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How many babies are born in Australia?

303 thousand babies born in Australia in 2026. That is 0.23% of all births worldwide, and the 71st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Australia: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Australia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~13K ~310K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~13K ~310K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~13K ~320K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~8.99K ~200K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~101K ~3.69M 27.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 189K 8.18M 23.1 UN estimate
2000 249K 19.1M 13.0 UN estimate
2023 304K 26.5M 11.5 UN estimate
2026 303K 27.2M 11.1 UN projection
2050 333K 32.5M 10.2 UN projection
2075 368K 37.7M 9.8 UN projection
2100 408K 43.1M 9.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Australia among estimates through 2023 were in 2018, at about 314K. That is roughly 25 times the estimated ~12.6K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.64 children per woman, fertility in Australia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Australia each year?

An estimated 303 thousand babies are born in Australia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 830 a day and 0.23% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Australia?

Australia has an estimated 11.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.64 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.