Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Georgia

Fertility rate in Australia vs Georgia 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 1.81 in Georgia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Georgia 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	Georgia
1960	3.45	2.94
1961	3.54	2.94
1962	3.44	2.94
1963	3.33	2.95
1964	3.15	2.89
1965	2.98	2.77
1966	2.88	2.73
1967	2.85	2.74
1968	2.89	2.69
1969	2.89	2.69
1970	2.86	2.7
1971	2.96	2.71
1972	2.74	2.67
1973	2.49	2.62
1974	2.4	2.57
1975	2.15	2.55
1976	2.06	2.51
1977	2.01	2.44
1978	1.95	2.42
1979	1.91	2.38
1980	1.89	2.35
1981	1.94	2.33
1982	1.93	2.31
1983	1.92	2.34
1984	1.84	2.38
1985	1.92	2.4
1986	1.87	2.38
1987	1.85	2.32
1988	1.83	2.32
1989	1.84	2.32
1990	1.9	2.31
1991	1.85	2.21
1992	1.89	2.05
1993	1.86	1.91
1994	1.84	1.84
1995	1.82	1.81
1996	1.8	1.76
1997	1.78	1.73
1998	1.76	1.7
1999	1.76	1.64
2000	1.76	1.61
2001	1.74	1.58
2002	1.76	1.57
2003	1.75	1.55
2004	1.77	1.57
2005	1.81	1.58
2006	1.91	1.62
2007	1.96	1.7
2008	1.98	1.83
2009	1.97	1.99
2010	1.93	1.97
2011	1.93	1.92
2012	1.92	1.93
2013	1.86	1.99
2014	1.83	2.18
2015	1.81	2.21
2016	1.75	2.23
2017	1.74	2.14
2018	1.74	2.09
2019	1.66	2.02
2020	1.58	1.98
2021	1.7	1.98
2022	1.63	1.82
2023	1.5	1.81
2024	1.5	1.8
2025	1.5	1.79
2026	1.5	1.78
2027	1.5	1.77
2028	1.51	1.76
2029	1.5	1.75
2030	1.51	1.75
2031	1.5	1.75
2032	1.5	1.74
2033	1.5	1.74
2034	1.5	1.73
2035	1.5	1.73
2036	1.5	1.73
2037	1.5	1.73
2038	1.5	1.72
2039	1.5	1.72
2040	1.5	1.72
2041	1.5	1.72
2042	1.5	1.72
2043	1.5	1.72
2044	1.5	1.72
2045	1.5	1.71
2046	1.5	1.71
2047	1.5	1.71
2048	1.5	1.71
2049	1.5	1.71
2050	1.5	1.71

