Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1988

Australia/New Zealand
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +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 1.89 children per woman in 1988 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 304,230 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
304,230
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
19,910,125
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%582
15-1922.66.0%18,879
20-2485.822.7%67,810
25-29139.036.8%115,897
30-3494.224.9%74,623
35-3930.68.1%23,078
40-444.81.3%3,265
45-490.20.0%96
50-540.00.0%0