City profile · New Zealand · Oceania
New Plymouth
Taranaki Region · New Zealand
City population
90,100
#10
in New Zealand
#6,395
worldwide
-39.067, 174.083 · 254 km from Wellington
About New Plymouth
New Plymouth is a city in Taranaki Region, New Zealand with a population of 90,100. It is the 10th largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in New Zealand, and the 6,395th largest worldwide. It lies 254 km from Wellington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Taranaki Region
Coordinates
-39.067, 174.083
Record updated
4 May 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 47 in New ZealandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.