Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Australia vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	3.45	6.78
1961	3.54	6.73
1962	3.44	6.67
1963	3.33	6.62
1964	3.15	6.57
1965	2.98	6.52
1966	2.88	6.51
1967	2.85	6.51
1968	2.89	6.46
1969	2.89	6.41
1970	2.86	6.35
1971	2.96	6.29
1972	2.74	6.23
1973	2.49	6.15
1974	2.4	6.06
1975	2.15	5.98
1976	2.06	5.89
1977	2.01	5.81
1978	1.95	5.77
1979	1.91	5.73
1980	1.89	5.69
1981	1.94	5.65
1982	1.93	5.6
1983	1.92	5.55
1984	1.84	5.49
1985	1.92	5.43
1986	1.87	5.38
1987	1.85	5.33
1988	1.83	5.27
1989	1.84	5.21
1990	1.9	5.17
1991	1.85	5.13
1992	1.89	5.09
1993	1.86	5.02
1994	1.84	4.94
1995	1.82	4.85
1996	1.8	4.75
1997	1.78	4.66
1998	1.76	4.6
1999	1.76	4.56
2000	1.76	4.54
2001	1.74	4.5
2002	1.76	4.38
2003	1.75	4.29
2004	1.77	4.21
2005	1.81	4.13
2006	1.91	4.1
2007	1.96	4.12
2008	1.98	4.16
2009	1.97	4.16
2010	1.93	4.13
2011	1.93	4.09
2012	1.92	4.06
2013	1.86	4.04
2014	1.83	4
2015	1.81	3.95
2016	1.75	3.92
2017	1.74	3.88
2018	1.74	3.83
2019	1.66	3.79
2020	1.58	3.74
2021	1.7	3.7
2022	1.63	3.65
2023	1.5	3.6
2024	1.5	3.57
2025	1.5	3.53
2026	1.5	3.5
2027	1.5	3.46
2028	1.51	3.42
2029	1.5	3.39
2030	1.51	3.35
2031	1.5	3.32
2032	1.5	3.28
2033	1.5	3.25
2034	1.5	3.21
2035	1.5	3.18
2036	1.5	3.15
2037	1.5	3.13
2038	1.5	3.1
2039	1.5	3.08
2040	1.5	3.05
2041	1.5	3.03
2042	1.5	3
2043	1.5	2.97
2044	1.5	2.94
2045	1.5	2.92
2046	1.5	2.9
2047	1.5	2.88
2048	1.5	2.85
2049	1.5	2.83
2050	1.5	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Vanuatu
1960	30.2%	44.6%
1961	30.2%	44.8%
1962	30.1%	45.1%
1963	29.9%	45.2%
1964	29.8%	45.4%
1965	29.6%	45.5%
1966	29.5%	45.7%
1967	29.3%	45.8%
1968	29.1%	45.8%
1969	28.9%	45.8%
1970	28.8%	45.7%
1971	28.7%	45.7%
1972	28.5%	45.6%
1973	28.2%	45.5%
1974	27.9%	45.5%
1975	27.5%	45.4%
1976	27%	45.2%
1977	26.5%	45.1%
1978	26.1%	45%
1979	25.6%	44.5%
1980	25.3%	44%
1981	25%	43.9%
1982	24.7%	44%
1983	24.4%	44%
1984	24%	44.1%
1985	23.6%	44.2%
1986	23.1%	44.2%
1987	22.7%	44.1%
1988	22.4%	44.1%
1989	22.2%	44%
1990	22%	43.9%
1991	21.9%	43.9%
1992	21.8%	44.1%
1993	21.7%	44.8%
1994	21.7%	45.2%
1995	21.5%	45%
1996	21.4%	44.8%
1997	21.2%	44.4%
1998	21.1%	44%
1999	20.9%	43.5%
2000	20.8%	42.9%
2001	20.6%	42.4%
2002	20.4%	41.8%
2003	20.2%	41.3%
2004	20%	40.7%
2005	19.8%	40.2%
2006	19.6%	39.6%
2007	19.4%	39.2%
2008	19.3%	38.8%
2009	19.2%	38.5%
2010	19.1%	38.2%
2011	19%	38.1%
2012	18.9%	38.2%
2013	18.9%	38.2%
2014	18.9%	38.4%
2015	18.9%	38.5%
2016	18.9%	38.7%
2017	18.8%	38.8%
2018	18.8%	38.9%
2019	18.7%	39%
2020	18.6%	39%
2021	18.4%	39%
2022	18.2%	38.8%
2023	18%	38.6%
2024	17.8%	38.3%
2025	17.7%	38%
2026	17.5%	37.6%
2027	17.4%	37.1%
2028	17.2%	36.7%
2029	17%	36.2%
2030	16.9%	35.8%
2031	16.7%	35.3%
2032	16.6%	34.9%
2033	16.5%	34.5%
2034	16.4%	34.1%
2035	16.3%	33.7%
2036	16.2%	33.4%
2037	16.1%	33.2%
2038	16%	32.9%
2039	15.9%	32.7%
2040	15.9%	32.5%
2041	15.8%	32.3%
2042	15.8%	32.2%
2043	15.7%	32%
2044	15.7%	31.8%
2045	15.7%	31.6%
2046	15.7%	31.5%
2047	15.7%	31.3%
2048	15.7%	31.1%
