Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1950

Australia/New Zealand
1950
Total fertility rate: 3.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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   1950  +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/New Zealand was 3.15 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 237,871 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.15
Births
237,871
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
10,088,013
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%58
15-1937.65.9%12,529
20-24178.828.2%67,303
25-29192.430.4%76,197
30-34128.820.4%47,768
35-3970.911.2%26,224
40-4422.83.6%7,352
45-491.60.2%443
50-540.00.0%0