Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 2003

Oceania
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.44 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 589,771 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
589,771
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
32,894,234
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%2,753
15-1935.87.3%45,310
20-2498.820.2%119,586
25-29132.427.1%155,457
30-34125.625.7%156,556
35-3969.514.2%82,062
40-4420.84.3%24,186
45-493.60.7%3,689
50-540.20.0%168