Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Belarus vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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 Belarus 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
	Belarus	New Zealand
1960	2.67	4.24
1961	2.59	4.31
1962	2.5	4.19
1963	2.4	4.05
1964	2.31	3.8
1965	2.27	3.54
1966	2.29	3.41
1967	2.26	3.35
1968	2.22	3.34
1969	2.26	3.28
1970	2.31	3.17
1971	2.31	3.18
1972	2.28	3
1973	2.25	2.76
1974	2.21	2.58
1975	2.17	2.37
1976	2.12	2.27
1977	2.08	2.21
1978	2.06	2.07
1979	2.05	2.12
1980	2.03	2.03
1981	2.02	2.01
1982	2.05	1.95
1983	2.11	1.92
1984	2.11	1.93
1985	2.09	1.93
1986	2.09	1.96
1987	2.03	2.03
1988	2.03	2.1
1989	2.03	2.12
1990	1.91	2.18
1991	1.81	2.09
1992	1.76	2.06
1993	1.62	2.04
1994	1.53	1.98
1995	1.41	1.98
1996	1.34	1.96
1997	1.25	1.96
1998	1.3	1.89
1999	1.31	1.97
2000	1.32	1.98
2001	1.29	1.97
2002	1.24	1.89
2003	1.23	1.93
2004	1.23	1.98
2005	1.25	1.97
2006	1.34	2.01
2007	1.43	2.18
2008	1.49	2.19
2009	1.51	2.13
2010	1.49	2.17
2011	1.52	2.09
2012	1.62	2.1
2013	1.67	2.01
2014	1.7	1.92
2015	1.72	1.99
2016	1.73	1.87
2017	1.54	1.81
2018	1.45	1.71
2019	1.38	1.72
2020	1.37	1.61
2021	1.37	1.64
2022	1.33	1.66
2023	1.21	1.56
2024	1.22	1.55
2025	1.23	1.54
2026	1.23	1.53
2027	1.24	1.53
2028	1.25	1.52
2029	1.25	1.52
2030	1.26	1.52
2031	1.27	1.52
2032	1.28	1.52
2033	1.28	1.51
2034	1.29	1.51
2035	1.3	1.51
2036	1.31	1.51
2037	1.31	1.51
2038	1.32	1.51
2039	1.32	1.51
2040	1.33	1.51
2041	1.34	1.51
2042	1.34	1.51
2043	1.35	1.51
2044	1.35	1.51
2045	1.36	1.51
2046	1.36	1.51
2047	1.37	1.51
2048	1.37	1.51
2049	1.38	1.51
2050	1.38	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	New Zealand
1960	30.8%	32.8%
1961	31.2%	33%
1962	31.2%	33%
1963	31.1%	32.9%
1964	30.8%	32.9%
1965	30.5%	32.7%
1966	30.2%	32.6%
1967	29.9%	32.5%
1968	29.6%	32.3%
1969	29.3%	32.2%
1970	28.7%	31.9%
1971	27.9%	31.7%
1972	27.2%	31.4%
1973	26.4%	31%
1974	25.7%	30.5%
1975	25%	30.1%
1976	24.4%	29.6%
1977	23.9%	29%
1978	23.5%	28.4%
1979	23.1%	27.8%
1980	22.9%	27.2%
1981	22.8%	26.7%
1982	22.7%	26.2%
1983	22.7%	25.6%
1984	22.8%	25.1%
1985	22.9%	24.6%
1986	23%	24.2%
1987	23%	23.8%
1988	23.1%	23.5%
1989	23.1%	23.3%
1990	23.1%	23.3%
1991	23%	23.2%
1992	22.8%	23.1%
1993	22.6%	23.1%
1994	22.2%	23.1%
1995	21.8%	23.1%
1996	21.3%	23%
1997	20.7%	23%
1998	20%	23%
1999	19.3%	22.9%
2000	18.6%	22.8%
2001	17.9%	22.6%
2002	17.3%	22.4%
2003	16.6%	22.1%
2004	16%	21.8%
2005	15.5%	21.5%
2006	15.2%	21.3%
2007	14.9%	21.1%
2008	14.8%	21%
2009	14.8%	20.9%
2010	14.8%	20.9%
2011	15%	20.8%
2012	15.3%	20.6%
2013	15.6%	20.4%
2014	15.9%	20.2%
2015	16.2%	19.9%
2016	16.5%	19.6%
2017	16.7%	19.5%
2018	16.9%	19.3%
2019	17%	19.2%
2020	17%	19%
2021	17.1%	18.9%
2022	17%	18.6%
2023	16.7%	18.4%
2024	16.3%	18.1%
2025	15.9%	17.9%
2026	15.5%	17.6%
2027	15%	17.4%
2028	14.4%	17.2%
2029	13.8%	17%
2030	13.2%	16.8%
2031	12.6%	16.6%
2032	12.1%	16.4%
2033	11.7%	16.3%
2034	11.5%	16.1%
2035	11.3%	16%
2036	11.1%	15.9%
2037	11%	15.8%
2038	11%	15.7%
2039	11.1%	15.6%
2040	11.2%	15.5%
2041	11.3%	15.4%
2042	11.5%	15.4%
