Births and deaths: Year ended June 2023 – Information release
16 August 2023
Births and deaths releases provide statistics on the number of births and deaths of people resident in New Zealand that are registered during a given period, along with selected fertility and mortality rates. They may differ from statistics presented elsewhere that relate to all births and deaths registered in New Zealand or to births and deaths occurring during a given period.
Key facts
In the year ended June 2023 compared with the year ended June 2022:
- 57,534 live births were registered, down from 60,009
- 38,346 deaths were registered, up from 36,723
- natural increase (births minus deaths) was 19,185, down from 23,280
- the total fertility rate was 1.61 births per woman, down from 1.69
- the infant mortality rate was 3.49 deaths per 1,000 live births, down from 3.85.
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