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Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia, 1975 onwards

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Publisher Australian Bureau of StatisticsUpdated yearlyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2026-10-03Rows 4,500Fields 7

The ABS Data Explorer table BIRTHS_SUMMARY, registered births by state or territory of usual residence, 1975 onwards. Each row is one year, one state and one measure, with its value and unit. The ABS codes are kept beside the names it gives them.

Also called: Births per year Australia, Crude birth rate by state, Births in NSW, Victoria and Queensland by year, Registered births summary ABS.

Part of ABS registered births, 3 tables the publisher releases together: Registered births by age of mother and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards, Registered births by age of father and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards.

Before you use it
What is in each row?
One measure for one state or territory of usual residence, or Australia, in one year of registration since 1975. The measures are the number of births, male and female births, nuptial and ex-nuptial births, the estimated population, the crude birth rate per 1,000 people and the sex ratio of male births per 100 female births.
Can I add the measures together?
Each row is a different quantity, and the measure column says what it is. Sum only the rows of one count measure, such as Births across the states, and never add a rate or the sex ratio.
Is the year the year of birth?
It is the year the birth was registered. The state is the mother's state or territory of usual residence.
4,500year, state and measure values
1975 to 2024years drawn
7fields
9formats
1version
0100k200k300k400k1975 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1781975 New South Wales: 81,1721975 Northern Territory: 2,2751975 Queensland: 36,3281975 South Australia: 19,8831975 Tasmania: 7,0141975 Victoria: 61,7781975 Western Australia: 20,36519751976 Australian Capital Territory: 4,2721976 New South Wales: 78,7491976 Northern Territory: 2,6881976 Queensland: 35,2681976 South Australia: 18,8661976 Tasmania: 6,7361976 Victoria: 60,4131976 Western Australia: 20,7001977 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4051977 New South Wales: 78,3021977 Northern Territory: 2,6011977 Queensland: 34,9761977 South Australia: 19,1701977 Tasmania: 6,7601977 Victoria: 59,2441977 Western Australia: 20,6881978 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1911978 New South Wales: 78,0521978 Northern Territory: 2,7001978 Queensland: 34,5301978 South Australia: 18,5231978 Tasmania: 6,8361978 Victoria: 58,6871978 Western Australia: 20,6621979 Australian Capital Territory: 4,2471979 New South Wales: 77,4691979 Northern Territory: 2,8481979 Queensland: 35,2201979 South Australia: 18,4131979 Tasmania: 6,7891979 Victoria: 57,6281979 Western Australia: 20,5151980 Australian Capital Territory: 4,2431980 New South Wales: 79,8011980 Northern Territory: 2,6021980 Queensland: 35,0011980 South Australia: 18,4301980 Tasmania: 6,7761980 Victoria: 58,0221980 Western Australia: 20,6521981 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1421981 New South Wales: 81,9711981 Northern Territory: 3,1091981 Queensland: 38,9351981 South Australia: 19,2711981 Tasmania: 7,2301981 Victoria: 59,2841981 Western Australia: 21,9001982 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1071982 New South Wales: 83,9081982 Northern Territory: 2,9141982 Queensland: 40,5991982 South Australia: 19,1991982 Tasmania: 7,0391982 Victoria: 59,8761982 Western Australia: 22,26119821983 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1441983 New South Wales: 83,3071983 Northern Territory: 3,1271983 Queensland: 42,0851983 South Australia: 19,8301983 Tasmania: 7,0621983 Victoria: 59,9281983 Western Australia: 23,0871984 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1091984 New South Wales: 77,9941984 Northern Territory: 3,1911984 Queensland: 40,4461984 South Australia: 20,0521984 Tasmania: 7,1321984 Victoria: 59,4851984 Western Australia: 21,6251985 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1071985 New South Wales: 87,7861985 Northern Territory: 3,3151985 Queensland: 40,4371985 South Australia: 19,7901985 Tasmania: 7,2491985 Victoria: 61,5551985 Western Australia: 23,1091986 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1021986 New South Wales: 84,5311986 Northern Territory: 3,3151986 Queensland: 40,3711986 South Australia: 19,7411986 Tasmania: 