Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Vietnam

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Vietnam 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 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check New Zealand vs Vietnam 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	Vietnam
1960	4.24	6.27
1961	4.31	5.48
1962	4.19	6.26
1963	4.05	6.39
1964	3.8	6.29
1965	3.54	6.16
1966	3.41	5.97
1967	3.35	5.88
1968	3.34	6.03
1969	3.28	6.01
1970	3.17	6.02
1971	3.18	6.07
1972	3	6.1
1973	2.76	6.11
1974	2.58	5.78
1975	2.37	5.62
1976	2.27	5.46
1977	2.21	5.29
1978	2.07	5.1
1979	2.12	4.94
1980	2.03	4.8
1981	2.01	4.67
1982	1.95	4.59
1983	1.92	4.52
1984	1.93	4.41
1985	1.93	4.21
1986	1.96	3.96
1987	2.03	3.72
1988	2.1	3.62
1989	2.12	3.64
1990	2.18	3.6
1991	2.09	3.52
1992	2.06	3.35
1993	2.04	3.17
1994	1.98	2.94
1995	1.98	2.7
1996	1.96	2.47
1997	1.96	2.27
1998	1.89	2.1
1999	1.97	2
2000	1.98	2.03
2001	1.97	2.02
2002	1.89	2.01
2003	1.93	2
2004	1.98	1.97
2005	1.97	1.89
2006	2.01	1.87
2007	2.18	1.91
2008	2.19	1.93
2009	2.13	1.92
2010	2.17	1.91
2011	2.09	1.93
2012	2.1	1.97
2013	2.01	1.98
2014	1.92	2.09
2015	1.99	2.1
2016	1.87	2
2017	1.81	1.99
2018	1.71	1.88
2019	1.72	1.94
2020	1.61	1.96
2021	1.64	1.94
2022	1.66	1.93
2023	1.56	1.91
2024	1.55	1.9
2025	1.54	1.88
2026	1.53	1.86
2027	1.53	1.85
2028	1.52	1.84
2029	1.52	1.83
2030	1.52	1.82
2031	1.52	1.81
2032	1.52	1.8
2033	1.51	1.79
2034	1.51	1.79
2035	1.51	1.78
2036	1.51	1.78
2037	1.51	1.78
2038	1.51	1.77
2039	1.51	1.77
2040	1.51	1.77
2041	1.51	1.77
2042	1.51	1.77
2043	1.51	1.76
2044	1.51	1.76
2045	1.51	1.76
2046	1.51	1.76
2047	1.51	1.75
2048	1.51	1.75
2049	1.51	1.75
2050	1.51	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Vietnam
1960	32.8%	41.1%
1961	33%	41.8%
1962	33%	42.4%
1963	32.9%	43.1%
1964	32.9%	43.4%
1965	32.7%	43.5%
1966	32.6%	43.6%
1967	32.5%	43.5%
1968	32.3%	43.4%
1969	32.2%	43.2%
1970	31.9%	42.9%
1971	31.7%	42.7%
1972	31.4%	42.4%
1973	31%	42.1%
1974	30.5%	41.8%
1975	30.1%	41.4%
1976	29.6%	41.2%
1977	29%	41%
1978	28.4%	40.6%
1979	27.8%	40.4%
1980	27.2%	40.3%
1981	26.7%	40.2%
1982	26.2%	40.2%
1983	25.6%	40.2%
1984	25.1%	40.1%
1985	24.6%	40.1%
1986	24.2%	39.9%
1987	23.8%	39.6%
1988	23.5%	39.2%
1989	23.3%	38.8%
1990	23.3%	38.5%
1991	23.2%	38.1%
1992	23.1%	37.7%
1993	23.1%	37.2%
1994	23.1%	36.7%
1995	23.1%	36.1%
1996	23%	35.4%
1997	23%	34.5%
1998	23%	33.5%
1999	22.9%	32.5%
2000	22.8%	31.5%
2001	22.6%	30.6%
2002	22.4%	29.9%
2003	22.1%	29.2%
2004	21.8%	28.5%
2005	21.5%	27.7%
2006	21.3%	26.9%
2007	21.1%	26.2%
2008	21%	25.6%
2009	20.9%	25.1%
2010	20.9%	24.6%
2011	20.8%	24.2%
2012	20.6%	24%
2013	20.4%	23.9%
2014	20.2%	24%
2015	19.9%	24%
2016	19.6%	24.1%
2017	19.5%	24.4%
2018	19.3%	24.6%
2019	19.2%	24.5%
2020	19%	24.4%
2021	18.9%	24.2%
2022	18.6%	23.9%
2023	18.4%	23.6%
2024	18.1%	23.2%
2025	17.9%	22.9%
2026	17.6%	22.4%
2027	17.4%	21.8%
2028	17.2%	21.1%
2029	17%	20.5%
2030	16.8%	19.9%
2031	16.6%	19.5%
2032	16.4%	19.1%
2033	16.3%	18.8%
2034	16.1%	18.5%
2035	16%	18.3%
2036	15.9%	18.1%
2037	15.8%	17.9%
2038	15.7%	17.8%
2039	15.6%	17.7%
2040	15.5%	17.6%
2041	15.4%	17.5%
2042	15.4%	17.5%
2043	15.4%	17.5%
2044	15.3%	17.4%
2045	15.3%	17.4%
2046	15.3%	17.3%
2047	15.3%	17.3%
2048	15.3%	17.2%
2049	15.2%	17.1%
