Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in New Zealand, 2012

New Zealand
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2012  +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 2.09 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 60,876 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
60,876
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
4,411,676
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
10-140.20.0%23
15-1924.75.9%3,778
20-2472.717.5%11,257
25-29110.226.5%15,523
30-34123.729.7%17,363
35-3968.816.5%10,271
40-4415.13.6%2,516
45-490.90.2%143
50-540.00.0%0