Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Palau

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Palau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in New Zealand was 1.56 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.91 in Palau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Palau population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Palau
1960	4.24	7.19
1961	4.31	7.17
1962	4.19	7.15
1963	4.05	7.12
1964	3.8	7.08
1965	3.54	7.01
1966	3.41	6.93
1967	3.35	6.84
1968	3.34	6.71
1969	3.28	6.58
1970	3.17	6.39
1971	3.18	6.16
1972	3	5.9
1973	2.76	5.59
1974	2.58	5.26
1975	2.37	4.9
1976	2.27	4.53
1977	2.21	4.09
1978	2.07	3.74
1979	2.12	3.49
1980	2.03	3.35
1981	2.01	3.28
1982	1.95	3.22
1983	1.92	3.14
1984	1.93	3.08
1985	1.93	3.01
1986	1.96	2.98
1987	2.03	2.93
1988	2.1	2.91
1989	2.12	2.92
1990	2.18	2.88
1991	2.09	2.74
1992	2.06	2.71
1993	2.04	2.73
1994	1.98	2.66
1995	1.98	2.55
1996	1.96	2.39
1997	1.96	2.19
1998	1.89	2.01
1999	1.97	1.91
2000	1.98	1.82
2001	1.97	1.87
2002	1.89	1.92
2003	1.93	1.96
2004	1.98	1.99
2005	1.97	2.02
2006	2.01	2
2007	2.18	1.97
2008	2.19	1.95
2009	2.13	1.94
2010	2.17	1.94
2011	2.09	1.97
2012	2.1	2.01
2013	2.01	2.05
2014	1.92	2.03
2015	1.99	2
2016	1.87	2.06
2017	1.81	2.02
2018	1.71	1.97
2019	1.72	1.98
2020	1.61	1.97
2021	1.64	1.95
2022	1.66	1.93
2023	1.56	1.91
2024	1.55	1.88
2025	1.54	1.86
2026	1.53	1.84
2027	1.53	1.82
2028	1.52	1.81
2029	1.52	1.8
2030	1.52	1.79
2031	1.52	1.78
2032	1.52	1.77
2033	1.51	1.76
2034	1.51	1.76
2035	1.51	1.75
2036	1.51	1.75
2037	1.51	1.75
2038	1.51	1.74
2039	1.51	1.74
2040	1.51	1.74
2041	1.51	1.74
2042	1.51	1.73
2043	1.51	1.73
2044	1.51	1.73
2045	1.51	1.73
2046	1.51	1.73
2047	1.51	1.72
2048	1.51	1.72
2049	1.51	1.72
2050	1.51	1.72

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Palau
1960	32.8%	47%
1961	33%	48.2%
1962	33%	49.1%
1963	32.9%	49.8%
1964	32.9%	50.1%
1965	32.7%	50.3%
1966	32.6%	50.2%
1967	32.5%	49.6%
1968	32.3%	48.4%
1969	32.2%	47.2%
1970	31.9%	46.5%
1971	31.7%	46.2%
1972	31.4%	46%
1973	31%	45.6%
1974	30.5%	44.9%
1975	30.1%	44.2%
1976	29.6%	43.4%
1977	29%	42.7%
1978	28.4%	41.9%
1979	27.8%	41.1%
1980	27.2%	40.1%
1981	26.7%	38.9%
1982	26.2%	37.7%
1983	25.6%	36.7%
1984	25.1%	36%
1985	24.6%	35.4%
1986	24.2%	34.5%
1987	23.8%	33.2%
1988	23.5%	32%
1989	23.3%	31%
1990	23.3%	30.2%
1991	23.2%	29.4%
1992	23.1%	28.8%
1993	23.1%	28.5%
1994	23.1%	28.2%
1995	23.1%	28%
1996	23%	27.5%
1997	23%	26.7%
1998	23%	25.8%
1999	22.9%	24.8%
2000	22.8%	24.1%
2001	22.6%	24%
2002	22.4%	24.1%
2003	22.1%	24.2%
2004	21.8%	24.2%
2005	21.5%	23.9%
2006	21.3%	23.2%
2007	21.1%	22.5%
2008	21%	21.9%
2009	20.9%	21.4%
2010	20.9%	21%
2011	20.8%	20.6%
2012	20.6%	20.3%
2013	20.4%	20.2%
2014	20.2%	20.3%
2015	19.9%	20.3%
2016	19.6%	20.1%
2017	19.5%	19.9%
2018	19.3%	19.7%
2019	19.2%	19.5%
2020	19%	19.2%
2021	18.9%	19.1%
2022	18.6%	18.8%
2023	18.4%	18.5%
2024	18.1%	18.2%
2025	17.9%	17.9%
2026	17.6%	17.6%
2027	17.4%	17.3%
2028	17.2%	17%
2029	17%	16.7%
2030	16.8%	16.5%
2031	16.6%	16.3%
2032	16.4%	16.1%
2033	16.3%	16%
2034	16.1%	16%
2035	16%	15.9%
2036	15.9%	15.9%
2037	15.8%	15.9%
2038	15.7%	15.9%
2039	15.6%	15.9%
2040	15.5%	16%
2041	15.4%	16%
2042	15.4%	16.1%
2043	15.4%	16.2%
2044	15.3%	16.2%
2045	15.3%	16.3%
2046	15.3%	16.3%
2047	15.3%	16.3%
2048	15.3%	16.4%
2049	15.2%	16.4%
2050	15.2%	16.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 18.2% in Palau in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 30.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Palau compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Palau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +0.15% in Palau. 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
	New Zealand	Palau
1960	41,791	296
1961	43,482	298
1962	42,865	296
1963	42,027	291
1964	39,375	284
1965	36,982	275
1966	36,151	268
1967	37,974	266
1968	37,594	275
1969	38,098	283
1970	37,101	286
1971	40,000	287
1972	38,244	280
1973	35,239	268
1974	33,896	256
1975	31,355	249
1976	29,456	236
1977	28,020	213
1978	26,156	193
1979	26,675	176
1980	23,658	165
1981	25,374	161
1982	24,207	170
1983	24,315	176
1984	26,043	181
1985	24,126	181
1986	25,549	182
1987	27,603	182
1988	29,846	183
1989	30,749	185
1990	33,298	181
1991	33,518	175
1992	32,067	183
1993	31,685	196
1994	30,372	195
1995	29,828	186
1996	28,997	166
1997	30,137	140
1998	29,146	116
1999	28,916	100
2000	29,897	85
2001	27,939	88
2002	25,941	88
2003	28,150	86
2004	29,634	83
2005	30,674	80
2006	30,924	79
2007	35,480	80
2008	35,143	79
2009	33,560	81
2010	35,458	81
2011	31,302	83
2012	31,077	86
2013	29,096	88
2014	26,196	73
2015	29,408	55
2016	28,237	53
2017	26,282	43
2018	24,797	29
2019	25,344	23
2020	24,993	8
2021	23,767	-3
2022	20,264	-7
2023	19,039	-10

