Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 1999

New Zealand
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +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 1.97 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 56,866 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
56,866
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,835,555
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
10-140.20.1%31
15-1929.47.5%3,904
20-2477.019.6%10,066
25-29113.928.9%16,232
30-34112.028.4%16,983
35-3951.012.9%8,175
40-449.82.5%1,415
45-490.40.1%57
50-540.00.0%0