Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 2042

Australia
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +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 2042 — 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, 319,235 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
319,235
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
30,786,334
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%25
15-195.31.6%4,370
20-2433.510.2%30,254
25-2982.225.0%81,793
30-34116.935.6%118,586
35-3972.322.0%67,683
40-4416.75.1%15,042
45-491.50.5%1,481
50-540.00.0%0