Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Somalia

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	4.24	7.25
1961	4.31	7.25
1962	4.19	7.26
1963	4.05	7.26
1964	3.8	7.26
1965	3.54	7.26
1966	3.41	7.26
1967	3.35	7.25
1968	3.34	7.23
1969	3.28	7.21
1970	3.17	7.18
1971	3.18	7.15
1972	3	7.12
1973	2.76	7.09
1974	2.58	7.06
1975	2.37	7.03
1976	2.27	7.02
1977	2.21	7
1978	2.07	7.13
1979	2.12	7.16
1980	2.03	7.18
1981	2.01	7.23
1982	1.95	7.25
1983	1.92	7.28
1984	1.93	7.3
1985	1.93	7.33
1986	1.96	7.35
1987	2.03	7.37
1988	2.1	7.4
1989	2.12	7.42
1990	2.18	7.44
1991	2.09	7.47
1992	2.06	7.5
1993	2.04	7.53
1994	1.98	7.54
1995	1.98	7.58
1996	1.96	7.62
1997	1.96	7.66
1998	1.89	7.66
1999	1.97	7.66
2000	1.98	7.65
2001	1.97	7.64
2002	1.89	7.63
2003	1.93	7.6
2004	1.98	7.57
2005	1.97	7.53
2006	2.01	7.49
2007	2.18	7.46
2008	2.19	7.42
2009	2.13	7.38
2010	2.17	7.32
2011	2.09	7.27
2012	2.1	7.21
2013	2.01	7.14
2014	1.92	7.06
2015	1.99	6.98
2016	1.87	6.88
2017	1.81	6.77
2018	1.71	6.66
2019	1.72	6.56
2020	1.61	6.45
2021	1.64	6.35
2022	1.66	6.26
2023	1.56	6.13
2024	1.55	6.01
2025	1.54	5.91
2026	1.53	5.8
2027	1.53	5.68
2028	1.52	5.58
2029	1.52	5.47
2030	1.52	5.35
2031	1.52	5.25
2032	1.52	5.14
2033	1.51	5.04
2034	1.51	4.94
2035	1.51	4.84
2036	1.51	4.74
2037	1.51	4.63
2038	1.51	4.52
2039	1.51	4.44
2040	1.51	4.35
2041	1.51	4.26
2042	1.51	4.16
2043	1.51	4.07
2044	1.51	3.99
2045	1.51	3.91
2046	1.51	3.84
2047	1.51	3.78
2048	1.51	3.71
2049	1.51	3.65
2050	1.51	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Somalia
1960	32.8%	44.4%
1961	33%	44.7%
1962	33%	44.8%
1963	32.9%	45%
1964	32.9%	45.1%
1965	32.7%	45.1%
1966	32.6%	44.9%
1967	32.5%	44.8%
1968	32.3%	44.7%
1969	32.2%	44.6%
1970	31.9%	44.5%
1971	31.7%	44.5%
1972	31.4%	44.4%
1973	31%	44.4%
1974	30.5%	44.4%
1975	30.1%	44.3%
1976	29.6%	44.3%
1977	29%	44.3%
1978	28.4%	44.4%
1979	27.8%	44.5%
1980	27.2%	44.6%
1981	26.7%	44.8%
1982	26.2%	45%
1983	25.6%	45.2%
1984	25.1%	45.4%
1985	24.6%	45.6%
1986	24.2%	45.8%
1987	23.8%	46%
1988	23.5%	46.3%
1989	23.3%	46.7%
1990	23.3%	47%
1991	23.2%	47%
1992	23.1%	46.5%
1993	23.1%	46.4%
1994	23.1%	46.5%
1995	23.1%	46.7%
1996	23%	46.9%
1997	23%	47%
1998	23%	47.1%
1999	22.9%	47.2%
2000	22.8%	47.4%
2001	22.6%	47.5%
2002	22.4%	47.6%
2003	22.1%	47.7%
2004	21.8%	47.9%
2005	21.5%	48.2%
2006	21.3%	48.6%
2007	21.1%	48.9%
2008	21%	48.9%
2009	20.9%	48.8%
2010	20.9%	48.7%
2011	20.8%	48.3%
2012	20.6%	47.9%
2013	20.4%	47.8%
2014	20.2%	47.7%
2015	19.9%	47.6%
2016	19.6%	47.5%
2017	19.5%	47.4%
2018	19.3%	47.3%
2019	19.2%	47.1%
2020	19%	47%
2021	18.9%	47%
2022	18.6%	46.8%
2023	18.4%	46.7%
2024	18.1%	46.6%
2025	17.9%	46.6%
2026	17.6%	46.5%
2027	17.4%	46.4%
2028	17.2%	46.1%
2029	17%	45.8%
2030	16.8%	45.4%
2031	16.6%	45.1%
2032	16.4%	44.7%
2033	16.3%	44.3%
2034	16.1%	43.9%
2035	16%	43.5%
2036	15.9%	43.1%
2037	15.8%	42.6%
2038	15.7%	42.1%
2039	15.6%	41.7%
2040	15.5%	41.2%
2041	15.4%	40.8%
