Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Azerbaijan

Fertility rate in Australia vs Azerbaijan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Azerbaijan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Azerbaijan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Azerbaijan
1960	3.45	5.88
1961	3.54	5.94
1962	3.44	5.96
1963	3.33	5.95
1964	3.15	5.89
1965	2.98	5.79
1966	2.88	5.66
1967	2.85	5.38
1968	2.89	5.22
1969	2.89	5.07
1970	2.86	4.91
1971	2.96	4.77
1972	2.74	4.62
1973	2.49	4.45
1974	2.4	4.33
1975	2.15	4.18
1976	2.06	4.02
1977	2.01	3.87
1978	1.95	3.73
1979	1.91	3.61
1980	1.89	3.5
1981	1.94	3.41
1982	1.93	3.34
1983	1.92	3.29
1984	1.84	3.26
1985	1.92	2.91
1986	1.87	2.9
1987	1.85	2.9
1988	1.83	2.8
1989	1.84	2.8
1990	1.9	2.74
1991	1.85	2.87
1992	1.89	2.74
1993	1.86	2.7
1994	1.84	2.52
1995	1.82	2.29
1996	1.8	2.06
1997	1.78	2.07
1998	1.76	2
1999	1.76	2.07
2000	1.76	2
2001	1.74	1.8
2002	1.76	1.8
2003	1.75	1.9
2004	1.77	2.05
2005	1.81	2
2006	1.91	1.97
2007	1.96	1.97
2008	1.98	1.9
2009	1.97	1.82
2010	1.93	1.92
2011	1.93	1.96
2012	1.92	2
2013	1.86	1.98
2014	1.83	1.97
2015	1.81	1.94
2016	1.75	1.9
2017	1.74	1.75
2018	1.74	1.73
2019	1.66	1.81
2020	1.58	1.7
2021	1.7	1.52
2022	1.63	1.67
2023	1.5	1.55
2024	1.5	1.55
2025	1.5	1.54
2026	1.5	1.54
2027	1.5	1.54
2028	1.51	1.54
2029	1.5	1.54
2030	1.51	1.54
2031	1.5	1.53
2032	1.5	1.53
2033	1.5	1.53
2034	1.5	1.53
2035	1.5	1.53
2036	1.5	1.53
2037	1.5	1.53
2038	1.5	1.53
2039	1.5	1.52
2040	1.5	1.52
2041	1.5	1.52
2042	1.5	1.52
2043	1.5	1.52
2044	1.5	1.52
2045	1.5	1.52
2046	1.5	1.52
2047	1.5	1.52
2048	1.5	1.52
2049	1.5	1.52
2050	1.5	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Azerbaijan
1960	30.2%	40.4%
1961	30.2%	42%
1962	30.1%	43.3%
1963	29.9%	44.2%
1964	29.8%	44.9%
1965	29.6%	45.3%
1966	29.5%	45.6%
1967	29.3%	45.7%
1968	29.1%	45.6%
1969	28.9%	45.3%
1970	28.8%	44.9%
1971	28.7%	44.3%
1972	28.5%	43.6%
1973	28.2%	42.7%
1974	27.9%	41.7%
1975	27.5%	40.6%
1976	27%	39.4%
1977	26.5%	38.1%
1978	26.1%	36.7%
1979	25.6%	35.6%
1980	25.3%	35%
1981	25%	34.4%
1982	24.7%	34%
1983	24.4%	33.8%
1984	24%	33.5%
1985	23.6%	33.4%
1986	23.1%	33.2%
1987	22.7%	33.1%
1988	22.4%	33.2%
1989	22.2%	33.5%
1990	22%	33.8%
1991	21.9%	34%
1992	21.8%	34.1%
1993	21.7%	34%
1994	21.7%	33.9%
1995	21.5%	33.6%
1996	21.4%	33.2%
1997	21.2%	32.8%
1998	21.1%	32.2%
1999	20.9%	31.4%
2000	20.8%	30.3%
2001	20.6%	29.2%
2002	20.4%	28.1%
2003	20.2%	27%
2004	20%	26%
2005	19.8%	25.1%
2006	19.6%	24.4%
2007	19.4%	23.8%
2008	19.3%	23.2%
2009	19.2%	22.7%
2010	19.1%	22.3%
2011	19%	22.2%
2012	18.9%	22.3%
2013	18.9%	22.7%
2014	18.9%	23.1%
2015	18.9%	23.5%
2016	18.9%	23.8%
2017	18.8%	23.9%
2018	18.8%	23.8%
2019	18.7%	23.5%
2020	18.6%	23.4%
2021	18.4%	23.1%
2022	18.2%	22.8%
2023	18%	22.3%
2024	17.8%	21.8%
2025	17.7%	21.2%
2026	17.5%	20.6%
2027	17.4%	20%
2028	17.2%	19.4%
2029	17%	18.9%
2030	16.9%	18.3%
2031	16.7%	17.9%
2032	16.6%	17.6%
2033	16.5%	17.5%
2034	16.4%	17.3%
2035	16.3%	17%
2036	16.2%	16.9%
2037	16.1%	16.8%
2038	16%	16.8%
2039	15.9%	16.8%
2040	15.9%	16.8%
2041	15.8%	16.8%
2042	15.8%	16.9%
2043	15.7%	16.9%
2044	15.7%	16.9%
2045	15.7%	16.8%
2046	15.7%	16.8%
2047	15.7%	16.8%
2048	15.7%	16.7%
2049	15.7%	16.6%
