New Zealand’s birthrate drops to record low as economic insecurity increases
Without migration – now nearly non-existent due to closed borders – the country’s population will begin to shrink
New Zealand’s birth rate has plummeted to a record low for the 10th year in a row, with demographers suggesting the rising cost of housing, increasing job insecurity and a strained economic environment were contributing to a reluctance to have children.
Data collected by Statistics New Zealand found the birth rate for women of childbearing age has fallen to a record low of 1.63 per woman – far below the 2.1 needed to replace population numbers.
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