New Zealand - Birth Rate 1997
15.2
−0.1 from 1996
New Zealand's birth rate was 15.2 in 1997, decreased +0.1 from 15.3 in 1996. This was the 60th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bulgaria | 7.7 | -10.5% |
| 2nd | Latvia | 7.7 | -4.9% |
| 3rd | Russian Federation | 8.6 | -3.4% |
| 4th | Czechia | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Ukraine | 8.8 | -4.6% |
| 6th | Belarus | 8.9 | -5.3% |
| 7th | Estonia | 9.0 | -4.3% |
| 8th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.1 | -8.1% |
| 9th | Slovenia | 9.1 | -3.2% |
| 10th | Spain | 9.2 | 1.1% |
| 11th | Italy | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 12th | Japan | 9.5 | -2.1% |
| 13th | Greece | 9.6 | 1.1% |
| 14th | Hungary | 9.8 | -3.9% |
| 15th | Germany | 9.9 | 2.1% |
| 16th | Sweden | 10.2 | -5.6% |
| 17th | European Union | 10.5 | -0.2% |
| 18th | Serbia | 10.5 | -2.9% |
| 19th | Austria | 10.5 | -6.2% |
| 20th | Romania | 10.5 | 2.9% |
| 21st | Lithuania | 10.6 | -1.9% |
| 22nd | Poland | 10.7 | -3.6% |
| 23rd | San Marino | 11.0 | 1.7% |
| 24th | Slovak Republic | 11.0 | -1.8% |
| 25th | Portugal | 11.2 | 1.8% |
| 26th | Belgium | 11.4 | -0.9% |
| 27th | Switzerland | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 28th | Finland | 11.5 | -2.5% |
| 29th | Monaco | 11.5 | 2.2% |
| 30th | Canada | 11.7 | -5.6% |
| 31st | Macao SAR, China | 12.1 | -8.3% |
| 32nd | Channel Islands | 12.2 | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Croatia | 12.2 | 3.4% |
| 34th | Netherlands | 12.3 | 0.8% |
| 35th | Bermuda | 12.4 | -3.6% |
| 36th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.4 | 11.2% |
| 37th | United Kingdom | 12.5 | -0.8% |
| 38th | France | 12.7 | -0.8% |
| 39th | Malta | 12.7 | -4.5% |
| 40th | Denmark | 12.8 | -0.8% |
| 41st | Andorra | 12.9 | 1.1% |
| 42nd | Isle of Man | 13.0 | -0.5% |
| 43rd | Luxembourg | 13.1 | -4.4% |
| 44th | Armenia | 13.2 | -8.7% |
| 45th | Georgia | 13.4 | -2.1% |
| 46th | Barbados | 13.5 | -3.3% |
| 47th | Moldova | 13.6 | 5.2% |
| 48th | Australia | 13.6 | -2.2% |
| 49th | Norway | 13.6 | -2.2% |
| 50th | Cuba | 13.8 | 6.3% |
| 51st | Liechtenstein | 13.9 | 6.1% |
| 52nd | Cyprus | 14.1 | -5.3% |
| 53rd | United States | 14.2 | -1.4% |
| 54th | Ireland | 14.4 | 3.6% |
| 55th | Montenegro | 14.4 | -4.0% |
| 56th | Korea | 14.5 | -3.3% |
| 57th | Singapore | 14.5 | -4.6% |
| 58th | North Macedonia | 14.8 | -7.9% |
| 59th | Faroe Islands | 15.2 | -2.6% |
| 60th | New Zealand | 15.2 | -0.7% |
| 61st | Iceland | 15.3 | -5.0% |
| 62nd | Gibraltar | 15.3 | -1.4% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.5 | -3.4% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | 16.2 | -4.1% |
| 65th | United Arab Emirates | 16.2 | -6.5% |
| 66th | Kazakhstan | 16.5 | -5.1% |
| 67th | Cayman Islands | 16.5 | -1.1% |
| 68th | China | 16.6 | -2.4% |
| 69th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.6 | -6.3% |
| 70th | Azerbaijan | 16.8 | 1.2% |
| 71st | Thailand | 16.8 | -2.5% |
| 72nd | Aruba | 16.9 | -3.5% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | 17.0 | -1.7% |
| 74th | British Virgin Islands | 17.0 | 3.5% |
| 75th | Virgin Islands (US) | 17.2 | -2.3% |
| 76th | Mauritius | 17.4 | -4.9% |
| 77th | Palau | 17.5 | -8.9% |
| 78th | Curaçao | 17.9 | -3.7% |
| 79th | Chile | 17.9 | -4.3% |
| 80th | Qatar | 18.0 | -5.7% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 18.5 | -3.1% |
| 82nd | Tunisia | 18.7 | -5.3% |
| 83rd | Dominica | 19.1 | -6.5% |
