Kuwait vs New Zealand: Fertility rate, total
Kuwait
1.56 births per woman
in 2024
New Zealand
1.57 births per woman
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
New Zealand rank
138th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Kuwait
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1.57 births per woman against 1.56 births per woman in Kuwait, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 139th and New Zealand ranks 138th of 218 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.27 births per woman | 3.75 births per woman | 3.52 births per woman | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 6.17 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman | 3.6 births per woman | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 4.35 births per woman | 2 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 3.24 births per woman | 2.01 births per woman | 1.23 births per woman | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 2.62 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman | 0.5977 births per woman | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 2.05 births per woman | 1.94 births per woman | 0.1079 births per woman | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.76 births per woman | 1.62 births per woman | 0.1462 births per woman | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Kuwait or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 1.57 births per woman against 1.56 births per woman in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Kuwait and New Zealand?
- 0.01 births per woman, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and New Zealand?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and New Zealand rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Kuwait ranks 139th and New Zealand ranks 138th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.