Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 1978

New Zealand
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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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 2.08 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 51,492 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
51,492
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
3,142,244
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
10-142.10.5%315
15-1942.710.3%6,624
20-24132.431.9%17,181
25-29143.634.6%17,486
30-3468.016.4%7,486
35-3921.15.1%1,954
40-445.21.3%407
45-490.50.1%39
50-540.00.0%0