Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Palestine

Fertility rate in Australia vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	3.45	-
1961	3.54	-
1962	3.44	-
1963	3.33	-
1964	3.15	-
1965	2.98	-
1966	2.88	-
1967	2.85	-
1968	2.89	-
1969	2.89	-
1970	2.86	-
1971	2.96	-
1972	2.74	-
1973	2.49	-
1974	2.4	-
1975	2.15	-
1976	2.06	-
1977	2.01	-
1978	1.95	-
1979	1.91	-
1980	1.89	-
1981	1.94	-
1982	1.93	-
1983	1.92	-
1984	1.84	-
1985	1.92	-
1986	1.87	-
1987	1.85	-
1988	1.83	-
1989	1.84	-
1990	1.9	6.81
1991	1.85	6.75
1992	1.89	6.65
1993	1.86	6.5
1994	1.84	6.33
1995	1.82	6.16
1996	1.8	5.99
1997	1.78	5.82
1998	1.76	5.69
1999	1.76	5.58
2000	1.76	5.46
2001	1.74	5.34
2002	1.76	5.22
2003	1.75	5.06
2004	1.77	4.97
2005	1.81	4.87
2006	1.91	4.74
2007	1.96	4.63
2008	1.98	4.51
2009	1.97	4.44
2010	1.93	4.43
2011	1.93	4.31
2012	1.92	4.15
2013	1.86	4.05
2014	1.83	4
2015	1.81	3.98
2016	1.75	3.89
2017	1.74	3.77
2018	1.74	3.67
2019	1.66	3.59
2020	1.58	3.51
2021	1.7	3.44
2022	1.63	3.38
2023	1.5	3.31
2024	1.5	3.25
2025	1.5	3.19
2026	1.5	3.13
2027	1.5	3.07
2028	1.51	3.02
2029	1.5	2.97
2030	1.51	2.93
2031	1.5	2.89
2032	1.5	2.85
2033	1.5	2.81
2034	1.5	2.78
2035	1.5	2.75
2036	1.5	2.71
2037	1.5	2.68
2038	1.5	2.65
2039	1.5	2.62
2040	1.5	2.59
2041	1.5	2.56
2042	1.5	2.53
2043	1.5	2.51
2044	1.5	2.48
2045	1.5	2.45
2046	1.5	2.43
2047	1.5	2.41
2048	1.5	2.38
2049	1.5	2.36
2050	1.5	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Palestine
1960	30.2%	-
1961	30.2%	-
1962	30.1%	-
1963	29.9%	-
1964	29.8%	-
1965	29.6%	-
1966	29.5%	-
1967	29.3%	-
1968	29.1%	-
1969	28.9%	-
1970	28.8%	-
1971	28.7%	-
1972	28.5%	-
1973	28.2%	-
1974	27.9%	-
1975	27.5%	-
1976	27%	-
1977	26.5%	-
1978	26.1%	-
1979	25.6%	-
1980	25.3%	-
1981	25%	-
1982	24.7%	-
1983	24.4%	-
1984	24%	-
1985	23.6%	-
1986	23.1%	-
1987	22.7%	-
1988	22.4%	-
1989	22.2%	-
1990	22%	49.1%
1991	21.9%	49.1%
1992	21.8%	49%
1993	21.7%	49%
1994	21.7%	48.9%
1995	21.5%	48.8%
1996	21.4%	48.6%
1997	21.2%	48.4%
1998	21.1%	48.1%
1999	20.9%	47.8%
2000	20.8%	47.4%
2001	20.6%	47.1%
2002	20.4%	46.6%
2003	20.2%	46.1%
2004	20%	45.6%
2005	19.8%	45%
2006	19.6%	44.3%
2007	19.4%	43.7%
2008	19.3%	43%
2009	19.2%	42.4%
2010	19.1%	41.9%
2011	19%	41.5%
2012	18.9%	41.1%
2013	18.9%	40.7%
2014	18.9%	40.4%
2015	18.9%	40.1%
2016	18.9%	39.9%
2017	18.8%	39.7%
2018	18.8%	39.6%
2019	18.7%	39.5%
2020	18.6%	39.3%
2021	18.4%	39%
2022	18.2%	38.7%
2023	18%	38.4%
2024	17.8%	38%
2025	17.7%	37.6%
2026	17.5%	37%
2027	17.4%	36.5%
2028	17.2%	35.9%
2029	17%	35.3%
2030	16.9%	34.7%
2031	16.7%	34%
2032	16.6%	33.4%
2033	16.5%	32.8%
2034	16.4%	32.3%
2035	16.3%	31.8%
2036	16.2%	31.4%
2037	16.1%	31%
2038	16%	30.6%
2039	15.9%	30.3%
2040	15.9%	30%
2041	15.8%	29.7%
2042	15.8%	29.4%