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Palau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in New Zealand, compared to 89 deaths in Palau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Palau
1985	19	95
1986	18	92
1987	19	88
1988	19	96
1989	18	93
1990	18	100
1991	16	106
1992	15	113
1993	14	109
1994	13	116
1995	14	111
1996	14	123
1997	13	125
1998	12	119
1999	12	115
2000	11	119
2001	10	118
2002	11	117
2003	11	108
2004	11	106
2005	11	105
2006	10	105
2007	10	98
2008	10	99
2009	10	94
2010	10	96
2011	10	83
2012	9	84
2013	8	85
2014	7	78
2015	8	79
2016	8	80
2017	8	80
2018	7	82
2019	8	84
2020	8	117
2021	8	109
2022	23	121
2023	7	89

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 2.23% in Palau. 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
	New Zealand	Palau
1960	2.78%	-
1961	2.68%	-
1962	2.58%	-
1963	2.48%	-
1964	2.39%	-
1965	2.31%	9.58%
1966	2.25%	9.27%
1967	2.2%	8.97%
1968	2.16%	8.65%
1969	2.12%	8.34%
1970	2.08%	8%
1971	2.03%	7.62%
1972	1.98%	7.24%
1973	1.94%	6.85%
1974	1.88%	6.46%
1975	1.83%	6.06%
1976	1.77%	5.7%
1977	1.71%	5.37%
1978	1.66%	5.09%
1979	1.61%	4.84%
1980	1.56%	4.63%
1981	1.52%	4.44%
1982	1.48%	4.27%
1983	1.45%	4.13%
1984	1.41%	4.01%
1985	1.38%	3.9%
1986	1.34%	3.81%
1987	1.29%	3.73%
1988	1.24%	3.66%
1989	1.18%	3.6%
1990	1.12%	3.53%
1991	1.06%	3.47%
1992	1%	3.4%
1993	0.95%	3.32%
1994	0.91%	3.23%
1995	0.87%	3.14%
1996	0.84%	3.04%
1997	0.81%	2.94%
1998	0.78%	2.84%
1999	0.76%	2.74%
2000	0.74%	2.65%
2001	0.72%	2.55%
2002	0.7%	2.46%
2003	0.69%	2.38%
2004	0.67%	2.29%
2005	0.66%	2.21%
2006	0.65%	2.14%
2007	0.65%	2.07%
2008	0.64%	2.02%
2009	0.63%	1.98%
2010	0.62%	1.97%
2011	0.61%	1.97%
2012	0.6%	1.99%
2013	0.59%	2.03%
2014	0.57%	2.08%
2015	0.56%	2.14%
2016	0.55%	2.21%
2017	0.53%	2.28%
2018	0.52%	2.32%
2019	0.51%	2.34%
2020	0.5%	2.33%
2021	0.49%	2.3%
2022	0.48%	2.27%
2023	0.47%	2.23%