Statistics

Number of births, deaths and marriages registered in Western Australia 1981-2019 and change of names from 2002-2019.

Year Births Deaths Marriages Change of Name Total 1981 22,594 8,180 10,112 N/A 40,886 1982 22,955 8,287 10,454 N/A 41,696 1983 23,801 8,550 10,519 N/A 42,870 1984 22,763 8,706 10,163 N/A 41,632 1985 23,267 9,042 10,151 N/A 42,460 1986 24,832 9,503 10,379 N/A 44,714 1987 23,452 9,082 10,148 N/A 42,682 1988 25,413 9,698 10,574 N/A 45,685 1989 25,432 9,718 10,741 N/A 45,891 1990 26,211 9,614 10,853 N/A 46,678 1991 25,896 9,753 10,424 N/A 46,073 1992 25,985 10,163 10,383 N/A 46,531 1993 25,963 10,491 10,183 N/A 46,637 1994 25,910 10,466 10,348 N/A 46,724 1995 26,143 10,570 10,430 N/A 47,143 1996 26,062 11,251 10,294 N/A 47,607 1997 25,702 10,905 10,450 N/A 47,057 1998 24,864 10,741 10,501 N/A 46,106 1999 24,816 11,074 9,801 N/A 45,691 2000 25,506 10,858 11,294 N/A 47,658 2001 23,774 10,751 9,208 N/A 43,733 2002 24,664 11,711 10,278 2,962 49,615 2003 24,732 11,520 10,602 2,927 49,781 2004 25,615 11,437 10,588 3,312 50,952 2005 26,425 11,504 11,124 3,590 52,643 2006 27,950 11,821 11,601 3,861 55,233 2007 29,616 12,581 12,290 4,278 58,765 2008 32,139 13,011 12,367 4,511 62,028 2009 31,068 12,855 12,184 4,957 61,064 2010 31,571 12,927 12,683 4,839 62,020 2011 32,494 13,001 12,664 4,757 62,916 2012 33,920 13,605 12,969 5,328 65,822 2013 34,748 13,628 12,887 5,243 66,506 2014 35,595 14,040 13,286 5,372 68,293 2015 35,335 14,705 12,766 4,999 67,805 2016 35,652 15,071 12,320 4,449 67,492 2017 34,768 14,754 11,709 4,105 65,336 2018 33,459 14,873 12,222 4,102 64,656 2019 33,754 15,281 11,662 4,293 64,990 Total 1,084,846 445,728 433,612 77,885 2,042,071

The statistics are annually updated in January.

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