Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 1997

New Zealand
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +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 1.96 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 57,088 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
57,088
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
3,776,950
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%36
15-1932.58.3%4,305
20-2478.520.0%10,766
25-29116.129.6%16,939
30-34107.427.4%16,401
35-3947.812.2%7,395
40-448.82.2%1,202
45-490.40.1%47
50-540.00.0%0