Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1974

Australia/New Zealand
1974
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +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 2.41 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 309,299 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
309,299
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
16,760,726
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%545
15-1947.69.9%34,997
20-24153.031.7%105,277
25-29163.933.9%108,052
30-3480.116.6%42,746
35-3930.06.2%14,074
40-447.41.5%3,297
45-490.70.1%309
50-540.00.0%0