Fertility rate: New Zealand
1.667 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.667 |
| 2022 | 1.665 |
| 2021 | 1.647 |
| 2020 | 1.63 |
| 2019 | 1.717 |
| 2018 | 1.719 |
| 2017 | 1.811 |
| 2016 | 1.876 |
| 2015 | 1.982 |
| 2014 | 1.925 |
| 2013 | 2.004 |
| 2012 | 2.087 |
| 2011 | 2.096 |
| 2010 | 2.165 |
| 2009 | 2.133 |
| 2008 | 2.187 |
| 2007 | 2.169 |
| 2006 | 2.01 |
| 2005 | 1.961 |
| 2004 | 1.976 |
| 2003 | 1.929 |
| 2002 | 1.892 |
| 2001 | 1.964 |
| 2000 | 1.977 |
| 1999 | 1.966 |
| 1998 | 1.895 |
| 1997 | 1.956 |
| 1996 | 1.961 |
| 1995 | 1.979 |
| 1994 | 1.982 |
| 1993 | 2.038 |
| 1992 | 2.06 |
| 1991 | 2.092 |
| 1990 | 2.167 |
| 1989 | 2.121 |
| 1988 | 2.098 |
| 1987 | 2.029 |
| 1986 | 1.96 |
| 1985 | 1.93 |
| 1984 | 1.928 |
| 1983 | 1.92 |
| 1982 | 1.947 |
| 1981 | 2.011 |
| 1980 | 2.032 |
| 1979 | 2.113 |
| 1978 | 2.077 |
| 1977 | 2.213 |
| 1976 | 2.27 |
| 1975 | 2.357 |
| 1974 | 2.574 |
| 1973 | 2.738 |
| 1972 | 2.998 |
| 1971 | 3.18 |
| 1970 | 3.168 |
| 1969 | 3.273 |
| 1968 | 3.335 |
| 1967 | 3.35 |
| 1966 | 3.42 |
| 1965 | 3.537 |
| 1964 | 3.776 |
| 1963 | 4.046 |
| 1962 | 4.159 |
| 1961 | 4.306 |
| 1960 | 4.241 |
| 1959 | 4.179 |
| 1958 | 4.11 |
| 1957 | 4.031 |
| 1956 | 3.979 |
| 1955 | 3.88 |
| 1954 | 3.778 |
| 1953 | 3.655 |
| 1952 | 3.668 |
| 1951 | 3.602 |
| 1950 | 3.552 |