Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2014

Australia/New Zealand
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2014  +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 1.83 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 356,985 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.83
Births
356,985
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
28,118,584
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%105
15-1914.23.9%12,233
20-2450.713.9%48,776
25-2996.426.4%97,747
30-34120.533.0%119,552
35-3968.518.7%63,293
40-4414.23.9%14,292
45-491.00.3%988
50-540.00.0%0