Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2017

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 2.02 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,534,302 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
1,534,302
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
85,026,754
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%1,458
15-1935.18.6%97,987
20-2497.523.9%314,089
25-29110.127.0%460,100
30-3491.022.3%406,157
35-3955.213.6%204,059
40-4416.34.0%46,841
45-491.40.4%3,575
50-540.00.0%35