Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Australia
Australia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.64 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Australia, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Australia stood at 1.64 live births per woman.
That represents a change of down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Australia peaked at 3.54 live births per woman in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.59 live births per woman, in 2020.
That places Australia 145th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.26 live births per woman | 3.06 live births per woman | 3.44 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.14 live births per woman | 2.85 live births per woman | 3.54 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.36 live births per woman | 1.91 live births per woman | 2.95 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.89 live births per woman | 1.84 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.83 live births per woman | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.91 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.85 live births per woman | 1.74 live births per woman | 2.02 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 live births per woman | 1.67 live births per woman | 1.95 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.59 live births per woman | 1.65 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 142 Azerbaijan 1.67 live births per woman compare
- 143 New Zealand 1.66 live births per woman compare
- 144 Saint Helena 1.64 live births per woman compare
- 146 France 1.64 live births per woman compare
- 147 Colombia 1.63 live births per woman compare
- 148 United States 1.62 live births per woman compare
More education data for Australia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 105,469 (1999)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Australia?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Australia was 1.64 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.54 live births per woman in 1961.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.59 live births per woman in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Australia ranks 145th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The 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.