Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1957

Australia/New Zealand
1957
Total fertility rate: 3.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +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 3.53 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 275,562 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.53
Births
275,562
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
11,872,463
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
10-140.10.0%75
15-1943.36.2%17,451
20-24221.531.5%79,257
25-29217.530.9%85,934
30-34131.518.7%56,556
35-3967.99.6%27,804
40-4420.22.9%7,976
45-491.50.2%510
50-540.00.0%0