Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2012

Australia/New Zealand
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2012  +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 1.96 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 369,205 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
369,205
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
27,264,321
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%114
15-1917.64.5%15,131
20-2456.714.5%53,509
25-29103.826.5%100,821
30-34126.432.3%117,677
35-3970.618.0%65,781
40-4415.54.0%15,323
45-490.90.2%847
50-540.00.0%0