Fertility & birth rates in Austria and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Austria vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Austria was 1.32 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in New Zealand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Austria vs New Zealand population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Austria	New Zealand
1960	2.69	4.24
1961	2.78	4.31
1962	2.8	4.19
1963	2.82	4.05
1964	2.79	3.8
1965	2.7	3.54
1966	2.66	3.41
1967	2.62	3.35
1968	2.58	3.34
1969	2.49	3.28
1970	2.29	3.17
1971	2.2	3.18
1972	2.08	3
1973	1.94	2.76
1974	1.91	2.58
1975	1.83	2.37
1976	1.69	2.27
1977	1.63	2.21
1978	1.6	2.07
1979	1.6	2.12
1980	1.65	2.03
1981	1.67	2.01
1982	1.66	1.95
1983	1.56	1.92
1984	1.52	1.93
1985	1.47	1.93
1986	1.45	1.96
1987	1.43	2.03
1988	1.45	2.1
1989	1.45	2.12
1990	1.46	2.18
1991	1.51	2.09
1992	1.51	2.06
1993	1.5	2.04
1994	1.47	1.98
1995	1.42	1.98
1996	1.45	1.96
1997	1.39	1.96
1998	1.37	1.89
1999	1.34	1.97
2000	1.36	1.98
2001	1.33	1.97
2002	1.39	1.89
2003	1.38	1.93
2004	1.42	1.98
2005	1.41	1.97
2006	1.41	2.01
2007	1.38	2.18
2008	1.42	2.19
2009	1.39	2.13
2010	1.44	2.17
2011	1.43	2.09
2012	1.44	2.1
2013	1.44	2.01
2014	1.46	1.92
2015	1.49	1.99
2016	1.53	1.87
2017	1.52	1.81
2018	1.47	1.71
2019	1.46	1.72
2020	1.44	1.61
2021	1.48	1.64
2022	1.41	1.66
2023	1.32	1.56
2024	1.32	1.55
2025	1.33	1.54
2026	1.34	1.53
2027	1.35	1.53
2028	1.35	1.52
2029	1.36	1.52
2030	1.36	1.52
2031	1.37	1.52
2032	1.37	1.52
2033	1.38	1.51
2034	1.38	1.51
2035	1.39	1.51
2036	1.39	1.51
2037	1.4	1.51
2038	1.4	1.51
2039	1.41	1.51
2040	1.41	1.51
2041	1.41	1.51
2042	1.42	1.51
2043	1.42	1.51
2044	1.42	1.51
2045	1.42	1.51
2046	1.43	1.51
2047	1.43	1.51
2048	1.43	1.51
2049	1.43	1.51
2050	1.43	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Austria	New Zealand
1960	22%	32.8%
1961	22.4%	33%
1962	22.7%	33%
1963	22.8%	32.9%
1964	23.1%	32.9%
1965	23.4%	32.7%
1966	23.6%	32.6%
1967	23.9%	32.5%
1968	24.1%	32.3%
1969	24.3%	32.2%
1970	24.4%	31.9%
1971	24.3%	31.7%
1972	24.2%	31.4%
1973	23.9%	31%
1974	23.6%	30.5%
1975	23.2%	30.1%
1976	22.8%	29.6%
1977	22.2%	29%
1978	21.6%	28.4%
1979	21%	27.8%
1980	20.4%	27.2%
1981	20%	26.7%
1982	19.5%	26.2%
1983	19.1%	25.6%
1984	18.7%	25.1%
1985	18.3%	24.6%
1986	18%	24.2%
1987	17.8%	23.8%
1988	17.6%	23.5%
1989	17.6%	23.3%
1990	17.5%	23.3%
1991	17.6%	23.2%
1992	17.7%	23.1%
1993	17.8%	23.1%
1994	17.8%	23.1%
1995	17.8%	23.1%
1996	17.7%	23%
1997	17.6%	23%
1998	17.4%	23%
1999	17.2%	22.9%
2000	17%	22.8%
2001	16.8%	22.6%
2002	16.6%	22.4%
2003	16.4%	22.1%
2004	16.2%	21.8%
2005	16%	21.5%
2006	15.8%	21.3%
2007	15.5%	21.1%
2008	15.2%	21%
2009	15%	20.9%
2010	14.8%	20.9%
2011	14.6%	20.8%
2012	14.5%	20.6%
2013	14.4%	20.4%
2014	14.3%	20.2%
2015	14.3%	19.9%
2016	14.4%	19.6%
2017	14.4%	19.5%
2018	14.4%	19.3%
2019	14.4%	19.2%
2020	14.4%	19%
2021	14.4%	18.9%
2022	14.3%	18.6%
2023	14.3%	18.4%
2024	14.2%	18.1%
2025	14.1%	17.9%
2026	14.1%	17.6%
2027	14%	17.4%
2028	13.8%	17.2%
2029	13.7%	17%
2030	13.6%	16.8%
2031	13.4%	16.6%
2032	13.2%	16.4%
2033	13%	16.3%
2034	12.8%	16.1%
2035	12.6%	16%
2036	12.5%	15.9%
2037	12.3%	15.8%
2038	12.2%	15.7%
2039	12.1%	15.6%
2040	12.1%	15.5%
2041	12%	15.4%
2042	12%	15.4%
2043	12%	15.4%
2044	12%	15.3%
2045	12%	15.3%
2046	12%	15.3%
2047	12.1%	15.3%
2048	12.1%	15.3%
2049	12.2%	15.2%
