Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2005

Australia/New Zealand
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +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 1.87 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 322,293 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
322,293
Births per 1,000 people
13.2
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
24,429,497
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%118
15-1918.44.9%15,205
20-2456.515.1%47,188
25-29105.528.2%84,670
30-34119.331.9%107,976
35-3962.016.6%56,072
40-4411.23.0%10,553
45-490.60.2%512
50-540.00.0%0