Australia vs New Zealand: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Australia
1.64 live births per woman
in 2024
New Zealand
1.66 live births per woman
in 2024
Australia rank
145th
New Zealand rank
143rd
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1.66 live births per woman against 1.64 live births per woman in Australia, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was New Zealand ahead.
Australia ranks 145th and New Zealand ranks 143rd of 236 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.26 live births per woman | 3.84 live births per woman | 0.5855 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 3.14 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 0.6052 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 2.36 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 0.2106 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1.89 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | 0.1087 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1.83 live births per woman | 2.01 live births per woman | 0.1776 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1.85 live births per woman | 2.02 live births per woman | 0.1669 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 1.82 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 0.1144 live births per woman | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.65 live births per woman | 0.0228 live births per woman | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Australia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 1.66 live births per woman against 1.64 live births per woman in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Australia and New Zealand?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Australia ranks 145th and New Zealand ranks 143rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.