Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 1972

Australia
1972
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1972  +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 2.74 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 272,954 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
272,954
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
13,304,896
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
10-140.30.1%170
15-1953.79.8%30,578
20-24169.330.8%93,872
25-29182.733.2%90,953
30-3494.517.2%38,696
35-3939.17.1%14,553
40-4410.01.8%3,841
45-490.70.1%291
50-540.00.0%0