Australia vs United States: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Australia
1.64 live births per woman
in 2024
United States
1.62 live births per woman
in 2024
Australia rank
145th
United States rank
148th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.64 live births per woman against 1.62 live births per woman in United States, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.
Australia ranks 145th and United States ranks 148th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and United States in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.26 live births per woman | 3.47 live births per woman | 0.217 live births per woman | United States |
| 1960s | 3.14 live births per woman | 3.1 live births per woman | 0.0418 live births per woman | Australia |
| 1970s | 2.36 live births per woman | 1.98 live births per woman | 0.3826 live births per woman | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.89 live births per woman | 1.88 live births per woman | 0.0125 live births per woman | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.83 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | 0.1699 live births per woman | United States |
| 2000s | 1.85 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 0.1834 live births per woman | United States |
| 2010s | 1.82 live births per woman | 1.81 live births per woman | 0.0105 live births per woman | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.63 live births per woman | 0.0014 live births per woman | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Australia or United States?
- Australia, at 1.64 live births per woman against 1.62 live births per woman in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Australia and United States?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Australia and United States rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Australia ranks 145th and United States ranks 148th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.