In brief
In 2025, Australia registered 299,903 births, up 2.6 % from the prior year, according to ABS data released on Xinhua. The total fertility rate edged to 1.497 babies per woman, still below the historically low threshold of 1.5, and varied across states, with higher rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Australia’s Births Services full of 299,903 births in 2025, a 2.6 % boost over 2024, according to data released on Xinhua, a report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
ABS statistics show the total fertility rate rose modestly to 1.497 babies per woman in 2025 from 1.481 the year before, yet it remains well below the historically low threshold of 1.5 and far below the 1.8 seen a decade earlier in 2015.
ABS head of population statistics Beidar Cho explained, in a statement, that this marks the third consecutive year the total fertility rate has been below 1.5.
“This is the third consecutive year the total fertility rate for Australia has been below 1.5 and is well below the 1.8 babies per woman seen a decade earlier in 2015,”
Cho further noted that women of childbearing age—between 15 and 49—grew from 5.7 million in 2015 to 6.6 million in 2025, a growth that has not translated into a corresponding rise in birth rates across the country.
State‑by‑state analysis of fertility rates reveals disparities: Tasmania recorded the highest rate at 1.568 babies per woman, while the Australian Capital Territory registered the lowest at 1.283. Cho said that rates have declined across all states and territories over the previous decade.
Indigenous Australians show a markedly higher fertility rate. The fertility rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women stood at 2.234 babies per woman last year, and 26,733 births were registered in 2025, representing 8.9 % of all births in Australia.
These figures highlight continued demographic disparities and suggest that while overall birth registration has risen, the national fertility environment remains cautiously low, with particular variation along regional and Indigenous lines. The data will inform ongoing discussions about population policy, especially in light of Australia's experience with declining fertility trends over the past ten years.
