Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2011

Australia/New Zealand
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2011  +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 1.95 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 363,069 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.95
Births
363,069
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
26,862,476
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%117
15-1918.14.6%15,589
20-2456.814.6%53,187
25-29103.926.7%99,201
30-34125.132.1%113,418
35-3969.517.8%65,866
40-4415.44.0%14,890
45-490.80.2%801
50-540.00.0%0