Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 1968

Oceania
1968
Total fertility rate: 3.63
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 3.63 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 466,346 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.63
Births
466,346
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
18,669,865
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
10-141.00.1%940
15-1959.78.2%49,044
20-24202.227.9%149,226
25-29218.430.2%134,047
30-34137.819.0%76,178
35-3975.410.4%40,837
40-4425.93.6%14,184
45-493.60.5%1,837
50-540.10.0%52