The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday released data showing that the nation’s fertility rate—i.e., the average number of registered births per woman aged 15 to 49 years—fell to a record low of 1.481, which is down from 1.795 a decade ago and roughly half the level of the 30 years between 1944 and 1974:
Australia’s crude birth rate—i.e., the number of births per 1,000 estimated resident population—also declined to a record low 10.7 in 2024, down from 12.8 a decade ago.
Chart by Alex Joiner (IFM Investors)
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