Fertility rate: Australia
1.638 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.638 |
| 2022 | 1.638 |
| 2021 | 1.647 |
| 2020 | 1.593 |
| 2019 | 1.666 |
| 2018 | 1.743 |
| 2017 | 1.745 |
| 2016 | 1.792 |
| 2015 | 1.803 |
| 2014 | 1.805 |
| 2013 | 1.883 |
| 2012 | 1.931 |
| 2011 | 1.922 |
| 2010 | 1.948 |
| 2009 | 1.972 |
| 2008 | 2.02 |
| 2007 | 1.991 |
| 2006 | 1.882 |
| 2005 | 1.849 |
| 2004 | 1.784 |
| 2003 | 1.764 |
| 2002 | 1.765 |
| 2001 | 1.738 |
| 2000 | 1.764 |
| 1999 | 1.764 |
| 1998 | 1.765 |
| 1997 | 1.783 |
| 1996 | 1.804 |
| 1995 | 1.825 |
| 1994 | 1.852 |
| 1993 | 1.864 |
| 1992 | 1.892 |
| 1991 | 1.863 |
| 1990 | 1.908 |
| 1989 | 1.843 |
| 1988 | 1.84 |
| 1987 | 1.851 |
| 1986 | 1.872 |
| 1985 | 1.899 |
| 1984 | 1.872 |
| 1983 | 1.931 |
| 1982 | 1.94 |
| 1981 | 1.94 |
| 1980 | 1.901 |
| 1979 | 1.913 |
| 1978 | 1.961 |
| 1977 | 2.019 |
| 1976 | 2.063 |
| 1975 | 2.207 |
| 1974 | 2.376 |
| 1973 | 2.493 |
| 1972 | 2.742 |
| 1971 | 2.948 |
| 1970 | 2.86 |
| 1969 | 2.889 |
| 1968 | 2.889 |
| 1967 | 2.851 |
| 1966 | 2.883 |
| 1965 | 2.979 |
| 1964 | 3.146 |
| 1963 | 3.334 |
| 1962 | 3.425 |
| 1961 | 3.542 |
| 1960 | 3.453 |
| 1959 | 3.441 |
| 1958 | 3.423 |
| 1957 | 3.421 |
| 1956 | 3.331 |
| 1955 | 3.273 |
| 1954 | 3.192 |
| 1953 | 3.192 |
| 1952 | 3.18 |
| 1951 | 3.063 |
| 1950 | 3.063 |