Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	New Zealand
1960	8.08	4.24
1961	8.12	4.31
1962	8.12	4.19
1963	8.12	4.05
1964	8.14	3.8
1965	8.16	3.54
1966	8.2	3.41
1967	8.17	3.35
1968	8.14	3.34
1969	8.11	3.28
1970	8.07	3.17
1971	8.04	3.18
1972	8	3
1973	7.95	2.76
1974	7.9	2.58
1975	7.83	2.37
1976	7.76	2.27
1977	7.67	2.21
1978	7.58	2.07
1979	7.47	2.12
1980	7.37	2.03
1981	7.27	2.01
1982	7.18	1.95
1983	7.08	1.92
1984	6.99	1.93
1985	6.87	1.93
1986	6.73	1.96
1987	6.57	2.03
1988	6.38	2.1
1989	6.18	2.12
1990	5.97	2.18
1991	5.76	2.09
1992	5.55	2.06
1993	5.38	2.04
1994	5.23	1.98
1995	5.09	1.98
1996	5.02	1.96
1997	4.96	1.96
1998	4.87	1.89
1999	4.78	1.97
2000	4.7	1.98
2001	4.58	1.97
2002	4.49	1.89
2003	4.42	1.93
2004	4.34	1.98
2005	4.28	1.97
2006	4.2	2.01
2007	4.09	2.18
2008	3.97	2.19
2009	3.83	2.13
2010	3.67	2.17
2011	3.53	2.09
2012	3.38	2.1
2013	3.25	2.01
2014	3.18	1.92
2015	3.13	1.99
2016	3.09	1.87
2017	3.06	1.81
2018	3.04	1.71
2019	3.01	1.72
2020	2.99	1.61
2021	2.96	1.64
2022	2.94	1.66
2023	2.92	1.56
2024	2.86	1.55
2025	2.82	1.54
2026	2.77	1.53
2027	2.73	1.53
2028	2.69	1.52
2029	2.65	1.52
2030	2.6	1.52
2031	2.57	1.52
2032	2.53	1.52
2033	2.5	1.51
2034	2.47	1.51
2035	2.44	1.51
2036	2.41	1.51
2037	2.38	1.51
2038	2.36	1.51
2039	2.34	1.51
2040	2.31	1.51
2041	2.29	1.51
2042	2.26	1.51
2043	2.24	1.51
2044	2.23	1.51
2045	2.21	1.51
2046	2.19	1.51
2047	2.17	1.51
2048	2.15	1.51
2049	2.13	1.51
2050	2.11	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	New Zealand
1960	46.1%	32.8%
1961	46.7%	33%
1962	47.1%	33%
1963	47.4%	32.9%
1964	47.5%	32.9%
1965	47.5%	32.7%
1966	47.2%	32.6%
1967	46.7%	32.5%
1968	46.1%	32.3%
1969	45.3%	32.2%
1970	45%	31.9%
1971	45.6%	31.7%
1972	46.6%	31.4%
1973	47.3%	31%
1974	47.8%	30.5%
1975	48.2%	30.1%
1976	48.5%	29.6%
1977	49%	29%
1978	49.4%	28.4%
1979	49.8%	27.8%
1980	50.1%	27.2%
1981	50.3%	26.7%
1982	50.3%	26.2%
1983	50.4%	25.6%
1984	50.4%	25.1%
1985	50.6%	24.6%
1986	50.7%	24.2%
1987	50.8%	23.8%
1988	50.8%	23.5%
1989	50.6%	23.3%
1990	50.2%	23.3%
1991	49.7%	23.2%
1992	49.1%	23.1%
1993	48.4%	23.1%
1994	47.5%	23.1%
1995	46.6%	23.1%
1996	45.6%	23%
1997	44.7%	23%
1998	43.7%	23%
1999	42.8%	22.9%
2000	42%	22.8%
2001	41.3%	22.6%
2002	40.6%	22.4%
2003	39.9%	22.1%
2004	39.4%	21.8%
2005	39.1%	21.5%
2006	38.9%	21.3%
2007	39%	21.1%
2008	39.2%	21%
2009	39.4%	20.9%
2010	39.7%	20.9%
2011	39.7%	20.8%
2012	39.4%	20.6%
2013	38.8%	20.4%
2014	38.2%	20.2%
2015	37.5%	19.9%
2016	36.8%	19.6%
2017	36.2%	19.5%
2018	35.7%	19.3%
2019	35.1%	19.2%
2020	34.5%	19%
2021	34.4%	18.9%
2022	34.6%	18.6%
2023	34.7%	18.4%
2024	34.5%	18.1%
2025	33.9%	17.9%
2026	33.2%	17.6%
2027	32.6%	17.4%
2028	32%	17.2%
2029	31.4%	17%
2030	30.9%	16.8%
2031	30.3%	16.6%
2032	29.7%	16.4%
2033	29.2%	16.3%
2034	28.6%	16.1%
2035	28.1%	16%
2036	27.6%	15.9%
2037	27.3%	15.8%
2038	27.3%	15.7%
2039	27.4%	15.6%
2040	27.7%	15.5%
2041	28%	15.4%
2042	28.3%	15.4%
2043	28.6%	15.4%
2044	28.8%	15.3%
2045	29%	15.3%
