Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 1973

New Zealand
1973
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +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 2.74 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 59,871 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
59,871
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
2,978,988
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
10-142.20.4%342
15-1962.511.4%8,523
20-24181.833.2%21,622
25-29175.031.9%18,558
30-3482.815.1%7,497
35-3933.66.1%2,558
40-449.11.7%702
45-490.90.2%68
50-540.00.0%0