Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2021

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 1.71 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 1,210,703 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
1,210,703
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
88,455,488
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
10-140.40.1%1,393
15-1926.47.7%74,906
20-2479.823.3%222,914
25-2994.427.6%319,541
30-3477.222.6%330,076
35-3946.713.6%203,477
40-4415.24.5%53,044
45-491.90.6%5,195
50-540.10.0%155