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Year	Total fertility rate
1857	5.7
1870	6.3
1873	6.5
1877	6.4
1880	6
1885	5.4
1890	4.8
1896	4.1
1900	3.7
1906	3.5
1912	3.3
1913	3.3
1915	3.2
1916	3.1
1917	3.2
1918	3.1
1919	2.9
1920	2.8
1921	2.9
1922	3.1
1923	3.2
1924	3.1
1925	3.1
1926	3
1927	2.9
1928	2.9
1929	2.9
1930	2.8
1931	2.7
1932	2.6
1933	2.6
1934	2.5
1935	2.4
1936	2.3
1937	2.3
1938	2.2
1939	2.3
1940	2.4
1941	2.4
1942	2.6
1943	2.8
1944	2.9
1945	2.9
1946	2.7
1947	2.9
1948	3.1
1949	3.3
1950	3.6
1951	3.6
1952	3.5
1953	3.5
1954	3.6
1955	3.7
1956	3.7
1957	3.8
1958	4
1959	4
1960	4.1
1961	4.3
1962	4.2
1966	3.4
1971	3.2
1972	3.0
1973	2.8
1974	2.6
1975	2.4
1976	2.3
1977	2.2
1978	2.1
1979	2.1
1980	2.0
1981	2.0
1982	2.0
1983	1.9
1984	1.9
1985	1.9
1986	2.0
1987	2.0
1988	2.1
1989	2.1
1990	2.2
1991	2.1
1992	2.1
1993	2.0
1994	2.0
1995	2.0
1996	2.0
1997	2.0
1998	1.9
1999	2.0
2000	2.0
2001	2.0
2002	1.9
2003	1.9
2004	2.0
2005	2.0
2006	2.0
2007	2.2
2008	2.2
2009	2.1
2010	2.2
2011	2.1
2012	2.1
2013	1.9
2014	1.9
2015	2.0
2016	1.9
2017	1.8

Note: data prior to 1912 are estimates	

Source: Statistics New Zealand; Ian Pool et al, The New Zealand family since 1840. Auckland: AUP, 2007 p.19


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