Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia/New Zealand, 2042

Australia/New Zealand
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +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 1.63 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.6 years old. In total, 376,715 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
376,715
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
31.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
36,440,454
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%30
15-195.21.6%5,109
20-2433.910.3%36,252
25-2982.425.1%96,940
30-34116.235.4%139,435
35-3971.921.9%79,516
40-4416.75.1%17,705
45-491.50.5%1,729
50-540.00.0%0