Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fertility rate in Australia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 1.49 in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Bosnia
1960	3.45	3.96
1961	3.54	3.89
1962	3.44	3.81
1963	3.33	3.7
1964	3.15	3.6
1965	2.98	3.53
1966	2.88	3.39
1967	2.85	3.22
1968	2.89	3.08
1969	2.89	2.95
1970	2.86	2.79
1971	2.96	2.75
1972	2.74	2.67
1973	2.49	2.54
1974	2.4	2.45
1975	2.15	2.39
1976	2.06	2.31
1977	2.01	2.2
1978	1.95	2.08
1979	1.91	1.99
1980	1.89	1.98
1981	1.94	2.02
1982	1.93	2.05
1983	1.92	2.05
1984	1.84	2.02
1985	1.92	1.96
1986	1.87	1.91
1987	1.85	1.88
1988	1.83	1.85
1989	1.84	1.79
1990	1.9	1.79
1991	1.85	1.78
1992	1.89	1.76
1993	1.86	1.73
1994	1.84	1.7
1995	1.82	1.67
1996	1.8	1.65
1997	1.78	1.69
1998	1.76	1.56
1999	1.76	1.37
2000	1.76	1.28
2001	1.74	1.23
2002	1.76	1.23
2003	1.75	1.22
2004	1.77	1.22
2005	1.81	1.2
2006	1.91	1.18
2007	1.96	1.19
2008	1.98	1.21
2009	1.97	1.27
2010	1.93	1.26
2011	1.93	1.21
2012	1.92	1.25
2013	1.86	1.28
2014	1.83	1.26
2015	1.81	1.32
2016	1.75	1.36
2017	1.74	1.42
2018	1.74	1.5
2019	1.66	1.51
2020	1.58	1.52
2021	1.7	1.49
2022	1.63	1.48
2023	1.5	1.49
2024	1.5	1.49
2025	1.5	1.5
2026	1.5	1.5
2027	1.5	1.51
2028	1.51	1.51
2029	1.5	1.51
2030	1.51	1.52
2031	1.5	1.52
2032	1.5	1.52
2033	1.5	1.53
2034	1.5	1.53
2035	1.5	1.53
2036	1.5	1.54
2037	1.5	1.54
2038	1.5	1.54
2039	1.5	1.54
2040	1.5	1.55
2041	1.5	1.55
2042	1.5	1.55
2043	1.5	1.56
2044	1.5	1.56
2045	1.5	1.56
2046	1.5	1.56
2047	1.5	1.57
2048	1.5	1.57
2049	1.5	1.57
2050	1.5	1.57

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Bosnia
1960	30.2%	38.2%
1961	30.2%	38.5%
1962	30.1%	38.6%
1963	29.9%	38.6%
1964	29.8%	38.4%
1965	29.6%	38.1%
1966	29.5%	37.8%
1967	29.3%	37.3%
1968	29.1%	36.7%
1969	28.9%	36%
1970	28.8%	35.2%
1971	28.7%	34.4%
1972	28.5%	33.7%
1973	28.2%	33%
1974	27.9%	32.2%
1975	27.5%	31.5%
1976	27%	30.7%
1977	26.5%	30%
1978	26.1%	29.3%
1979	25.6%	28.7%
1980	25.3%	28.1%
1981	25%	27.5%
1982	24.7%	26.9%
1983	24.4%	26.5%
1984	24%	26.2%
1985	23.6%	25.9%
1986	23.1%	25.7%
1987	22.7%	25.4%
1988	22.4%	25.1%
1989	22.2%	24.9%
1990	22%	24.6%
1991	21.9%	24.3%
1992	21.8%	24.7%
1993	21.7%	25.5%
1994	21.7%	25.5%
1995	21.5%	24.8%
1996	21.4%	23.5%
1997	21.2%	22.4%
1998	21.1%	21.5%
1999	20.9%	20.7%
2000	20.8%	19.9%
2001	20.6%	19.1%
2002	20.4%	18.4%
2003	20.2%	17.8%
2004	20%	17.3%
2005	19.8%	16.9%
2006	19.6%	16.4%
2007	19.4%	16.1%
2008	19.3%	15.8%
2009	19.2%	15.7%
2010	19.1%	15.6%
2011	19%	15.4%
2012	18.9%	15.1%
2013	18.9%	14.8%
2014	18.9%	14.5%
2015	18.9%	14.3%
2016	18.9%	14.1%
2017	18.8%	14%
2018	18.8%	13.8%
2019	18.7%	13.7%
2020	18.6%	13.6%
2021	18.4%	13.5%
2022	18.2%	13.4%
2023	18%	13.2%
2024	17.8%	13%
2025	17.7%	12.8%
2026	17.5%	12.7%
2027	17.4%	12.6%
2028	17.2%	12.5%
2029	17%	12.4%
2030	16.9%	12.4%
2031	16.7%	12.3%
2032	16.6%	12.2%
2033	16.5%	12.1%
2034	16.4%	12%
2035	16.3%	12%
2036	16.2%	11.9%
2037	16.1%	11.9%
2038	16%	11.9%
2039	15.9%	11.9%
2040	15.9%	11.9%
2041	15.8%	11.9%
2042	15.8%	11.9%
2043	15.7%	11.9%
