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 March 2025 compared with the year ended March 2024:

• there were 58,539 live births registered, up from 56,277
• there were 37,647 deaths registered, little changed from 37,623
• the total fertility rate was 1.58 births per woman, up from 1.54
• the infant mortality rate was 6.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, up from 3.8 per 1,000 (the increase is a result of a high number of late registrations during this period, see Births and deaths: Year ended December 2024 (including abridged period life table)).

Visit our website to read this information release:

• Births and deaths: Year ended March 2025: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/births-and-deaths-year-ended-march-2025/

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