Fertility in Iraq (1950–2100)

Iraq
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.13
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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq is projected at 3.13 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 1,200,201 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.13
Births
1,200,201
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
48,007,437
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
10-141.20.2%3,326
15-1954.98.8%136,824
20-24153.624.5%330,985
25-29168.126.8%331,616
30-34129.220.6%227,931
35-3982.313.1%123,031
40-4433.05.3%42,131
45-493.80.6%4,247
50-540.10.0%108