Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 1994

Australia
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +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 1.85 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 259,687 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
259,687
Births per 1,000 people
14.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
17,897,433
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%109
15-1921.05.6%13,050
20-2470.118.9%49,648
25-29126.334.0%86,032
30-34105.428.4%77,337
35-3941.311.1%28,921
40-446.81.8%4,447
45-490.20.1%146
50-540.00.0%0