Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2018

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 1.92 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,435,027 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
1,435,027
Births per 1,000 people
16.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
86,117,998
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%1,453
15-1933.08.6%91,473
20-2493.624.3%287,804
25-29105.327.3%424,072
30-3484.922.0%381,501
35-3951.013.2%198,188
40-4415.64.1%46,648
45-491.50.4%3,821
50-540.00.0%67