Fertility in New Zealand, 2001

New Zealand
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of New Zealand was 1.96 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 55,577 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
55,577
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
3,891,762
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%29
15-1927.77.0%3,749
20-2476.119.4%9,791
25-29111.828.5%14,856
30-34112.128.6%16,992
35-3953.613.6%8,470
40-4410.72.7%1,621
45-490.50.1%69
50-540.00.0%0