6,9501986 Victoria: 60,1621986 Western Australia: 24,2361987 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1081987 New South Wales: 86,0931987 Northern Territory: 3,5291987 Queensland: 39,3651987 South Australia: 19,2351987 Tasmania: 6,7901987 Victoria: 61,5071987 Western Australia: 23,3321988 Australian Capital Territory: 4,3351988 New South Wales: 84,6471988 Northern Territory: 3,4391988 Queensland: 40,5611988 South Australia: 19,1551988 Tasmania: 6,7791988 Victoria: 62,1341988 Western Australia: 25,1431989 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1371989 New South Wales: 85,7901989 Northern Territory: 3,3791989 Queensland: 42,0711989 South Australia: 19,6101989 Tasmania: 6,8131989 Victoria: 64,0021989 Western Australia: 25,05119891990 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4571990 New South Wales: 90,5341990 Northern Territory: 3,5571990 Queensland: 44,8681990 South Australia: 19,8631990 Tasmania: 7,0431990 Victoria: 66,9701990 Western Australia: 25,3561991 Australian Capital Territory: 4,7561991 New South Wales: 87,3671991 Northern Territory: 3,5991991 Queensland: 44,1601991 South Australia: 19,6401991 Tasmania: 6,8701991 Victoria: 65,4381991 Western Australia: 25,4171992 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4471992 New South Wales: 92,5851992 Northern Territory: 3,7421992 Queensland: 46,2401992 South Australia: 19,3111992 Tasmania: 6,9871992 Victoria: 65,7661992 Western Australia: 25,0731993 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4161993 New South Wales: 89,3541993 Northern Territory: 3,6031993 Queensland: 46,7781993 South Australia: 20,0781993 Tasmania: 6,8351993 Victoria: 64,0491993 Western Australia: 25,0811994 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4611994 New South Wales: 87,9771994 Northern Territory: 3,6261994 Queensland: 46,5781994 South Australia: 19,4091994 Tasmania: 6,8441994 Victoria: 63,9741994 Western Australia: 25,1381995 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4151995 New South Wales: 87,8491995 Northern Territory: 3,7661995 Queensland: 46,4841995 South Australia: 19,3361995 Tasmania: 6,5701995 Victoria: 62,5911995 Western Australia: 25,1391996 Australian Capital Territory: 4,3961996 New South Wales: 86,5951996 Northern Territory: 3,5621996 Queensland: 47,7691996 South Australia: 19,0561996 Tasmania: 6,4571996 Victoria: 61,1431996 Western Australia: 24,79319961997 Australian Capital Territory: 4,2081997 New South Wales: 87,1561997 Northern Territory: 3,5881997 Queensland: 46,9651997 South Australia: 18,3621997 Tasmania: 6,0071997 Victoria: 60,7321997 Western Australia: 24,7761998 Australian Capital Territory: 3,9821998 New South Wales: 85,4991998 Northern Territory: 3,6411998 Queensland: 47,0461998 South Australia: 18,2261998 Tasmania: 5,9781998 Victoria: 60,4921998 Western Australia: 24,7171999 Australian Capital Territory: 4,2531999 New South Wales: 86,7841999 Northern Territory: 3,5761999 Queensland: 46,5031999 South Australia: 17,9581999 Tasmania: 6,0321999 Victoria: 58,8751999 Western Australia: 24,8492000 Australian Capital Territory: 4,0652000 New South Wales: 86,7522000 Northern Territory: 3,6852000 Queensland: 47,2782000 South Australia: 17,8592000 Tasmania: 5,6922000 Victoria: 59,1712000 Western Australia: 25,0932001 Australian Capital Territory: 3,9382001 New South Wales: 84,5782001 Northern Territory: 3,8222001 Queensland: 47,6782001 South Australia: 17,2812001 Tasmania: 6,4302001 Victoria: 58,6262001 Western Australia: 24,0022002 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1122002 New South Wales: 86,5832002 Northern Territory: 3,7242002 Queensland: 47,7712002 South Australia: 17,6652002 Tasmania: 6,0032002 Victoria: 61,4782002 Western Australia: 23,6012003 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1282003 New South Wales: 86,3442003 Northern Territory: 3,7902003 Queensland: 48,3422003 South Australia: 17,4432003 Tasmania: 5,7522003 Victoria: 61,0582003 Western Australia: 24,27320032004 Australian Capital Territory: 4,1742004 New South Wales: 85,8942004 Northern Territory: 3,5512004 Queensland: 49,9402004 South Australia: 17,1402004 Tasmania: 5,8092004 Victoria: 62,4172004 Western Australia: 25,2952005 Australian Capital Territory: 4,2102005 New South Wales: 91,2242005 Northern Territory: 3,6602005 Queensland: 51,7072005 South Australia: 17,8012005 Tasmania: 6,3102005 Victoria: 63,2972005 Western Australia: 26,2532006 Australian Capital Territory: 4,4842006 New South Wales: 92,1882006 Northern Territory: 3,6962006 Queensland: 52,6952006 South Australia: 