New Zealand - Fertility Rate 1978
2.07
−0.14 from 1977
New Zealand's fertility rate was 2.07 in 1978, decreased +0.14 from 2.21 in 1977. This was the 38th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1978▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Germany | 1.38 | -1.4% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | 1.43 | 2.4% |
| 3rd | Channel Islands | 1.46 | -0.7% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.48 | -1.3% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.51 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.58 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Austria | 1.60 | -1.8% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.60 | -2.4% |
| 9th | Finland | 1.64 | -2.4% |
| 10th | Denmark | 1.67 | 0.6% |
| 11th | Belgium | 1.69 | -1.2% |
| 12th | United Kingdom | 1.75 | 3.6% |
| 13th | United States | 1.76 | -1.7% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.77 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Norway | 1.77 | 1.1% |
| 16th | San Marino | 1.77 | -5.2% |
| 17th | Japan | 1.79 | -0.6% |
| 18th | Singapore | 1.79 | -1.6% |
| 19th | Bermuda | 1.80 | 6.5% |
| 20th | Barbados | 1.84 | -16.4% |
| 21st | Italy | 1.84 | -4.7% |
| 22nd | Latvia | 1.87 | -1.1% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.88 | -7.1% |
| 24th | Cuba | 1.88 | -14.7% |
| 25th | Serbia | 1.89 | -0.6% |
| 26th | France | 1.89 | -2.6% |
| 27th | Liechtenstein | 1.90 | -1.0% |
| 28th | Russian Federation | 1.92 | -1.5% |
| 29th | European Union | 1.94 | -2.5% |
| 30th | Australia | 1.95 | -2.9% |
| 31st | Croatia | 1.96 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 1.97 | -0.7% |
| 33rd | Isle of Man | 1.99 | -1.7% |
| 34th | Estonia | 2.02 | -1.9% |
| 35th | Malta | 2.05 | -4.2% |
| 36th | Belarus | 2.06 | -1.0% |
| 37th | Hungary | 2.06 | -4.2% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 2.07 | -6.3% |
| 39th | Cyprus | 2.08 | -0.5% |
| 40th | Lithuania | 2.08 | -2.8% |
| 41st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.08 | -5.3% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 2.15 | -2.7% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 2.20 | 1.4% |
| 44th | Greenland | 2.20 | -6.5% |
| 45th | Poland | 2.21 | -0.9% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 2.25 | -2.6% |
| 47th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.27 | -4.4% |
| 48th | Greece | 2.28 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Monaco | 2.28 | -1.0% |
| 50th | Aruba | 2.31 | -2.5% |
| 51st | Czechia | 2.33 | -0.4% |
| 52nd | Iceland | 2.35 | 1.7% |
| 53rd | Cayman Islands | 2.37 | -1.9% |
| 54th | Curaçao | 2.38 | -3.4% |
| 55th | Moldova | 2.39 | -1.5% |
| 56th | North Macedonia | 2.42 | -3.0% |
| 57th | Georgia | 2.42 | -1.0% |
| 58th | Portugal | 2.45 | -8.9% |
| 59th | Slovak Republic | 2.47 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Gibraltar | 2.49 | 0.7% |
| 61st | Romania | 2.52 | -1.9% |
| 62nd | Spain | 2.54 | -4.2% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.57 | -7.6% |
| 64th | Faroe Islands | 2.60 | -3.2% |
| 65th | Armenia | 2.62 | -4.5% |
| 66th | Korea | 2.64 | -11.7% |
| 67th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.68 | -2.5% |
| 68th | China | 2.72 | -4.5% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.79 | 0.8% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 2.83 | -2.4% |
| 71st | Chile | 2.89 | -3.0% |
| 72nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.90 | -0.8% |
| 73rd | Dominica | 2.96 | -2.2% |
| 74th | Mauritius | 3.01 | -2.0% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 3.05 | -3.6% |
| 76th | Guam | 3.11 | -7.7% |
| 77th | British Virgin Islands | 3.11 | -1.1% |
| 78th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.13 | 0.3% |
| 79th | Kazakhstan | 3.16 | -3.1% |
| 80th | Ireland | 3.21 | -0.9% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.29 | -5.5% |
| 82nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.30 | 1.4% |
| 83rd | Cambodia | 3.34 | 22.9% |
| 84th | Grenada | 3.35 | -3.1% |
| 85th | Israel | 3.35 | -1.6% |
| 86th | Argentina | 3.36 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Tuvalu | 3.59 | 1.0% |
| 88th | Thailand | 3.62 | -6.4% |
| 89th | Costa Rica | 3.66 | -1.1% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | 3.73 | -3.6% |
| 91st | Palau | 3.74 | -8.6% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | 3.81 | 1.8% |
| 93rd | Jamaica | 3.84 | -4.1% |
| 94th | Nauru | 3.84 | -0.4% |
| 95th | New Caledonia | 3.88 | -4.4% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 3.92 | 4.4% |
| 97th | Guyana | 3.97 | -3.6% |
| 98th | Panama | 3.98 | -3.3% |
| 99th | Albania | 4.00 | -4.9% |
| 100th | Colombia | 4.00 | -4.0% |
| 101st | French Polynesia | 4.05 | -7.4% |
| 102nd | Suriname | 4.08 | -4.1% |
| 103rd | Fiji | 4.10 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Lebanon | 4.18 | -2.4% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 4.18 | -2.4% |
| 106th | Brazil | 4.20 | -1.7% |
| 107th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.32 | -5.6% |
| 108th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.39 | -4.2% |
| 109th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.43 | -8.2% |
| 110th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.49 | -1.5% |
| 111th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.53 | -1.5% |
| 112th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.55 | -4.1% |
| 113th | Dominican Republic | 4.64 | -4.1% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 4.69 | -1.9% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 4.73 | -1.6% |
