Surrogacy statistics: why so many go overseas

Surrogacy statistics reveal a striking pattern in Australia — for every child born here via surrogacy, roughly four are born overseas. Stephen Page, multi-award winning surrogacy lawyer and accredited family law specialist at Page Provan explains. In this video: How long it takes to find a surrogate in Australia — anywhere from one month to four years, based on real client experience Why finding a surrogate is so hard: one fertility counsellor estimates only 1 in 19 surrogates are known to intended parents beforehand, while another estimates closer to 1 in 5 What the data shows about surrogacy births in Australia — around 85 to 90 gestational surrogacy births a year, according to the Australian and New Zealand Assisted Reproductive Database Why overseas surrogacy births are so much more common — 377 Australian citizenship-by-descent applications in the year to June 2025, roughly four times the number of local surrogacy births Why this data is driving the Australian Law Reform Commission's review of surrogacy law, and why going overseas is now the norm rather than the exception 📞 Need advice? Contact Page Provan Family & Fertility Lawyers. 🌐 https://pageprovan.com.au #SurrogacyStatistics #InternationalSurrogacy #SurrogacyLaw #australia #pageprovan