| 84th | Seychelles | 19.1 | -9.5% |
| 85th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 19.4 | -3.1% |
| 86th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 19.5 | 1.4% |
| 87th | Viet Nam | 19.6 | -6.8% |
| 88th | Greenland | 19.6 | 4.3% |
| 89th | Bahamas, The | 19.8 | -3.3% |
| 90th | Kosovo | 19.9 | -8.1% |
| 91st | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.9 | -3.3% |
| 92nd | Argentina | 20.0 | -2.3% |
| 93rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.7 | -4.0% |
| 94th | Algeria | 20.7 | -7.2% |
| 95th | Albania | 20.8 | -6.2% |
| 96th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.8 | -3.0% |
| 97th | Bahrain | 21.0 | -1.4% |
| 98th | Grenada | 21.2 | -3.9% |
| 99th | Israel | 21.4 | 0.5% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 21.4 | -5.1% |
| 101st | Costa Rica | 21.5 | -3.2% |
| 102nd | Libya | 21.6 | -0.9% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 21.6 | -1.3% |
| 104th | Kyrgyz Republic | 21.6 | -6.9% |
| 105th | Brunei Darussalam | 21.6 | -3.4% |
| 106th | Lebanon | 22.1 | -1.4% |
| 107th | Mongolia | 22.2 | -4.7% |
| 108th | New Caledonia | 22.4 | 0.0% |
| 109th | Jamaica | 23.1 | -3.7% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 23.5 | -0.8% |
| 111th | Indonesia | 23.6 | -1.2% |
| 112th | St. Lucia | 23.7 | 1.0% |
| 113th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.9 | -1.6% |
| 114th | South Africa | 23.9 | -3.8% |
| 115th | Colombia | 24.0 | -1.4% |
| 116th | Kuwait | 24.1 | -3.6% |
| 117th | Myanmar | 24.3 | -1.9% |
| 118th | Panama | 24.4 | -1.1% |
| 119th | Guam | 24.4 | -1.1% |
| 120th | Northern Mariana Islands | 24.8 | -3.1% |
| 121st | Maldives | 24.9 | -9.0% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 25.1 | -1.5% |
| 123rd | Malaysia | 25.4 | -2.6% |
| 124th | Peru | 25.6 | -2.8% |
| 125th | Turkmenistan | 25.7 | -3.3% |
| 126th | Mexico | 25.8 | -2.5% |
| 127th | Suriname | 25.8 | -0.5% |
| 128th | Fiji | 25.8 | -2.7% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 25.8 | -6.3% |
| 130th | Oman | 26.1 | -3.3% |
| 131st | Dominican Republic | 26.2 | -4.0% |
| 132nd | St. Martin (French part) | 26.2 | -0.3% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 27.1 | -2.0% |
| 134th | Botswana | 27.9 | -2.5% |
| 135th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 28.2 | 0.0% |
| 136th | India | 28.7 | -1.8% |
| 137th | Guyana | 28.8 | -1.4% |
| 138th | Tuvalu | 29.0 | -2.7% |
| 139th | Nauru | 29.0 | -1.1% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 29.6 | -2.5% |
| 141st | El Salvador | 29.6 | -2.4% |
| 142nd | Bhutan | 29.7 | -5.2% |
| 143rd | Tonga | 29.8 | -2.4% |
| 144th | Nicaragua | 30.0 | -3.2% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 30.2 | -0.6% |
| 146th | American Samoa | 30.2 | -3.1% |
| 147th | Saudi Arabia | 30.3 | -3.0% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | 30.4 | 1.2% |
| 149th | Belize | 30.6 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Philippines | 30.8 | -1.7% |
| 151st | Cabo Verde | 31.1 | -4.3% |
| 152nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.4 | -2.5% |
| 153rd | Cambodia | 31.7 | -11.6% |
| 154th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 32.2 | -0.2% |
| 155th | Eswatini | 32.4 | -2.3% |
| 156th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.5 | -2.4% |
| 157th | Jordan | 32.7 | -4.0% |
| 158th | Namibia | 32.8 | -0.5% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | 32.9 | 3.0% |
| 160th | Vanuatu | 33.3 | -2.8% |