18,2602006 Tasmania: 6,4752006 Victoria: 65,2452006 Western Australia: 27,7772007 Australian Capital Territory: 4,7572007 New South Wales: 96,3512007 Northern Territory: 3,8962007 Queensland: 61,3062007 South Australia: 19,6662007 Tasmania: 6,6632007 Victoria: 70,3252007 Western Australia: 29,1652008 Australian Capital Territory: 4,8082008 New South Wales: 100,2762008 Northern Territory: 3,9442008 Queensland: 63,1682008 South Australia: 20,2292008 Tasmania: 6,7752008 Victoria: 71,1842008 Western Australia: 31,8512009 Australian Capital Territory: 4,8602009 New South Wales: 98,2312009 Northern Territory: 3,8202009 Queensland: 66,1492009 South Australia: 19,7352009 Tasmania: 6,6272009 Victoria: 70,9282009 Western Australia: 30,8792010 Australian Capital Territory: 5,1522010 New South Wales: 101,2662010 Northern Territory: 3,8992010 Queensland: 64,5232010 South Australia: 20,0782010 Tasmania: 6,3852010 Victoria: 70,5722010 Western Australia: 31,42420102011 Australian Capital Territory: 5,1212011 New South Wales: 99,0542011 Northern Territory: 3,9542011 Queensland: 63,2532011 South Australia: 19,8922011 Tasmania: 6,6082011 Victoria: 71,4442011 Western Australia: 32,2592012 Australian Capital Territory: 5,4612012 New South Wales: 98,5082012 Northern Territory: 4,1042012 Queensland: 63,8372012 South Australia: 20,4332012 Tasmania: 6,1682012 Victoria: 77,4052012 Western Australia: 33,6272013 Australian Capital Territory: 5,5452013 New South Wales: 100,4622013 Northern Territory: 4,0532013 Queensland: 63,3542013 South Australia: 20,0902013 Tasmania: 6,0492013 Victoria: 73,9692013 Western Australia: 34,5162014 Australian Capital Territory: 5,5522014 New South Wales: 91,0742014 Northern Territory: 4,0262014 Queensland: 63,0662014 South Australia: 20,3842014 Tasmania: 5,9352014 Victoria: 74,2242014 Western Australia: 35,4032015 Australian Capital Territory: 5,5422015 New South Wales: 100,0792015 Northern Territory: 4,0042015 Queensland: 61,7452015 South Australia: 19,5872015 Tasmania: 5,6802015 Victoria: 73,5682015 Western Australia: 35,1352016 Australian Capital Territory: 5,1522016 New South Wales: 96,0832016 Northern Territory: 3,9272016 Queensland: 61,8412016 South Australia: 19,7722016 Tasmania: 5,9682016 Victoria: 82,8922016 Western Australia: 35,4292017 Australian Capital Territory: 6,2072017 New South Wales: 96,5912017 Northern Territory: 3,8822017 Queensland: 61,1582017 South Australia: 19,0722017 Tasmania: 5,6102017 Victoria: 82,0942017 Western Australia: 34,49820172018 Australian Capital Territory: 5,3742018 New South Wales: 107,3432018 Northern Territory: 4,0502018 Queensland: 61,9312018 South Australia: 19,1132018 Tasmania: 5,5472018 Victoria: 78,4882018 Western Australia: 33,2572019 Australian Capital Territory: 5,5202019 New South Wales: 98,9062019 Northern Territory: 3,6582019 Queensland: 61,7352019 South Australia: 19,4902019 Tasmania: 5,7412019 Victoria: 77,2202019 Western Australia: 33,5392020 Australian Capital Territory: 5,3682020 New South Wales: 95,4592020 Northern Territory: 3,7522020 Queensland: 59,4902020 South Australia: 18,5262020 Tasmania: 5,7802020 Victoria: 73,5432020 Western Australia: 32,4262021 Australian Capital Territory: 5,5432021 New South Wales: 101,3322021 Northern Territory: 3,7842021 Queensland: 64,1112021 South Australia: 19,7572021 Tasmania: 6,0342021 Victoria: 75,3632021 Western Australia: 34,0392022 Australian Capital Territory: 5,4552022 New South Wales: 97,8842022 Northern Territory: 3,6142022 Queensland: 62,0942022 South Australia: 19,4492022 Tasmania: 5,5062022 Victoria: 75,1892022 Western Australia: 31,4602023 Australian Capital Territory: 5,2222023 New South Wales: 91,9472023 Northern Territory: 3,3162023 Queensland: 58,4582023 South Australia: 18,5042023 Tasmania: 5,5972023 Victoria: 71,8892023 Western Australia: 32,0312024 Australian Capital Territory: 5,2182024 New South Wales: 89,0302024 Northern Territory: 3,5212024 Queensland: 58,8382024 South Australia: 18,4442024 Tasmania: 5,5092024 Victoria: 81,1932024 Western Australia: 30,5412024
Australian Capital TerritoryNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmaniaVictoriaWestern Australia
Births registered per year by state or territory, 1975 to 2024. Rows where measure is Births and state code is not AUS are drawn. The figure is a sum of the value column from version 2026-10-03, worked out in the build. Nothing else is added.
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Births registered in the newest year: 89,030 New South Wales, 81,193 Victoria, 58,838 Queensland, 30,541 Western Australia.

