Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 2027

Australia
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +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 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.6 years old. In total, 302,373 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
302,373
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
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
27,474,271
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%28
15-195.91.8%4,803
20-2434.510.5%28,299
25-2982.225.0%70,006
30-34116.535.4%110,265
35-3971.521.7%71,373
40-4416.75.1%16,287
45-491.50.5%1,310
50-540.00.0%0