In New Zealand, the crude birth rate in 1850 was 37 live births per thousand people, meaning that 3.7 percent of the population had been born in that year. This rate fluctuates over the next thirty years, reaching it's highest recorded number in 1870 (42.3 births per thousand), before dropping consistently from 1880 until 1935. In 1935, New Zealand's crude birth rate was just 17.4 births per thousand people, however New Zealand then experienced a relatively large baby boom after the Second World War, and did not fall to it's pre-war level again until the late 1970s. From the 1980s onwards, New Zealand's crude birth rate has remained around the mid-teens, although it is expected to fall to a record-low of 12.6 births per thousand in 2020.
Crude birth rate in New Zealand from 1850 to 2020*
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Crude birth rate in New Zealand from 1850 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037723/crude-birth-rate-new-zealand-all-time/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Crude birth rate in New Zealand from 1850 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037723/crude-birth-rate-new-zealand-all-time/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Crude birth rate in New Zealand from 1850 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037723/crude-birth-rate-new-zealand-all-time/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Crude Birth Rate in New Zealand from 1850 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037723/crude-birth-rate-new-zealand-all-time/
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