Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 2012

Oceania
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.48 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 689,709 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
689,709
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
38,550,170
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
10-141.20.2%1,692
15-1934.87.0%48,874
20-2494.819.1%138,341
25-29127.225.6%183,553
30-34132.526.6%178,705
35-3978.515.8%101,862
40-4424.14.9%31,448
45-494.20.8%5,008
50-540.20.0%215