Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1994

Australia/New Zealand
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +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 1.87 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 316,797 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
316,797
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
21,518,464
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%144
15-1922.96.1%17,263
20-2472.319.3%61,828
25-29126.433.6%103,839
30-34105.528.1%93,472
35-3941.411.0%34,756
40-446.81.8%5,316
45-490.30.1%181
50-540.00.0%0