2050	12.3%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.2% of the population in Austria and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 17.5% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Austria and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Austria vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Austria and +0.51% in New Zealand. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Austria	New Zealand
1960	36,647	41,791
1961	46,061	43,482
1962	42,779	42,865
1963	43,055	42,027
1964	44,788	39,375
1965	35,627	36,982
1966	37,343	36,151
1967	32,459	37,974
1968	30,403	37,594
1969	22,323	38,098
1970	13,441	37,101
1971	11,250	40,000
1972	9,053	38,244
1973	5,310	35,239
1974	3,039	33,896
1975	-2,274	31,355
1976	-7,565	29,456
1977	-6,811	28,020
1978	-9,074	26,156
1979	-6,039	26,675
1980	-1,510	23,658
1981	1,514	25,374
1982	3,029	24,207
1983	-3,025	24,315
1984	756	26,043
1985	-1,513	24,126
1986	0	25,549
1987	1,515	27,603
1988	4,551	29,846
1989	5,333	30,749
1990	7,678	33,298
1991	10,857	33,518
1992	12,545	32,067
1993	12,649	31,685
1994	11,110	30,372
1995	7,948	29,828
1996	7,959	28,997
1997	3,984	30,137
1998	3,191	29,146
1999	0	28,916
2000	1,602	29,897
2001	804	27,939
2002	2,424	25,941
2003	0	28,150
2004	4,904	29,634
2005	3,291	30,674
2006	3,308	30,924
2007	1,659	35,480
2008	2,496	35,143
2009	-834	33,560
2010	1,672	35,458
2011	1,679	31,302
2012	0	31,077
2013	0	29,096
2014	3,419	26,196
2015	1,729	29,408
2016	6,989	28,237
2017	4,399	26,282
2018	1,769	24,797
2019	1,776	25,344
2020	-8,025	24,993
2021	-6,269	23,767
2022	-10,851	20,264
2023	-11,872	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Austria vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Austria, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Austria	New Zealand
1985	14	19
1986	14	18
1987	13	19
1988	13	19
1989	12	18
1990	12	18
1991	11	16
1992	10	15
1993	10	14
1994	10	13
1995	9	14
1996	8	14
1997	7	13
1998	7	12
1999	7	12
2000	7	11
2001	6	10
2002	6	11
2003	6	11
2004	6	11
2005	6	11
2006	6	10
2007	6	10
2008	6	10
2009	6	10
2010	6	10
2011	6	10
2012	6	9
2013	6	8
2014	7	7
2015	7	8
2016	6	8
2017	6	8
2018	7	7
2019	7	8
2020	6	8
2021	6	8
2022	7	23
2023	6	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Austria and 0.47% in New Zealand. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Austria	New Zealand
1960	4.28%	2.78%
1961	4.03%	2.68%
1962	3.79%	2.58%
1963	3.59%	2.48%
1964	3.42%	2.39%
1965	3.27%	2.31%
1966	3.15%	2.25%
1967	3.05%	2.2%
1968	2.98%	2.16%
1969	2.94%	2.12%
1970	2.91%	2.08%
1971	2.87%	2.03%
1972	2.8%	1.98%
1973	2.67%	1.94%
1974	2.51%	1.88%
1975	2.31%	1.83%
1976	2.11%	1.77%
1977	1.94%	1.71%
1978	1.81%	1.66%
1979	1.71%	1.61%
1980	1.63%	1.56%
1981	1.55%	1.52%
1982	1.47%	1.48%
1983	1.4%	1.45%
1984	1.33%	1.41%
1985	1.26%	1.38%
1986	1.19%	1.34%
1987	1.12%	1.29%
1988	1.05%	1.24%
1989	1%	1.18%
1990	0.95%	1.12%
1991	0.9%	1.06%
1992	0.85%	1%
1993	0.79%	0.95%
1994	0.74%	0.91%
1995	0.68%	0.87%
1996	0.64%	0.84%
1997	0.6%	0.81%
1998	0.58%	0.78%
1999	0.56%	0.76%
2000	0.55%	0.74%
2001	0.54%	0.72%
2002	0.53%	0.7%
2003	0.52%	0.69%
2004	0.51%	0.67%
2005	0.49%	0.66%
2006	0.48%	0.65%
2007	0.46%	0.65%
2008	0.45%	0.64%
2009	0.44%	0.63%
2010	0.43%	0.62%
2011	0.42%	0.61%
2012	0.4%	0.6%
2013	0.39%	0.59%
2014	0.38%	0.57%
2015	0.37%	0.56%
2016	0.36%	0.55%
2017	0.36%	0.53%
2018	0.35%	0.52%
2019	0.35%	0.51%
2020	0.34%	0.5%
2021	0.33%	0.49%
2022	0.32%	0.48%
2023	0.31%	0.47%