Australia’s Fertility Rate Hits 90 Year Low

Mothers are also having children later in their life.

A woman looks at her mobile phone on the banks of the Swan River in South Perth, Western Australia, on March 16, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

Australia’s fertility rate has hit a low of 1.50 babies per woman, according to latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data.

It is the lowest birthrate in the last 90 years of available demographic data, with teenage women having less children. The country saw a peak in fertility in 1961, with a rate of 3.5.