Statistics - births, deaths and marriages registered

Number of births, deaths and marriages registered in Western Australia 1981-2023.

Last updated: 8 January 2024

Number of births, deaths and marriages registered in Western Australia 1981-2023.

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
2020	32,677	15,258	9,565	4,056	61,556
2021	34,300	16,106	10,318	4,069	64,793
2022	31,709	17,516	11,245	4,249	64,719
2023	32,282	17,734	13,123	4,316	67,455
Total	1,215,814	512,342	477,863	94,575	2,300,594

The statistics are annually updated in January.

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