Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2023

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.70
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 1.70 children per woman in 2023 — 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, 1,173,463 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.70
Births
1,173,463
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
90,608,707
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%1,332
15-1926.27.7%78,795
20-2478.923.3%222,209
25-2993.627.7%291,445
30-3476.422.6%309,216
35-3945.913.6%206,273
40-4415.04.4%58,211
45-492.00.6%5,812
50-540.10.0%169