Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1965

Australia/New Zealand
1965
Total fertility rate: 3.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +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 3.08 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 280,606 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.08
Births
280,606
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
13,993,970
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
10-140.40.1%251
15-1949.08.0%29,797
20-24187.430.5%91,017
25-29193.731.6%82,654
30-34111.618.2%45,148
35-3954.38.9%24,089
40-4415.82.6%7,137
45-491.30.2%512
50-540.00.0%0