Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Paraguay

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	4.24	6.5
1961	4.31	6.49
1962	4.19	6.47
1963	4.05	6.45
1964	3.8	6.42
1965	3.54	6.35
1966	3.41	6.23
1967	3.35	6.1
1968	3.34	5.97
1969	3.28	5.84
1970	3.17	5.72
1971	3.18	5.59
1972	3	5.46
1973	2.76	5.35
1974	2.58	5.27
1975	2.37	5.18
1976	2.27	5.12
1977	2.21	5.08
1978	2.07	5.04
1979	2.12	5.06
1980	2.03	5.1
1981	2.01	5.15
1982	1.95	5.13
1983	1.92	5.09
1984	1.93	5.04
1985	1.93	4.97
1986	1.96	4.93
1987	2.03	4.85
1988	2.1	4.77
1989	2.12	4.68
1990	2.18	4.57
1991	2.09	4.48
1992	2.06	4.4
1993	2.04	4.28
1994	1.98	4.2
1995	1.98	4.11
1996	1.96	4.01
1997	1.96	3.91
1998	1.89	3.8
1999	1.97	3.67
2000	1.98	3.51
2001	1.97	3.36
2002	1.89	3.23
2003	1.93	3.12
2004	1.98	3.05
2005	1.97	2.97
2006	2.01	2.89
2007	2.18	2.82
2008	2.19	2.79
2009	2.13	2.76
2010	2.17	2.7
2011	2.09	2.67
2012	2.1	2.66
2013	2.01	2.64
2014	1.92	2.65
2015	1.99	2.65
2016	1.87	2.62
2017	1.81	2.59
2018	1.71	2.56
2019	1.72	2.53
2020	1.61	2.5
2021	1.64	2.47
2022	1.66	2.44
2023	1.56	2.42
2024	1.55	2.42
2025	1.54	2.39
2026	1.53	2.37
2027	1.53	2.35
2028	1.52	2.33
2029	1.52	2.31
2030	1.52	2.29
2031	1.52	2.27
2032	1.52	2.26
2033	1.51	2.24
2034	1.51	2.22
2035	1.51	2.21
2036	1.51	2.19
2037	1.51	2.17
2038	1.51	2.16
2039	1.51	2.14
2040	1.51	2.13
2041	1.51	2.12
2042	1.51	2.11
2043	1.51	2.09
2044	1.51	2.08
2045	1.51	2.07
2046	1.51	2.06
2047	1.51	2.05
2048	1.51	2.04
2049	1.51	2.03
2050	1.51	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Paraguay
1960	32.8%	46.3%
1961	33%	46.2%
1962	33%	46.1%
1963	32.9%	46%
1964	32.9%	46%
1965	32.7%	46%
1966	32.6%	46%
1967	32.5%	45.9%
1968	32.3%	45.8%
1969	32.2%	45.7%
1970	31.9%	45.5%
1971	31.7%	45.2%
1972	31.4%	45%
1973	31%	44.6%
1974	30.5%	44.2%
1975	30.1%	43.7%
1976	29.6%	43.3%
1977	29%	42.8%
1978	28.4%	42.4%
1979	27.8%	42%
1980	27.2%	41.6%
1981	26.7%	41.4%
1982	26.2%	41.2%
1983	25.6%	41.2%
1984	25.1%	41.2%
1985	24.6%	41.2%
1986	24.2%	41.3%
1987	23.8%	41.3%
1988	23.5%	41.4%
1989	23.3%	41.5%
1990	23.3%	41.5%
1991	23.2%	41.5%
1992	23.1%	41.5%
1993	23.1%	41.4%
1994	23.1%	41.3%
1995	23.1%	41.1%
1996	23%	40.8%
1997	23%	40.4%
1998	23%	40%
1999	22.9%	39.5%
2000	22.8%	39%
2001	22.6%	38.4%
2002	22.4%	37.9%
2003	22.1%	37.3%
2004	21.8%	36.6%
2005	21.5%	35.8%
2006	21.3%	35.1%
2007	21.1%	34.4%
2008	21%	33.8%
2009	20.9%	33.2%
2010	20.9%	32.5%
2011	20.8%	32%
2012	20.6%	31.4%
2013	20.4%	30.9%
2014	20.2%	30.5%
2015	19.9%	30.2%
2016	19.6%	29.9%
2017	19.5%	29.7%
2018	19.3%	29.5%
2019	19.2%	29.3%
2020	19%	29.1%
2021	18.9%	29%
2022	18.6%	28.9%
2023	18.4%	28.8%
2024	18.1%	28.6%
2025	17.9%	28.4%
2026	17.6%	28.1%
2027	17.4%	27.9%
2028	17.2%	27.6%
2029	17%	27.3%
2030	16.8%	26.9%
2031	16.6%	26.5%
2032	16.4%	26.1%
2033	16.3%	25.8%
2034	16.1%	25.4%
2035	16%	25%
2036	15.9%	24.7%
2037	15.8%	24.4%
2038	15.7%	24.1%
2039	15.6%	23.8%
2040	15.5%	23.5%
2041	15.4%	23.2%
2042	15.4%	23%
2043	15.4%	22.7%
2044	15.3%	22.5%
2045	15.3%	22.3%
2046	15.3%	22.1%
2047	15.3%	22%
