Fertility & birth rates in Malta and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Malta vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malta was 1.06 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 Malta 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
	Malta	New Zealand
1960	3.62	4.24
1961	3.27	4.31
1962	3.24	4.19
1963	2.9	4.05
1964	2.79	3.8
1965	2.52	3.54
1966	2.33	3.41
1967	2.24	3.35
1968	2.12	3.34
1969	2.02	3.28
1970	2.03	3.17
1971	2.06	3.18
1972	2.01	3
1973	1.65	2.76
1974	1.64	2.58
1975	2.27	2.37
1976	2.21	2.27
1977	2.14	2.21
1978	2.05	2.07
1979	2.1	2.12
1980	1.99	2.03
1981	1.87	2.01
1982	1.9	1.95
1983	1.92	1.92
1984	1.95	1.93
1985	1.95	1.93
1986	1.93	1.96
1987	1.97	2.03
1988	2.06	2.1
1989	2.1	2.12
1990	2.02	2.18
1991	1.99	2.09
1992	2.07	2.06
1993	1.96	2.04
1994	1.84	1.98
1995	1.77	1.98
1996	1.99	1.96
1997	1.93	1.96
1998	1.84	1.89
1999	1.73	1.97
2000	1.68	1.98
2001	1.48	1.97
2002	1.45	1.89
2003	1.48	1.93
2004	1.4	1.98
2005	1.38	1.97
2006	1.36	2.01
2007	1.35	2.18
2008	1.43	2.19
2009	1.42	2.13
2010	1.36	2.17
2011	1.45	2.09
2012	1.42	2.1
2013	1.36	2.01
2014	1.38	1.92
2015	1.37	1.99
2016	1.37	1.87
2017	1.26	1.81
2018	1.23	1.71
2019	1.14	1.72
2020	1.13	1.61
2021	1.13	1.64
2022	1.08	1.66
2023	1.06	1.56
2024	1.07	1.55
2025	1.08	1.54
2026	1.08	1.53
2027	1.09	1.53
2028	1.1	1.52
2029	1.11	1.52
2030	1.11	1.52
2031	1.12	1.52
2032	1.12	1.52
2033	1.13	1.51
2034	1.13	1.51
2035	1.14	1.51
2036	1.15	1.51
2037	1.15	1.51
2038	1.16	1.51
2039	1.16	1.51
2040	1.17	1.51
2041	1.17	1.51
2042	1.18	1.51
2043	1.18	1.51
2044	1.19	1.51
2045	1.19	1.51
2046	1.2	1.51
2047	1.2	1.51
2048	1.21	1.51
2049	1.21	1.51
2050	1.21	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	New Zealand
1960	35.8%	32.8%
1961	35%	33%
1962	34.2%	33%
1963	33.4%	32.9%
1964	32.6%	32.9%
1965	31.7%	32.7%
1966	30.9%	32.6%
1967	30.1%	32.5%
1968	29.3%	32.3%
1969	28.5%	32.2%
1970	27.7%	31.9%
1971	26.9%	31.7%
1972	26.3%	31.4%
1973	25.6%	31%
1974	25%	30.5%
1975	24.5%	30.1%
1976	24.1%	29.6%
1977	23.8%	29%
1978	23.6%	28.4%
1979	23.5%	27.8%
1980	23.4%	27.2%
1981	23.5%	26.7%
1982	23.6%	26.2%
1983	23.8%	25.6%
1984	24%	25.1%
1985	24.1%	24.6%
1986	24.1%	24.2%
1987	24%	23.8%
1988	23.8%	23.5%
1989	23.6%	23.3%
1990	23.4%	23.3%
1991	23.1%	23.2%
1992	22.9%	23.1%
1993	22.6%	23.1%
1994	22.3%	23.1%
1995	22%	23.1%
1996	21.6%	23%
1997	21.2%	23%
1998	20.7%	23%
1999	20.2%	22.9%
2000	19.8%	22.8%
2001	19.4%	22.6%
2002	18.9%	22.4%
2003	18.4%	22.1%
2004	17.9%	21.8%
2005	17.4%	21.5%
2006	16.9%	21.3%
2007	16.4%	21.1%
2008	15.9%	21%
2009	15.5%	20.9%
2010	15.2%	20.9%
2011	14.9%	20.8%
2012	14.7%	20.6%
2013	14.5%	20.4%
2014	14.3%	20.2%
2015	14.2%	19.9%
2016	14.2%	19.6%
2017	14%	19.5%
2018	13.8%	19.3%
2019	13.6%	19.2%
2020	13.3%	19%
2021	13.2%	18.9%
2022	13.2%	18.6%
2023	13.2%	18.4%
2024	13%	18.1%
2025	12.9%	17.9%
2026	12.8%	17.6%
2027	12.6%	17.4%
2028	12.5%	17.2%
