Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 2003

New Zealand
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +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 1.93 children per woman in 2003 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 55,356 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
55,356
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
4,022,586
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%30
15-1926.06.8%3,726
20-2469.318.0%9,478
25-29106.527.6%13,661
30-34112.429.2%17,238
35-3958.415.1%9,190
40-4412.03.1%1,946
45-490.60.2%86
50-540.00.0%0