New Zealand: number of women 1991-2023| ��ƽ��

Total population of female residents in New Zealand from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000s)

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September 2024

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Region

New Zealand

Survey time period

1991 to 2023

Special properties

estimated resident population as of December each year

Supplementary notes

Note: Population estimates after 30 June 2013 have been revised to incorporate results from the 2018 Census and 2018 Post-enumeration survey. All population estimates at 30 June 2018 and beyond use the 2018-base ERP.

Values have been rounded.

Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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In 2023, there were just over *** million women living in New Zealand. This is an increase of around ** thousand women from the previous year. There has been a steady increase in the number of women living in New Zealand since 1991.

Female population demographics

In a pattern mirroring that of the overall female population growth in New Zealand, the number of indigenous women dwelling there has tremendously increased with the number of Māori women in New Zealand exceeding *** thousand residents in 2023. Women’s lifespans in New Zealand were expected to range between 79 and 90 years in 2023, with Chinese women figuring at the higher end of the spectrum and Māori women at the lower end.

Work and family

Over the past three decades, women in New Zealand have been opting to get married later in life with the average age of females at their first marriage being **** years in 2023. Child-bearing is another such life choice opted for later, with the highest birth rate being recorded among females aged 30 to 34 years old. Women accounted for a large share of the healthcare and social assistance industry, which had a workforce of over *** thousand female employees.