Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1979

Australia/New Zealand
1979
Total fertility rate: 1.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +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 1.95 children per woman in 1979 — 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 26.9 years old. In total, 275,687 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.95
Births
275,687
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
17,674,636
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
10-140.50.1%414
15-1931.18.0%24,720
20-24113.128.9%83,649
25-29143.736.8%102,024
30-3473.918.9%49,917
35-3923.56.0%12,628
40-444.71.2%2,176
45-490.40.1%162
50-540.00.0%0