Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1987

Australia/New Zealand
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +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 1.88 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 299,492 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.88
Births
299,492
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
19,621,712
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
10-140.80.2%624
15-1922.66.0%18,636
20-2488.923.6%70,246
25-29140.537.2%114,983
30-3491.024.1%70,447
35-3928.67.6%21,395
40-444.81.3%3,068
45-490.20.0%92
50-540.00.0%0