Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Russia

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	4.24	2.52
1961	4.31	2.45
1962	4.19	2.36
1963	4.05	2.27
1964	3.8	2.18
1965	3.54	2.13
1966	3.41	2.1
1967	3.35	2.04
1968	3.34	1.99
1969	3.28	1.97
1970	3.17	1.99
1971	3.18	2.03
1972	3	2.04
1973	2.76	2.01
1974	2.58	2
1975	2.37	1.98
1976	2.27	1.97
1977	2.21	1.95
1978	2.07	1.92
1979	2.12	1.9
1980	2.03	1.89
1981	2.01	1.91
1982	1.95	2.04
1983	1.92	2.11
1984	1.93	2.06
1985	1.93	2.05
1986	1.96	2.15
1987	2.03	2.22
1988	2.1	2.12
1989	2.12	2.01
1990	2.18	1.89
1991	2.09	1.73
1992	2.06	1.55
1993	2.04	1.39
1994	1.98	1.4
1995	1.98	1.34
1996	1.96	1.27
1997	1.96	1.22
1998	1.89	1.23
1999	1.97	1.16
2000	1.98	1.2
2001	1.97	1.22
2002	1.89	1.29
2003	1.93	1.32
2004	1.98	1.34
2005	1.97	1.29
2006	2.01	1.31
2007	2.18	1.42
2008	2.19	1.5
2009	2.13	1.54
2010	2.17	1.57
2011	2.09	1.58
2012	2.1	1.69
2013	2.01	1.71
2014	1.92	1.75
2015	1.99	1.78
2016	1.87	1.76
2017	1.81	1.62
2018	1.71	1.58
2019	1.72	1.5
2020	1.61	1.51
2021	1.64	1.51
2022	1.66	1.42
2023	1.56	1.41
2024	1.55	1.42
2025	1.54	1.43
2026	1.53	1.43
2027	1.53	1.43
2028	1.52	1.44
2029	1.52	1.44
2030	1.52	1.45
2031	1.52	1.45
2032	1.52	1.45
2033	1.51	1.46
2034	1.51	1.46
2035	1.51	1.46
2036	1.51	1.47
2037	1.51	1.47
2038	1.51	1.47
2039	1.51	1.47
2040	1.51	1.48
2041	1.51	1.48
2042	1.51	1.48
2043	1.51	1.48
2044	1.51	1.49
2045	1.51	1.49
2046	1.51	1.49
2047	1.51	1.49
2048	1.51	1.5
2049	1.51	1.5
2050	1.51	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Russia
1960	32.8%	30.5%
1961	33%	30.9%
1962	33%	30.8%
1963	32.9%	30.6%
1964	32.9%	30.2%
1965	32.7%	29.5%
1966	32.6%	28.9%
1967	32.5%	28.3%
1968	32.3%	27.6%
1969	32.2%	26.9%
1970	31.9%	26.1%
1971	31.7%	25.4%
1972	31.4%	24.8%
1973	31%	24.2%
1974	30.5%	23.6%
1975	30.1%	23%
1976	29.6%	22.5%
1977	29%	22.1%
1978	28.4%	21.8%
1979	27.8%	21.7%
1980	27.2%	21.7%
1981	26.7%	21.7%
1982	26.2%	21.9%
1983	25.6%	22.1%
1984	25.1%	22.4%
1985	24.6%	22.6%
1986	24.2%	22.8%
1987	23.8%	22.9%
1988	23.5%	23%
1989	23.3%	23%
1990	23.3%	22.9%
1991	23.2%	22.7%
1992	23.1%	22.4%
1993	23.1%	22%
1994	23.1%	21.6%
1995	23.1%	21.2%
1996	23%	20.7%
1997	23%	20.2%
1998	23%	19.5%
1999	22.9%	18.8%
2000	22.8%	18%
2001	22.6%	17.3%
2002	22.4%	16.6%
2003	22.1%	16%
2004	21.8%	15.6%
2005	21.5%	15.2%
2006	21.3%	14.9%
2007	21.1%	14.8%
2008	21%	14.9%
2009	20.9%	15%
2010	20.9%	15.2%
2011	20.8%	15.4%
2012	20.6%	15.7%
2013	20.4%	16.1%
2014	20.2%	16.5%
2015	19.9%	16.9%
2016	19.6%	17.2%
2017	19.5%	17.5%
2018	19.3%	17.6%
2019	19.2%	17.6%
2020	19%	17.7%
2021	18.9%	17.7%
2022	18.6%	17.7%
2023	18.4%	17.5%
2024	18.1%	17.3%
2025	17.9%	17%
2026	17.6%	16.7%
2027	17.4%	16.3%
2028	17.2%	15.9%
2029	17%	15.5%
2030	16.8%	15%
2031	16.6%	14.6%
2032	16.4%	14.2%
2033	16.3%	14%
2034	16.1%	13.8%
2035	16%	13.7%
2036	15.9%	13.6%
2037	15.8%	13.6%
2038	15.7%	13.6%
2039	15.6%	13.7%
2040	15.5%	13.9%
2041	15.4%	14%
2042	15.4%	14.2%
2043	15.4%	14.4%
2044	15.3%	14.6%
2045	15.3%	14.8%
2046	15.3%	15%
2047	15.3%	15.2%
2048	15.3%	15.4%
2049	15.2%	15.5%
