Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Suriname

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	4.24	6.59
1961	4.31	6.58
1962	4.19	6.57
1963	4.05	6.51
1964	3.8	6.43
1965	3.54	6.32
1966	3.41	6.2
1967	3.35	6.04
1968	3.34	5.86
1969	3.28	5.7
1970	3.17	5.53
1971	3.18	5.36
1972	3	5.18
1973	2.76	5.01
1974	2.58	4.81
1975	2.37	4.63
1976	2.27	4.45
1977	2.21	4.26
1978	2.07	4.08
1979	2.12	3.93
1980	2.03	3.79
1981	2.01	3.75
1982	1.95	3.82
1983	1.92	3.87
1984	1.93	3.8
1985	1.93	3.71
1986	1.96	3.61
1987	2.03	3.53
1988	2.1	3.46
1989	2.12	3.39
1990	2.18	3.23
1991	2.09	3.09
1992	2.06	3.01
1993	2.04	2.94
1994	1.98	2.9
1995	1.98	2.9
1996	1.96	2.92
1997	1.96	2.95
1998	1.89	2.99
1999	1.97	3.02
2000	1.98	3.05
2001	1.97	3.06
2002	1.89	2.96
2003	1.93	2.84
2004	1.98	2.74
2005	1.97	2.71
2006	2.01	2.73
2007	2.18	2.74
2008	2.19	2.73
2009	2.13	2.71
2010	2.17	2.69
2011	2.09	2.67
2012	2.1	2.67
2013	2.01	2.65
2014	1.92	2.62
2015	1.99	2.57
2016	1.87	2.5
2017	1.81	2.43
2018	1.71	2.38
2019	1.72	2.35
2020	1.61	2.31
2021	1.64	2.3
2022	1.66	2.27
2023	1.56	2.25
2024	1.55	2.23
2025	1.54	2.21
2026	1.53	2.19
2027	1.53	2.16
2028	1.52	2.14
2029	1.52	2.13
2030	1.52	2.11
2031	1.52	2.09
2032	1.52	2.08
2033	1.51	2.06
2034	1.51	2.05
2035	1.51	2.04
2036	1.51	2.02
2037	1.51	2.01
2038	1.51	2
2039	1.51	1.99
2040	1.51	1.98
2041	1.51	1.97
2042	1.51	1.96
2043	1.51	1.95
2044	1.51	1.94
2045	1.51	1.93
2046	1.51	1.92
2047	1.51	1.91
2048	1.51	1.9
2049	1.51	1.9
2050	1.51	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Suriname
1960	32.8%	44.5%
1961	33%	44.6%
1962	33%	45.1%
1963	32.9%	46.1%
1964	32.9%	46.8%
1965	32.7%	47.4%
1966	32.6%	48%
1967	32.5%	48.5%
1968	32.3%	48.8%
1969	32.2%	48.9%
1970	31.9%	48.8%
1971	31.7%	48.5%
1972	31.4%	47.8%
1973	31%	46.8%
1974	30.5%	46%
1975	30.1%	45.1%
1976	29.6%	44.3%
1977	29%	43.4%
1978	28.4%	42.6%
1979	27.8%	41.8%
1980	27.2%	41%
1981	26.7%	40.1%
1982	26.2%	39.5%
1983	25.6%	39%
1984	25.1%	38.6%
1985	24.6%	38.3%
1986	24.2%	38%
1987	23.8%	37.8%
1988	23.5%	37.7%
1989	23.3%	37.5%
1990	23.3%	37.4%
1991	23.2%	37.3%
1992	23.1%	37.2%
1993	23.1%	37.1%
1994	23.1%	37%
1995	23.1%	36.7%
1996	23%	36.1%
1997	23%	35.3%
1998	23%	34.5%
1999	22.9%	33.7%
2000	22.8%	33%
2001	22.6%	32.3%
2002	22.4%	31.8%
2003	22.1%	31.3%
2004	21.8%	31%
2005	21.5%	30.9%
2006	21.3%	30.8%
2007	21.1%	30.7%
2008	21%	30.6%
2009	20.9%	30.5%
2010	20.9%	30.3%
2011	20.8%	30%
2012	20.6%	29.8%
2013	20.4%	29.4%
2014	20.2%	29.1%
2015	19.9%	28.7%
2016	19.6%	28.3%
2017	19.5%	27.9%
2018	19.3%	27.5%
2019	19.2%	27.2%
2020	19%	26.8%
2021	18.9%	26.5%
2022	18.6%	26.3%
2023	18.4%	25.9%
2024	18.1%	25.6%
2025	17.9%	25.3%
2026	17.6%	25%
2027	17.4%	24.8%
2028	17.2%	24.5%
2029	17%	24.2%
2030	16.8%	23.9%
2031	16.6%	23.6%
2032	16.4%	23.4%