2048	15.3%	21.8%
2049	15.2%	21.6%
2050	15.2%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	41,791	60,009
1961	43,482	61,536
1962	42,865	63,079
1963	42,027	64,741
1964	39,375	65,681
1965	36,982	66,063
1966	36,151	66,002
1967	37,974	65,695
1968	37,594	65,575
1969	38,098	65,616
1970	37,101	65,905
1971	40,000	66,142
1972	38,244	66,625
1973	35,239	67,803
1974	33,896	69,059
1975	31,355	70,285
1976	29,456	71,973
1977	28,020	74,359
1978	26,156	76,691
1979	26,675	80,345
1980	23,658	84,568
1981	25,374	89,456
1982	24,207	92,917
1983	24,315	96,406
1984	26,043	99,937
1985	24,126	102,859
1986	25,549	105,776
1987	27,603	107,962
1988	29,846	110,348
1989	30,749	111,727
1990	33,298	112,864
1991	33,518	114,472
1992	32,067	115,442
1993	31,685	115,211
1994	30,372	115,662
1995	29,828	115,777
1996	28,997	115,623
1997	30,137	115,095
1998	29,146	114,122
1999	28,916	112,726
2000	29,897	109,979
2001	27,939	107,225
2002	25,941	104,658
2003	28,150	102,427
2004	29,634	101,896
2005	30,674	101,035
2006	30,924	99,808
2007	35,480	99,141
2008	35,143	99,821
2009	33,560	100,296
2010	35,458	99,456
2011	31,302	100,442
2012	31,077	102,508
2013	29,096	103,383
2014	26,196	105,585
2015	29,408	106,817
2016	28,237	106,804
2017	26,282	105,634
2018	24,797	104,908
2019	25,344	103,179
2020	24,993	98,667
2021	23,767	78,667
2022	20,264	94,627
2023	19,039	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Paraguay
1985	19	237
1986	18	230
1987	19	225
1988	19	220
1989	18	209
1990	18	198
1991	16	192
1992	15	195
1993	14	197
1994	13	201
1995	14	202
1996	14	203
1997	13	205
1998	12	207
1999	12	207
2000	11	207
2001	10	207
2002	11	206
2003	11	203
2004	11	199
2005	11	194
2006	10	186
2007	10	177
2008	10	166
2009	10	152
2010	10	136
2011	10	120
2012	9	100
2013	8	84
2014	7	70
2015	8	64
2016	8	60
2017	8	58
2018	7	58
2019	8	58
2020	8	69
2021	8	140
2022	23	78
2023	7	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	2.78%	8.18%
1961	2.68%	8.11%
1962	2.58%	8.06%
1963	2.48%	8.02%
1964	2.39%	7.99%
1965	2.31%	7.96%
1966	2.25%	7.94%
1967	2.2%	7.91%
1968	2.16%	7.88%
1969	2.12%	7.84%
1970	2.08%	7.79%
1971	2.03%	7.73%
1972	1.98%	7.66%
1973	1.94%	7.57%
1974	1.88%	7.46%
1975	1.83%	7.34%
1976	1.77%	7.21%
1977	1.71%	7.06%
1978	1.66%	6.91%
1979	1.61%	6.74%
1980	1.56%	6.55%
1981	1.52%	6.35%
1982	1.48%	6.14%
1983	1.45%	5.92%
1984	1.41%	5.71%
1985	1.38%	5.5%
1986	1.34%	5.3%
1987	1.29%	5.1%
1988	1.24%	4.92%
1989	1.18%	4.73%
1990	1.12%	4.55%
1991	1.06%	4.38%
1992	1%	4.23%
1993	0.95%	4.08%
1994	0.91%	3.95%
1995	0.87%	3.83%
1996	0.84%	3.72%
1997	0.81%	3.62%
1998	0.78%	3.53%
1999	0.76%	3.45%
2000	0.74%	3.36%
2001	0.72%	3.29%
2002	0.7%	3.22%
2003	0.69%	3.14%
2004	0.67%	3.07%
2005	0.66%	2.99%
2006	0.65%	2.91%
2007	0.65%	2.83%
2008	0.64%	2.75%
2009	0.63%	2.67%
2010	0.62%	2.59%
2011	0.61%	2.51%
2012	0.6%	2.44%
2013	0.59%	2.37%
2014	0.57%	2.3%
2015	0.56%	2.22%
2016	0.55%	2.15%
2017	0.53%	2.08%
2018	0.52%	2.01%
2019	0.51%	1.94%
2020	0.5%	1.88%
2021	0.49%	1.82%
2022	0.48%	1.76%
2023	0.47%	1.7%