Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1963

Australia/New Zealand
1963
Total fertility rate: 3.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +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 3.47 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 296,853 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.47
Births
296,853
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
13,451,379
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
10-140.30.0%184
15-1946.36.7%25,821
20-24215.531.3%95,364
25-29216.831.5%86,646
30-34127.218.5%52,471
35-3961.89.0%27,564
40-4419.22.8%8,291
45-491.30.2%507
50-540.00.0%0