| 116th | St. Lucia | 4.83 | -2.8% |
| 117th | Kosovo | 4.83 | -3.6% |
| 118th | South Africa | 4.85 | -1.8% |
| 119th | American Samoa | 4.87 | -1.6% |
| 120th | India | 4.89 | -2.4% |
| 121st | Kiribati | 4.97 | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Myanmar | 4.99 | -1.7% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 4.99 | -2.7% |
| 124th | Paraguay | 5.04 | -0.8% |
| 125th | Timor-Leste | 5.09 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Viet Nam | 5.10 | -3.5% |
| 127th | Bahrain | 5.12 | -3.2% |
| 128th | Mexico | 5.20 | -3.0% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 5.28 | -4.7% |
| 130th | Peru | 5.31 | -2.5% |
| 131st | El Salvador | 5.36 | -2.1% |
| 132nd | Philippines | 5.39 | -0.9% |
| 133rd | Tunisia | 5.40 | -4.9% |
| 134th | Kuwait | 5.52 | -3.3% |
| 135th | Gabon | 5.57 | 0.9% |
| 136th | Qatar | 5.58 | -2.0% |
| 137th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.61 | -1.1% |
| 138th | Turkmenistan | 5.61 | -2.8% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.63 | -0.9% |
| 140th | Haiti | 5.64 | -0.6% |
| 141st | Nepal | 5.68 | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 5.68 | -0.3% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 5.77 | -0.7% |
| 144th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.80 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 5.82 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | 5.88 | -1.3% |
| 147th | Morocco | 5.91 | -2.1% |
| 148th | Central African Republic | 6.04 | 0.9% |
| 149th | Belize | 6.11 | -1.4% |
| 150th | Samoa | 6.15 | -2.6% |
| 151st | United Arab Emirates | 6.15 | -1.2% |
| 152nd | Nicaragua | 6.16 | -1.8% |
| 153rd | Congo, Republic of | 6.21 | -1.0% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 6.26 | -0.9% |
| 155th | Lao PDR | 6.30 | 0.1% |
| 156th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.32 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.34 | 2.7% |
| 158th | Namibia | 6.38 | -0.9% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | 6.40 | -1.4% |
| 160th | Gambia, The | 6.42 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Guinea | 6.44 | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.46 | 0.2% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.47 | -0.5% |
| 164th | Botswana | 6.48 | -1.0% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | 6.51 | -1.1% |
| 166th | Cameroon | 6.55 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Cabo Verde | 6.56 | -1.2% |
| 168th | Ghana | 6.56 | -1.1% |
| 169th | Bhutan | 6.58 | -0.3% |
| 170th | Djibouti | 6.59 | -0.8% |
| 171st | Sierra Leone | 6.59 | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Mozambique | 6.59 | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Eritrea | 6.61 | 0.0% |
| 174th | Mongolia | 6.62 | -2.5% |
| 175th | Honduras | 6.63 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Eswatini | 6.65 | -0.4% |
| 177th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.65 | -1.4% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 6.66 | -0.8% |
| 179th | Sudan | 6.72 | -0.8% |
| 180th | Iraq | 6.73 | -1.0% |
| 181st | Mauritania | 6.73 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Pakistan | 6.78 | -0.2% |
| 183rd | Benin | 6.82 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Solomon Islands | 6.87 | -0.6% |
| 185th | Liberia | 6.88 | 0.6% |
| 186th | Chad | 6.89 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Madagascar | 6.90 | -0.3% |
| 188th | Nigeria | 6.92 | 0.9% |
| 189th | Togo | 6.98 | -0.6% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 7.06 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.13 | 1.8% |
| 192nd | Burkina Faso | 7.15 | 1.4% |
| 193rd | Comoros | 7.16 | 0.1% |
| 194th | Uganda | 7.16 | -0.3% |
| 195th | Algeria | 7.21 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Maldives | 7.23 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Burundi | 7.26 | 0.2% |
| 198th | Saudi Arabia | 7.26 | -0.4% |
| 199th | Senegal | 7.28 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Zambia | 7.29 | -0.8% |
| 201st | Mali | 7.32 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | South Sudan | 7.33 | 0.1% |
| 203rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.35 | -1.0% |
| 204th | Malawi | 7.43 | 0.4% |
| 205th | Angola | 7.47 | -0.1% |
| 206th | Marshall Islands | 7.58 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Jordan | 7.59 | -1.7% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 7.60 | 0.1% |
| 209th | Niger | 7.66 | 0.9% |
| 210th | Kenya | 7.67 | -0.8% |
| 211th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.67 | -2.0% |
| 212th | Libya | 7.79 | -1.1% |
| 213th | Oman | 7.82 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.16 | 0.2% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.50 | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's fertility rate in 1978?▾
New Zealand's fertility rate in 1978 was 2.07. This ranked 38th globally.
How did New Zealand's fertility rate change in 1978?▾
New Zealand's fertility rate decreased by 6.3% in 1978 compared to 1977.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1978?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1978 at 8.50.
What is the fertility rate of New Zealand in 1978?▾
The fertility rate of New Zealand in 1978 was 2.07. This ranked 38th globally.
How does 1978 compare to 1977 for New Zealand's fertility rate?▾
New Zealand's fertility rate went from 2.21 in 1977 to 2.07 in 1978, a 6.3% decrease.
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