Fertility in Australia, 2026

Australia
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +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 is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.6 years old. In total, 303,345 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
303,345
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
31.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
27,227,096
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
10-140.00.0%29
15-196.01.8%4,920
20-2435.010.6%27,873
25-2982.325.0%70,959
30-34116.135.3%111,489
35-3971.221.7%70,871
40-4416.65.1%15,976
45-491.40.4%1,229
50-540.00.0%0