Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 1993

New Zealand
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +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 2.04 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 58,574 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
58,574
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
3,573,610
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
10-140.30.1%37
15-1932.78.0%4,424
20-2488.321.6%12,993
25-29132.732.4%18,614
30-34107.726.3%16,193
35-3940.69.9%5,486
40-446.51.6%799
45-490.30.1%29
50-540.00.0%0