Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 1981

Oceania
1981
Total fertility rate: 2.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.62 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 476,519 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
476,519
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
23,307,158
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%1,547
15-1943.58.3%45,929
20-24139.626.6%138,917
25-29168.032.0%153,135
30-34100.719.2%88,129
35-3948.89.3%35,214
40-4418.93.6%11,512
45-493.80.7%2,036
50-540.20.0%90