The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. Year Birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1861 38.52 1862 36.15 1863 35.29 1864 38.5 1865 41.12 1866 42.89 1867 42.18 1868 42.14 1869 41.9 1870 42.32 1871 40.64 1872 39.5 1873 38.99 1874 40.05 1875 40.23 1876 41.73 1877 41.28 1878 41.96 1879 40.32 1880 40.78 1881 37.95 1882 37.32 1883 36.28 1884 35.91 1885 34.35 1886 33.15 1887 32.09 1888 31.22 1889 30.07 1890 29.44 1891 29.01 1892 27.83 1893 27.5 1894 27.28 1895 26.78 1896 26.33 1897 25.96 1898 25.74 1899 25.12 1900 25.6 1901 26.34 1902 25.89 1903 26.61 1904 26.94 1905 27.22 1906 27.08 1907 27.3 1908 27.45 1909 27.29 1910 26.17 1911 25.97 1912 26.48 1913 26.14 1914 25.99 1915 25.33 1916 25.94 1917 25.69 1918 23.44 1919 21.42 1920 25.09 1921 23.36 1922 23.18 1923 21.96 1924 21.6 1925 21.2 1926 21.06 1927 20.29 1928 19.57 1929 19.03 1930 18.83 1931 19.11 1932 18.09 1933 17.72 1934 17.6 1935 17.42 1936 18.07 1937 18.86 1938 19.26 1939 20.23 1940 22.62 1941 24.06 1942 23.12 1943 21.25 1944 23.01 1945 24.58 1946 27.08 1947 27.7 1948 26.79 1949 26.13 1950 25.88 1951 24.39 1952 24.77 1953 25.305 1954 25.84 1955 26.03 1956 25.93 1957 26.2 1958 26.53 1959 26.5 1960 26.44 1961 26.97 1962 26.17 1963 25.43 1964 24.06 1965 22.79 1966 23.37 1967 22.37 1968 22.56 1969 22.43 1970 22.01 1971 22.5 1972 21.67 1973 20.39 1974 19.49 1975 18.35 1976 17.68 1977 17.32 1978 16.31 1979 16.73 1980 16.08 1981 16.09 1982 15.69 1983 15.65 1984 15.85 1985 15.98 1986 16.11 1987 16.7 1988 17.3 1989 17.38 1990 17.89 1991 17.62 1992 17.22 1993 16.53 1994 15.91 1995 15.77 1996 15.42 1997 15.31 1998 14.59 1999 14.96 2000 14.77 2001 14.64 2002 13.67 2003 13.94 2004 14.2 2005 13.96 2006 14.14 2007 15.15 2008 15.1 2009 14.53 2010 14.68 2011 14 2012 13.87 2013 13.2 2014 12.68 2015 13.27 2016 12.65 2017 12.43 Source: Statistics New Zealand Infoshare, Crude birth rate (Maori and total population) (Annual-Dec) Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz