Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1966

Australia/New Zealand
1966
Total fertility rate: 2.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +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 2.98 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 281,799 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.98
Births
281,799
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
14,275,068
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%283
15-1951.08.6%31,887
20-24180.430.3%92,877
25-29189.131.8%83,642
30-34106.417.9%43,217
35-3951.38.6%22,688
40-4414.72.5%6,689
45-491.30.2%516
50-540.00.0%0