Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2016

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2.05 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,574,609 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
1,574,609
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
83,812,228
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%1,479
15-1936.28.7%101,886
20-2495.723.1%326,126
25-29112.627.2%484,189
30-3493.822.7%411,123
35-3957.413.9%201,064
40-4416.33.9%45,310
45-491.40.3%3,418
50-540.00.0%18