Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Venezuela

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	4.24	6.38
1961	4.31	6.3
1962	4.19	6.23
1963	4.05	6.16
1964	3.8	6.07
1965	3.54	5.98
1966	3.41	5.87
1967	3.35	5.75
1968	3.34	5.61
1969	3.28	5.47
1970	3.17	5.32
1971	3.18	5.17
1972	3	5.04
1973	2.76	4.91
1974	2.58	4.79
1975	2.37	4.69
1976	2.27	4.59
1977	2.21	4.49
1978	2.07	4.4
1979	2.12	4.3
1980	2.03	4.2
1981	2.01	4.1
1982	1.95	4.01
1983	1.92	3.93
1984	1.93	3.86
1985	1.93	3.79
1986	1.96	3.73
1987	2.03	3.67
1988	2.1	3.6
1989	2.12	3.52
1990	2.18	3.45
1991	2.09	3.37
1992	2.06	3.29
1993	2.04	3.22
1994	1.98	3.15
1995	1.98	3.08
1996	1.96	3.02
1997	1.96	2.97
1998	1.89	2.91
1999	1.97	2.86
2000	1.98	2.79
2001	1.97	2.78
2002	1.89	2.74
2003	1.93	2.7
2004	1.98	2.64
2005	1.97	2.63
2006	2.01	2.6
2007	2.18	2.52
2008	2.19	2.48
2009	2.13	2.42
2010	2.17	2.4
2011	2.09	2.4
2012	2.1	2.38
2013	2.01	2.33
2014	1.92	2.3
2015	1.99	2.25
2016	1.87	2.22
2017	1.81	2.18
2018	1.71	2.15
2019	1.72	2.13
2020	1.61	2.12
2021	1.64	2.11
2022	1.66	2.09
2023	1.56	2.08
2024	1.55	2.08
2025	1.54	2.06
2026	1.53	2.04
2027	1.53	2.03
2028	1.52	2.01
2029	1.52	2
2030	1.52	1.99
2031	1.52	1.98
2032	1.52	1.97
2033	1.51	1.96
2034	1.51	1.95
2035	1.51	1.94
2036	1.51	1.93
2037	1.51	1.92
2038	1.51	1.91
2039	1.51	1.91
2040	1.51	1.9
2041	1.51	1.89
2042	1.51	1.88
2043	1.51	1.87
2044	1.51	1.86
2045	1.51	1.86
2046	1.51	1.85
2047	1.51	1.84
2048	1.51	1.84
2049	1.51	1.83
2050	1.51	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Venezuela
1960	32.8%	46.8%
1961	33%	46.9%
1962	33%	47%
1963	32.9%	47%
1964	32.9%	47%
1965	32.7%	46.9%
1966	32.6%	46.8%
1967	32.5%	46.6%
1968	32.3%	46.3%
1969	32.2%	46%
1970	31.9%	45.6%
1971	31.7%	45.2%
1972	31.4%	44.7%
1973	31%	44.3%
1974	30.5%	43.8%
1975	30.1%	43.3%
1976	29.6%	42.9%
1977	29%	42.5%
1978	28.4%	42.1%
1979	27.8%	41.7%
1980	27.2%	41.3%
1981	26.7%	41%
1982	26.2%	40.6%
1983	25.6%	40.3%
1984	25.1%	39.9%
1985	24.6%	39.6%
1986	24.2%	39.3%
1987	23.8%	39%
1988	23.5%	38.7%
1989	23.3%	38.4%
1990	23.3%	38.1%
1991	23.2%	37.8%
1992	23.1%	37.4%
1993	23.1%	37%
1994	23.1%	36.6%
1995	23.1%	36.2%
1996	23%	35.8%
1997	23%	35.3%
1998	23%	34.9%
1999	22.9%	34.5%
2000	22.8%	34%
2001	22.6%	33.6%
2002	22.4%	33.1%
2003	22.1%	32.7%
2004	21.8%	32.2%
2005	21.5%	31.8%
2006	21.3%	31.4%
2007	21.1%	31%
2008	21%	30.6%
2009	20.9%	30.3%
2010	20.9%	29.9%
2011	20.8%	29.5%
2012	20.6%	29.2%
2013	20.4%	28.9%
2014	20.2%	28.5%
2015	19.9%	28.2%
2016	19.6%	27.9%
2017	19.5%	27.8%
2018	19.3%	27.9%
2019	19.2%	28%
2020	19%	27.8%
2021	18.9%	27.4%
2022	18.6%	26.8%
2023	18.4%	26.2%
2024	18.1%	25.5%
2025	17.9%	24.9%
2026	17.6%	24.3%
2027	17.4%	23.8%
2028	17.2%	23.2%
2029	17%	22.8%
2030	16.8%	22.4%
2031	16.6%	22%
2032	16.4%	21.7%
2033	16.3%	21.5%
2034	16.1%	21.4%
2035	16%	21.4%
2036	15.9%	21.4%
2037	15.8%	21.5%
2038	15.7%	21.5%
2039	15.6%	21.4%
2040	15.5%	21.4%
2041	15.4%	21.3%
2042	15.4%	21.2%
2043	15.4%	21.1%
2044	15.3%	20.9%
2045	15.3%	20.7%
2046	15.3%	20.5%
2047	15.3%	20.3%