| 161st | Zimbabwe | 33.4 | 3.0% |
| 162nd | Haiti | 33.6 | -1.7% |
| 163rd | Djibouti | 33.7 | -3.3% |
| 164th | Nepal | 33.7 | -4.6% |
| 165th | Gabon | 33.9 | -0.7% |
| 166th | Samoa | 33.9 | -0.6% |
| 167th | Kiribati | 34.1 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | 34.8 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Ghana | 35.6 | -0.7% |
| 170th | Honduras | 35.7 | -1.7% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | 36.2 | -2.8% |
| 172nd | Guatemala | 36.5 | -1.7% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 36.7 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Comoros | 37.3 | -2.3% |
| 175th | Iraq | 37.3 | -0.4% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 38.0 | -2.1% |
| 177th | Togo | 38.3 | -0.8% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 38.4 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Marshall Islands | 38.6 | 0.1% |
| 180th | São Tomé and Principe | 39.2 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Senegal | 39.2 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Mauritania | 39.4 | -3.2% |
| 183rd | Rwanda | 40.5 | 8.8% |
| 184th | Kenya | 40.5 | -0.2% |
| 185th | Cameroon | 40.9 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Timor-Leste | 41.0 | -0.8% |
| 187th | Eritrea | 41.2 | -4.8% |
| 188th | Sudan | 41.6 | -1.4% |
| 189th | Liberia | 41.7 | -7.2% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 42.1 | -0.7% |
| 191st | Burundi | 42.2 | -5.6% |
| 192nd | Yemen, Republic of | 42.6 | -1.3% |
| 193rd | West Bank and Gaza | 42.7 | -0.8% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 42.8 | -1.3% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 43.0 | -1.5% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 43.2 | -2.1% |
| 197th | Benin | 43.4 | -0.8% |
| 198th | Nigeria | 43.5 | -0.8% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | 43.6 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Guinea | 43.9 | -0.5% |
| 201st | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.1 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 44.3 | -0.2% |
| 203rd | Madagascar | 44.4 | -0.3% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 45.9 | -0.4% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.0 | -2.2% |
| 206th | Malawi | 46.0 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Mali | 46.1 | 0.6% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 46.3 | -0.4% |
| 209th | Zambia | 46.3 | -0.6% |
| 210th | Angola | 47.6 | -0.9% |
| 211th | Uganda | 49.6 | 0.1% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.8 | -0.3% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 51.6 | -1.9% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 52.1 | -0.7% |
| 215th | Chad | 52.4 | -1.0% |
| 216th | Niger | 54.0 | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's birth rate in 1997?▾
New Zealand's birth rate in 1997 was 15.2. This ranked 60th globally.
How did New Zealand's birth rate change in 1997?▾
New Zealand's birth rate decreased by 0.7% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1997?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1997 at 54.0.
What is the birth rate of New Zealand in 1997?▾
The birth rate of New Zealand in 1997 was 15.2. This ranked 60th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for New Zealand's birth rate?▾
New Zealand's birth rate went from 15.3 in 1996 to 15.2 in 1997, a 0.7% decrease.
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