Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 1966

Australia
1966
Total fertility rate: 2.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Australia was 2.88 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 221,771 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.88
Births
221,771
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
11,592,485
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.0%110
15-1948.18.4%24,333
20-24171.629.9%72,089
25-29184.232.1%66,247
30-34105.018.3%34,966
35-3950.28.7%18,298
40-4414.12.5%5,327
45-491.20.2%399
50-540.00.0%0