2048	15.3%	20%
2049	15.2%	19.8%
2050	15.2%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	41,791	285,105
1961	43,482	292,109
1962	42,865	299,345
1963	42,027	307,279
1964	39,375	314,397
1965	36,982	321,695
1966	36,151	329,697
1967	37,974	335,813
1968	37,594	340,973
1969	38,098	343,596
1970	37,101	350,709
1971	40,000	355,212
1972	38,244	360,749
1973	35,239	367,612
1974	33,896	375,678
1975	31,355	385,045
1976	29,456	395,344
1977	28,020	405,315
1978	26,156	414,032
1979	26,675	421,256
1980	23,658	425,613
1981	25,374	432,059
1982	24,207	436,564
1983	24,315	443,569
1984	26,043	449,186
1985	24,126	455,517
1986	25,549	468,252
1987	27,603	474,204
1988	29,846	477,569
1989	30,749	478,053
1990	33,298	478,168
1991	33,518	477,917
1992	32,067	474,824
1993	31,685	473,189
1994	30,372	469,178
1995	29,828	469,267
1996	28,997	468,653
1997	30,137	472,002
1998	29,146	469,123
1999	28,916	463,787
2000	29,897	459,802
2001	27,939	451,487
2002	25,941	466,821
2003	28,150	456,902
2004	29,634	455,881
2005	30,674	463,260
2006	30,924	460,152
2007	35,480	452,482
2008	35,143	435,870
2009	33,560	427,257
2010	35,458	425,397
2011	31,302	425,958
2012	31,077	420,758
2013	29,096	408,930
2014	26,196	395,088
2015	29,408	384,560
2016	28,237	359,651
2017	26,282	340,222
2018	24,797	317,302
2019	25,344	274,826
2020	24,993	237,223
2021	23,767	207,746
2022	20,264	216,619
2023	19,039	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Venezuela
1985	19	83
1986	18	81
1987	19	81
1988	19	80
1989	18	80
1990	18	83
1991	16	80
1992	15	82
1993	14	82
1994	13	84
1995	14	84
1996	14	86
1997	13	82
1998	12	82
1999	12	88
2000	11	86
2001	10	101
2002	11	87
2003	11	97
2004	11	94
2005	11	93
2006	10	96
2007	10	92
2008	10	103
2009	10	109
2010	10	110
2011	10	104
2012	9	113
2013	8	123
2014	7	133
2015	8	136
2016	8	162
2017	8	195
2018	7	205
2019	8	202
2020	8	207
2021	8	251
2022	23	219
2023	7	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	2.78%	7.97%
1961	2.68%	7.72%
1962	2.58%	7.49%
1963	2.48%	7.3%
1964	2.39%	7.14%
1965	2.31%	7%
1966	2.25%	6.87%
1967	2.2%	6.75%
1968	2.16%	6.61%
1969	2.12%	6.47%
1970	2.08%	6.3%
1971	2.03%	6.12%
1972	1.98%	5.94%
1973	1.94%	5.75%
1974	1.88%	5.57%
1975	1.83%	5.38%
1976	1.77%	5.2%
1977	1.71%	5.01%
1978	1.66%	4.82%
1979	1.61%	4.62%
1980	1.56%	4.42%
1981	1.52%	4.24%
1982	1.48%	4.07%
1983	1.45%	3.91%
1984	1.41%	3.77%
1985	1.38%	3.64%
1986	1.34%	3.5%
1987	1.29%	3.37%
1988	1.24%	3.23%
1989	1.18%	3.09%
1990	1.12%	2.96%
1991	1.06%	2.86%
1992	1%	2.78%
1993	0.95%	2.73%
1994	0.91%	2.68%
1995	0.87%	2.63%
1996	0.84%	2.55%
1997	0.81%	2.45%
1998	0.78%	2.34%
1999	0.76%	2.24%
2000	0.74%	2.15%
2001	0.72%	2.09%
2002	0.7%	2.03%
2003	0.69%	1.98%
2004	0.67%	1.91%
2005	0.66%	1.85%
2006	0.65%	1.79%
2007	0.65%	1.74%
2008	0.64%	1.72%
2009	0.63%	1.71%
2010	0.62%	1.72%
2011	0.61%	1.73%
2012	0.6%	1.76%
2013	0.59%	1.79%
2014	0.57%	1.83%
2015	0.56%	1.92%
2016	0.55%	2.43%
2017	0.53%	2.43%
2018	0.52%	2.43%
2019	0.51%	2.43%
2020	0.5%	2.43%
2021	0.49%	2.43%
2022	0.48%	2.43%
2023	0.47%	2.43%