Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2019

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 1.77 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,298,600 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
1,298,600
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
87,051,648
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%1,444
15-1929.48.3%81,444
20-2486.324.4%254,948
25-2997.727.6%374,953
30-3477.721.9%346,926
35-3946.313.1%188,390
40-4414.84.2%46,160
45-491.60.5%4,220
50-540.10.0%112