Maternal country of birth

Overview

The percentage of women who gave birth in NSW and were born in Australia increased slightly from 61.8% in 2018 to 64.7% in 2022. In 2022, women who gave birth in NSW and were born in India, China, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, New Zealand, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan, or Iraq together accounted for 18.8% of all women who gave birth in NSW.

Maternal country of birth, NSW 2018–2022

By number of births

Country of birth	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Australia	58189	57690	56692	62041	58485
India	4489	4654	4851	4889	4329
China	3920	4151	3254	3125	2744
United Kingdom	1817	1907	1810	2339	1870
Philippines	1727	1734	1714	1818	1650
Nepal	1283	1360	1601	1684	1602
New Zealand	1905	1795	1711	1824	1562
Iraq	1195	1145	1182	1193	1125
Pakistan	1098	1106	1187	1110	1083
Vietnam	1393	1462	1222	1334	1048
Bangladesh	911	917	911	871	813
Lebanon	1052	967	913	845	739
Indonesia	733	685	603	664	584
United States of America	597	584	574	640	558
South Africa	618	570	568	601	545
Ireland	563	503	500	662	541
South Korea	692	696	625	606	524
Brazil	395	474	492	528	523
Afghanistan	455	496	466	441	518
Thailand	562	576	529	544	476
Hong Kong	452	504	455	502	471
Malaysia	469	441	427	471	440
Sri Lanka	467	422	452	452	425
Fiji	480	431	406	413	415
Iran	533	484	470	512	409
Syria	314	307	320	275	297
Japan	362	330	293	311	268
Canada	320	300	239	313	256
France	259	264	260	301	249
Germany	303	268	262	290	236
Russian Federation	233	241	235	229	230
Egypt	256	271	251	220	217
Colombia	188	185	197	235	201
Taiwan	216	226	208	222	185
Western Samoa	224	240	206	200	173
Italy	137	145	158	197	158
Tonga	147	133	138	126	154
Mongolia	129	172	208	191	142
Sudan	177	193	165	173	140
Nigeria	165	140	135	122	140
Singapore	148	118	131	148	137
Poland	191	190	157	171	124
Cambodia	208	220	193	165	122
Saudi Arabia	146	129	155	142	120
Argentina	86	83	85	111	113
Jordan	110	123	110	125	112
Burma (Myanmar)	124	136	111	103	111
Turkey	166	171	132	136	104
Bosnia and Herzegovina	132	127	110	125	103
Chile	124	119	122	134	100
Other–Not stated	3310	3173	3044	3132	2746
Total	94170	93758	91240	98006	90417

By percentage of births

Country of birth	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Australia	61.8	61.5	62.1	63.3	64.7
India	4.8	5.0	5.3	5.0	4.8
China	4.2	4.4	3.6	3.2	3.0
United Kingdom	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.4	2.1
Philippines	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.8
Nepal	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.8
New Zealand	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.7
Iraq	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2
Pakistan	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.2
Vietnam	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.2
Bangladesh	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9
Lebanon	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8
Indonesia	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
United States of America	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
South Africa	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Ireland	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6
South Korea	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
Brazil	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
Afghanistan	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6
Thailand	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5
Hong Kong	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Malaysia	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Sri Lanka	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Fiji	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
Iran	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Syria	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
Japan	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
Canada	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
France	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Germany	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Russian Federation	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
Egypt	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
Colombia	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Taiwan	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Western Samoa	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Italy	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Tonga	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
Mongolia	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Sudan	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nigeria	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Singapore	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Poland	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Cambodia	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Saudi Arabia	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Argentina	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Jordan	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Burma (Myanmar)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Turkey	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Chile	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other–Not stated	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

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Source: NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.

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