2044	15.7%	11.9%
2045	15.7%	11.9%
2046	15.7%	11.8%
2047	15.7%	11.8%
2048	15.7%	11.8%
2049	15.7%	11.7%
2050	15.7%	11.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 13% in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024, compared to 22% and 24.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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	Bosnia
1960	141,816	76,840
1961	150,955	77,601
1962	143,943	77,582
1963	140,161	75,380
1964	128,420	74,151
1965	122,990	72,896
1966	126,996	70,085
1967	126,249	65,618
1968	132,099	61,422
1969	143,477	58,454
1970	145,081	54,455
1971	165,593	54,352
1972	155,488	54,072
1973	136,476	52,989
1974	128,996	53,600
1975	123,648	53,629
1976	115,070	52,107
1977	117,793	48,643
1978	116,299	44,800
1979	116,112	42,157
1980	117,536	42,911
1981	125,356	45,423
1982	126,030	47,023
1983	130,844	47,135
1984	123,077	46,413
1985	143,674	44,983
1986	123,342	42,884
1987	128,484	41,172
1988	127,298	39,058
1989	127,789	36,802
1990	143,347	34,993
1991	138,273	33,692
1992	139,829	-17,883
1993	137,551	-27,199
1994	131,761	4,895
1995	131,436	5,926
1996	125,751	13,327
1997	121,592	19,311
1998	120,949	18,492
1999	118,517	13,568
2000	119,882	11,722
2001	117,575	10,424
2002	116,971	10,972
2003	118,325	10,781
2004	115,610	9,549
2005	129,132	6,546
2006	132,931	2,714
2007	154,124	1,557
2008	155,119	161
2009	160,518	652
2010	158,628	-1,895
2011	156,380	-5,354
2012	161,408	-6,761
2013	159,584	-8,367
2014	154,940	-11,009
2015	150,041	-11,942
2016	152,403	-13,009
2017	150,015	-12,810
2018	157,269	-10,761
2019	136,808	-15,192
2020	133,376	-22,502
2021	138,701	-33,670
2022	111,862	-20,197
2023	103,945	-18,292

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 6 deaths in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Bosnia
1985	9	35
1986	8	33
1987	9	31
1988	9	29
1989	9	26
1990	9	25
1991	9	23
1992	9	30
1993	9	26
1994	9	22
1995	9	19
1996	8	17
1997	8	16
1998	7	14
1999	7	13
2000	7	11
2001	6	11
2002	6	10
2003	5	10
2004	5	10
2005	5	9
2006	5	9
2007	5	9
2008	5	8
2009	5	8
2010	5	8
2011	6	7
2012	6	7
2013	6	7
2014	6	7
2015	6	7
2016	6	7
2017	6	7
2018	5	7
2019	5	6
2020	5	7
2021	4	13
2022	4	12
2023	2	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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	Bosnia
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%	-
1983	1.19%	-
1984	1.16%	2.94%
1985	1.13%	2.7%
1986	1.1%	2.49%
1987	1.06%	2.3%
1988	1.02%	2.12%
1989	0.97%	1.96%
1990	0.92%	1.82%
1991	0.87%	1.69%
1992	0.82%	5.78%
1993	0.77%	5.87%
1994	0.73%	1.4%
1995	0.7%	1.94%
1996	0.68%	1.24%
1997	0.66%	1.17%
1998	0.64%	1.09%
1999	0.63%	1.02%
2000	0.62%	0.95%
2001	0.61%	0.89%
2002	0.6%	0.84%
2003	0.59%	0.8%
2004	0.58%	0.76%
2005	0.57%	0.74%
2006	0.56%	0.72%
2007	0.54%	0.71%
2008	0.52%	0.7%
2009	0.5%	0.69%
2010	0.48%	0.68%
2011	0.45%	0.68%
2012	0.43%	0.67%
2013	0.41%	0.67%
2014	0.4%	0.67%
2015	0.39%	0.67%
2016	0.38%	0.68%
2017	0.38%	0.68%
2018	0.38%	0.68%
2019	0.38%	0.67%
2020	0.38%	0.66%
2021	0.37%	0.64%
2022	0.37%	0.62%
2023	0.37%	0.6%