Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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 Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	New Zealand
1960	6.51	4.24
1961	6.53	4.31
1962	6.56	4.19
1963	6.59	4.05
1964	6.61	3.8
1965	6.63	3.54
1966	6.66	3.41
1967	6.68	3.35
1968	6.7	3.34
1969	6.72	3.28
1970	6.78	3.17
1971	6.84	3.18
1972	6.9	3
1973	6.96	2.76
1974	7.02	2.58
1975	7.08	2.37
1976	7.13	2.27
1977	7.19	2.21
1978	7.23	2.07
1979	7.25	2.12
1980	7.29	2.03
1981	7.31	2.01
1982	7.34	1.95
1983	7.35	1.92
1984	7.36	1.93
1985	7.34	1.93
1986	7.32	1.96
1987	7.29	2.03
1988	7.26	2.1
1989	7.23	2.12
1990	7.2	2.18
1991	7.16	2.09
1992	7.13	2.06
1993	7.09	2.04
1994	7.05	1.98
1995	7	1.98
1996	6.93	1.96
1997	6.87	1.96
1998	6.79	1.89
1999	6.72	1.97
2000	6.65	1.98
2001	6.58	1.97
2002	6.5	1.89
2003	6.4	1.93
2004	6.3	1.98
2005	6.19	1.97
2006	6.05	2.01
2007	5.89	2.18
2008	5.7	2.19
2009	5.49	2.13
2010	5.28	2.17
2011	5.08	2.09
2012	4.89	2.1
2013	4.71	2.01
2014	4.61	1.92
2015	4.53	1.99
2016	4.47	1.87
2017	4.4	1.81
2018	4.37	1.71
2019	4.35	1.72
2020	4.27	1.61
2021	4.18	1.64
2022	4.08	1.66
2023	3.99	1.56
2024	3.91	1.55
2025	3.81	1.54
2026	3.72	1.53
2027	3.64	1.53
2028	3.57	1.52
2029	3.5	1.52
2030	3.43	1.52
2031	3.36	1.52
2032	3.3	1.52
2033	3.24	1.51
2034	3.19	1.51
2035	3.14	1.51
2036	3.08	1.51
2037	3.03	1.51
2038	2.99	1.51
2039	2.94	1.51
2040	2.9	1.51
2041	2.86	1.51
2042	2.83	1.51
2043	2.79	1.51
2044	2.75	1.51
2045	2.72	1.51
2046	2.68	1.51
2047	2.65	1.51
2048	2.62	1.51
2049	2.59	1.51
2050	2.55	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	New Zealand
1960	42.2%	32.8%
1961	42.2%	33%
1962	42.1%	33%
1963	42.2%	32.9%
1964	42.3%	32.9%
1965	42.5%	32.7%
1966	42.9%	32.6%
1967	43.2%	32.5%
1968	43.5%	32.3%
1969	43.8%	32.2%
1970	44.2%	31.9%
1971	44.5%	31.7%
1972	44.9%	31.4%
1973	45.2%	31%
1974	45.4%	30.5%
1975	45.6%	30.1%
1976	45.7%	29.6%
1977	45.9%	29%
1978	46.1%	28.4%
1979	46.2%	27.8%
1980	46.3%	27.2%
1981	46.4%	26.7%
1982	46.5%	26.2%
1983	46.4%	25.6%
1984	46.2%	25.1%
1985	46.1%	24.6%
1986	46%	24.2%
1987	46%	23.8%
1988	46%	23.5%
1989	46.1%	23.3%
1990	46.2%	23.3%
1991	46.2%	23.2%
1992	46.2%	23.1%
1993	46.4%	23.1%
1994	46.5%	23.1%
1995	46.7%	23.1%
1996	46.9%	23%
1997	47.1%	23%
1998	47.4%	23%
1999	47.6%	22.9%
2000	47.7%	22.8%
2001	47.8%	22.6%
2002	47.8%	22.4%
2003	47.7%	22.1%
2004	47.6%	21.8%
2005	47.4%	21.5%
2006	47.2%	21.3%
2007	46.9%	21.1%
2008	46.6%	21%
2009	46.2%	20.9%
2010	45.7%	20.9%
2011	45.2%	20.8%
2012	44.6%	20.6%
2013	44%	20.4%
2014	43.4%	20.2%
2015	42.9%	19.9%
2016	42.3%	19.6%
2017	41.8%	19.5%
2018	41.3%	19.3%
2019	40.9%	19.2%
2020	40.5%	19%
2021	40.1%	18.9%
2022	39.7%	18.6%
2023	39.4%	18.4%
2024	39.1%	18.1%
2025	38.8%	17.9%
2026	38.5%	17.6%
2027	38.3%	17.4%
2028	38.1%	17.2%
2029	37.8%	17%
2030	37.6%	16.8%
2031	37.3%	16.6%
2032	37%	16.4%
2033	36.6%	16.3%
2034	36.2%	16.1%
2035	35.8%	16%
2036	35.4%	15.9%
2037	34.9%	15.8%
2038	34.5%	15.7%
2039	34%	15.6%
2040	33.6%	15.5%
2041	33.2%	15.4%
2042	32.8%	15.4%
2043	32.4%	15.4%
2044	32%	15.3%
2045	31.7%	15.3%
2046	31.3%	15.3%
2047	31%	15.3%
2048	30.7%	15.3%
2049	30.3%	15.2%
