Fertility & birth rates in Mongolia and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Mongolia vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mongolia was 2.7 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 Mongolia 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
	Mongolia	New Zealand
1960	6.82	4.24
1961	6.96	4.31
1962	7.1	4.19
1963	7.24	4.05
1964	7.33	3.8
1965	7.38	3.54
1966	7.41	3.41
1967	7.39	3.35
1968	7.37	3.34
1969	7.34	3.28
1970	7.31	3.17
1971	7.3	3.18
1972	7.28	3
1973	7.24	2.76
1974	7.17	2.58
1975	7.07	2.37
1976	6.93	2.27
1977	6.79	2.21
1978	6.62	2.07
1979	6.42	2.12
1980	6.21	2.03
1981	5.98	2.01
1982	5.8	1.95
1983	5.63	1.92
1984	5.45	1.93
1985	5.26	1.93
1986	5.03	1.96
1987	4.83	2.03
1988	4.65	2.1
1989	4.42	2.12
1990	4.5	2.18
1991	4	2.09
1992	3.5	2.06
1993	2.5	2.04
1994	2.7	1.98
1995	2.77	1.98
1996	2.5	1.96
1997	2.4	1.96
1998	2.3	1.89
1999	2.3	1.97
2000	2.2	1.98
2001	2.2	1.97
2002	2.1	1.89
2003	2	1.93
2004	2	1.98
2005	2	1.97
2006	2.1	2.01
2007	2.3	2.18
2008	2.6	2.19
2009	2.8	2.13
2010	2.4	2.17
2011	2.6	2.09
2012	2.7	2.1
2013	3	2.01
2014	3.1	1.92
2015	3	1.99
2016	3	1.87
2017	2.8	1.81
2018	2.9	1.71
2019	3	1.72
2020	2.9	1.61
2021	2.8	1.64
2022	2.7	1.66
2023	2.7	1.56
2024	2.65	1.55
2025	2.6	1.54
2026	2.55	1.53
2027	2.51	1.53
2028	2.47	1.52
2029	2.44	1.52
2030	2.4	1.52
2031	2.37	1.52
2032	2.34	1.52
2033	2.31	1.51
2034	2.29	1.51
2035	2.26	1.51
2036	2.23	1.51
2037	2.21	1.51
2038	2.19	1.51
2039	2.17	1.51
2040	2.15	1.51
2041	2.13	1.51
2042	2.11	1.51
2043	2.09	1.51
2044	2.08	1.51
2045	2.06	1.51
2046	2.05	1.51
2047	2.04	1.51
2048	2.02	1.51
2049	2.01	1.51
2050	2	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mongolia	New Zealand
1960	38.1%	32.8%
1961	38.8%	33%
1962	39.6%	33%
1963	40.4%	32.9%
1964	41.4%	32.9%
1965	42.4%	32.7%
1966	43.3%	32.6%
1967	44.2%	32.5%
1968	44.9%	32.3%
1969	45.4%	32.2%
1970	45.6%	31.9%
1971	45.8%	31.7%
1972	45.8%	31.4%
1973	45.8%	31%
1974	45.6%	30.5%
1975	45.4%	30.1%
1976	45.2%	29.6%
1977	44.8%	29%
1978	44.5%	28.4%
1979	44.1%	27.8%
1980	43.7%	27.2%
1981	43.3%	26.7%
1982	43%	26.2%
1983	42.7%	25.6%
1984	42.5%	25.1%
1985	42.3%	24.6%
1986	42.1%	24.2%
1987	42%	23.8%
1988	41.8%	23.5%
1989	41.7%	23.3%
1990	41.4%	23.3%
1991	41%	23.2%
1992	40.5%	23.1%
1993	40%	23.1%
1994	39.5%	23.1%
1995	39%	23.1%
1996	38.4%	23%
1997	37.8%	23%
1998	37%	23%
1999	36.2%	22.9%
2000	35.2%	22.8%
2001	34.1%	22.6%
2002	32.9%	22.4%
2003	31.8%	22.1%
2004	30.8%	21.8%
2005	29.9%	21.5%
2006	29.1%	21.3%
2007	28.5%	21.1%
2008	28.1%	21%
2009	27.9%	20.9%
2010	27.9%	20.9%
2011	28%	20.8%
2012	28.1%	20.6%
2013	28.5%	20.4%
2014	28.9%	20.2%
2015	29.5%	19.9%
2016	30.2%	19.6%
2017	30.9%	19.5%
2018	31.6%	19.3%
2019	32.3%	19.2%
2020	32.8%	19%
2021	32.9%	18.9%
2022	32.9%	18.6%
2023	32.6%	18.4%
2024	32.2%	18.1%
2025	31.6%	17.9%
2026	30.9%	17.6%
2027	30.1%	17.4%
2028	29.2%	17.2%
2029	28.2%	17%
2030	27.3%	16.8%
2031	26.3%	16.6%
2032	25.6%	16.4%
2033	24.9%	16.3%
2034	24.3%	16.1%
2035	23.8%	16%
2036	23.4%	15.9%
2037	23.1%	15.8%
2038	23%	15.7%
2039	22.9%	15.6%
2040	22.8%	15.5%
2041	22.9%	15.4%
2042	22.9%	15.4%
2043	23%	15.4%
2044	23.1%	15.3%
2045	23.2%	15.3%
2046	23.3%	15.3%
2047	23.4%	15.3%
2048	23.4%	15.3%
2049	23.4%	15.2%