2050	15.7%	16.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 21.8% in Azerbaijan in 2024, compared to 22% and 33.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Azerbaijan compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Azerbaijan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +0.79% in Azerbaijan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Australia	Azerbaijan
1960	141,816	127,982
1961	150,955	133,870
1962	143,943	135,928
1963	140,161	136,762
1964	128,420	134,971
1965	122,990	131,114
1966	126,996	126,678
1967	126,249	118,988
1968	132,099	115,379
1969	143,477	111,387
1970	145,081	108,976
1971	165,593	106,948
1972	155,488	105,009
1973	136,476	103,208
1974	128,996	103,872
1975	123,648	103,472
1976	115,070	103,370
1977	117,793	102,304
1978	116,299	102,831
1979	116,112	104,864
1980	117,536	110,279
1981	125,356	121,400
1982	126,030	117,615
1983	130,844	125,966
1984	123,077	130,043
1985	143,674	132,068
1986	123,342	141,499
1987	128,484	138,195
1988	127,298	136,702
1989	127,789	141,531
1990	143,347	142,069
1991	138,273	147,607
1992	139,829	133,615
1993	137,551	123,664
1994	131,761	107,112
1995	131,436	93,755
1996	125,751	80,735
1997	121,592	84,653
1998	120,949	77,548
1999	118,517	71,047
2000	119,882	70,023
2001	117,575	64,890
2002	116,971	63,741
2003	118,325	64,226
2004	115,610	81,403
2005	129,132	89,793
2006	132,931	96,724
2007	154,124	97,827
2008	155,119	99,903
2009	160,518	99,315
2010	158,628	112,274
2011	156,380	122,002
2012	161,408	119,915
2013	159,584	117,710
2014	154,940	115,374
2015	150,041	110,967
2016	152,403	102,457
2017	150,015	86,715
2018	157,269	81,506
2019	136,808	85,207
2020	133,376	50,466
2021	138,701	35,483
2022	111,862	61,865
2023	103,945	52,800

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Azerbaijan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 18 deaths in Azerbaijan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Azerbaijan
1985	9	45
1986	8	48
1987	9	45
1988	9	45
1989	9	43
1990	9	41
1991	9	43
1992	9	56
1993	9	54
1994	9	58
1995	9	64
1996	8	58
1997	8	59
1998	7	54
1999	7	51
2000	7	46
2001	6	45
2002	6	40
2003	5	41
2004	5	40
2005	5	40
2006	5	33
2007	5	33
2008	5	30
2009	5	29
2010	5	28
2011	6	27
2012	6	28
2013	6	24
2014	6	23
2015	6	21
2016	6	22
2017	6	22
2018	5	21
2019	5	21
2020	5	21
2021	4	55
2022	4	32
2023	2	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 1.86% in Azerbaijan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Australia	Azerbaijan
1960	2.49%	-
1961	2.43%	-
1962	2.37%	-
1963	2.32%	-
1964	2.27%	-
1965	2.24%	-
1966	2.21%	-
1967	2.2%	-
1968	2.19%	-
1969	2.18%	-
1970	2.15%	-
1971	2.1%	-
1972	2.03%	-
1973	1.94%	-
1974	1.84%	-
1975	1.73%	-
1976	1.62%	-
1977	1.52%	-
1978	1.44%	-
1979	1.36%	-
1980	1.3%	-
1981	1.26%	-
1982	1.22%	10.9%
1983	1.19%	10.7%
1984	1.16%	10.4%
1985	1.13%	10.2%
1986	1.1%	9.96%
1987	1.06%	9.77%
1988	1.02%	9.62%
1989	0.97%	9.52%
1990	0.92%	9.48%
1991	0.87%	9.5%
1992	0.82%	9.52%
1993	0.77%	9.52%
1994	0.73%	9.47%
1995	0.7%	9.34%
1996	0.68%	9.1%
1997	0.66%	8.78%
1998	0.64%	8.37%
1999	0.63%	7.91%
2000	0.62%	7.4%
2001	0.61%	6.9%
2002	0.6%	6.41%
2003	0.59%	5.96%
2004	0.58%	5.55%
2005	0.57%	5.18%
2006	0.56%	4.85%
2007	0.54%	4.55%
2008	0.52%	4.27%
2009	0.5%	4.01%
2010	0.48%	3.77%
2011	0.45%	3.54%
2012	0.43%	3.32%
2013	0.41%	3.12%
2014	0.4%	2.95%
2015	0.39%	2.78%
2016	0.38%	2.63%
2017	0.38%	2.49%
2018	0.38%	2.36%
2019	0.38%	2.24%
2020	0.38%	2.13%
2021	0.37%	2.04%
2022	0.37%	1.94%
2023	0.37%	1.86%