Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1978

Australia/New Zealand
1978
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +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 1.98 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 276,233 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
276,233
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
17,509,341
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
10-140.60.2%466
15-1932.58.2%25,734
20-24118.829.9%86,244
25-29144.236.2%101,687
30-3473.418.4%47,594
35-3923.35.9%12,163
40-444.71.2%2,161
45-490.40.1%186
50-540.00.0%0