Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2028

Australia/New Zealand
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +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 is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2028 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.5 years old. In total, 358,512 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
358,512
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
31.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
33,070,667
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
10-140.00.0%35
15-196.21.9%6,094
20-2435.710.9%36,375
25-2982.725.2%83,741
30-34115.535.1%127,454
35-3970.521.4%84,014
40-4416.65.0%19,228
45-491.50.4%1,570
50-540.00.0%0