Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1996

Australia/New Zealand
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +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 1.83 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 310,921 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.83
Births
310,921
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
22,034,686
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%129
15-1922.46.1%16,860
20-2468.318.6%56,389
25-29117.932.2%99,950
30-34105.628.8%92,448
35-3944.212.1%38,743
40-447.62.1%6,174
45-490.30.1%222
50-540.00.0%0