Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 1978

Oceania
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.69
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.69 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 459,540 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
459,540
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
22,383,131
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
10-141.40.3%1,477
15-1944.68.3%46,108
20-24147.727.4%136,454
25-29168.631.3%148,239
30-34100.918.8%80,569
35-3951.09.5%33,265
40-4419.93.7%11,323
45-493.70.7%2,019
50-540.20.0%83