Fertility & birth rates in Italy and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Italy vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Italy was 1.2 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 Italy 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
	Italy	New Zealand
1960	2.4	4.24
1961	2.44	4.31
1962	2.46	4.19
1963	2.51	4.05
1964	2.66	3.8
1965	2.6	3.54
1966	2.58	3.41
1967	2.5	3.35
1968	2.46	3.34
1969	2.47	3.28
1970	2.38	3.17
1971	2.4	3.18
1972	2.35	3
1973	2.3	2.76
1974	2.28	2.58
1975	2.17	2.37
1976	2.04	2.27
1977	1.93	2.21
1978	1.84	2.07
1979	1.73	2.12
1980	1.64	2.03
1981	1.58	2.01
1982	1.56	1.95
1983	1.51	1.92
1984	1.46	1.93
1985	1.42	1.93
1986	1.35	1.96
1987	1.33	2.03
1988	1.36	2.1
1989	1.33	2.12
1990	1.33	2.18
1991	1.3	2.09
1992	1.3	2.06
1993	1.25	2.04
1994	1.21	1.98
1995	1.19	1.98
1996	1.2	1.96
1997	1.22	1.96
1998	1.22	1.89
1999	1.23	1.97
2000	1.26	1.98
2001	1.25	1.97
2002	1.27	1.89
2003	1.29	1.93
2004	1.34	1.98
2005	1.33	1.97
2006	1.37	2.01
2007	1.39	2.18
2008	1.44	2.19
2009	1.44	2.13
2010	1.44	2.17
2011	1.42	2.09
2012	1.42	2.1
2013	1.39	2.01
2014	1.38	1.92
2015	1.36	1.99
2016	1.36	1.87
2017	1.34	1.81
2018	1.31	1.71
2019	1.27	1.72
2020	1.24	1.61
2021	1.25	1.64
2022	1.24	1.66
2023	1.2	1.56
2024	1.21	1.55
2025	1.22	1.54
2026	1.22	1.53
2027	1.23	1.53
2028	1.24	1.52
2029	1.24	1.52
2030	1.25	1.52
2031	1.26	1.52
2032	1.26	1.52
2033	1.27	1.51
2034	1.28	1.51
2035	1.28	1.51
2036	1.29	1.51
2037	1.29	1.51
2038	1.3	1.51
2039	1.3	1.51
2040	1.31	1.51
2041	1.31	1.51
2042	1.31	1.51
2043	1.32	1.51
2044	1.32	1.51
2045	1.33	1.51
2046	1.33	1.51
2047	1.34	1.51
2048	1.34	1.51
2049	1.35	1.51
2050	1.35	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Italy	New Zealand
1960	25%	32.8%
1961	25%	33%
1962	24.7%	33%
1963	24.5%	32.9%
1964	24.5%	32.9%
1965	24.5%	32.7%
1966	24.5%	32.6%
1967	24.6%	32.5%
1968	24.6%	32.3%
1969	24.7%	32.2%
1970	24.7%	31.9%
1971	24.6%	31.7%
1972	24.6%	31.4%
1973	24.6%	31%
1974	24.5%	30.5%
1975	24.3%	30.1%
1976	24.1%	29.6%
1977	23.7%	29%
1978	23.4%	28.4%
1979	22.8%	27.8%
1980	22.3%	27.2%
1981	21.6%	26.7%
1982	21.1%	26.2%
1983	20.5%	25.6%
1984	19.9%	25.1%
1985	19.3%	24.6%
1986	18.7%	24.2%
1987	18.1%	23.8%
1988	17.5%	23.5%
1989	17%	23.3%
1990	16.5%	23.3%
1991	15.8%	23.2%
1992	15.2%	23.1%
1993	15%	23.1%
1994	14.8%	23.1%
1995	14.6%	23.1%
1996	14.5%	23%
1997	14.4%	23%
1998	14.3%	23%
1999	14.3%	22.9%
2000	14.3%	22.8%
2001	14.2%	22.6%
2002	14.2%	22.4%
2003	14.2%	22.1%
2004	14.2%	21.8%
2005	14.1%	21.5%
2006	14.1%	21.3%
2007	14%	21.1%
2008	14%	21%
2009	14%	20.9%
2010	14%	20.9%
2011	14%	20.8%
2012	14%	20.6%
2013	13.9%	20.4%
2014	13.8%	20.2%
2015	13.7%	19.9%
2016	13.6%	19.6%
2017	13.4%	19.5%
2018	13.2%	19.3%
2019	13%	19.2%
2020	12.8%	19%
2021	12.6%	18.9%
2022	12.4%	18.6%
2023	12.1%	18.4%
2024	11.9%	18.1%
2025	11.7%	17.9%
2026	11.4%	17.6%
2027	11.2%	17.4%
2028	11%	17.2%
2029	10.9%	17%
2030	10.7%	16.8%
2031	10.6%	16.6%
2032	10.5%	16.4%
2033	10.4%	16.3%
2034	10.3%	16.1%
2035	10.3%	16%
2036	10.3%	15.9%
2037	10.3%	15.8%
2038	10.3%	15.7%
2039	10.4%	15.6%
2040	10.4%	15.5%
2041	10.5%	15.4%
2042	10.5%	15.4%
2043	10.6%	15.4%
2044	10.7%	15.3%
2045	10.7%	15.3%
2046	10.8%	15.3%
2047	10.8%	15.3%
2048	10.9%	15.3%
2049	10.9%	15.2%
