Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 1963

New Zealand
1963
Total fertility rate: 4.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of New Zealand was 4.05 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 64,185 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.05
Births
64,185
Births per 1,000 people
25.3
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
2,538,115
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.80.1%98
15-1954.66.8%5,759
20-24256.131.9%21,808
25-29248.430.9%18,117
30-34146.518.2%10,961
35-3973.19.1%5,639
40-4422.22.8%1,689
45-491.60.2%113
50-540.00.0%0