Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 1999

Oceania
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.44 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 568,619 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
568,619
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
30,879,804
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
10-142.20.4%2,672
15-1937.17.6%43,563
20-24104.221.3%118,654
25-29135.727.8%163,495
30-34123.625.3%142,986
35-3963.212.9%73,522
40-4419.44.0%20,403
45-493.40.7%3,178
50-540.20.0%145