Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 1998

Australia/New Zealand
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +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 1.79 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 304,518 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
304,518
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
22,513,088
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%125
15-1920.75.8%15,754
20-2464.017.9%50,272
25-29111.431.1%97,195
30-34106.929.9%92,108
35-3946.112.9%41,874
40-448.22.3%6,916
45-490.40.1%274
50-540.00.0%0