Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1995

Australia/New Zealand
1995
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1995  +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 1.85 children per woman in 1995 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 313,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
313,362
Births per 1,000 people
14.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
21,769,773
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
10-140.20.0%135
15-1922.76.1%17,001
20-2470.018.9%59,079
25-29121.932.9%101,123
30-34105.828.5%93,389
35-3942.811.5%36,659
40-447.22.0%5,777
45-490.30.1%203
50-540.00.0%0