Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1993

Australia/New Zealand
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +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 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 320,192 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
320,192
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
21,296,520
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
10-140.20.1%162
15-1923.36.1%17,864
20-2474.319.6%63,773
25-29130.134.3%107,252
30-34105.927.9%93,516
35-3939.410.4%32,529
40-446.41.7%4,938
45-490.20.1%162
50-540.00.0%0