Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1972

Australia/New Zealand
1972
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1972  +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 2.79 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 335,982 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
335,982
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
16,224,154
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%475
15-1956.310.1%39,494
20-24174.331.2%117,004
25-29183.832.9%109,726
30-3494.116.8%46,760
35-3939.27.0%17,471
40-4410.21.8%4,689
45-490.80.1%365
50-540.00.0%0