Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Samoa

Fertility rate in Australia vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	3.45	7.78
1961	3.54	7.77
1962	3.44	7.76
1963	3.33	7.73
1964	3.15	7.7
1965	2.98	7.65
1966	2.88	7.6
1967	2.85	7.55
1968	2.89	7.5
1969	2.89	7.43
1970	2.86	7.34
1971	2.96	7.22
1972	2.74	7.07
1973	2.49	6.91
1974	2.4	6.75
1975	2.15	6.61
1976	2.06	6.47
1977	2.01	6.31
1978	1.95	6.15
1979	1.91	5.99
1980	1.89	5.86
1981	1.94	5.75
1982	1.93	5.68
1983	1.92	5.62
1984	1.84	5.55
1985	1.92	5.49
1986	1.87	5.42
1987	1.85	5.32
1988	1.83	5.21
1989	1.84	5.11
1990	1.9	5.01
1991	1.85	4.91
1992	1.89	4.87
1993	1.86	4.83
1994	1.84	4.79
1995	1.82	4.77
1996	1.8	4.74
1997	1.78	4.7
1998	1.76	4.64
1999	1.76	4.57
2000	1.76	4.52
2001	1.74	4.48
2002	1.76	4.44
2003	1.75	4.39
2004	1.77	4.34
2005	1.81	4.32
2006	1.91	4.32
2007	1.96	4.36
2008	1.98	4.42
2009	1.97	4.47
2010	1.93	4.52
2011	1.93	4.56
2012	1.92	4.55
2013	1.86	4.49
2014	1.83	4.42
2015	1.81	4.34
2016	1.75	4.26
2017	1.74	4.2
2018	1.74	4.14
2019	1.66	4.06
2020	1.58	4
2021	1.7	3.94
2022	1.63	3.88
2023	1.5	3.83
2024	1.5	3.8
2025	1.5	3.75
2026	1.5	3.7
2027	1.5	3.66
2028	1.51	3.62
2029	1.5	3.58
2030	1.51	3.54
2031	1.5	3.5
2032	1.5	3.46
2033	1.5	3.42
2034	1.5	3.39
2035	1.5	3.35
2036	1.5	3.31
2037	1.5	3.27
2038	1.5	3.24
2039	1.5	3.21
2040	1.5	3.17
2041	1.5	3.13
2042	1.5	3.1
2043	1.5	3.06
2044	1.5	3.04
2045	1.5	3.01
2046	1.5	2.98
2047	1.5	2.95
2048	1.5	2.92
2049	1.5	2.89
2050	1.5	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Samoa
1960	30.2%	50.1%
1961	30.2%	50.2%
1962	30.1%	50.6%
1963	29.9%	50.9%
1964	29.8%	51.2%
1965	29.6%	51.3%
1966	29.5%	51.3%
1967	29.3%	51.4%
1968	29.1%	51.4%
1969	28.9%	51.4%
1970	28.8%	51.2%
1971	28.7%	51%
1972	28.5%	50.8%
1973	28.2%	50.4%
1974	27.9%	49.9%
1975	27.5%	49.3%
1976	27%	48.6%
1977	26.5%	48%
1978	26.1%	47.4%
1979	25.6%	46.9%
1980	25.3%	46.4%
1981	25%	45.9%
1982	24.7%	45.2%
1983	24.4%	44.4%
1984	24%	43.7%
1985	23.6%	43.1%
1986	23.1%	42.6%
1987	22.7%	42.2%
1988	22.4%	42%
1989	22.2%	41.8%
1990	22%	41.5%
1991	21.9%	41.2%
1992	21.8%	40.8%
1993	21.7%	40.3%
1994	21.7%	40%
1995	21.5%	39.9%
1996	21.4%	39.9%
1997	21.2%	40.1%
1998	21.1%	40.2%
1999	20.9%	40.3%
2000	20.8%	40.5%
2001	20.6%	40.7%
2002	20.4%	40.5%
2003	20.2%	40.2%
2004	20%	39.9%
2005	19.8%	39.6%
2006	19.6%	39.4%
2007	19.4%	39%
2008	19.3%	38.7%
2009	19.2%	38.5%
2010	19.1%	38.4%
2011	19%	38.4%
2012	18.9%	38.3%
2013	18.9%	38.1%
2014	18.9%	38.1%
2015	18.9%	38.1%
2016	18.9%	38.1%
2017	18.8%	38.2%
2018	18.8%	38.3%
2019	18.7%	38.5%
2020	18.6%	38.6%
2021	18.4%	38.7%
2022	18.2%	38.8%
2023	18%	38.7%
2024	17.8%	38.5%
2025	17.7%	38.1%
2026	17.5%	37.5%
2027	17.4%	36.9%
2028	17.2%	36.3%
2029	17%	35.8%
2030	16.9%	35.2%
2031	16.7%	34.7%
2032	16.6%	34.2%
2033	16.5%	33.7%
2034	16.4%	33.3%
2035	16.3%	33%
2036	16.2%	32.7%
2037	16.1%	32.6%
2038	16%	32.6%
2039	15.9%	32.7%
2040	15.9%	32.7%
2041	15.8%	32.8%
2042	15.8%	32.9%
2043	15.7%	33%
2044	15.7%	33.1%
2045	15.7%	33.1%
2046	15.7%	33.1%
