Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2003

Australia/New Zealand
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +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 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 306,430 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
306,430
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
23,842,041
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
15-1918.15.0%14,636
20-2457.115.9%45,616
25-29104.129.0%83,428
30-34113.031.5%103,194
35-3955.215.4%49,285
40-4410.52.9%9,721
45-490.50.1%437
50-540.00.0%0