2050	15.2%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand and +0.97% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	41,791	955,268
1961	43,482	798,978
1962	42,865	960,046
1963	42,027	961,067
1964	39,375	950,219
1965	36,982	913,761
1966	36,151	876,283
1967	37,974	862,071
1968	37,594	815,116
1969	38,098	878,359
1970	37,101	905,902
1971	40,000	963,259
1972	38,244	921,524
1973	35,239	1,061,707
1974	33,896	1,000,505
1975	31,355	1,175,181
1976	29,456	1,232,608
1977	28,020	1,259,315
1978	26,156	1,286,991
1979	26,675	1,314,563
1980	23,658	1,321,595
1981	25,374	1,358,500
1982	24,207	1,407,959
1983	24,315	1,453,913
1984	26,043	1,477,448
1985	24,126	1,453,954
1986	25,549	1,407,957
1987	27,603	1,359,481
1988	29,846	1,370,108
1989	30,749	1,423,622
1990	33,298	1,449,157
1991	33,518	1,459,311
1992	32,067	1,419,952
1993	31,685	1,370,365
1994	30,372	1,291,534
1995	29,828	1,203,666
1996	28,997	1,108,686
1997	30,137	1,028,116
1998	29,146	959,016
1999	28,916	925,519
2000	29,897	966,894
2001	27,939	985,610
2002	25,941	991,427
2003	28,150	1,001,470
2004	29,634	985,438
2005	30,674	942,084
2006	30,924	943,041
2007	35,480	981,689
2008	35,143	1,008,141
2009	33,560	1,007,778
2010	35,458	1,005,559
2011	31,302	1,029,859
2012	31,077	1,063,741
2013	29,096	1,071,570
2014	26,196	1,151,221
2015	29,408	1,145,903
2016	28,237	1,045,094
2017	26,282	1,001,833
2018	24,797	882,977
2019	25,344	895,262
2020	24,993	924,004
2021	23,767	799,593
2022	20,264	775,914
2023	19,039	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Vietnam

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 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Vietnam
1985	19	186
1986	18	174
1987	19	163
1988	19	155
1989	18	152
1990	18	147
1991	16	142
1992	15	139
1993	14	135
1994	13	130
1995	14	119
1996	14	111
1997	13	104
1998	12	93
1999	12	86
2000	11	83
2001	10	78
2002	11	74
2003	11	71
2004	11	72
2005	11	69
2006	10	67
2007	10	66
2008	10	65
2009	10	64
2010	10	62
2011	10	61
2012	9	60
2013	8	60
2014	7	59
2015	8	58
2016	8	56
2017	8	55
2018	7	53
2019	8	52
2020	8	51
2021	8	52
2022	23	49
2023	7	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand and 2% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	2.78%	-
1961	2.68%	-
1962	2.58%	-
1963	2.48%	-
1964	2.39%	8.73%
1965	2.31%	9.93%
1966	2.25%	9.97%
1967	2.2%	10%
1968	2.16%	11.6%
1969	2.12%	10.8%
1970	2.08%	10.7%
1971	2.03%	10.5%
1972	1.98%	11.9%
1973	1.94%	10.4%
1974	1.88%	10.7%
1975	1.83%	7.75%
1976	1.77%	7.6%
1977	1.71%	7.44%
1978	1.66%	7.27%
1979	1.61%	7.1%
1980	1.56%	6.94%
1981	1.52%	6.79%
1982	1.48%	6.64%
1983	1.45%	6.5%
1984	1.41%	6.36%
1985	1.38%	6.21%
1986	1.34%	6.04%
1987	1.29%	5.85%
1988	1.24%	5.64%
1989	1.18%	5.4%
1990	1.12%	5.15%
1991	1.06%	4.9%
1992	1%	4.64%
1993	0.95%	4.39%
1994	0.91%	4.14%
1995	0.87%	3.9%
1996	0.84%	3.68%
1997	0.81%	3.48%
1998	0.78%	3.29%
1999	0.76%	3.13%
2000	0.74%	2.98%
2001	0.72%	2.86%
2002	0.7%	2.74%
2003	0.69%	2.65%
2004	0.67%	2.57%
2005	0.66%	2.5%
2006	0.65%	2.45%
2007	0.65%	2.4%
2008	0.64%	2.36%
2009	0.63%	2.33%
2010	0.62%	2.31%
2011	0.61%	2.28%
2012	0.6%	2.26%
2013	0.59%	2.24%
2014	0.57%	2.22%
2015	0.56%	2.2%
2016	0.55%	2.18%
2017	0.53%	2.15%
2018	0.52%	2.14%
2019	0.51%	2.12%
2020	0.5%	2.1%
2021	0.49%	2.07%
2022	0.48%	2.04%
2023	0.47%	2%