New Zealand Fertility Rate 1960-2025
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- New Zealand fertility rate for 2022 was 1.66, a 1.22% increase from 2021.
- New Zealand fertility rate for 2021 was 1.64, a 1.86% increase from 2020.
- New Zealand fertility rate for 2020 was 1.61, a 6.4% decline from 2019.
- New Zealand fertility rate for 2019 was 1.72, a 0.58% increase from 2018.
| New Zealand Fertility Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Births per Woman | Annual % Change |
| 2022 | 1.66 | 1.22% |
| 2021 | 1.64 | 1.86% |
| 2020 | 1.61 | -6.40% |
| 2019 | 1.72 | 0.58% |
| 2018 | 1.71 | -5.52% |
| 2017 | 1.81 | -3.21% |
| 2016 | 1.87 | -6.03% |
| 2015 | 1.99 | 3.65% |
| 2014 | 1.92 | -4.48% |
| 2013 | 2.01 | -4.29% |
| 2012 | 2.10 | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 2.09 | -3.69% |
| 2010 | 2.17 | 1.88% |
| 2009 | 2.13 | -2.74% |
| 2008 | 2.19 | 0.46% |
| 2007 | 2.18 | 8.46% |
| 2006 | 2.01 | 2.03% |
| 2005 | 1.97 | -0.51% |
| 2004 | 1.98 | 2.59% |
| 2003 | 1.93 | 2.12% |
| 2002 | 1.89 | -4.06% |
| 2001 | 1.97 | -0.51% |
| 2000 | 1.98 | 0.51% |
| 1999 | 1.97 | 4.23% |
| 1998 | 1.89 | -3.57% |
| 1997 | 1.96 | 0.00% |
| 1996 | 1.96 | -1.01% |
| 1995 | 1.98 | 0.00% |
| 1994 | 1.98 | -2.94% |
| 1993 | 2.04 | -0.97% |
| 1992 | 2.06 | -1.44% |
| 1991 | 2.09 | -4.13% |
| 1990 | 2.18 | 2.83% |
| 1989 | 2.12 | 0.95% |
| 1988 | 2.10 | 3.45% |
| 1987 | 2.03 | 3.57% |
| 1986 | 1.96 | 1.55% |
| 1985 | 1.93 | 0.00% |
| 1984 | 1.93 | 0.52% |
| 1983 | 1.92 | -1.54% |
| 1982 | 1.95 | -2.99% |
| 1981 | 2.01 | -0.99% |
| 1980 | 2.03 | -4.25% |
| 1979 | 2.12 | 2.42% |
| 1978 | 2.07 | -6.33% |
| 1977 | 2.21 | -2.64% |
| 1976 | 2.27 | -4.22% |
| 1975 | 2.37 | -8.14% |
| 1974 | 2.58 | -6.52% |
| 1973 | 2.76 | -8.00% |
| 1972 | 3.00 | -5.66% |
| 1971 | 3.18 | 0.32% |
| 1970 | 3.17 | -3.35% |
| 1969 | 3.28 | -1.80% |
| 1968 | 3.34 | -0.30% |
| 1967 | 3.35 | -1.76% |
| 1966 | 3.41 | -3.67% |
| 1965 | 3.54 | -6.84% |
| 1964 | 3.80 | -6.17% |
| 1963 | 4.05 | -3.34% |
| 1962 | 4.19 | -2.78% |
| 1961 | 4.31 | 1.65% |
| 1960 | 4.24 | 1.65% |