Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Maldives vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 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 Maldives 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
	Maldives	New Zealand
1960	6.71	4.24
1961	6.79	4.31
1962	6.89	4.19
1963	6.94	4.05
1964	7	3.8
1965	7.07	3.54
1966	7.15	3.41
1967	7.23	3.35
1968	7.28	3.34
1969	7.33	3.28
1970	7.39	3.17
1971	7.38	3.18
1972	7.37	3
1973	7.4	2.76
1974	7.38	2.58
1975	7.32	2.37
1976	7.29	2.27
1977	7.27	2.21
1978	7.23	2.07
1979	7.23	2.12
1980	7.23	2.03
1981	7.19	2.01
1982	7.15	1.95
1983	7.09	1.92
1984	7.03	1.93
1985	6.94	1.93
1986	6.85	1.96
1987	6.73	2.03
1988	6.58	2.1
1989	6.39	2.12
1990	6.13	2.18
1991	5.8	2.09
1992	5.44	2.06
1993	5.06	2.04
1994	4.69	1.98
1995	4.29	1.98
1996	3.86	1.96
1997	3.48	1.96
1998	3.17	1.89
1999	2.9	1.97
2000	2.69	1.98
2001	2.53	1.97
2002	2.42	1.89
2003	2.34	1.93
2004	2.26	1.98
2005	2.2	1.97
2006	2.2	2.01
2007	2.29	2.18
2008	2.37	2.19
2009	2.39	2.13
2010	2.35	2.17
2011	2.31	2.09
2012	2.25	2.1
2013	2.17	2.01
2014	2.09	1.92
2015	2	1.99
2016	1.9	1.87
2017	1.8	1.81
2018	1.71	1.71
2019	1.64	1.72
2020	1.61	1.61
2021	1.6	1.64
2022	1.58	1.66
2023	1.58	1.56
2024	1.56	1.55
2025	1.55	1.54
2026	1.53	1.53
2027	1.53	1.53
2028	1.52	1.52
2029	1.52	1.52
2030	1.52	1.52
2031	1.51	1.52
2032	1.51	1.52
2033	1.51	1.51
2034	1.51	1.51
2035	1.51	1.51
2036	1.52	1.51
2037	1.52	1.51
2038	1.52	1.51
2039	1.52	1.51
2040	1.52	1.51
2041	1.52	1.51
2042	1.52	1.51
2043	1.52	1.51
2044	1.52	1.51
2045	1.53	1.51
2046	1.53	1.51
2047	1.53	1.51
2048	1.54	1.51
2049	1.54	1.51
2050	1.54	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	New Zealand
1960	37.9%	32.8%
1961	38.2%	33%
1962	38.7%	33%
1963	39.4%	32.9%
1964	40.3%	32.9%
1965	41.8%	32.7%
1966	43.5%	32.6%
1967	44.7%	32.5%
1968	45.2%	32.3%
1969	45.4%	32.2%
1970	45.6%	31.9%
1971	45.8%	31.7%
1972	45.8%	31.4%
1973	45.7%	31%
1974	45.6%	30.5%
1975	45.6%	30.1%
1976	45.8%	29.6%
1977	45.7%	29%
1978	45.8%	28.4%
1979	45.9%	27.8%
1980	45.9%	27.2%
1981	45.9%	26.7%
1982	45.8%	26.2%
1983	45.6%	25.6%
1984	45.4%	25.1%
1985	45.5%	24.6%
1986	45.9%	24.2%
1987	46.3%	23.8%
1988	46.6%	23.5%
1989	46.8%	23.3%
1990	47%	23.3%
1991	47.1%	23.2%
1992	47%	23.1%
1993	46.8%	23.1%
1994	46.5%	23.1%
1995	45.8%	23.1%
1996	45%	23%
1997	44.1%	23%
1998	42.9%	23%
1999	41.6%	22.9%
2000	40.2%	22.8%
2001	38.7%	22.6%
2002	37.1%	22.4%
2003	35.6%	22.1%
2004	34.2%	21.8%
2005	32.7%	21.5%
2006	31.2%	21.3%
2007	29.5%	21.1%
2008	28%	21%
2009	26.7%	20.9%
2010	25.7%	20.9%
2011	24.9%	20.8%
2012	24.3%	20.6%
2013	23.9%	20.4%
2014	23.5%	20.2%
2015	23.2%	19.9%
2016	22.8%	19.6%
2017	22.5%	19.5%
2018	22.1%	19.3%
2019	21.7%	19.2%
2020	21.2%	19%
2021	20.8%	18.9%
2022	20.4%	18.6%
2023	20%	18.4%
2024	19.6%	18.1%
2025	19%	17.9%
2026	18.4%	17.6%
2027	17.8%	17.4%
2028	17.2%	17.2%
2029	16.6%	17%
2030	16%	16.8%
2031	15.5%	16.6%
2032	15.1%	16.4%
2033	14.6%	16.3%
2034	14.2%	16.1%
2035	13.9%	16%
2036	13.6%	15.9%
2037	13.4%	15.8%
2038	13.2%	15.7%
2039	13%	15.6%
2040	12.9%	15.5%
2041	12.8%	15.4%
2042	12.8%	15.4%
