Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1968

Australia/New Zealand
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +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 2.97 children per woman in 1968 — 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 27.1 years old. In total, 301,758 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
301,758
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
14,784,538
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
10-140.50.1%334
15-1951.88.7%33,295
20-24180.330.4%105,189
25-29194.032.8%91,645
30-34104.217.6%44,385
35-3947.18.0%20,406
40-4413.22.2%6,030
45-491.10.2%477
50-540.00.0%0