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Australian birth registrations rose 2.6% in 2025 as fertility stayed below 1.5

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11 Nov 2026, 5:41 pm IST1 min read

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Australia recorded 299,903 birth registrations in 2025, up 2.6% from the previous year. The total fertility rate rose slightly to 1.497 children per woman from 1.481 in 2024, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on November 6. It was the third consecutive year that the rate stayed below 1.5.

The bureau counted 7,585 more registrations than in 2024. It said changes in the time taken to process registrations in New South Wales and Western Australia partly explained the higher count. The figures group births by the year they were registered, which can differ from the year of birth.

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