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What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised.

FieldTypePublisher's headerNote
yearintegerTIME_PERIOD
state_codestringREGION
statestringRegion
measure_codestringMEASURE
measurestringMeasure
valuenumberOBS_VALUE
unitstringUnit of Measure

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is year, state_code, measure_code.

A sample of 9 rows

Births registered in each state and territory and in Australia in the newest year, most first. A blank cell is shown as null.

yearstate_codestatemeasure_codemeasurevalueunit
2024AUSAustralia1Births292318Number
20241New South Wales1Births89030Number
20242Victoria1Births81193Number
20243Queensland1Births58838Number
20245Western Australia1Births30541Number
20244South Australia1Births18444Number
20246Tasmania1Births5509Number
20248Australian Capital Territory1Births5218Number
20247Northern Territory1Births3521Number
The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.json
{
  "year": 1975,
  "state_code": "1",
  "state": "New South Wales",
  "measure_code": "1",
  "measure": "Births",
  "value": 81172.0,
  "unit": "Number"
}

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Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

OperatorWhat it matches
eq.valueEqual to the value.
neq.valueNot equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.valueGreater than the value.
gte.valueGreater than or equal to the value.
lt.valueLess than the value.
lte.valueLess than or equal to the value.
like.*text*Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive.
ilike.*text*The same as like, ignoring case.
in.(a,b,c)Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.nullBlank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.
ParameterWhat it does
selectFields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
orderfield.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
limitRows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offsetRows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
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metricOn aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
formatjson, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

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https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

Smaller files

The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By measure (10 files)

BirthsCrude birth rateEx-nuptial birthsEx-nuptial, paternity acknowledged birthsEx-nuptial, paternity not acknowledged birthsFemale birthsMale birthsNuptial birthsPopulationSex ratio

by/measure/index.json lists every file with its row count.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

  • 2026-10-03
    4,500 rows7 fieldsutf-8-sig9427e0daca91
    The publisher's server states no change date, so this version is dated by the fetch.

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (22 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 4,500 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

What years does Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia cover?

The current version covers 1975 to 2024. Each release from ABS becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

How often is Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia updated?

ABS releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia?

No. The publisher is Australian Bureau of Statistics, and its page is https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

How do I get only the rows for one measure?

Every version has one JSON file per value of measure, 10 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/by/measure/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/by/measure/births.json holds the 450 rows where measure is Births.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.

The publisher releases ABS registered births as 3 files at once, so all 3 tables here share a version date.