2047	15.7%	33%
2048	15.7%	32.9%
2049	15.7%	32.7%
2050	15.7%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 22% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	141,816	4,298
1961	150,955	4,399
1962	143,943	4,498
1963	140,161	4,544
1964	128,420	4,326
1965	122,990	4,605
1966	126,996	4,593
1967	126,249	4,621
1968	132,099	4,605
1969	143,477	4,592
1970	145,081	4,567
1971	165,593	4,534
1972	155,488	4,487
1973	136,476	4,446
1974	128,996	4,411
1975	123,648	4,465
1976	115,070	4,519
1977	117,793	4,555
1978	116,299	4,587
1979	116,112	4,624
1980	117,536	4,672
1981	125,356	4,720
1982	126,030	4,808
1983	130,844	4,914
1984	123,077	4,979
1985	143,674	4,998
1986	123,342	4,983
1987	128,484	4,909
1988	127,298	4,889
1989	127,789	4,845
1990	143,347	4,759
1991	138,273	4,655
1992	139,829	4,652
1993	137,551	4,769
1994	131,761	4,880
1995	131,436	4,976
1996	125,751	5,038
1997	121,592	5,053
1998	120,949	5,022
1999	118,517	4,937
2000	119,882	4,855
2001	117,575	4,759
2002	116,971	4,672
2003	118,325	4,622
2004	115,610	4,554
2005	129,132	4,503
2006	132,931	4,473
2007	154,124	4,480
2008	155,119	4,581
2009	160,518	4,525
2010	158,628	4,779
2011	156,380	4,860
2012	161,408	4,863
2013	159,584	4,875
2014	154,940	4,849
2015	150,041	4,795
2016	152,403	4,720
2017	150,015	4,661
2018	157,269	4,637
2019	136,808	4,495
2020	133,376	4,442
2021	138,701	4,379
2022	111,862	4,288
2023	103,945	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Samoa
1985	9	160
1986	8	153
1987	9	147
1988	9	143
1989	9	136
1990	9	135
1991	9	131
1992	9	124
1993	9	117
1994	9	112
1995	9	105
1996	8	103
1997	8	98
1998	7	96
1999	7	94
2000	7	93
2001	6	93
2002	6	89
2003	5	87
2004	5	86
2005	5	87
2006	5	86
2007	5	85
2008	5	87
2009	5	94
2010	5	92
2011	6	93
2012	6	101
2013	6	100
2014	6	106
2015	6	108
2016	6	108
2017	6	111
2018	5	110
2019	5	111
2020	5	114
2021	4	115
2022	4	110
2023	2	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	2.49%	10.7%
1961	2.43%	10.3%
1962	2.37%	9.93%
1963	2.32%	9.56%
1964	2.27%	11.1%
1965	2.24%	8.9%
1966	2.21%	8.57%
1967	2.2%	8.23%
1968	2.19%	7.89%
1969	2.18%	7.53%
1970	2.15%	7.19%
1971	2.1%	6.85%
1972	2.03%	6.52%
1973	1.94%	6.2%
1974	1.84%	5.9%
1975	1.73%	5.62%
1976	1.62%	5.34%
1977	1.52%	5.07%
1978	1.44%	4.82%
1979	1.36%	4.59%
1980	1.3%	4.38%
1981	1.26%	4.19%
1982	1.22%	4.01%
1983	1.19%	3.85%
1984	1.16%	3.7%
1985	1.13%	3.56%
1986	1.1%	3.42%
1987	1.06%	3.3%
1988	1.02%	3.18%
1989	0.97%	3.08%
1990	0.92%	2.98%
1991	0.87%	2.89%
1992	0.82%	2.8%
1993	0.77%	2.7%
1994	0.73%	2.61%
1995	0.7%	2.52%
1996	0.68%	2.44%
1997	0.66%	2.35%
1998	0.64%	2.27%
1999	0.63%	2.19%
2000	0.62%	2.12%
2001	0.61%	2.06%
2002	0.6%	2%
2003	0.59%	1.97%
2004	0.58%	1.94%
2005	0.57%	1.93%
2006	0.56%	1.93%
2007	0.54%	1.93%
2008	0.52%	1.93%
2009	0.5%	2.54%
2010	0.48%	1.93%
2011	0.45%	1.92%
2012	0.43%	1.91%
2013	0.41%	1.89%
2014	0.4%	1.87%
2015	0.39%	1.85%
2016	0.38%	1.83%
2017	0.38%	1.81%
2018	0.38%	1.78%
2019	0.38%	2.02%
2020	0.38%	1.7%
2021	0.37%	1.66%
2022	0.37%	1.62%
2023	0.37%	1.57%