Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 2007

Oceania
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.58 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 654,921 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.58
Births
654,921
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
35,189,702
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
10-141.80.4%2,450
15-1936.27.0%48,524
20-2499.719.3%131,862
25-29135.626.3%169,736
30-34136.526.4%169,703
35-3979.315.4%100,335
40-4423.24.5%27,772
45-493.80.7%4,337
50-540.20.0%188