Fertility in New Zealand, 2050

New Zealand
2050
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of New Zealand is projected at 1.62 children per woman in 2050 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.7 years old. In total, 56,138 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
56,138
Births per 1,000 people
9.8
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
5,755,288
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
10-140.00.0%4
15-194.01.2%568
20-2433.510.4%5,383
25-2983.325.8%14,389
30-34113.735.1%19,783
35-3970.021.6%12,635
40-4417.35.4%3,105
45-491.70.5%272
50-540.00.0%0