Fertility & birth rates in Australia and France

Fertility rate in Australia vs France 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 1.66 in France in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs France 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	France
1960	3.45	2.85
1961	3.54	2.87
1962	3.44	2.89
1963	3.33	2.89
1964	3.15	2.87
1965	2.98	2.84
1966	2.88	2.8
1967	2.85	2.75
1968	2.89	2.69
1969	2.89	2.62
1970	2.86	2.55
1971	2.96	2.47
1972	2.74	2.38
1973	2.49	2.28
1974	2.4	2.18
1975	2.15	2.09
1976	2.06	2.01
1977	2.01	1.94
1978	1.95	1.89
1979	1.91	1.87
1980	1.89	1.85
1981	1.94	1.85
1982	1.93	1.86
1983	1.92	1.86
1984	1.84	1.86
1985	1.92	1.86
1986	1.87	1.85
1987	1.85	1.83
1988	1.83	1.81
1989	1.84	1.79
1990	1.9	1.77
1991	1.85	1.75
1992	1.89	1.74
1993	1.86	1.73
1994	1.84	1.73
1995	1.82	1.74
1996	1.8	1.75
1997	1.78	1.77
1998	1.76	1.78
1999	1.76	1.81
2000	1.76	1.89
2001	1.74	1.9
2002	1.76	1.88
2003	1.75	1.89
2004	1.77	1.92
2005	1.81	1.94
2006	1.91	2
2007	1.96	1.98
2008	1.98	2.01
2009	1.97	2
2010	1.93	2.03
2011	1.93	2.01
2012	1.92	2.01
2013	1.86	1.99
2014	1.83	2
2015	1.81	1.96
2016	1.75	1.92
2017	1.74	1.89
2018	1.74	1.87
2019	1.66	1.86
2020	1.58	1.83
2021	1.7	1.84
2022	1.63	1.79
2023	1.5	1.66
2024	1.5	1.66
2025	1.5	1.66
2026	1.5	1.66
2027	1.5	1.66
2028	1.51	1.66
2029	1.5	1.66
2030	1.51	1.66
2031	1.5	1.66
2032	1.5	1.66
2033	1.5	1.66
2034	1.5	1.66
2035	1.5	1.66
2036	1.5	1.66
2037	1.5	1.67
2038	1.5	1.66
2039	1.5	1.66
2040	1.5	1.66
2041	1.5	1.67
2042	1.5	1.67
2043	1.5	1.67
2044	1.5	1.67
2045	1.5	1.67
2046	1.5	1.67
2047	1.5	1.67
2048	1.5	1.67
2049	1.5	1.67
2050	1.5	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	France
1960	30.2%	26.5%
1961	30.2%	26.5%
1962	30.1%	26.2%
1963	29.9%	26%
1964	29.8%	25.8%
1965	29.6%	25.6%
1966	29.5%	25.4%
1967	29.3%	25.3%
1968	29.1%	25.1%
1969	28.9%	25%
1970	28.8%	24.8%
1971	28.7%	24.7%
1972	28.5%	24.6%
1973	28.2%	24.4%
1974	27.9%	24.2%
1975	27.5%	23.9%
1976	27%	23.6%
1977	26.5%	23.3%
1978	26.1%	23%
1979	25.6%	22.7%
1980	25.3%	22.4%
1981	25%	22.1%
1982	24.7%	21.9%
1983	24.4%	21.7%
1984	24%	21.5%
1985	23.6%	21.3%
1986	23.1%	21%
1987	22.7%	20.7%
1988	22.4%	20.5%
1989	22.2%	20.3%
1990	22%	20.1%
1991	21.9%	20.1%
1992	21.8%	20%
1993	21.7%	19.9%
1994	21.7%	19.7%
1995	21.5%	19.5%
1996	21.4%	19.3%
1997	21.2%	19.1%
1998	21.1%	19%
1999	20.9%	19%
2000	20.8%	18.9%
2001	20.6%	18.9%
2002	20.4%	18.8%
2003	20.2%	18.7%
2004	20%	18.6%
2005	19.8%	18.5%
2006	19.6%	18.5%
2007	19.4%	18.4%
2008	19.3%	18.5%
2009	19.2%	18.5%
2010	19.1%	18.5%
2011	19%	18.5%
2012	18.9%	18.5%
2013	18.9%	18.4%
2014	18.9%	18.3%
2015	18.9%	18.2%
2016	18.9%	18.1%
2017	18.8%	17.9%
2018	18.8%	17.8%
2019	18.7%	17.6%
2020	18.6%	17.4%
2021	18.4%	17.2%
2022	18.2%	17%
2023	18%	16.8%
2024	17.8%	16.5%
2025	17.7%	16.2%
2026	17.5%	16%
2027	17.4%	15.7%
2028	17.2%	15.5%
2029	17%	15.3%
2030	16.9%	15.1%
2031	16.7%	15%
2032	16.6%	14.8%
2033	16.5%	14.8%
2034	16.4%	14.7%
2035	16.3%	14.7%
2036	16.2%	14.7%
2037	16.1%	14.7%
2038	16%	14.7%
2039	15.9%	14.8%
2040	15.9%	14.9%
2041	15.8%	15%
2042	15.8%	15.1%
2043	15.7%	15.2%
2044	15.7%	15.3%
2045	15.7%	15.4%
2046	15.7%	15.5%
2047	15.7%	15.5%
2048	15.7%	15.5%
2049	15.7%	15.6%
2050	15.7%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 16.5% in France in 2024, compared to 22% and 20.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and France compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs France by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +0.2% in France. 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	France
1960	141,816	346,115
1961	150,955	354,504
1962	143,943	358,082
1963	140,161	361,694
1964	128,420	360,631
1965	122,990	354,132
1966	126,996	352,181
1967	126,249	339,843
1968	132,099	337,346
1969	143,477	329,831
1970	145,081	322,444
1971	165,593	309,747
1972	155,488	296,589
1973	136,476	282,979
1974	128,996	268,733
1975	123,648	248,413
1976	115,070	227,776
1977	117,793	217,946
1978	116,299	213,462
1979	116,112	208,923
1980	117,536	210,042
1981	125,356	222,414
1982	126,030	234,389
1983	130,844	235,655
1984	123,077	248,086
1985	143,674	249,328
1986	123,342	250,606
1987	128,484	251,971
1988	127,298	247,672
1989	127,789	243,361
1990	143,347	238,870
1991	138,273	234,216
1992	139,829	229,502
1993	137,551	224,592
1994	131,761	201,704
1995	131,436	220,303
1996	125,751	221,092
1997	121,592	215,885
1998	120,949	222,705
1999	118,517	229,907
2000	119,882	268,042
2001	117,575	263,867
2002	116,971	253,430
2003	118,325	230,325
2004	115,610	282,185
2005	129,132	271,677
2006	132,931	305,387
2007	154,124	288,076
2008	155,119	283,250
2009	160,518	278,238
2010	158,628	286,116
2011	156,380	280,966
2012	161,408	256,065
2013	159,584	244,192
2014	154,940	265,248
2015	150,041	206,300
2016	152,403	193,500
2017	150,015	160,604
2018	157,269	147,749
2019	136,808	141,503
2020	133,376	67,602
2021	138,701	74,627
2022	111,862	54,452
2023	103,945	47,802