2049	15.7%	30.9%
2050	15.7%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 22% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	141,816	1,796
1961	150,955	1,872
1962	143,943	1,947
1963	140,161	2,025
1964	128,420	2,098
1965	122,990	2,180
1966	126,996	2,278
1967	126,249	2,384
1968	132,099	2,470
1969	143,477	2,529
1970	145,081	2,597
1971	165,593	2,685
1972	155,488	2,775
1973	136,476	2,876
1974	128,996	2,968
1975	123,648	3,074
1976	115,070	3,174
1977	117,793	3,285
1978	116,299	3,428
1979	116,112	3,590
1980	117,536	3,383
1981	125,356	3,592
1982	126,030	3,778
1983	130,844	3,944
1984	123,077	4,088
1985	143,674	4,219
1986	123,342	4,360
1987	128,484	4,427
1988	127,298	4,577
1989	127,789	4,656
1990	143,347	4,762
1991	138,273	4,859
1992	139,829	4,941
1993	137,551	4,973
1994	131,761	4,973
1995	131,436	4,945
1996	125,751	4,897
1997	121,592	4,854
1998	120,949	4,866
1999	118,517	4,871
2000	119,882	5,026
2001	117,575	5,144
2002	116,971	5,181
2003	118,325	5,258
2004	115,610	5,353
2005	129,132	5,454
2006	132,931	5,606
2007	154,124	5,842
2008	155,119	6,138
2009	160,518	6,362
2010	158,628	6,548
2011	156,380	6,715
2012	161,408	6,877
2013	159,584	7,036
2014	154,940	7,143
2015	150,041	7,220
2016	152,403	7,315
2017	150,015	7,371
2018	157,269	7,379
2019	136,808	7,364
2020	133,376	7,233
2021	138,701	7,199
2022	111,862	7,358
2023	103,945	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Vanuatu
1985	9	211
1986	8	194
1987	9	200
1988	9	172
1989	9	162
1990	9	151
1991	9	140
1992	9	140
1993	9	133
1994	9	131
1995	9	131
1996	8	129
1997	8	131
1998	7	134
1999	7	146
2000	7	133
2001	6	132
2002	6	128
2003	5	131
2004	5	131
2005	5	127
2006	5	123
2007	5	120
2008	5	117
2009	5	114
2010	5	114
2011	6	112
2012	6	109
2013	6	110
2014	6	110
2015	6	109
2016	6	107
2017	6	107
2018	5	108
2019	5	105
2020	5	107
2021	4	124
2022	4	105
2023	2	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	2.49%	15.2%
1961	2.43%	14.7%
1962	2.37%	14.3%
1963	2.32%	13.8%
1964	2.27%	13.4%
1965	2.24%	12.9%
1966	2.21%	12.4%
1967	2.2%	12%
1968	2.19%	11.5%
1969	2.18%	11%
1970	2.15%	10.6%
1971	2.1%	10.2%
1972	2.03%	9.73%
1973	1.94%	9.34%
1974	1.84%	8.95%
1975	1.73%	8.58%
1976	1.62%	8.21%
1977	1.52%	7.84%
1978	1.44%	7.45%
1979	1.36%	7.07%
1980	1.3%	6.67%
1981	1.26%	6.27%
1982	1.22%	5.87%
1983	1.19%	5.48%
1984	1.16%	5.12%
1985	1.13%	4.78%
1986	1.1%	4.47%
1987	1.06%	4.2%
1988	1.02%	3.96%
1989	0.97%	3.76%
1990	0.92%	3.58%
1991	0.87%	3.43%
1992	0.82%	3.29%
1993	0.77%	3.18%
1994	0.73%	3.08%
1995	0.7%	3%
1996	0.68%	2.92%
1997	0.66%	2.86%
1998	0.64%	2.79%
1999	0.63%	2.74%
2000	0.62%	2.68%
2001	0.61%	2.63%
2002	0.6%	2.58%
2003	0.59%	2.54%
2004	0.58%	2.5%
2005	0.57%	2.45%
2006	0.56%	2.4%
2007	0.54%	2.34%
2008	0.52%	2.27%
2009	0.5%	2.2%
2010	0.48%	2.12%
2011	0.45%	2.05%
2012	0.43%	1.99%
2013	0.41%	1.94%
2014	0.4%	1.9%
2015	0.39%	1.87%
2016	0.38%	1.84%
2017	0.38%	1.82%
2018	0.38%	1.8%
2019	0.38%	1.78%
2020	0.38%	1.77%
2021	0.37%	1.74%
2022	0.37%	1.71%
2023	0.37%	1.68%