Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 1998

Oceania
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.43 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 560,873 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
560,873
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
30,419,760
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
10-142.10.4%2,571
15-1936.77.6%42,428
20-24104.121.4%119,008
25-29136.628.1%163,441
30-34122.225.2%140,135
35-3961.812.7%70,825
40-4418.73.8%19,221
45-493.30.7%3,088
50-540.20.0%144