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INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FERTILITY

In 2010, the TFR for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (2.57 babies per woman) was lower than that for New Zealand Maori women (2.83 babies per woman) (Statistics New Zealand, 2010). In 2008, the latest year for which American Indian fertility rates are available, the TFR for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (2.52 babies per women) was higher than that for American Indian women (1.84 babies per woman) (United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2008).

These differences are reflected in age-specific fertility rates for the different populations. Higher fertility rates were experienced by Maori women in most age groups.

3.9 Indigenous fertility rates, Selected countries
		American Indian women	New Zealand Maori women	Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
		2008(a)	2010	2008	2010
Age-specific fertility rates(b)
	15-19 years(c)	58.4	69.6	75.2	76.3
	20-24 years	115.6	155.9	147.2	148.7
	25-29 years	94.4	148.8	131.6	131.8
	30-34 years	63.8	111.4	93.4	98.2
	35-39 years	28.8	61.9	44.5	47.2
	40-44 years	6.4	17.2	11.0	11.8
	45-49 years(d)	0.4	1.3	0.3	0.9
Total fertility rate(e)		1.844	2.833	2.515	2.575
(a) Final data for 2008.
(b) Births per 1,000 women.
(c) For American and New Zealand women, excludes births to mothers aged less than 15 years. For Australian women, includes births to mothers aged less than 15 years.
(d) Includes births to mothers aged 50 years and over.
(e) Births per woman. Includes births to women aged less than 15 years.
Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centre for Health Statistics, <http://www.cdc.gov> for American Indian data. Statistics New Zealand <http://www.stats.govt.nz> for New Zealand Maori data.