Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 2002

New Zealand
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +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 1.89 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 53,577 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
53,577
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
3,951,118
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
15-1925.86.8%3,583
20-2470.518.6%9,270
25-29105.527.9%13,609
30-34110.029.1%16,730
35-3954.314.4%8,521
40-4411.23.0%1,756
45-490.60.1%77
50-540.00.0%0