2050	10.9%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.9% of the population in Italy and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 16.5% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Italy and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Italy vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.38% in Italy 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
	Italy	New Zealand
1960	426,697	41,791
1961	459,880	43,482
1962	427,387	42,865
1963	440,767	42,027
1964	527,089	39,375
1965	474,222	36,982
1966	488,427	36,151
1967	439,074	37,974
1968	399,268	37,594
1969	390,827	38,098
1970	376,753	37,101
1971	383,922	40,000
1972	364,355	38,244
1973	328,508	35,239
1974	336,176	33,896
1975	271,660	31,355
1976	228,445	29,456
1977	190,248	28,020
1978	168,465	26,156
1979	129,531	26,675
1980	84,650	23,658
1981	73,452	25,374
1982	79,161	24,207
1983	33,939	24,315
1984	50,919	26,043
1985	28,297	24,126
1986	11,319	25,549
1987	16,980	27,603
1988	33,977	29,846
1989	28,336	30,749
1990	22,688	33,298
1991	11,352	33,518
1992	22,718	32,067
1993	0	31,685
1994	-17,053	30,372
1995	-34,107	29,828
1996	-22,744	28,997
1997	-22,756	30,137
1998	-39,835	29,146
1999	-22,766	28,916
2000	-17,082	29,897
2001	-11,396	27,939
2002	-22,836	25,941
2003	-40,179	28,150
2004	11,566	29,634
2005	-17,450	30,674
2006	0	30,924
2007	-5,876	35,480
2008	-11,842	35,143
2009	-17,866	33,560
2010	-23,928	35,458
2011	-48,021	31,302
2012	-78,248	31,077
2013	-90,468	29,096
2014	-96,513	26,196
2015	-162,620	29,408
2016	-138,265	28,237
2017	-192,007	26,282
2018	-192,475	24,797
2019	-215,025	25,344
2020	-338,801	24,993
2021	-301,579	23,767
2022	-318,674	20,264
2023	-283,168	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Italy 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 Italy, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Italy	New Zealand
1985	22	19
1986	22	18
1987	21	19
1988	20	19
1989	19	18
1990	18	18
1991	18	16
1992	17	15
1993	16	14
1994	15	13
1995	15	14
1996	14	14
1997	13	13
1998	12	12
1999	11	12
2000	11	11
2001	10	10
2002	10	11
2003	8	11
2004	8	11
2005	8	11
2006	7	10
2007	7	10
2008	7	10
2009	8	10
2010	8	10
2011	8	10
2012	8	9
2013	8	8
2014	8	7
2015	8	8
2016	8	8
2017	8	8
2018	7	7
2019	7	8
2020	8	8
2021	7	8
2022	10	23
2023	6	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in Italy 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
	Italy	New Zealand
1960	5.19%	2.78%
1961	4.98%	2.68%
1962	4.76%	2.58%
1963	4.53%	2.48%
1964	4.31%	2.39%
1965	4.11%	2.31%
1966	3.93%	2.25%
1967	3.78%	2.2%
1968	3.64%	2.16%
1969	3.51%	2.12%
1970	3.36%	2.08%
1971	3.18%	2.03%
1972	2.98%	1.98%
1973	2.76%	1.94%
1974	2.53%	1.88%
1975	2.31%	1.83%
1976	2.11%	1.77%
1977	1.95%	1.71%
1978	1.82%	1.66%
1979	1.7%	1.61%
1980	1.61%	1.56%
1981	1.52%	1.52%
1982	1.43%	1.48%
1983	1.35%	1.45%
1984	1.27%	1.41%
1985	1.2%	1.38%
1986	1.14%	1.34%
1987	1.08%	1.29%
1988	1.04%	1.24%
1989	1%	1.18%
1990	0.97%	1.12%
1991	0.93%	1.06%
1992	0.89%	1%
1993	0.85%	0.95%
1994	0.8%	0.91%
1995	0.75%	0.87%
1996	0.7%	0.84%
1997	0.66%	0.81%
1998	0.62%	0.78%
1999	0.59%	0.76%
2000	0.56%	0.74%
2001	0.53%	0.72%
2002	0.51%	0.7%
2003	0.48%	0.69%
2004	0.46%	0.67%
2005	0.45%	0.66%
2006	0.43%	0.65%
2007	0.42%	0.65%
2008	0.41%	0.64%
2009	0.41%	0.63%
2010	0.4%	0.62%
2011	0.39%	0.61%
2012	0.38%	0.6%
2013	0.37%	0.59%
2014	0.36%	0.57%
2015	0.35%	0.56%
2016	0.34%	0.55%
2017	0.33%	0.53%
2018	0.32%	0.52%
2019	0.31%	0.51%
2020	0.3%	0.5%
2021	0.29%	0.49%
2022	0.28%	0.48%
2023	0.28%	0.47%