Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Palestine

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	4.24	-
1961	4.31	-
1962	4.19	-
1963	4.05	-
1964	3.8	-
1965	3.54	-
1966	3.41	-
1967	3.35	-
1968	3.34	-
1969	3.28	-
1970	3.17	-
1971	3.18	-
1972	3	-
1973	2.76	-
1974	2.58	-
1975	2.37	-
1976	2.27	-
1977	2.21	-
1978	2.07	-
1979	2.12	-
1980	2.03	-
1981	2.01	-
1982	1.95	-
1983	1.92	-
1984	1.93	-
1985	1.93	-
1986	1.96	-
1987	2.03	-
1988	2.1	-
1989	2.12	-
1990	2.18	6.81
1991	2.09	6.75
1992	2.06	6.65
1993	2.04	6.5
1994	1.98	6.33
1995	1.98	6.16
1996	1.96	5.99
1997	1.96	5.82
1998	1.89	5.69
1999	1.97	5.58
2000	1.98	5.46
2001	1.97	5.34
2002	1.89	5.22
2003	1.93	5.06
2004	1.98	4.97
2005	1.97	4.87
2006	2.01	4.74
2007	2.18	4.63
2008	2.19	4.51
2009	2.13	4.44
2010	2.17	4.43
2011	2.09	4.31
2012	2.1	4.15
2013	2.01	4.05
2014	1.92	4
2015	1.99	3.98
2016	1.87	3.89
2017	1.81	3.77
2018	1.71	3.67
2019	1.72	3.59
2020	1.61	3.51
2021	1.64	3.44
2022	1.66	3.38
2023	1.56	3.31
2024	1.55	3.25
2025	1.54	3.19
2026	1.53	3.13
2027	1.53	3.07
2028	1.52	3.02
2029	1.52	2.97
2030	1.52	2.93
2031	1.52	2.89
2032	1.52	2.85
2033	1.51	2.81
2034	1.51	2.78
2035	1.51	2.75
2036	1.51	2.71
2037	1.51	2.68
2038	1.51	2.65
2039	1.51	2.62
2040	1.51	2.59
2041	1.51	2.56
2042	1.51	2.53
2043	1.51	2.51
2044	1.51	2.48
2045	1.51	2.45
2046	1.51	2.43
2047	1.51	2.41
2048	1.51	2.38
2049	1.51	2.36
2050	1.51	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Palestine
1960	32.8%	-
1961	33%	-
1962	33%	-
1963	32.9%	-
1964	32.9%	-
1965	32.7%	-
1966	32.6%	-
1967	32.5%	-
1968	32.3%	-
1969	32.2%	-
1970	31.9%	-
1971	31.7%	-
1972	31.4%	-
1973	31%	-
1974	30.5%	-
1975	30.1%	-
1976	29.6%	-
1977	29%	-
1978	28.4%	-
1979	27.8%	-
1980	27.2%	-
1981	26.7%	-
1982	26.2%	-
1983	25.6%	-
1984	25.1%	-
1985	24.6%	-
1986	24.2%	-
1987	23.8%	-
1988	23.5%	-
1989	23.3%	-
1990	23.3%	49.1%
1991	23.2%	49.1%
1992	23.1%	49%
1993	23.1%	49%
1994	23.1%	48.9%
1995	23.1%	48.8%
1996	23%	48.6%
1997	23%	48.4%
1998	23%	48.1%
1999	22.9%	47.8%
2000	22.8%	47.4%
2001	22.6%	47.1%
2002	22.4%	46.6%
2003	22.1%	46.1%
2004	21.8%	45.6%
2005	21.5%	45%
2006	21.3%	44.3%
2007	21.1%	43.7%
2008	21%	43%
2009	20.9%	42.4%
2010	20.9%	41.9%
2011	20.8%	41.5%
2012	20.6%	41.1%
2013	20.4%	40.7%
2014	20.2%	40.4%
2015	19.9%	40.1%
2016	19.6%	39.9%
2017	19.5%	39.7%
2018	19.3%	39.6%
2019	19.2%	39.5%
2020	19%	39.3%
2021	18.9%	39%
2022	18.6%	38.7%
2023	18.4%	38.4%
2024	18.1%	38%
2025	17.9%	37.6%
2026	17.6%	37%
2027	17.4%	36.5%
2028	17.2%	35.9%
2029	17%	35.3%
2030	16.8%	34.7%
2031	16.6%	34%
2032	16.4%	33.4%
2033	16.3%	32.8%
2034	16.1%	32.3%
2035	16%	31.8%
2036	15.9%	31.4%
2037	15.8%	31%
2038	15.7%	30.6%
2039	15.6%	30.3%
