Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2026

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iran (Islamic Republic of) is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 1,101,751 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
1,101,751
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
93,168,497
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%1,365
15-1924.87.5%79,849
20-2476.323.1%221,790
25-2991.627.7%267,111
30-3474.722.6%260,748
35-3945.313.7%196,533
40-4415.34.6%66,988
45-492.10.6%7,170
50-540.10.0%196