Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Moldova vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	New Zealand
1960	3.32	4.24
1961	3.23	4.31
1962	3.04	4.19
1963	2.89	4.05
1964	2.71	3.8
1965	2.69	3.54
1966	2.65	3.41
1967	2.62	3.35
1968	2.59	3.34
1969	2.57	3.28
1970	2.57	3.17
1971	2.56	3.18
1972	2.56	3
1973	2.57	2.76
1974	2.56	2.58
1975	2.52	2.37
1976	2.47	2.27
1977	2.42	2.21
1978	2.39	2.07
1979	2.38	2.12
1980	2.38	2.03
1981	2.4	2.01
1982	2.45	1.95
1983	2.58	1.92
1984	2.67	1.93
1985	2.67	1.93
1986	2.74	1.96
1987	2.78	2.03
1988	2.63	2.1
1989	2.46	2.12
1990	2.39	2.18
1991	2.28	2.09
1992	2.22	2.06
1993	2.11	2.04
1994	1.99	1.98
1995	1.83	1.98
1996	1.71	1.96
1997	1.79	1.96
1998	1.65	1.89
1999	1.56	1.97
2000	1.5	1.98
2001	1.47	1.97
2002	1.45	1.89
2003	1.48	1.93
2004	1.54	1.98
2005	1.53	1.97
2006	1.54	2.01
2007	1.58	2.18
2008	1.64	2.19
2009	1.72	2.13
2010	1.7	2.17
2011	1.65	2.09
2012	1.66	2.1
2013	1.62	2.01
2014	1.82	1.92
2015	1.87	1.99
2016	1.89	1.87
2017	1.81	1.81
2018	1.81	1.71
2019	1.78	1.72
2020	1.77	1.61
2021	1.75	1.64
2022	1.69	1.66
2023	1.73	1.56
2024	1.73	1.55
2025	1.72	1.54
2026	1.72	1.53
2027	1.72	1.53
2028	1.72	1.52
2029	1.72	1.52
2030	1.72	1.52
2031	1.72	1.52
2032	1.72	1.52
2033	1.71	1.51
2034	1.71	1.51
2035	1.71	1.51
2036	1.71	1.51
2037	1.71	1.51
2038	1.71	1.51
2039	1.71	1.51
2040	1.71	1.51
2041	1.71	1.51
2042	1.71	1.51
2043	1.7	1.51
2044	1.7	1.51
2045	1.7	1.51
2046	1.7	1.51
2047	1.7	1.51
2048	1.7	1.51
2049	1.7	1.51
2050	1.7	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	New Zealand
1960	34.5%	32.8%
1961	34.9%	33%
1962	35.1%	33%
1963	35.1%	32.9%
1964	34.7%	32.9%
1965	34.2%	32.7%
1966	33.5%	32.6%
1967	32.8%	32.5%
1968	32.1%	32.3%
1969	31.3%	32.2%
1970	30.7%	31.9%
1971	30.1%	31.7%
1972	29.5%	31.4%
1973	28.9%	31%
1974	28.3%	30.5%
1975	27.7%	30.1%
1976	27.2%	29.6%
1977	26.8%	29%
1978	26.5%	28.4%
1979	26.7%	27.8%
1980	26.9%	27.2%
1981	26.9%	26.7%
1982	27%	26.2%
1983	27.1%	25.6%
1984	27.3%	25.1%
1985	27.5%	24.6%
1986	27.7%	24.2%
1987	27.8%	23.8%
1988	27.9%	23.5%
1989	27.8%	23.3%
1990	27.7%	23.3%
1991	27.6%	23.2%
1992	27.4%	23.1%
1993	27.2%	23.1%
1994	27%	23.1%
1995	26.7%	23.1%
1996	26.3%	23%
1997	25.8%	23%
1998	25.1%	23%
1999	24.4%	22.9%
2000	23.5%	22.8%
2001	22.5%	22.6%
2002	21.6%	22.4%
2003	20.7%	22.1%
2004	19.9%	21.8%
2005	19.3%	21.5%
2006	18.8%	21.3%
2007	18.4%	21.1%
2008	18%	21%
2009	17.7%	20.9%
2010	17.5%	20.9%
2011	17.4%	20.8%
2012	17.3%	20.6%
2013	17.4%	20.4%
2014	17.8%	20.2%
2015	18.2%	19.9%
2016	18.7%	19.6%
2017	19.1%	19.5%
2018	19.5%	19.3%
2019	19.8%	19.2%
2020	20%	19%
2021	20.1%	18.9%
2022	20.1%	18.6%
2023	20%	18.4%
2024	19.8%	18.1%
2025	19.5%	17.9%
2026	19.2%	17.6%
2027	18.9%	17.4%
2028	18.4%	17.2%
2029	17.9%	17%
2030	17.3%	16.8%
2031	16.8%	16.6%
2032	16.3%	16.4%
2033	15.9%	16.3%
2034	15.6%	16.1%
2035	15.4%	16%
2036	15.2%	15.9%
2037	15.1%	15.8%
2038	15.1%	15.7%
2039	15.1%	15.6%
2040	15.2%	15.5%
2041	15.3%	15.4%
2042	15.4%	15.4%
2043	15.6%	15.4%
2044	15.7%	15.3%
2045	15.9%	15.3%
2046	16.1%	15.3%
2047	16.3%	15.3%
2048	16.5%	15.3%
2049	16.6%	15.2%
2050	16.7%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	New Zealand
1960	36,352	41,791
1961	35,180	43,482
1962	32,082	42,865
1963	29,382	42,027
1964	25,860	39,375
1965	24,916	36,982
1966	23,720	36,151
1967	22,654	37,974
1968	22,005	37,594
1969	21,768	38,098
1970	22,314	37,101
1971	23,359	40,000
1972	24,626	38,244
1973	25,967	35,239
1974	27,219	33,896
1975	27,677	31,355
1976	27,801	29,456
1977	27,707	28,020
1978	27,622	26,156
1979	28,322	26,675
1980	30,053	23,658
1981	31,360	25,374
1982	32,814	24,207
1983	36,076	24,315
1984	38,108	26,043
1985	38,060	24,126
1986	39,463	25,549
1987	40,122	27,603
1988	35,608	29,846
1989	29,638	30,749
1990	25,824	33,298
1991	21,127	33,518
1992	17,373	32,067
1993	13,886	31,685
1994	9,921	30,372
1995	5,534	29,828
1996	2,655	28,997
1997	4,669	30,137
1998	2,140	29,146
1999	642	28,916
2000	-324	29,897
2001	-718	27,939
2002	-1,249	25,941
2003	-322	28,150
2004	1,714	29,634
2005	2,005	30,674
2006	2,406	30,924
2007	3,490	35,480
2008	5,210	35,143
2009	7,492	33,560
2010	7,456	35,458
2011	5,948	31,302
2012	5,581	31,077
2013	3,537	29,096
2014	7,248	26,196
2015	6,049	29,408
2016	4,580	28,237
2017	1,402	26,282
2018	-961	24,797
2019	-3,416	25,344
2020	-7,067	24,993
2021	-13,444	23,767
2022	-6,385	20,264
2023	-7,007	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	New Zealand
1985	62	19
1986	60	18
1987	56	19
1988	53	19
1989	52	18
1990	53	18
1991	53	16
1992	55	15
1993	55	14
1994	56	13
1995	54	14
1996	53	14
1997	52	13
1998	48	12
1999	43	12
2000	38	11
2001	35	10
2002	31	11
2003	29	11
2004	28	11
2005	26	11
2006	25	10
2007	24	10
2008	23	10
2009	22	10
2010	20	10
2011	19	10
2012	19	9
2013	19	8
2014	20	7
2015	20	8
2016	21	8
2017	20	8
2018	20	7
2019	21	8
2020	29	8
2021	24	8
2022	19	23
2023	19	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	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	-	2.16%
1969	-	2.12%
1970	-	2.08%
1971	6.39%	2.03%
1972	6.2%	1.98%
1973	6.03%	1.94%
1974	5.86%	1.88%
1975	5.68%	1.83%
1976	5.53%	1.77%
1977	5.38%	1.71%
1978	5.23%	1.66%
1979	5.08%	1.61%
1980	4.93%	1.56%
1981	4.78%	1.52%
1982	4.61%	1.48%
1983	4.41%	1.45%
1984	4.2%	1.41%
1985	4%	1.38%
1986	3.8%	1.34%
1987	3.62%	1.29%
1988	3.48%	1.24%
1989	3.38%	1.18%
1990	3.35%	1.12%
1991	3.39%	1.06%
1992	3.48%	1%
1993	3.62%	0.95%
1994	3.75%	0.91%
1995	3.84%	0.87%
1996	3.85%	0.84%
1997	3.78%	0.81%
1998	3.62%	0.78%
1999	3.4%	0.76%
2000	3.13%	0.74%
2001	2.85%	0.72%
2002	2.58%	0.7%
2003	2.34%	0.69%
2004	2.16%	0.67%
2005	2.01%	0.66%
2006	1.91%	0.65%
2007	1.83%	0.65%
2008	1.77%	0.64%
2009	1.73%	0.63%
2010	1.69%	0.62%
2011	1.66%	0.61%
2012	1.63%	0.6%
2013	1.6%	0.59%
2014	1.58%	0.57%
2015	1.55%	0.56%
2016	1.53%	0.55%
2017	1.52%	0.53%
2018	1.51%	0.52%
2019	1.5%	0.51%
2020	1.49%	0.5%
2021	1.48%	0.49%
2022	1.48%	0.48%
2023	1.47%	0.47%