Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Australia and New Zealand

Total fertility rate in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 1.5 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.5%.

2024 1.5 births −1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.68 births1961
Period minimum 1.5 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Australia and New Zealand, 1960–2024123419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.6 births1962: 3.58 births1964: 3.27 births1966: 2.98 births1968: 2.97 births1970: 2.92 births1972: 2.79 births1974: 2.43 births1976: 2.1 births1978: 1.97 births1980: 1.92 births1982: 1.93 births1984: 1.86 births1986: 1.88 births1988: 1.88 births1990: 1.95 births1992: 1.92 births1994: 1.87 births1996: 1.82 births1998: 1.78 births2000: 1.79 births2002: 1.78 births2004: 1.8 births2006: 1.93 births2008: 2.02 births2010: 1.97 births2012: 1.95 births2014: 1.84 births2016: 1.77 births2018: 1.74 births2020: 1.59 births2022: 1.64 births2024: 1.5 births
Change over the period: −2.11 (−58.47%) Average annual rate: -1.36 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 1.5 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.5 −0.02 −1%
2023 1.51 −0.13 −7.7%
2022 1.64 −0.06 −3.26%
2021 1.69 +0.1 +6.57%
2020 1.59 −0.08 −4.79%
2019 1.67 −0.07 −3.9%
2018 1.74 −0.02 −0.98%
2017 1.75 −0.02 −1.07%
2016 1.77 −0.07 −3.87%
2015 1.84 +0 +0.07%
2014 1.84 −0.04 −2.06%
2013 1.88 −0.07 −3.55%
2012 1.95 −0 −0.19%
2011 1.95 −0.02 −0.76%
2010 1.97 −0.03 −1.47%
2009 2 −0.02 −1.04%
2008 2.02 +0.02 +1.11%
2007 2 +0.07 +3.68%
2006 1.93 +0.09 +4.94%
2005 1.83 +0.03 +1.7%
2004 1.8 +0.03 +1.42%
2003 1.78 +0 +0.02%
2002 1.78 +0 +0.05%
2001 1.78 −0.02 −0.89%
2000 1.79 +0 +0.13%
1999 1.79 +0.01 +0.43%
1998 1.78 −0.03 −1.39%
1997 1.81 −0.01 −0.82%
1996 1.82 −0.02 −1.35%
1995 1.85 −0.02 −0.89%
1994 1.87 −0.02 −1.28%
1993 1.89 −0.03 −1.43%
1992 1.92 +0.03 +1.45%
1991 1.89 −0.06 −2.97%
1990 1.95 +0.06 +3.35%
1989 1.88 +0.01 +0.46%
1988 1.88 −0 −0.02%
1987 1.88 −0.01 −0.4%
1986 1.88 −0.04 −2.11%
1985 1.92 +0.07 +3.71%
1984 1.86 −0.07 −3.53%
1983 1.92 −0.01 −0.48%
1982 1.93 −0.02 −0.79%
1981 1.95 +0.03 +1.71%
1980 1.92 −0.03 −1.51%
1979 1.94 −0.03 −1.32%
1978 1.97 −0.07 −3.57%
1977 2.04 −0.05 −2.6%
1976 2.1 −0.09 −4.12%
1975 2.19 −0.24 −9.95%
1974 2.43 −0.11 −4.32%
1973 2.54 −0.25 −8.98%
1972 2.79 −0.21 −7.01%
1971 3 +0.08 +2.9%
1970 2.92 −0.04 −1.44%
1969 2.96 −0.01 −0.45%
1968 2.97 +0.03 +1.02%
1967 2.94 −0.04 −1.26%
1966 2.98 −0.1 −3.33%
1965 3.08 −0.19 −5.7%
1964 3.27 −0.2 −5.71%
1963 3.47 −0.12 −3.23%
1962 3.58 −0.1 −2.77%
1961 3.68 +0.08 +2.33%
1960 3.6

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.