Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2001

Australia/New Zealand
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +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 1.78 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 301,732 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
301,732
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
23,257,196
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
10-140.10.0%111
15-1919.35.4%15,281
20-2461.117.2%46,799
25-29106.529.9%88,837
30-34109.130.7%96,740
35-3949.814.0%45,126
40-449.52.7%8,478
45-490.40.1%362
50-540.00.0%0