Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2009

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 1.74 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,311,757 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
1,311,757
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
76,457,825
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.50.1%1,387
15-1933.99.7%132,762
20-2482.123.4%376,297
25-2996.327.4%399,283
30-3479.522.7%252,778
35-3944.912.8%118,699
40-4412.23.5%27,589
45-491.50.4%2,883
50-540.00.0%76