Births and Deaths – Information releases

Statistics on the number of births and deaths registered in New Zealand, and selected fertility and mortality indices.

Latest releases

• Births and Deaths: December 2009 quarter
• Births and Deaths: September 2009 quarter
• Births and Deaths: June 2009 quarter
• Births and Deaths: March 2009 quarter 
• Births and Deaths: December 2008 quarter 

The latest releases contain tables on:

• Births and birth rate.
• Deaths and death rate.
• Fertility rate.
• Natural increase.

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Source

Source: Department of Internal Affairs
Frequency: Quarterly
Available from: September 1999
Geographic Coverage: National
ISSN: 1178-0436

Previous releases

• Births and Deaths: September 2008 quarter 
• Births and Deaths: June 2008 quarter 
• Births and Deaths: March 2008 quarter

You can find previous releases dating back to March 2005 here. For releases prior to this please complete this request form.

Time series

Time series data can be accessed from the Infoshare database.

Subject category: Population
Group: Vital Statistics - Births, Vital Statistics - Deaths, Demography Fertility Measures and Demography Mortality Measures