2042	15.4%	40.3%
2043	15.4%	39.9%
2044	15.3%	39.4%
2045	15.3%	39%
2046	15.3%	38.6%
2047	15.3%	38.2%
2048	15.3%	37.8%
2049	15.2%	37.4%
2050	15.2%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	41,791	73,850
1961	43,482	75,513
1962	42,865	77,737
1963	42,027	79,859
1964	39,375	82,042
1965	36,982	84,448
1966	36,151	86,930
1967	37,974	89,497
1968	37,594	92,208
1969	38,098	95,045
1970	37,101	98,025
1971	40,000	101,196
1972	38,244	104,493
1973	35,239	108,038
1974	33,896	104,813
1975	31,355	108,998
1976	29,456	113,319
1977	28,020	124,818
1978	26,156	132,689
1979	26,675	151,016
1980	23,658	174,790
1981	25,374	185,211
1982	24,207	182,793
1983	24,315	190,775
1984	26,043	199,017
1985	24,126	207,960
1986	25,549	218,416
1987	27,603	231,580
1988	29,846	215,599
1989	30,749	225,255
1990	33,298	225,162
1991	33,518	53,052
1992	32,067	57,495
1993	31,685	232,960
1994	30,372	246,950
1995	29,828	254,509
1996	28,997	264,807
1997	30,137	271,894
1998	29,146	284,779
1999	28,916	295,523
2000	29,897	306,651
2001	27,939	319,059
2002	25,941	331,215
2003	28,150	341,192
2004	29,634	351,959
2005	30,674	363,117
2006	30,924	372,597
2007	35,480	380,303
2008	35,143	394,258
2009	33,560	405,784
2010	35,458	385,571
2011	31,302	203,213
2012	31,077	399,468
2013	29,096	448,518
2014	26,196	464,481
2015	29,408	481,573
2016	28,237	495,132
2017	26,282	478,556
2018	24,797	514,244
2019	25,344	548,756
2020	24,993	561,311
2021	23,767	566,399
2022	20,264	551,450
2023	19,039	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Somalia
1985	19	1,465
1986	18	1,452
1987	19	1,393
1988	19	1,423
1989	18	1,395
1990	18	1,358
1991	16	1,431
1992	15	1,339
1993	14	1,195
1994	13	1,254
1995	14	1,210
1996	14	1,225
1997	13	1,206
1998	12	1,177
1999	12	1,170
2000	11	1,150
2001	10	1,129
2002	11	1,121
2003	11	1,111
2004	11	1,104
2005	11	1,086
2006	10	1,085
2007	10	1,074
2008	10	1,035
2009	10	995
2010	10	1,062
2011	10	972
2012	9	894
2013	8	855
2014	7	816
2015	8	784
2016	8	754
2017	8	716
2018	7	727
2019	8	656
2020	8	655
2021	8	726
2022	23	622
2023	7	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
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	1.66%	-
1979	1.61%	-
1980	1.56%	-
1981	1.52%	-
1982	1.48%	20.1%
1983	1.45%	19.8%
1984	1.41%	19.5%
1985	1.38%	19.3%
1986	1.34%	19%
1987	1.29%	18.8%
1988	1.24%	18.6%
1989	1.18%	18.3%
1990	1.12%	18%
1991	1.06%	44.3%
1992	1%	45.6%
1993	0.95%	17.3%
1994	0.91%	17.2%
1995	0.87%	17.2%
1996	0.84%	17.2%
1997	0.81%	17.2%
1998	0.78%	17.2%
1999	0.76%	17.2%
2000	0.74%	17.2%
2001	0.72%	17.2%
2002	0.7%	17.2%
2003	0.69%	17.2%
2004	0.67%	17.2%
2005	0.66%	17.2%
2006	0.65%	17.2%
2007	0.65%	17%
2008	0.64%	16.6%
2009	0.63%	16.2%
2010	0.62%	18.6%
2011	0.61%	35.9%
2012	0.6%	18.4%
2013	0.59%	14.3%
2014	0.57%	13.8%
2015	0.56%	13.4%
2016	0.55%	13%
2017	0.53%	15.5%
2018	0.52%	13.6%
2019	0.51%	11.8%
2020	0.5%	11.4%
2021	0.49%	11.1%
2022	0.48%	14.3%
2023	0.47%	10.4%