Fertility & birth rates in Germany and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Germany vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Germany was 1.39 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 Germany 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
	Germany	New Zealand
1960	2.37	4.24
1961	2.45	4.31
1962	2.44	4.19
1963	2.51	4.05
1964	2.54	3.8
1965	2.5	3.54
1966	2.53	3.41
1967	2.48	3.35
1968	2.38	3.34
1969	2.21	3.28
1970	2.03	3.17
1971	1.92	3.18
1972	1.71	3
1973	1.54	2.76
1974	1.51	2.58
1975	1.45	2.37
1976	1.45	2.27
1977	1.4	2.21
1978	1.38	2.07
1979	1.38	2.12
1980	1.44	2.03
1981	1.43	2.01
1982	1.41	1.95
1983	1.33	1.92
1984	1.29	1.93
1985	1.37	1.93
1986	1.43	1.96
1987	1.43	2.03
1988	1.46	2.1
1989	1.42	2.12
1990	1.45	2.18
1991	1.33	2.09
1992	1.29	2.06
1993	1.28	2.04
1994	1.24	1.98
1995	1.25	1.98
1996	1.3	1.96
1997	1.35	1.96
1998	1.36	1.89
1999	1.36	1.97
2000	1.38	1.98
2001	1.35	1.97
2002	1.34	1.89
2003	1.34	1.93
2004	1.36	1.98
2005	1.34	1.97
2006	1.33	2.01
2007	1.37	2.18
2008	1.38	2.19
2009	1.36	2.13
2010	1.39	2.17
2011	1.39	2.09
2012	1.41	2.1
2013	1.42	2.01
2014	1.47	1.92
2015	1.5	1.99
2016	1.6	1.87
2017	1.57	1.81
2018	1.57	1.71
2019	1.54	1.72
2020	1.53	1.61
2021	1.58	1.64
2022	1.46	1.66
2023	1.39	1.56
2024	1.4	1.55
2025	1.4	1.54
2026	1.41	1.53
2027	1.41	1.53
2028	1.42	1.52
2029	1.42	1.52
2030	1.42	1.52
2031	1.43	1.52
2032	1.43	1.52
2033	1.44	1.51
2034	1.44	1.51
2035	1.44	1.51
2036	1.45	1.51
2037	1.45	1.51
2038	1.45	1.51
2039	1.46	1.51
2040	1.46	1.51
2041	1.46	1.51
2042	1.47	1.51
2043	1.47	1.51
2044	1.47	1.51
2045	1.47	1.51
2046	1.48	1.51
2047	1.48	1.51
2048	1.48	1.51
2049	1.48	1.51
2050	1.48	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	New Zealand
1960	21.3%	32.8%
1961	21.7%	33%
1962	22%	33%
1963	22.3%	32.9%
1964	22.6%	32.9%
1965	22.8%	32.7%
1966	23%	32.6%
1967	23.1%	32.5%
1968	23.3%	32.3%
1969	23.3%	32.2%
1970	23.2%	31.9%
1971	23%	31.7%
1972	22.8%	31.4%
1973	22.4%	31%
1974	22%	30.5%
1975	21.5%	30.1%
1976	20.9%	29.6%
1977	20.3%	29%
1978	19.7%	28.4%
1979	19.1%	27.8%
1980	18.5%	27.2%
1981	17.9%	26.7%
1982	17.4%	26.2%
1983	16.9%	25.6%
1984	16.4%	25.1%
1985	16%	24.6%
1986	15.8%	24.2%
1987	15.6%	23.8%
1988	15.7%	23.5%
1989	15.9%	23.3%
1990	16.1%	23.3%
1991	16.3%	23.2%
1992	16.3%	23.1%
1993	16.3%	23.1%
1994	16.3%	23.1%
1995	16.3%	23.1%
1996	16.2%	23%
1997	16.1%	23%
1998	15.9%	23%
1999	15.8%	22.9%
2000	15.7%	22.8%
2001	15.5%	22.6%
2002	15.3%	22.4%
2003	15%	22.1%
2004	14.8%	21.8%
2005	14.5%	21.5%
2006	14.2%	21.3%
2007	14%	21.1%
2008	13.8%	21%
2009	13.8%	20.9%
2010	13.7%	20.9%
2011	13.6%	20.8%
2012	13.4%	20.6%
2013	13.2%	20.4%
2014	13.2%	20.2%
2015	13.2%	19.9%
2016	13.3%	19.6%
2017	13.5%	19.5%
2018	13.6%	19.3%
2019	13.7%	19.2%
2020	13.8%	19%
2021	13.9%	18.9%
2022	13.9%	18.6%
2023	13.9%	18.4%
2024	13.9%	18.1%
2025	13.9%	17.9%
2026	13.9%	17.6%
2027	13.8%	17.4%
2028	13.8%	17.2%
2029	13.7%	17%
2030	13.6%	16.8%
2031	13.5%	16.6%
2032	13.4%	16.4%
2033	13.2%	16.3%
2034	13.1%	16.1%
2035	12.9%	16%
2036	12.8%	15.9%
2037	12.7%	15.8%
2038	12.6%	15.7%
2039	12.6%	15.6%
2040	12.6%	15.5%
2041	12.5%	15.4%
2042	12.5%	15.4%
2043	12.6%	15.4%
2044	12.6%	15.3%
2045	12.7%	15.3%
2046	12.7%	15.3%