2029	12.3%	17%
2030	12.2%	16.8%
2031	12%	16.6%
2032	11.7%	16.4%
2033	11.5%	16.3%
2034	11.3%	16.1%
2035	11.1%	16%
2036	10.9%	15.9%
2037	10.8%	15.8%
2038	10.6%	15.7%
2039	10.4%	15.6%
2040	10.3%	15.5%
2041	10.1%	15.4%
2042	9.98%	15.4%
2043	9.86%	15.4%
2044	9.75%	15.3%
2045	9.66%	15.3%
2046	9.59%	15.3%
2047	9.55%	15.3%
2048	9.52%	15.3%
2049	9.51%	15.2%
2050	9.52%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta 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
	Malta	New Zealand
1960	5,747	41,791
1961	4,748	43,482
1962	4,664	42,865
1963	3,709	42,027
1964	3,630	39,375
1965	2,646	36,982
1966	2,458	36,151
1967	2,306	37,974
1968	2,247	37,594
1969	2,069	38,098
1970	2,270	37,101
1971	2,482	40,000
1972	2,480	38,244
1973	2,327	35,239
1974	2,687	33,896
1975	2,829	31,355
1976	2,721	29,456
1977	2,916	28,020
1978	2,389	26,156
1979	2,852	26,675
1980	2,375	23,658
1981	2,233	25,374
1982	2,835	24,207
1983	2,512	24,315
1984	2,678	26,043
1985	2,590	24,126
1986	2,395	25,549
1987	2,412	27,603
1988	2,813	29,846
1989	2,981	30,749
1990	2,621	33,298
1991	2,438	33,518
1992	2,573	32,067
1993	2,451	31,685
1994	2,136	30,372
1995	1,887	29,828
1996	2,279	28,997
1997	1,991	30,137
1998	1,656	29,146
1999	1,357	28,916
2000	1,482	29,897
2001	1,061	27,939
2002	911	25,941
2003	917	28,150
2004	883	29,634
2005	727	30,674
2006	568	30,924
2007	691	35,480
2008	777	35,143
2009	825	33,560
2010	871	35,458
2011	916	31,302
2012	714	31,077
2013	807	29,096
2014	910	26,196
2015	888	29,408
2016	1,091	28,237
2017	747	26,282
2018	774	24,797
2019	655	25,344
2020	361	24,993
2021	259	23,767
2022	54	20,264
2023	442	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malta, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta 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
	Malta	New Zealand
1960	4%	2.78%
1961	3.85%	2.68%
1962	3.73%	2.58%
1963	3.63%	2.48%
1964	3.53%	2.39%
1965	3.43%	2.31%
1966	3.31%	2.25%
1967	3.19%	2.2%
1968	3.06%	2.16%
1969	2.93%	2.12%
1970	2.79%	2.08%
1971	2.66%	2.03%
1972	2.52%	1.98%
1973	2.39%	1.94%
1974	2.26%	1.88%
1975	2.14%	1.83%
1976	2.03%	1.77%
1977	1.93%	1.71%
1978	1.84%	1.66%
1979	1.76%	1.61%
1980	1.69%	1.56%
1981	1.62%	1.52%
1982	1.57%	1.48%
1983	1.51%	1.45%
1984	1.45%	1.41%
1985	1.39%	1.38%
1986	1.33%	1.34%
1987	1.28%	1.29%
1988	1.23%	1.24%
1989	1.18%	1.18%
1990	1.13%	1.12%
1991	1.1%	1.06%
1992	1.06%	1%
1993	1.02%	0.95%
1994	0.98%	0.91%
1995	0.94%	0.87%
1996	0.9%	0.84%
1997	0.86%	0.81%
1998	0.82%	0.78%
1999	0.79%	0.76%
2000	0.76%	0.74%
2001	0.74%	0.72%
2002	0.72%	0.7%
2003	0.71%	0.69%
2004	0.7%	0.67%
2005	0.69%	0.66%
2006	0.69%	0.65%
2007	0.69%	0.65%
2008	0.69%	0.64%
2009	0.69%	0.63%
2010	0.69%	0.62%
2011	0.68%	0.61%
2012	0.68%	0.6%
2013	0.67%	0.59%
2014	0.67%	0.57%
2015	0.66%	0.56%
2016	0.65%	0.55%
2017	0.64%	0.53%
2018	0.63%	0.52%
2019	0.61%	0.51%
2020	0.6%	0.5%
2021	0.58%	0.49%
2022	0.57%	0.48%
2023	0.55%	0.47%