Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2017

Australia/New Zealand
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2017  +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 1.76 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.9 years old. In total, 366,699 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.76
Births
366,699
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
30.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
29,543,790
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%75
15-1911.13.1%9,657
20-2445.612.9%45,159
25-2990.325.6%98,278
30-34118.533.6%128,088
35-3970.820.1%69,822
40-4415.04.2%14,443
45-491.20.3%1,177
50-540.00.0%0