Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2002

Australia/New Zealand
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +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 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 304,064 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
304,064
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
23,546,474
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%113
15-1918.75.2%14,997
20-2459.016.5%45,956
25-29105.329.5%85,571
30-34111.431.2%100,682
35-3952.514.7%47,158
40-4410.02.8%9,189
45-490.50.1%396
50-540.00.0%0