2043	11.6%	15.4%
2044	11.8%	15.3%
2045	12%	15.3%
2046	12.2%	15.3%
2047	12.3%	15.3%
2048	12.5%	15.3%
2049	12.6%	15.2%
2050	12.7%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	New Zealand
1960	136,399	41,791
1961	134,490	43,482
1962	124,945	42,865
1963	113,160	42,027
1964	101,618	39,375
1965	90,611	36,982
1966	84,191	36,151
1967	81,136	37,974
1968	76,782	37,594
1969	74,567	38,098
1970	75,520	37,101
1971	77,464	40,000
1972	74,036	38,244
1973	70,911	35,239
1974	71,158	33,896
1975	65,494	31,355
1976	66,677	29,456
1977	67,434	28,020
1978	67,342	26,156
1979	64,481	26,675
1980	62,101	23,658
1981	65,057	25,374
1982	65,499	24,207
1983	75,791	24,315
1984	64,415	26,043
1985	58,852	24,126
1986	74,318	25,549
1987	62,689	27,603
1988	60,840	29,846
1989	49,833	30,749
1990	32,606	33,298
1991	18,349	33,518
1992	11,238	32,067
1993	-11,263	31,685
1994	-19,431	30,372
1995	-32,621	29,828
1996	-37,591	28,997
1997	-46,540	30,137
1998	-44,316	29,146
1999	-49,131	28,916
2000	-40,916	29,897
2001	-48,650	27,939
2002	-58,207	25,941
2003	-53,882	28,150
2004	-50,597	29,634
2005	-50,252	30,674
2006	-41,301	30,924
2007	-28,683	35,480
2008	-25,726	35,143
2009	-25,662	33,560
2010	-29,400	35,458
2011	-26,493	31,302
2012	-11,336	31,077
2013	-6,610	29,096
2014	-2,834	26,196
2015	-946	29,408
2016	-1,894	28,237
2017	-17,026	26,282
2018	-26,429	24,797
2019	-32,969	25,344
2020	-64,703	24,993
2021	-67,118	23,767
2022	-47,839	20,264
2023	-56,924	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	New Zealand
1985	30	19
1986	30	18
1987	30	19
1988	32	19
1989	33	18
1990	33	18
1991	32	16
1992	32	15
1993	31	14
1994	30	13
1995	29	14
1996	28	14
1997	27	13
1998	25	12
1999	23	12
2000	20	11
2001	18	10
2002	16	11
2003	14	11
2004	12	11
2005	9	11
2006	7	10
2007	6	10
2008	4	10
2009	4	10
2010	3	10
2011	2	10
2012	2	9
2013	2	8
2014	2	7
2015	1	8
2016	1	8
2017	1	8
2018	1	7
2019	1	8
2020	2	8
2021	2	8
2022	1	23
2023	1	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	New Zealand
1960	4.49%	2.78%
1961	4.05%	2.68%
1962	3.68%	2.58%
1963	3.36%	2.48%
1964	3.1%	2.39%
1965	2.88%	2.31%
1966	2.7%	2.25%
1967	2.56%	2.2%
1968	2.45%	2.16%
1969	2.37%	2.12%
1970	2.3%	2.08%
1971	2.25%	2.03%
1972	2.22%	1.98%
1973	2.2%	1.94%
1974	2.19%	1.88%
1975	2.18%	1.83%
1976	2.18%	1.77%
1977	2.16%	1.71%
1978	2.14%	1.66%
1979	2.11%	1.61%
1980	2.06%	1.56%
1981	2%	1.52%
1982	1.94%	1.48%
1983	1.88%	1.45%
1984	1.82%	1.41%
1985	1.76%	1.38%
1986	1.7%	1.34%
1987	1.64%	1.29%
1988	1.59%	1.24%
1989	1.55%	1.18%
1990	1.52%	1.12%
1991	1.52%	1.06%
1992	1.53%	1%
1993	1.55%	0.95%
1994	1.57%	0.91%
1995	1.57%	0.87%
1996	1.55%	0.84%
1997	1.51%	0.81%
1998	1.45%	0.78%
1999	1.37%	0.76%
2000	1.28%	0.74%
2001	1.18%	0.72%
2002	1.1%	0.7%
2003	1.02%	0.69%
2004	0.94%	0.67%
2005	0.87%	0.66%
2006	0.8%	0.65%
2007	0.73%	0.65%
2008	0.66%	0.64%
2009	0.61%	0.63%
2010	0.56%	0.62%
2011	0.52%	0.61%
2012	0.49%	0.6%
2013	0.46%	0.59%
2014	0.43%	0.57%
2015	0.41%	0.56%
2016	0.39%	0.55%
2017	0.36%	0.53%
2018	0.34%	0.52%
2019	0.31%	0.51%
2020	0.29%	0.5%
2021	0.27%	0.49%
2022	0.26%	0.48%
2023	0.24%	0.47%