2043	12.8%	15.4%
2044	12.8%	15.3%
2045	12.8%	15.3%
2046	12.9%	15.3%
2047	12.9%	15.3%
2048	13%	15.3%
2049	13.1%	15.2%
2050	13.1%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 47% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	New Zealand
1960	2,241	41,791
1961	2,354	43,482
1962	2,475	42,865
1963	2,567	42,027
1964	2,660	39,375
1965	2,747	36,982
1966	2,845	36,151
1967	3,010	37,974
1968	3,150	37,594
1969	3,260	38,098
1970	3,415	37,101
1971	3,549	40,000
1972	3,707	38,244
1973	3,924	35,239
1974	4,136	33,896
1975	4,325	31,355
1976	4,538	29,456
1977	4,779	28,020
1978	4,812	26,156
1979	5,275	26,675
1980	5,526	23,658
1981	5,778	25,374
1982	6,058	24,207
1983	6,361	24,315
1984	6,680	26,043
1985	6,944	24,126
1986	7,153	25,549
1987	7,300	27,603
1988	7,414	29,846
1989	7,472	30,749
1990	7,444	33,298
1991	7,295	33,518
1992	7,096	32,067
1993	6,842	31,685
1994	6,550	30,372
1995	6,177	29,828
1996	5,705	28,997
1997	5,267	30,137
1998	4,919	29,146
1999	4,601	28,916
2000	4,372	29,897
2001	4,271	27,939
2002	4,257	25,941
2003	4,316	28,150
2004	4,287	29,634
2005	4,493	30,674
2006	4,766	30,924
2007	5,324	35,480
2008	5,856	35,143
2009	6,227	33,560
2010	6,350	35,458
2011	6,429	31,302
2012	6,445	31,077
2013	6,307	29,096
2014	6,122	26,196
2015	5,914	29,408
2016	5,652	28,237
2017	5,342	26,282
2018	5,088	24,797
2019	4,886	25,344
2020	4,594	24,993
2021	4,426	23,767
2022	4,752	20,264
2023	4,566	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	New Zealand
1985	552	19
1986	508	18
1987	471	19
1988	424	19
1989	381	18
1990	346	18
1991	310	16
1992	281	15
1993	251	14
1994	222	13
1995	191	14
1996	167	14
1997	149	13
1998	136	12
1999	111	12
2000	94	11
2001	81	10
2002	76	11
2003	70	11
2004	65	11
2005	54	11
2006	52	10
2007	51	10
2008	53	10
2009	52	10
2010	49	10
2011	48	10
2012	47	9
2013	47	8
2014	43	7
2015	41	8
2016	41	8
2017	41	8
2018	40	7
2019	39	8
2020	48	8
2021	60	8
2022	34	23
2023	32	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	New Zealand
1960	-	2.78%
1961	-	2.68%
1962	33.4%	2.58%
1963	32.5%	2.48%
1964	31.5%	2.39%
1965	30.6%	2.31%
1966	29.7%	2.25%
1967	28.7%	2.2%
1968	27.7%	2.16%
1969	26.8%	2.12%
1970	25.8%	2.08%
1971	24.7%	2.03%
1972	23.6%	1.98%
1973	22.4%	1.94%
1974	21.2%	1.88%
1975	20.1%	1.83%
1976	18.9%	1.77%
1977	17.9%	1.71%
1978	16.9%	1.66%
1979	15.9%	1.61%
1980	15%	1.56%
1981	14.2%	1.52%
1982	13.4%	1.48%
1983	12.7%	1.45%
1984	12%	1.41%
1985	11.3%	1.38%
1986	10.7%	1.34%
1987	10.1%	1.29%
1988	9.59%	1.24%
1989	9.06%	1.18%
1990	8.57%	1.12%
1991	8.08%	1.06%
1992	7.61%	1%
1993	7.15%	0.95%
1994	6.68%	0.91%
1995	6.22%	0.87%
1996	5.74%	0.84%
1997	5.28%	0.81%
1998	4.81%	0.78%
1999	4.36%	0.76%
2000	3.9%	0.74%
2001	3.47%	0.72%
2002	3.08%	0.7%
2003	2.72%	0.69%
2004	2.7%	0.67%
2005	2.16%	0.66%
2006	1.94%	0.65%
2007	1.76%	0.65%
2008	1.61%	0.64%
2009	1.49%	0.63%
2010	1.38%	0.62%
2011	1.29%	0.61%
2012	1.21%	0.6%
2013	1.13%	0.59%
2014	1.05%	0.57%
2015	0.99%	0.56%
2016	0.92%	0.55%
2017	0.86%	0.53%
2018	0.8%	0.52%
2019	0.74%	0.51%
2020	0.69%	0.5%
2021	0.64%	0.49%
2022	0.6%	0.48%
2023	0.57%	0.47%