Fertility in New Zealand, 2029

New Zealand
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2029  +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 is projected at 1.62 children per woman in 2029 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.0 years old. In total, 56,627 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
56,627
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
5,380,596
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
10-140.10.0%8
15-198.22.5%1,351
20-2442.913.2%7,466
25-2984.926.2%14,232
30-34108.033.3%18,248
35-3964.419.8%12,353
40-4415.14.7%2,771
45-491.20.4%194
50-540.00.0%0