Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 2031

Australia
2031
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2031  +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 2031 — 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 31.7 years old. In total, 297,931 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
297,931
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
28,417,794
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%24
15-195.31.6%4,359
20-2433.610.2%30,307
25-2981.724.9%71,128
30-34117.235.7%104,096
35-3971.421.8%69,428
40-4417.05.2%17,063
45-491.60.5%1,525
50-540.00.0%0