New Zealand Statistics

Statistics New Zealand is a fascinating site. you will be surprised at how much information is actually on there, here are some interesting facts

right now there are 4,172,796 people populating New Zealand

There were 17,530 abortions performed in New Zealand in 2005, compared with 18,210 in 2004 and 18,510 in 2003.

by December 2006
There were 59,190 live births registered in New Zealand.
There were 28,240 deaths registered.
Only 5 percent of the deaths were of people aged less than 40 years.