2050	23.3%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.2% of the population in Mongolia and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 41.4% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mongolia and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Mongolia vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.81% in Mongolia 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
	Mongolia	New Zealand
1960	20,726	41,791
1961	21,873	43,482
1962	22,960	42,865
1963	24,142	42,027
1964	25,317	39,375
1965	26,364	36,982
1966	27,338	36,151
1967	28,178	37,974
1968	29,017	37,594
1969	29,781	38,098
1970	30,558	37,101
1971	31,536	40,000
1972	32,727	38,244
1973	33,993	35,239
1974	35,297	33,896
1975	36,490	31,355
1976	37,670	29,456
1977	38,995	28,020
1978	40,276	26,156
1979	41,568	26,675
1980	42,343	23,658
1981	43,588	25,374
1982	45,179	24,207
1983	46,919	24,315
1984	48,562	26,043
1985	49,944	24,126
1986	50,329	25,549
1987	51,140	27,603
1988	51,588	29,846
1989	51,420	30,749
1990	49,443	33,298
1991	47,884	33,518
1992	42,437	32,067
1993	36,924	31,685
1994	34,711	30,372
1995	34,473	29,828
1996	33,741	28,997
1997	32,403	30,137
1998	31,757	29,146
1999	32,283	28,916
2000	32,753	29,897
2001	32,052	27,939
2002	30,439	25,941
2003	28,827	28,150
2004	28,418	29,634
2005	29,290	30,674
2006	33,609	30,924
2007	39,636	35,480
2008	45,843	35,143
2009	48,876	33,560
2010	44,914	35,458
2011	50,711	31,302
2012	55,942	31,077
2013	62,618	29,096
2014	66,078	26,196
2015	64,473	29,408
2016	62,086	28,237
2017	57,940	26,282
2018	60,635	24,797
2019	61,433	25,344
2020	60,888	24,993
2021	52,109	23,767
2022	47,730	20,264
2023	46,995	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Mongolia vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mongolia, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mongolia	New Zealand
1985	352	19
1986	346	18
1987	341	19
1988	335	19
1989	311	18
1990	276	18
1991	227	16
1992	199	15
1993	181	14
1994	178	13
1995	176	14
1996	178	14
1997	180	13
1998	174	12
1999	162	12
2000	144	11
2001	130	10
2002	120	11
2003	114	11
2004	108	11
2005	99	11
2006	90	10
2007	81	10
2008	77	10
2009	75	10
2010	71	10
2011	67	10
2012	63	9
2013	59	8
2014	56	7
2015	52	8
2016	48	8
2017	45	8
2018	45	7
2019	45	8
2020	47	8
2021	63	8
2022	41	23
2023	41	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.36% in Mongolia 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
	Mongolia	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	-	2.03%
1972	-	1.98%
1973	-	1.94%
1974	-	1.88%
1975	-	1.83%
1976	-	1.77%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	17.3%	1.66%
1979	16.7%	1.61%
1980	16.1%	1.56%
1981	15.5%	1.52%
1982	15%	1.48%
1983	14.4%	1.45%
1984	13.9%	1.41%
1985	13.4%	1.38%
1986	12.8%	1.34%
1987	12.2%	1.29%
1988	11.7%	1.24%
1989	11.1%	1.18%
1990	10.7%	1.12%
1991	10.2%	1.06%
1992	9.78%	1%
1993	9.39%	0.95%
1994	9%	0.91%
1995	8.6%	0.87%
1996	8.19%	0.84%
1997	7.74%	0.81%
1998	7.27%	0.78%
1999	6.78%	0.76%
2000	6.29%	0.74%
2001	5.8%	0.72%
2002	5.32%	0.7%
2003	4.87%	0.69%
2004	4.45%	0.67%
2005	4.07%	0.66%
2006	3.71%	0.65%
2007	3.39%	0.65%
2008	3.11%	0.64%
2009	2.85%	0.63%
2010	2.63%	0.62%
2011	2.44%	0.61%
2012	2.28%	0.6%
2013	2.15%	0.59%
2014	2.04%	0.57%
2015	1.94%	0.56%
2016	1.84%	0.55%
2017	1.74%	0.53%
2018	1.64%	0.52%
2019	1.56%	0.51%
2020	1.48%	0.5%
2021	1.43%	0.49%
2022	1.39%	0.48%
2023	1.36%	0.47%