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.
Access data in Infoshare
Use Infoshare to view and download time-series data for births and deaths:
Subject category: Population
Group: Births - VSB
Group: Birth rates - DFM
Group: Deaths - VSD
Group: Death rates - DMM
Definitions and metadata
Births - DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce birth statistics, and related metadata.
Deaths - DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce death statistics, and related metadata.
New Zealand abridged period life tables - DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce the abridged period life tables.
Technical enquiries
Rebekah Hennessey
03 964 8844
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ISSN 1178-0436
Next release
Births and deaths: Year ended June 2025 will be released on 19 August 2025.
