Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1991

Australia/New Zealand
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1991  +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 1.90 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 318,435 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
318,435
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
20,834,118
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%335
15-1924.46.4%19,725
20-2478.620.6%65,401
25-29134.035.1%112,538
30-34101.726.7%87,025
35-3936.59.6%29,026
40-445.61.5%4,259
45-490.20.1%125
50-540.00.0%0