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs France

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 7 deaths in France.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	France
1985	9	20
1986	8	20
1987	9	19
1988	9	19
1989	9	19
1990	9	18
1991	9	18
1992	9	17
1993	9	16
1994	9	15
1995	9	15
1996	8	13
1997	8	11
1998	7	10
1999	7	10
2000	7	9
2001	6	9
2002	6	9
2003	5	9
2004	5	9
2005	5	9
2006	5	9
2007	5	9
2008	5	10
2009	5	10
2010	5	9
2011	6	9
2012	6	9
2013	6	9
2014	6	9
2015	6	9
2016	6	9
2017	6	8
2018	5	9
2019	5	8
2020	5	9
2021	4	9
2022	4	9
2023	2	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 0.43% in France. 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	France
1960	2.49%	2.85%
1961	2.43%	2.7%
1962	2.37%	2.57%
1963	2.32%	2.45%
1964	2.27%	2.34%
1965	2.24%	2.24%
1966	2.21%	2.14%
1967	2.2%	2.06%
1968	2.19%	1.99%
1969	2.18%	1.91%
1970	2.15%	1.82%
1971	2.1%	1.74%
1972	2.03%	1.66%
1973	1.94%	1.6%
1974	1.84%	1.54%
1975	1.73%	1.49%
1976	1.62%	1.44%
1977	1.52%	1.39%
1978	1.44%	1.34%
1979	1.36%	1.28%
1980	1.3%	1.24%
1981	1.26%	1.19%
1982	1.22%	1.15%
1983	1.19%	1.11%
1984	1.16%	1.07%
1985	1.13%	1.04%
1986	1.1%	1.01%
1987	1.06%	0.98%
1988	1.02%	0.96%
1989	0.97%	0.93%
1990	0.92%	0.9%
1991	0.87%	0.86%
1992	0.82%	0.81%
1993	0.77%	0.75%
1994	0.73%	0.7%
1995	0.7%	0.65%
1996	0.68%	0.61%
1997	0.66%	0.58%
1998	0.64%	0.57%
1999	0.63%	0.55%
2000	0.62%	0.54%
2001	0.61%	0.52%
2002	0.6%	0.51%
2003	0.59%	0.49%
2004	0.58%	0.48%
2005	0.57%	0.46%
2006	0.56%	0.45%
2007	0.54%	0.44%
2008	0.52%	0.44%
2009	0.5%	0.43%
2010	0.48%	0.42%
2011	0.45%	0.42%
2012	0.43%	0.41%
2013	0.41%	0.41%
2014	0.4%	0.41%
2015	0.39%	0.42%
2016	0.38%	0.42%
2017	0.38%	0.42%
2018	0.38%	0.42%
2019	0.38%	0.42%
2020	0.38%	0.42%
2021	0.37%	0.43%
2022	0.37%	0.43%
2023	0.37%	0.43%