2043	15.7%	29.2%
2044	15.7%	28.9%
2045	15.7%	28.6%
2046	15.7%	28.4%
2047	15.7%	28.1%
2048	15.7%	27.8%
2049	15.7%	27.5%
2050	15.7%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 22% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	141,816	-
1961	150,955	-
1962	143,943	-
1963	140,161	-
1964	128,420	-
1965	122,990	-
1966	126,996	-
1967	126,249	-
1968	132,099	-
1969	143,477	-
1970	145,081	-
1971	165,593	-
1972	155,488	-
1973	136,476	-
1974	128,996	-
1975	123,648	-
1976	115,070	-
1977	117,793	-
1978	116,299	-
1979	116,112	-
1980	117,536	-
1981	125,356	-
1982	126,030	-
1983	130,844	-
1984	123,077	-
1985	143,674	-
1986	123,342	-
1987	128,484	-
1988	127,298	-
1989	127,789	-
1990	143,347	76,163
1991	138,273	79,444
1992	139,829	82,865
1993	137,551	86,434
1994	131,761	90,156
1995	131,436	94,037
1996	125,751	98,085
1997	121,592	102,307
1998	120,949	103,566
1999	118,517	104,823
2000	119,882	106,367
2001	117,575	107,320
2002	116,971	108,560
2003	118,325	109,162
2004	115,610	110,045
2005	129,132	110,569
2006	132,931	111,728
2007	154,124	112,453
2008	155,119	108,395
2009	160,518	111,724
2010	158,628	117,674
2011	156,380	119,021
2012	161,408	119,185
2013	159,584	120,503
2014	154,940	120,724
2015	150,041	126,189
2016	152,403	126,698
2017	150,015	125,688
2018	157,269	124,791
2019	136,808	124,508
2020	133,376	122,416
2021	138,701	120,396
2022	111,862	123,987
2023	103,945	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Palestine
1985	9	102
1986	8	96
1987	9	87
1988	9	85
1989	9	82
1990	9	78
1991	9	75
1992	9	73
1993	9	69
1994	9	66
1995	9	64
1996	8	61
1997	8	60
1998	7	59
1999	7	58
2000	7	59
2001	6	60
2002	6	58
2003	5	56
2004	5	55
2005	5	52
2006	5	51
2007	5	49
2008	5	49
2009	5	48
2010	5	42
2011	6	39
2012	6	36
2013	6	32
2014	6	29
2015	6	26
2016	6	23
2017	6	21
2018	5	19
2019	5	18
2020	5	20
2021	4	29
2022	4	17
2023	2	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	1.62%	10.2%
1977	1.52%	9.55%
1978	1.44%	8.98%
1979	1.36%	8.45%
1980	1.3%	7.95%
1981	1.26%	7.48%
1982	1.22%	7.04%
1983	1.19%	6.63%
1984	1.16%	6.25%
1985	1.13%	5.89%
1986	1.1%	5.56%
1987	1.06%	5.25%
1988	1.02%	4.97%
1989	0.97%	4.72%
1990	0.92%	4.49%
1991	0.87%	4.28%
1992	0.82%	4.09%
1993	0.77%	3.92%
1994	0.73%	3.77%
1995	0.7%	3.62%
1996	0.68%	3.49%
1997	0.66%	3.36%
1998	0.64%	3.24%
1999	0.63%	3.13%
2000	0.62%	3.03%
2001	0.61%	2.94%
2002	0.6%	2.85%
2003	0.59%	2.77%
2004	0.58%	2.68%
2005	0.57%	2.6%
2006	0.56%	2.52%
2007	0.54%	2.43%
2008	0.52%	2.35%
2009	0.5%	2.28%
2010	0.48%	2.2%
2011	0.45%	2.12%
2012	0.43%	2.04%
2013	0.41%	1.97%
2014	0.4%	2.2%
2015	0.39%	1.83%
2016	0.38%	1.76%
2017	0.38%	1.69%
2018	0.38%	1.63%
2019	0.38%	1.57%
2020	0.38%	1.52%
2021	0.37%	1.47%
2022	0.37%	1.42%
2023	0.37%	2.63%