2033	16.3%	23.2%
2034	16.1%	23%
2035	16%	22.8%
2036	15.9%	22.6%
2037	15.8%	22.4%
2038	15.7%	22.2%
2039	15.6%	22%
2040	15.5%	21.8%
2041	15.4%	21.6%
2042	15.4%	21.4%
2043	15.4%	21.3%
2044	15.3%	21.1%
2045	15.3%	20.9%
2046	15.3%	20.7%
2047	15.3%	20.5%
2048	15.3%	20.3%
2049	15.2%	20.1%
2050	15.2%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	41,791	8,170
1961	43,482	8,361
1962	42,865	8,529
1963	42,027	8,838
1964	39,375	9,174
1965	36,982	9,270
1966	36,151	9,243
1967	37,974	9,104
1968	37,594	8,980
1969	38,098	8,880
1970	37,101	8,823
1971	40,000	8,814
1972	38,244	8,893
1973	35,239	8,877
1974	33,896	8,751
1975	31,355	8,587
1976	29,456	8,327
1977	28,020	7,998
1978	26,156	7,650
1979	26,675	7,312
1980	23,658	7,002
1981	25,374	7,541
1982	24,207	8,197
1983	24,315	8,797
1984	26,043	9,031
1985	24,126	9,177
1986	25,549	9,222
1987	27,603	9,319
1988	29,846	9,347
1989	30,749	9,441
1990	33,298	9,047
1991	33,518	8,637
1992	32,067	8,355
1993	31,685	8,127
1994	30,372	7,929
1995	29,828	7,968
1996	28,997	8,031
1997	30,137	8,106
1998	29,146	8,173
1999	28,916	8,236
2000	29,897	8,323
2001	27,939	8,349
2002	25,941	7,916
2003	28,150	7,396
2004	29,634	6,948
2005	30,674	7,037
2006	30,924	7,278
2007	35,480	7,468
2008	35,143	7,552
2009	33,560	7,559
2010	35,458	7,489
2011	31,302	7,401
2012	31,077	7,405
2013	29,096	7,350
2014	26,196	7,284
2015	29,408	7,150
2016	28,237	6,979
2017	26,282	6,772
2018	24,797	6,613
2019	25,344	6,564
2020	24,993	6,640
2021	23,767	5,291
2022	20,264	6,719
2023	19,039	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Suriname
1985	19	386
1986	18	377
1987	19	372
1988	19	364
1989	18	360
1990	18	350
1991	16	347
1992	15	346
1993	14	343
1994	13	334
1995	14	331
1996	14	323
1997	13	312
1998	12	302
1999	12	291
2000	11	282
2001	10	270
2002	11	253
2003	11	238
2004	11	219
2005	11	202
2006	10	187
2007	10	173
2008	10	161
2009	10	147
2010	10	134
2011	10	126
2012	9	122
2013	8	121
2014	7	120
2015	8	115
2016	8	109
2017	8	105
2018	7	101
2019	8	97
2020	8	94
2021	8	144
2022	23	88
2023	7	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1983	1.45%	5.67%
1984	1.41%	5.49%
1985	1.38%	5.31%
1986	1.34%	5.13%
1987	1.29%	4.97%
1988	1.24%	4.81%
1989	1.18%	4.65%
1990	1.12%	4.49%
1991	1.06%	4.34%
1992	1%	4.19%
1993	0.95%	4.03%
1994	0.91%	3.88%
1995	0.87%	3.74%
1996	0.84%	3.6%
1997	0.81%	3.47%
1998	0.78%	3.34%
1999	0.76%	3.22%
2000	0.74%	3.11%
2001	0.72%	3%
2002	0.7%	2.9%
2003	0.69%	2.81%
2004	0.67%	2.72%
2005	0.66%	2.64%
2006	0.65%	2.57%
2007	0.65%	2.5%
2008	0.64%	2.44%
2009	0.63%	2.38%
2010	0.62%	2.32%
2011	0.61%	2.26%
2012	0.6%	2.21%
2013	0.59%	2.16%
2014	0.57%	2.11%
2015	0.56%	2.05%
2016	0.55%	2%
2017	0.53%	1.95%
2018	0.52%	1.9%
2019	0.51%	1.84%
2020	0.5%	1.78%
2021	0.49%	1.73%
2022	0.48%	1.68%
2023	0.47%	1.62%