2047	12.8%	15.3%
2048	12.9%	15.3%
2049	13%	15.2%
2050	13.1%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Germany and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany 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
	Germany	New Zealand
1960	385,919	41,791
1961	462,279	43,482
1962	436,752	42,865
1963	455,757	42,027
1964	482,038	39,375
1965	410,204	36,982
1966	405,982	36,151
1967	353,977	37,974
1968	239,612	37,594
1969	155,820	38,098
1970	70,352	37,101
1971	46,988	40,000
1972	-62,950	38,244
1973	-149,980	35,239
1974	-150,038	33,896
1975	-212,418	31,355
1976	-164,508	29,456
1977	-125,055	28,020
1978	-140,566	26,156
1979	-125,002	26,675
1980	-86,117	23,658
1981	-94,090	25,374
1982	-78,333	24,207
1983	-109,380	24,315
1984	-109,002	26,043
1985	-116,527	24,126
1986	-77,721	25,549
1987	-31,136	27,603
1988	-7,815	29,846
1989	-23,625	30,749
1990	-15,887	33,298
1991	-80,014	33,518
1992	-80,625	32,067
1993	-105,503	31,685
1994	-114,013	30,372
1995	-114,349	29,828
1996	-90,107	28,997
1997	-49,221	30,137
1998	-65,637	29,146
1999	-73,890	28,916
2000	-73,990	29,897
2001	-98,820	27,939
2002	-123,733	25,941
2003	-140,309	28,150
2004	-107,271	29,634
2005	-148,445	30,674
2006	-148,278	30,924
2007	-148,080	35,480
2008	-164,220	35,143
2009	-188,375	33,560
2010	-179,909	35,458
2011	-184,632	31,302
2012	-193,022	31,077
2013	-209,679	29,096
2014	-153,866	26,196
2015	-187,879	29,408
2016	-123,523	28,237
2017	-148,783	26,282
2018	-165,812	24,797
2019	-157,877	25,344
2020	-216,218	24,993
2021	-224,629	23,767
2022	-326,812	20,264
2023	-335,608	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Germany, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Germany	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	9	14
1994	9	13
1995	8	14
1996	8	14
1997	8	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	5	10
2008	6	10
2009	6	10
2010	5	10
2011	5	10
2012	5	9
2013	5	8
2014	5	7
2015	5	8
2016	4	8
2017	4	8
2018	4	7
2019	4	8
2020	4	8
2021	4	8
2022	4	23
2023	4	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany 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
	Germany	New Zealand
1960	-	2.78%
1961	-	2.68%
1962	-	2.58%
1963	-	2.48%
1964	-	2.39%
1965	-	2.31%
1966	-	2.25%
1967	-	2.2%
1968	2.71%	2.16%
1969	2.64%	2.12%
1970	2.57%	2.08%
1971	2.49%	2.03%
1972	2.4%	1.98%
1973	2.31%	1.94%
1974	2.2%	1.88%
1975	2.08%	1.83%
1976	1.95%	1.77%
1977	1.83%	1.71%
1978	1.71%	1.66%
1979	1.6%	1.61%
1980	1.5%	1.56%
1981	1.41%	1.52%
1982	1.32%	1.48%
1983	1.25%	1.45%
1984	1.18%	1.41%
1985	1.11%	1.38%
1986	1.06%	1.34%
1987	1.01%	1.29%
1988	0.95%	1.24%
1989	0.9%	1.18%
1990	0.85%	1.12%
1991	0.8%	1.06%
1992	0.76%	1%
1993	0.72%	0.95%
1994	0.68%	0.91%
1995	0.65%	0.87%
1996	0.62%	0.84%
1997	0.59%	0.81%
1998	0.57%	0.78%
1999	0.55%	0.76%
2000	0.54%	0.74%
2001	0.52%	0.72%
2002	0.51%	0.7%
2003	0.5%	0.69%
2004	0.48%	0.67%
2005	0.47%	0.66%
2006	0.46%	0.65%
2007	0.45%	0.65%
2008	0.44%	0.64%
2009	0.43%	0.63%
2010	0.42%	0.62%
2011	0.41%	0.61%
2012	0.4%	0.6%
2013	0.4%	0.59%
2014	0.4%	0.57%
2015	0.39%	0.56%
2016	0.39%	0.55%
2017	0.38%	0.53%
2018	0.38%	0.52%
2019	0.37%	0.51%
2020	0.37%	0.5%
2021	0.37%	0.49%
2022	0.37%	0.48%
2023	0.37%	0.47%