	14
56	6	12
57	8	7
58	11	8
59	10	10
60	10	8
61	12	9
62	13	8
63	14	7
64	16	6
65	16	12
66	12	16
67	12	12
68	13	11
69	11	10
70	10	10
71	8	12
72	8	10
73	8	8
74	7	8
75	5	8
76	5	7
77	5	7
78	2	8
79	2	5
80	2	4
81	2	4
82	4	2
83	2	3
84	2	4
85	1	3
86	1	3
87	1	3
88	0	2
89	0	1
90	0	2
91	0	1
92	0	1
93	0	0
94	0	0
95	0	0
96	0	0
97	0	0
98	0	0
99	0	0
100+	0	0

NIU · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Niue, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

NIU · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Niue

Niue had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1951: 2,543 people aged 15–64, against 1,104 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

38 children

26 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 15 years: 2057–2071.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

NIU · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Niue, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Niue gains 3 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 15–19, at 2 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1 person a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 13 (2021) and the most it lost was 357 (1975).

How migration works everywhere

NIU · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Niue

Of every 100 babies born in Niue in 2023, 6 had a mother under 20, 76 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 18 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 13 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
13 · 74 · 13

2023
6 · 76 · 18

2050 · projected
2 · 78 · 20

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 25
Average age when women have a baby: 29.1 years; 28.5 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 17; 104 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Niue by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	1	1	0	0	0
15–19	25	20	3	1	1	0
20–24	67	42	10	8	4	3
25–29	47	34	12	7	7	8
30–34	33	24	7	5	9	11
35–39	17	13	4	3	4	4
40–44	9	4	3	1	1	1
45–49	1	0	0	0	0	0
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	199	138	40	25	26	27

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

NIU · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Niue

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from Niue at the end of 2025.

An empty row is not the same as a zero. These figures cover the people one agency works with, so a country it has no operation in has nothing to report here.

How the world's displacement is counted

NIU · of every 100 people

How people live in Niue

Of every 100 people in Niue in 2025, 100 lived in the countryside.

rural areas

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

NIU · cities · 2025

Cities in Niue

No place in Niue is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Niue are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.