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Georgia
1960	30.2%	28.7%
1961	30.2%	29.3%
1962	30.1%	29.7%
1963	29.9%	29.9%
1964	29.8%	30%
1965	29.6%	30%
1966	29.5%	30.2%
1967	29.3%	30.5%
1968	29.1%	30.7%
1969	28.9%	30.8%
1970	28.8%	30.5%
1971	28.7%	30%
1972	28.5%	29.5%
1973	28.2%	29%
1974	27.9%	28.4%
1975	27.5%	27.8%
1976	27%	27.3%
1977	26.5%	26.7%
1978	26.1%	26.2%
1979	25.6%	25.7%
1980	25.3%	25.4%
1981	25%	25.2%
1982	24.7%	25.1%
1983	24.4%	25.1%
1984	24%	25.1%
1985	23.6%	25.2%
1986	23.1%	25.4%
1987	22.7%	25.5%
1988	22.4%	25.5%
1989	22.2%	25.5%
1990	22%	25.5%
1991	21.9%	25.6%
1992	21.8%	25.5%
1993	21.7%	25.4%
1994	21.7%	25.2%
1995	21.5%	24.9%
1996	21.4%	24.6%
1997	21.2%	24.1%
1998	21.1%	23.6%
1999	20.9%	23%
2000	20.8%	22.4%
2001	20.6%	21.7%
2002	20.4%	21%
2003	20.2%	20.5%
2004	20%	19.9%
2005	19.8%	19.3%
2006	19.6%	18.8%
2007	19.4%	18.5%
2008	19.3%	18.3%
2009	19.2%	18.4%
2010	19.1%	18.6%
2011	19%	18.6%
2012	18.9%	18.7%
2013	18.9%	18.8%
2014	18.9%	19%
2015	18.9%	19.4%
2016	18.9%	19.8%
2017	18.8%	20.2%
2018	18.8%	20.5%
2019	18.7%	20.8%
2020	18.6%	21%
2021	18.4%	21.2%
2022	18.2%	21.2%
2023	18%	21%
2024	17.8%	20.8%
2025	17.7%	20.5%
2026	17.5%	20.2%
2027	17.4%	19.9%
2028	17.2%	19.5%
2029	17%	19%
2030	16.9%	18.5%
2031	16.7%	18%
2032	16.6%	17.6%
2033	16.5%	17.2%
2034	16.4%	16.9%
2035	16.3%	16.6%
2036	16.2%	16.4%
2037	16.1%	16.2%
2038	16%	16.2%
2039	15.9%	16.1%
2040	15.9%	16.1%
2041	15.8%	16.2%
2042	15.8%	16.2%
2043	15.7%	16.3%
2044	15.7%	16.4%
2045	15.7%	16.4%
2046	15.7%	16.5%
2047	15.7%	16.6%
2048	15.7%	16.7%
2049	15.7%	16.8%
2050	15.7%	16.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 20.8% in Georgia in 2024, compared to 22% and 25.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Georgia compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Georgia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +0.13% in Georgia. 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	Georgia
1960	141,816	51,640
1961	150,955	52,284
1962	143,943	51,903
1963	140,161	51,456
1964	128,420	48,429
1965	122,990	43,463
1966	126,996	40,905
1967	126,249	40,070
1968	132,099	37,840
1969	143,477	37,764
1970	145,081	38,731
1971	165,593	38,953
1972	155,488	38,832
1973	136,476	38,259
1974	128,996	38,071
1975	123,648	39,331
1976	115,070	39,964
1977	117,793	40,023
1978	116,299	41,616
1979	116,112	42,863
1980	117,536	44,114
1981	125,356	46,185
1982	126,030	47,363
1983	130,844	48,496
1984	123,077	48,523
1985	143,674	49,786
1986	123,342	48,960
1987	128,484	45,561
1988	127,298	42,810
1989	127,789	41,510
1990	143,347	40,169
1991	138,273	32,932
1992	139,829	24,226
1993	137,551	18,303
1994	131,761	17,279
1995	131,436	17,644
1996	125,751	18,304
1997	121,592	11,862
1998	120,949	9,823
1999	118,517	6,901
2000	119,882	4,681
2001	117,575	3,445
2002	116,971	2,228
2003	118,325	2,482
2004	115,610	283
2005	129,132	1,604
2006	132,931	2,146
2007	154,124	3,551
2008	155,119	7,974
2009	160,518	12,210
2010	158,628	10,501
2011	156,380	8,989
2012	161,408	8,584
2013	159,584	10,145
2014	154,940	13,089
2015	150,041	13,105
2016	152,403	11,346
2017	150,015	8,391
2018	157,269	8,407
2019	136,808	5,606
2020	133,376	335
2021	138,701	-9,127
2022	111,862	-2,224
2023	103,945	-1,282

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Georgia

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 20 deaths in Georgia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Georgia
1985	9	34
1986	8	34
1987	9	32
1988	9	33
1989	9	36
1990	9	34
1991	9	36
1992	9	38
1993	9	40
1994	9	40
1995	9	41
1996	8	35
1997	8	45
1998	7	43
1999	7	41
2000	7	43
2001	6	45
2002	6	46
2003	5	42
2004	5	43
2005	5	53
2006	5	45
2007	5	52
2008	5	54
2009	5	56
2010	5	41
2011	6	37
2012	6	35
2013	6	34
2014	6	32
2015	6	30
2016	6	28
2017	6	27
2018	5	24
2019	5	22
2020	5	30
2021	4	60
2022	4	22
2023	2	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 0.92% in Georgia. 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	Georgia
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%	7.12%
1976	1.62%	6.86%
1977	1.52%	6.61%
1978	1.44%	6.36%
1979	1.36%	6.13%
1980	1.3%	5.9%
1981	1.26%	5.69%
1982	1.22%	5.49%
1983	1.19%	5.31%
1984	1.16%	5.16%
1985	1.13%	5.04%
1986	1.1%	4.94%
1987	1.06%	4.87%
1988	1.02%	4.82%
1989	0.97%	4.78%
1990	0.92%	4.75%
1991	0.87%	4.72%
1992	0.82%	4.68%
1993	0.77%	4.63%
1994	0.73%	4.56%
1995	0.7%	4.47%
1996	0.68%	4.36%
1997	0.66%	4.22%
1998	0.64%	4.05%
1999	0.63%	3.85%
2000	0.62%	3.63%
2001	0.61%	3.39%
2002	0.6%	3.13%
2003	0.59%	2.87%
2004	0.58%	2.6%
2005	0.57%	2.35%
2006	0.56%	2.12%
2007	0.54%	1.9%
2008	0.52%	1.72%
2009	0.5%	1.55%
2010	0.48%	1.41%
2011	0.45%	1.3%
2012	0.43%	1.21%
2013	0.41%	1.14%
2014	0.4%	1.09%
2015	0.39%	1.05%
2016	0.38%	1.02%
2017	0.38%	1%
2018	0.38%	0.98%
2019	0.38%	0.97%
2020	0.38%	0.96%
2021	0.37%	0.95%
2022	0.37%	0.93%
2023	0.37%	0.92%