Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1971

Australia/New Zealand
1971
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1971  +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 2.99 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 344,317 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
344,317
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
15,865,129
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
10-140.60.1%423
15-1957.69.6%39,345
20-24186.531.1%122,502
25-29195.832.7%108,454
30-34102.617.1%48,820
35-3943.97.3%19,090
40-4411.51.9%5,288
45-490.80.1%389
50-540.00.0%0