Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1980

Australia/New Zealand
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1980  +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 1.92 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 276,601 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
276,601
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
17,867,674
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%378
15-1930.07.8%23,776
20-24110.128.5%83,145
25-29142.436.9%101,945
30-3474.419.3%51,969
35-3923.56.1%13,114
40-444.51.2%2,136
45-490.30.1%137
50-540.00.0%0