2050	30%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	New Zealand
1960	511,694	41,791
1961	538,518	43,482
1962	563,650	42,865
1963	590,998	42,027
1964	618,667	39,375
1965	642,359	36,982
1966	616,281	36,151
1967	695,283	37,974
1968	715,602	37,594
1969	736,428	38,098
1970	760,821	37,101
1971	787,047	40,000
1972	779,808	38,244
1973	807,535	35,239
1974	777,306	33,896
1975	801,425	31,355
1976	899,577	29,456
1977	929,381	28,020
1978	943,388	26,156
1979	987,203	26,675
1980	1,007,516	23,658
1981	1,018,838	25,374
1982	1,080,853	24,207
1983	863,472	24,315
1984	920,670	26,043
1985	997,050	24,126
1986	1,050,277	25,549
1987	1,356,853	27,603
1988	1,393,356	29,846
1989	1,441,769	30,749
1990	1,479,663	33,298
1991	1,579,416	33,518
1992	1,673,839	32,067
1993	1,734,851	31,685
1994	1,788,133	30,372
1995	1,831,068	29,828
1996	1,896,364	28,997
1997	1,945,112	30,137
1998	1,984,989	29,146
1999	2,010,987	28,916
2000	2,083,622	29,897
2001	2,137,791	27,939
2002	2,189,683	25,941
2003	2,231,223	28,150
2004	2,296,999	29,634
2005	2,353,375	30,674
2006	2,393,585	30,924
2007	2,436,753	35,480
2008	2,465,283	35,143
2009	2,467,118	33,560
2010	2,498,048	35,458
2011	2,527,811	31,302
2012	2,533,398	31,077
2013	2,546,020	29,096
2014	2,623,647	26,196
2015	2,713,529	29,408
2016	2,809,889	28,237
2017	2,899,143	26,282
2018	3,015,231	24,797
2019	3,132,780	25,344
2020	3,199,718	24,993
2021	3,204,673	23,767
2022	3,300,114	20,264
2023	3,338,649	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	New Zealand
1985	1,329	19
1986	1,317	18
1987	1,289	19
1988	1,306	19
1989	1,296	18
1990	1,320	18
1991	1,239	16
1992	1,218	15
1993	1,168	14
1994	1,113	13
1995	1,060	14
1996	1,008	14
1997	957	13
1998	911	12
1999	901	12
2000	870	11
2001	856	10
2002	826	11
2003	797	11
2004	764	11
2005	754	11
2006	729	10
2007	704	10
2008	678	10
2009	649	10
2010	619	10
2011	588	10
2012	545	9
2013	494	8
2014	444	7
2015	401	8
2016	364	8
2017	327	8
2018	297	7
2019	269	8
2020	244	8
2021	250	8
2022	207	23
2023	195	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	New Zealand
1960	-	2.78%
1961	-	2.68%
1962	-	2.58%
1963	-	2.48%
1964	-	2.39%
1965	-	2.31%
1966	27.8%	2.25%
1967	24.9%	2.2%
1968	24.8%	2.16%
1969	24.8%	2.12%
1970	24.7%	2.08%
1971	24.7%	2.03%
1972	24.7%	1.98%
1973	24.6%	1.94%
1974	28.3%	1.88%
1975	28.2%	1.83%
1976	24.5%	1.77%
1977	24.5%	1.71%
1978	24.4%	1.66%
1979	24.2%	1.61%
1980	24%	1.56%
1981	23.8%	1.52%
1982	23.5%	1.48%
1983	32%	1.45%
1984	31.4%	1.41%
1985	30.3%	1.38%
1986	29.7%	1.34%
1987	21.5%	1.29%
1988	21%	1.24%
1989	20.6%	1.18%
1990	20.2%	1.12%
1991	19.7%	1.06%
1992	19.1%	1%
1993	18.5%	0.95%
1994	17.9%	0.91%
1995	17.2%	0.87%
1996	16.6%	0.84%
1997	15.9%	0.81%
1998	15.3%	0.78%
1999	14.7%	0.76%
2000	14%	0.74%
2001	13.4%	0.72%
2002	12.8%	0.7%
2003	12.1%	0.69%
2004	11.5%	0.67%
2005	10.9%	0.66%
2006	10.3%	0.65%
2007	9.74%	0.65%
2008	9.23%	0.64%
2009	8.76%	0.63%
2010	8.32%	0.62%
2011	7.91%	0.61%
2012	7.53%	0.6%
2013	7.16%	0.59%
2014	6.82%	0.57%
2015	6.49%	0.56%
2016	6.17%	0.55%
2017	5.89%	0.53%
2018	5.64%	0.52%
2019	5.41%	0.51%
2020	5.2%	0.5%
2021	5%	0.49%
2022	4.82%	0.48%
2023	4.65%	0.47%