Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1973

Australia/New Zealand
1973
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +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 2.54 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 315,465 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
315,465
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
16,497,673
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
10-140.70.1%518
15-1951.210.1%36,767
20-24160.131.5%108,363
25-29169.533.3%106,928
30-3484.516.6%43,352
35-3933.76.6%15,333
40-448.51.7%3,864
45-490.70.1%337
50-540.00.0%0