# Live births in New Zealand

Live births in New Zealand was 59,236 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `nz`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/new-zealand
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=nz

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 59,236 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 58,955 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 58,853 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 57,391 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 58,824 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 57,387 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 58,574 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 58,552 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 59,854 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 56,707 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 58,405 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 60,876 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 61,336 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 63,378 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 62,332 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 64,045 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 63,621 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 58,877 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 57,243 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 57,350 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 55,356 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 53,577 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 55,577 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 56,573 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 56,866 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 55,277 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 57,088 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 56,974 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 57,193 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 57,110 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 58,574 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 59,136 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 59,103 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 59,775 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 58,356 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 57,538 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 55,143 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 52,974 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 52,040 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 51,465 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 50,296 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 49,892 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 50,806 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 50,770 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 52,499 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 51,492 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 54,574 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 55,308 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 55,946 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 58,712 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 59,871 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 63,029 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 64,421 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 62,139 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 62,492 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 62,384 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 60,972 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 60,028 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 59,840 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 61,748 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 64,185 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 64,205 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 65,034 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 63,174 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 61,531 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 59,730 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 57,879 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 56,745 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 55,221 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 53,615 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 51,460 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 51,125 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 49,902 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 49,102 (estimated) |