Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2007

Australia/New Zealand
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2007  +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 2.02 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 354,076 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
354,076
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
25,177,814
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%126
15-1919.84.9%16,689
20-2461.315.2%53,043
25-29110.327.3%92,582
30-34129.031.9%112,816
35-3970.117.3%66,159
40-4413.03.2%12,076
45-490.60.2%585
50-540.00.0%0