2050	15.2%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Russia compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	41,791	1,962,834
1961	43,482	1,810,538
1962	42,865	1,573,701
1963	42,027	1,436,077
1964	39,375	1,233,520
1965	36,982	1,059,335
1966	36,151	989,279
1967	37,974	854,554
1968	37,594	787,621
1969	38,098	753,088
1970	37,101	785,554
1971	40,000	854,999
1972	38,244	872,050
1973	35,239	846,561
1974	33,896	883,186
1975	31,355	843,850
1976	29,456	852,237
1977	28,020	832,932
1978	26,156	812,766
1979	26,675	690,135
1980	23,658	681,149
1981	25,374	713,700
1982	24,207	830,855
1983	24,315	906,676
1984	26,043	756,548
1985	24,126	762,447
1986	25,549	985,279
1987	27,603	977,583
1988	29,846	778,343
1989	30,749	576,112
1990	33,298	325,533
1991	33,518	103,876
1992	32,067	-222,808
1993	31,685	-757,140
1994	30,372	-920,129
1995	29,828	-845,742
1996	28,997	-785,248
1997	30,137	-769,159
1998	29,146	-694,053
1999	28,916	-927,453
2000	29,897	-967,540
2001	27,939	-963,445
2002	25,941	-944,492
2003	28,150	-896,822
2004	29,634	-792,370
2005	30,674	-846,761
2006	30,924	-686,638
2007	35,480	-471,257
2008	35,143	-356,856
2009	33,560	-257,014
2010	35,458	-242,844
2011	31,302	-128,716
2012	31,077	0
2013	29,096	28,761
2014	26,196	28,848
2015	29,408	43,392
2016	28,237	0
2017	26,282	-130,764
2018	24,797	-232,637
2019	25,344	-319,997
2020	24,993	-697,177
2021	23,767	-1,027,702
2022	20,264	-576,948
2023	19,039	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Russia
1985	19	81
1986	18	69
1987	19	65
1988	19	63
1989	18	61
1990	18	58
1991	16	57
1992	15	62
1993	14	76
1994	13	85
1995	14	82
1996	14	69
1997	13	59
1998	12	53
1999	12	53
2000	11	51
2001	10	48
2002	11	47
2003	11	45
2004	11	41
2005	11	38
2006	10	32
2007	10	29
2008	10	27
2009	10	24
2010	10	23
2011	10	19
2012	9	18
2013	8	16
2014	7	16
2015	8	15
2016	8	14
2017	8	12
2018	7	12
2019	8	12
2020	8	19
2021	8	21
2022	23	13
2023	7	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	2.78%	4.55%
1961	2.68%	4.26%
1962	2.58%	3.99%
1963	2.48%	3.76%
1964	2.39%	3.55%
1965	2.31%	3.38%
1966	2.25%	3.23%
1967	2.2%	3.11%
1968	2.16%	3.02%
1969	2.12%	2.94%
1970	2.08%	2.88%
1971	2.03%	2.84%
1972	1.98%	2.81%
1973	1.94%	2.78%
1974	1.88%	2.77%
1975	1.83%	2.76%
1976	1.77%	2.76%
1977	1.71%	2.76%
1978	1.66%	2.76%
1979	1.61%	2.75%
1980	1.56%	2.73%
1981	1.52%	2.7%
1982	1.48%	2.66%
1983	1.45%	2.62%
1984	1.41%	2.56%
1985	1.38%	2.5%
1986	1.34%	2.42%
1987	1.29%	2.34%
1988	1.24%	2.26%
1989	1.18%	2.2%
1990	1.12%	2.17%
1991	1.06%	2.16%
1992	1%	2.17%
1993	0.95%	2.19%
1994	0.91%	2.2%
1995	0.87%	2.2%
1996	0.84%	2.17%
1997	0.81%	2.13%
1998	0.78%	2.08%
1999	0.76%	2.02%
2000	0.74%	1.94%
2001	0.72%	1.84%
2002	0.7%	1.73%
2003	0.69%	1.61%
2004	0.67%	1.5%
2005	0.66%	1.39%
2006	0.65%	1.29%
2007	0.65%	1.2%
2008	0.64%	1.13%
2009	0.63%	1.07%
2010	0.62%	1.04%
2011	0.61%	1.02%
2012	0.6%	0.99%
2013	0.59%	0.95%
2014	0.57%	0.89%
2015	0.56%	0.82%
2016	0.55%	0.75%
2017	0.53%	0.69%
2018	0.52%	0.63%
2019	0.51%	0.58%
2020	0.5%	0.54%
2021	0.49%	0.51%
2022	0.48%	0.47%
2023	0.47%	0.45%