2040	15.5%	30%
2041	15.4%	29.7%
2042	15.4%	29.4%
2043	15.4%	29.2%
2044	15.3%	28.9%
2045	15.3%	28.6%
2046	15.3%	28.4%
2047	15.3%	28.1%
2048	15.3%	27.8%
2049	15.2%	27.5%
2050	15.2%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	41,791	-
1961	43,482	-
1962	42,865	-
1963	42,027	-
1964	39,375	-
1965	36,982	-
1966	36,151	-
1967	37,974	-
1968	37,594	-
1969	38,098	-
1970	37,101	-
1971	40,000	-
1972	38,244	-
1973	35,239	-
1974	33,896	-
1975	31,355	-
1976	29,456	-
1977	28,020	-
1978	26,156	-
1979	26,675	-
1980	23,658	-
1981	25,374	-
1982	24,207	-
1983	24,315	-
1984	26,043	-
1985	24,126	-
1986	25,549	-
1987	27,603	-
1988	29,846	-
1989	30,749	-
1990	33,298	76,163
1991	33,518	79,444
1992	32,067	82,865
1993	31,685	86,434
1994	30,372	90,156
1995	29,828	94,037
1996	28,997	98,085
1997	30,137	102,307
1998	29,146	103,566
1999	28,916	104,823
2000	29,897	106,367
2001	27,939	107,320
2002	25,941	108,560
2003	28,150	109,162
2004	29,634	110,045
2005	30,674	110,569
2006	30,924	111,728
2007	35,480	112,453
2008	35,143	108,395
2009	33,560	111,724
2010	35,458	117,674
2011	31,302	119,021
2012	31,077	119,185
2013	29,096	120,503
2014	26,196	120,724
2015	29,408	126,189
2016	28,237	126,698
2017	26,282	125,688
2018	24,797	124,791
2019	25,344	124,508
2020	24,993	122,416
2021	23,767	120,396
2022	20,264	123,987
2023	19,039	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Palestine
1985	19	102
1986	18	96
1987	19	87
1988	19	85
1989	18	82
1990	18	78
1991	16	75
1992	15	73
1993	14	69
1994	13	66
1995	14	64
1996	14	61
1997	13	60
1998	12	59
1999	12	58
2000	11	59
2001	10	60
2002	11	58
2003	11	56
2004	11	55
2005	11	52
2006	10	51
2007	10	49
2008	10	49
2009	10	48
2010	10	42
2011	10	39
2012	9	36
2013	8	32
2014	7	29
2015	8	26
2016	8	23
2017	8	21
2018	7	19
2019	8	18
2020	8	20
2021	8	29
2022	23	17
2023	7	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	1.77%	10.2%
1977	1.71%	9.55%
1978	1.66%	8.98%
1979	1.61%	8.45%
1980	1.56%	7.95%
1981	1.52%	7.48%
1982	1.48%	7.04%
1983	1.45%	6.63%
1984	1.41%	6.25%
1985	1.38%	5.89%
1986	1.34%	5.56%
1987	1.29%	5.25%
1988	1.24%	4.97%
1989	1.18%	4.72%
1990	1.12%	4.49%
1991	1.06%	4.28%
1992	1%	4.09%
1993	0.95%	3.92%
1994	0.91%	3.77%
1995	0.87%	3.62%
1996	0.84%	3.49%
1997	0.81%	3.36%
1998	0.78%	3.24%
1999	0.76%	3.13%
2000	0.74%	3.03%
2001	0.72%	2.94%
2002	0.7%	2.85%
2003	0.69%	2.77%
2004	0.67%	2.68%
2005	0.66%	2.6%
2006	0.65%	2.52%
2007	0.65%	2.43%
2008	0.64%	2.35%
2009	0.63%	2.28%
2010	0.62%	2.2%
2011	0.61%	2.12%
2012	0.6%	2.04%
2013	0.59%	1.97%
2014	0.57%	2.2%
2015	0.56%	1.83%
2016	0.55%	1.76%
2017	0.53%	1.69%
2018	0.52%	1.63%
2019	0.51%	1.57%
2020	0.5%	1.52%
2021	0.49%	1.47%
2022	0.48%	1.42%
2023	0.47%	2.63%