2046	29.1%	15.3%
2047	29.1%	15.3%
2048	29%	15.3%
2049	28.8%	15.2%
2050	28.5%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	New Zealand
1960	452	41,791
1961	469	43,482
1962	488	42,865
1963	509	42,027
1964	536	39,375
1965	566	36,982
1966	603	36,151
1967	636	37,974
1968	685	37,594
1969	747	38,098
1970	819	37,101
1971	877	40,000
1972	913	38,244
1973	954	35,239
1974	1,000	33,896
1975	1,055	31,355
1976	1,109	29,456
1977	1,160	28,020
1978	1,207	26,156
1979	1,250	26,675
1980	1,287	23,658
1981	1,328	25,374
1982	1,375	24,207
1983	1,422	24,315
1984	1,470	26,043
1985	1,511	24,126
1986	1,544	25,549
1987	1,566	27,603
1988	1,575	29,846
1989	1,574	30,749
1990	1,556	33,298
1991	1,540	33,518
1992	1,525	32,067
1993	1,524	31,685
1994	1,524	30,372
1995	1,522	29,828
1996	1,542	28,997
1997	1,564	30,137
1998	1,576	29,146
1999	1,590	28,916
2000	1,592	29,897
2001	1,596	27,939
2002	1,594	25,941
2003	1,600	28,150
2004	1,595	29,634
2005	1,586	30,674
2006	1,556	30,924
2007	1,507	35,480
2008	1,443	35,143
2009	1,365	33,560
2010	1,273	35,458
2011	1,185	31,302
2012	1,097	31,077
2013	1,014	29,096
2014	959	26,196
2015	912	29,408
2016	866	28,237
2017	826	26,282
2018	785	24,797
2019	746	25,344
2020	689	24,993
2021	653	23,767
2022	606	20,264
2023	550	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	New Zealand
1985	254	19
1986	274	18
1987	282	19
1988	276	19
1989	299	18
1990	311	18
1991	297	16
1992	322	15
1993	320	14
1994	303	13
1995	303	14
1996	292	14
1997	274	13
1998	259	12
1999	250	12
2000	251	11
2001	231	10
2002	223	11
2003	221	11
2004	238	11
2005	234	11
2006	233	10
2007	229	10
2008	226	10
2009	224	10
2010	212	10
2011	209	10
2012	207	9
2013	201	8
2014	199	7
2015	184	8
2016	183	8
2017	179	8
2018	167	7
2019	168	8
2020	178	8
2021	206	8
2022	174	23
2023	155	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	New Zealand
1960	12.2%	2.78%
1961	11.6%	2.68%
1962	11%	2.58%
1963	10.5%	2.48%
1964	10.1%	2.39%
1965	9.64%	2.31%
1966	9.25%	2.25%
1967	8.88%	2.2%
1968	8.53%	2.16%
1969	8.19%	2.12%
1970	7.87%	2.08%
1971	7.58%	2.03%
1972	7.33%	1.98%
1973	7.13%	1.94%
1974	6.97%	1.88%
1975	6.86%	1.83%
1976	6.77%	1.77%
1977	6.69%	1.71%
1978	6.61%	1.66%
1979	6.52%	1.61%
1980	6.42%	1.56%
1981	6.29%	1.52%
1982	6.15%	1.48%
1983	6%	1.45%
1984	5.83%	1.41%
1985	5.66%	1.38%
1986	5.49%	1.34%
1987	5.31%	1.29%
1988	5.13%	1.24%
1989	4.95%	1.18%
1990	4.76%	1.12%
1991	4.59%	1.06%
1992	4.43%	1%
1993	4.29%	0.95%
1994	4.2%	0.91%
1995	4.15%	0.87%
1996	4.14%	0.84%
1997	4.15%	0.81%
1998	4.19%	0.78%
1999	4.23%	0.76%
2000	4.25%	0.74%
2001	4.25%	0.72%
2002	4.24%	0.7%
2003	4.21%	0.69%
2004	4.18%	0.67%
2005	4.14%	0.66%
2006	4.1%	0.65%
2007	4.06%	0.65%
2008	4.02%	0.64%
2009	3.97%	0.63%
2010	3.94%	0.62%
2011	3.89%	0.61%
2012	3.82%	0.6%
2013	3.75%	0.59%
2014	3.66%	0.57%
2015	3.57%	0.56%
2016	3.48%	0.55%
2017	3.38%	0.53%
2018	3.29%	0.52%
2019	3.19%	0.51%
2020	3.1%	0.5%
2021	3%	0.49%
2022	2.91%	0.48%
2023	2.82%	0.47%