Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1997

Australia/New Zealand
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +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 1.81 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 308,793 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
308,793
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
22,281,862
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%130
15-1921.96.0%16,554
20-2465.918.2%53,090
25-29114.331.5%98,942
30-34106.729.4%92,591
35-3945.512.6%40,783
40-447.82.1%6,457
45-490.30.1%250
50-540.00.0%0