births per woman - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's total fertility rate was 1.5 births per woman as of January 2025. The long-term trend is getting worse, though the recent 36-month direction is broadly stable. The average number of children born per woman over her lifetime (Total Fertility Rate). Replacement rate is approximately 2.1. Falling birth rates lead to an ageing population, workforce strain, and greater dependency on migration to sustain the economy. Data is sourced from ABS Births (Cat. 3301.0) and updated annually.
The average number of children born per woman over her lifetime (Total Fertility Rate).
Replacement rate is approximately 2.1. Falling birth rates lead to an ageing population, workforce strain, and greater dependency on migration to sustain the economy.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Births (Cat. 3301.0)), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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