Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1956

Australia/New Zealand
1956
Total fertility rate: 3.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +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 3.45 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 267,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.45
Births
267,207
Births per 1,000 people
23.0
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
11,609,504
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%73
15-1942.26.1%16,324
20-24216.731.5%75,911
25-29211.330.7%84,429
30-34128.718.7%55,222
35-3967.39.8%26,742
40-4420.53.0%8,004
45-491.50.2%501
50-540.00.0%0